Legendes sur le thème : Punition (22 légendes)
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- Remparts de Riquewihr et Porte Haute
[Riquewihr, Zellenberg (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 12/07/26.
Themes: Argent Attaque Condamnation Emmuré Guerre Jugement Légende historique Mort Origine d'un nom Pauvre Pillage Punition Rempart | Fortification Sculpture Siège Statue Trahison Little known is an old sculpture built into the stable of a private house against the town wall of Riquewihr. It depicts a man carrying a heavy sack. A local legend of Riquewihr is attached to this figure. During the Thirty Years’ War, in 1635, the enemies once laid siege … Read more
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 12/07/26.
Themes: Argent Attaque Condamnation Emmuré Guerre Jugement Légende historique Mort Origine d'un nom Pauvre Pillage Punition Rempart | Fortification Sculpture Siège Statue Trahison Little known is an old sculpture built into the stable of a private house against the town wall of Riquewihr. It depicts a man carrying a heavy sack. A local legend of Riquewihr is attached to this figure. During the Thirty Years’ War, in 1635, the enemies once laid siege … Read more
© Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Remparts de Riquewihr et Porte Haute
[Riquewihr, Zellenberg (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 12/07/26.
Themes: Argent Attaque Condamnation Emmuré Guerre Jugement Légende historique Mort Origine d'un nom Pauvre Pillage Punition Rempart | Fortification Sculpture Siège Statue Trahison Little known is an old sculpture built into the stable of a private house against the town wall of Riquewihr. It depicts a man carrying a heavy sack. A local legend of Riquewihr is attached to this figure. During the Thirty Years’ War, in 1635, the enemies once laid siege … Read more
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 12/07/26.
Themes: Argent Attaque Condamnation Emmuré Guerre Jugement Légende historique Mort Origine d'un nom Pauvre Pillage Punition Rempart | Fortification Sculpture Siège Statue Trahison Little known is an old sculpture built into the stable of a private house against the town wall of Riquewihr. It depicts a man carrying a heavy sack. A local legend of Riquewihr is attached to this figure. During the Thirty Years’ War, in 1635, the enemies once laid siege … Read more
Scott Carpenter, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lava Tree State Monument
[Pāhoa (Hawaii County / United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 07/07/26.
Themes: Papa-lau-ahi (The-fire-leaf-smothered-out) was a chief who at one time ruled the district of Puna. He excelled in the sports of the people. It was his great delight to gather all the families together and have feasts and games. He challenged the neighboring chiefs to personal contests of many kinds and … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 07/07/26.
Themes: Papa-lau-ahi (The-fire-leaf-smothered-out) was a chief who at one time ruled the district of Puna. He excelled in the sports of the people. It was his great delight to gather all the families together and have feasts and games. He challenged the neighboring chiefs to personal contests of many kinds and … Read more
[Pāhoa (Hawaii County / United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 07/07/26.
Themes: Papa-lau-ahi (The-fire-leaf-smothered-out) was a chief who at one time ruled the district of Puna. He excelled in the sports of the people. It was his great delight to gather all the families together and have feasts and games. He challenged the neighboring chiefs to personal contests of many kinds and … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 07/07/26.
Themes: Papa-lau-ahi (The-fire-leaf-smothered-out) was a chief who at one time ruled the district of Puna. He excelled in the sports of the people. It was his great delight to gather all the families together and have feasts and games. He challenged the neighboring chiefs to personal contests of many kinds and … Read more
Scott Carpenter, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lava Tree State Monument
Site de Tellure
- La mine d'argent Saint Jean Engelsbourg (Tellure)
[Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 added by Fabien
Published on 30/06/26.
Themes: Argent Déclin Famine Guerre Image sacrée Impiété Mine Mineur Profanation Punition Sacrilège Statue de la Vierge Vierge In former times, the silver mines of Markirch were counted among the richest in silver in all Europe. In those days, the pious miners, wishing to show their gratitude to the Mother of God, their protectress, had an image of the Virgin made from solid silver; and the yield of … Read more
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 added by Fabien
Published on 30/06/26.
Themes: Argent Déclin Famine Guerre Image sacrée Impiété Mine Mineur Profanation Punition Sacrilège Statue de la Vierge Vierge In former times, the silver mines of Markirch were counted among the richest in silver in all Europe. In those days, the pious miners, wishing to show their gratitude to the Mother of God, their protectress, had an image of the Virgin made from solid silver; and the yield of … Read more
Site de Tellure
- La mine d'argent Saint Jean Engelsbourg (Tellure)
[Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 added by Fabien
Published on 30/06/26.
Themes: Argent Déclin Famine Guerre Image sacrée Impiété Mine Mineur Profanation Punition Sacrilège Statue de la Vierge Vierge In former times, the silver mines of Markirch were counted among the richest in silver in all Europe. In those days, the pious miners, wishing to show their gratitude to the Mother of God, their protectress, had an image of the Virgin made from solid silver; and the yield of … Read more
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 added by Fabien
Published on 30/06/26.
Themes: Argent Déclin Famine Guerre Image sacrée Impiété Mine Mineur Profanation Punition Sacrilège Statue de la Vierge Vierge In former times, the silver mines of Markirch were counted among the richest in silver in all Europe. In those days, the pious miners, wishing to show their gratitude to the Mother of God, their protectress, had an image of the Virgin made from solid silver; and the yield of … Read more
Unknown author
- Abbaye d'Ettenheimmünster
[Rouffach (Haut-Rhin),Ettenheim (Freiburg / Allemagne)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 18/06/26.
Themes: Abbaye | Monastère Blasphème Cheval Chevalier Chute Destruction Eglise Générosité Guérison Incendie Injure Légende chrétienne Miracle Moine Moquer Pardon Pêché Procession Punition Relique Repentir Saint | Sainte Saint Landelin Voeu A fire had reduced the monastic church of Ettenheimmünster to rubble and ashes. The monastery lay in Baden, yet belonged at that time to the diocese of Strasbourg. The monks therefore obtained a letter of indulgence for the rebuilding of their house and sent several of their number out with … Read more
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 18/06/26.
Themes: Abbaye | Monastère Blasphème Cheval Chevalier Chute Destruction Eglise Générosité Guérison Incendie Injure Légende chrétienne Miracle Moine Moquer Pardon Pêché Procession Punition Relique Repentir Saint | Sainte Saint Landelin Voeu A fire had reduced the monastic church of Ettenheimmünster to rubble and ashes. The monastery lay in Baden, yet belonged at that time to the diocese of Strasbourg. The monks therefore obtained a letter of indulgence for the rebuilding of their house and sent several of their number out with … Read more
[Rouffach (Haut-Rhin),Ettenheim (Freiburg / Allemagne)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 18/06/26.
Themes: Abbaye | Monastère Blasphème Cheval Chevalier Chute Destruction Eglise Générosité Guérison Incendie Injure Légende chrétienne Miracle Moine Moquer Pardon Pêché Procession Punition Relique Repentir Saint | Sainte Saint Landelin Voeu A fire had reduced the monastic church of Ettenheimmünster to rubble and ashes. The monastery lay in Baden, yet belonged at that time to the diocese of Strasbourg. The monks therefore obtained a letter of indulgence for the rebuilding of their house and sent several of their number out with … Read more
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 18/06/26.
Themes: Abbaye | Monastère Blasphème Cheval Chevalier Chute Destruction Eglise Générosité Guérison Incendie Injure Légende chrétienne Miracle Moine Moquer Pardon Pêché Procession Punition Relique Repentir Saint | Sainte Saint Landelin Voeu A fire had reduced the monastic church of Ettenheimmünster to rubble and ashes. The monastery lay in Baden, yet belonged at that time to the diocese of Strasbourg. The monks therefore obtained a letter of indulgence for the rebuilding of their house and sent several of their number out with … Read more
Unknown author
- Abbaye d'Ettenheimmünster
- The fairies and the dancer
[Ballinroon (Waterford / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (22 minutes) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/06/26.
Themes: TOM BOURKE lives in a low, long farm-house, resembling in outward appearance a large barn, placed at the bottom of the hill, just where the new road strikes off from the old one, leading from the town of Kilworth to that of Lismore. He is of a class of persons … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (22 minutes) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/06/26.
Themes: TOM BOURKE lives in a low, long farm-house, resembling in outward appearance a large barn, placed at the bottom of the hill, just where the new road strikes off from the old one, leading from the town of Kilworth to that of Lismore. He is of a class of persons … Read more
- The fairies and the dancer
[Ballinroon (Waterford / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (22 minutes) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/06/26.
Themes: TOM BOURKE lives in a low, long farm-house, resembling in outward appearance a large barn, placed at the bottom of the hill, just where the new road strikes off from the old one, leading from the town of Kilworth to that of Lismore. He is of a class of persons … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (22 minutes) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/06/26.
Themes: TOM BOURKE lives in a low, long farm-house, resembling in outward appearance a large barn, placed at the bottom of the hill, just where the new road strikes off from the old one, leading from the town of Kilworth to that of Lismore. He is of a class of persons … Read more
- The Boundary-Stone Mover
[Eggersriet (Wahlkreis Sankt Gallen / Suisse)]
By Kuoni, Jakob in 1903 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 10/06/26.
Themes: Apparition Borne déplacée Bruit Déplacement impossible Fantôme Foret Lieu hanté Mort Nuit Oiseau Origine de bruits Punition Revenant Vol During his lifetime, he was a respected man. As such, he was the steward of a widow’s estate. Secretly, however, he felled timber in her forest and moved the boundary stones that marked the limits of her land. As punishment, he was compelled to remain in that forest even after … Read more
By Kuoni, Jakob in 1903 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 10/06/26.
Themes: Apparition Borne déplacée Bruit Déplacement impossible Fantôme Foret Lieu hanté Mort Nuit Oiseau Origine de bruits Punition Revenant Vol During his lifetime, he was a respected man. As such, he was the steward of a widow’s estate. Secretly, however, he felled timber in her forest and moved the boundary stones that marked the limits of her land. As punishment, he was compelled to remain in that forest even after … Read more
[Eggersriet (Wahlkreis Sankt Gallen / Suisse)]
By Kuoni, Jakob in 1903 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 10/06/26.
Themes: Apparition Borne déplacée Bruit Déplacement impossible Fantôme Foret Lieu hanté Mort Nuit Oiseau Origine de bruits Punition Revenant Vol During his lifetime, he was a respected man. As such, he was the steward of a widow’s estate. Secretly, however, he felled timber in her forest and moved the boundary stones that marked the limits of her land. As punishment, he was compelled to remain in that forest even after … Read more
By Kuoni, Jakob in 1903 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 10/06/26.
Themes: Apparition Borne déplacée Bruit Déplacement impossible Fantôme Foret Lieu hanté Mort Nuit Oiseau Origine de bruits Punition Revenant Vol During his lifetime, he was a respected man. As such, he was the steward of a widow’s estate. Secretly, however, he felled timber in her forest and moved the boundary stones that marked the limits of her land. As punishment, he was compelled to remain in that forest even after … Read more
- The Boundary-Stone Mover
[Hawaiian Beaches (Hawaii County / United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 13/05/26.
Themes: According to the legends, Pele was very quickly angered. Her passions were as turbulent as the lake of fire in her crater home. Her love burned, but her anger devoured. She was not safe. Kumu-kahi was a chief who pleased Pele. According to the legends, he was tall, well built, … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 13/05/26.
Themes: According to the legends, Pele was very quickly angered. Her passions were as turbulent as the lake of fire in her crater home. Her love burned, but her anger devoured. She was not safe. Kumu-kahi was a chief who pleased Pele. According to the legends, he was tall, well built, … Read more
[Hawaiian Beaches (Hawaii County / United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 13/05/26.
Themes: According to the legends, Pele was very quickly angered. Her passions were as turbulent as the lake of fire in her crater home. Her love burned, but her anger devoured. She was not safe. Kumu-kahi was a chief who pleased Pele. According to the legends, he was tall, well built, … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 13/05/26.
Themes: According to the legends, Pele was very quickly angered. Her passions were as turbulent as the lake of fire in her crater home. Her love burned, but her anger devoured. She was not safe. Kumu-kahi was a chief who pleased Pele. According to the legends, he was tall, well built, … Read more
Ville de Riedisheim
- Fontaine Saint-Marc de Riedisheim
[Riedisheim (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/05/26.
Themes: Champs Chapelle Date précise Destruction Fantôme Gardien du trésor Impiété Lieu cachant un trésor Lieu hanté Miracle Oeuf Oiseau Or Poule Punition Saint | Sainte Saint Marc Sœur | Moniale Trésor On a hill within the bounds of Riedisheim stands, amid the vineyards, a chapel that does not appear especially old and is dedicated to Saint Mark. Inside it, there is no longer any trace of its original purpose. The people say that this chapel, together with the well standing opposite … Read more
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/05/26.
Themes: Champs Chapelle Date précise Destruction Fantôme Gardien du trésor Impiété Lieu cachant un trésor Lieu hanté Miracle Oeuf Oiseau Or Poule Punition Saint | Sainte Saint Marc Sœur | Moniale Trésor On a hill within the bounds of Riedisheim stands, amid the vineyards, a chapel that does not appear especially old and is dedicated to Saint Mark. Inside it, there is no longer any trace of its original purpose. The people say that this chapel, together with the well standing opposite … Read more
[Riedisheim (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/05/26.
Themes: Champs Chapelle Date précise Destruction Fantôme Gardien du trésor Impiété Lieu cachant un trésor Lieu hanté Miracle Oeuf Oiseau Or Poule Punition Saint | Sainte Saint Marc Sœur | Moniale Trésor On a hill within the bounds of Riedisheim stands, amid the vineyards, a chapel that does not appear especially old and is dedicated to Saint Mark. Inside it, there is no longer any trace of its original purpose. The people say that this chapel, together with the well standing opposite … Read more
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/05/26.
Themes: Champs Chapelle Date précise Destruction Fantôme Gardien du trésor Impiété Lieu cachant un trésor Lieu hanté Miracle Oeuf Oiseau Or Poule Punition Saint | Sainte Saint Marc Sœur | Moniale Trésor On a hill within the bounds of Riedisheim stands, amid the vineyards, a chapel that does not appear especially old and is dedicated to Saint Mark. Inside it, there is no longer any trace of its original purpose. The people say that this chapel, together with the well standing opposite … Read more
Ville de Riedisheim
- Fontaine Saint-Marc de Riedisheim
- Pele and Her Lovers
[Discovery Harbor (Hawaii County / United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/04/26.
Themes: Kahuku, the land now under past and present lava flows, was at one time luxuriant and beautiful. The sugar-cane and taro beds were bordered by flowers and shaded by long-branching trees. Villages here and there marked the population which supported the chiefs of Kahuku. Two of the young chiefs were … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/04/26.
Themes: Kahuku, the land now under past and present lava flows, was at one time luxuriant and beautiful. The sugar-cane and taro beds were bordered by flowers and shaded by long-branching trees. Villages here and there marked the population which supported the chiefs of Kahuku. Two of the young chiefs were … Read more
- Pele and Her Lovers
[Discovery Harbor (Hawaii County / United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/04/26.
Themes: Kahuku, the land now under past and present lava flows, was at one time luxuriant and beautiful. The sugar-cane and taro beds were bordered by flowers and shaded by long-branching trees. Villages here and there marked the population which supported the chiefs of Kahuku. Two of the young chiefs were … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/04/26.
Themes: Kahuku, the land now under past and present lava flows, was at one time luxuriant and beautiful. The sugar-cane and taro beds were bordered by flowers and shaded by long-branching trees. Villages here and there marked the population which supported the chiefs of Kahuku. Two of the young chiefs were … Read more
[Aghaboe (Laois, Castlefarm (Tipperary / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 01/04/26.
Themes: Once upon a time, there were two celebrated monasteries in vogue; one of those was at Aghaboe, in the Queen’s County, and the other some eight or ten miles distant, at Monahincha, in the County of Tipperary. Now it happened, that the monks of one of these monasteries had a … Read more
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 01/04/26.
Themes: Once upon a time, there were two celebrated monasteries in vogue; one of those was at Aghaboe, in the Queen’s County, and the other some eight or ten miles distant, at Monahincha, in the County of Tipperary. Now it happened, that the monks of one of these monasteries had a … Read more
[Aghaboe (Laois, Castlefarm (Tipperary / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 01/04/26.
Themes: Once upon a time, there were two celebrated monasteries in vogue; one of those was at Aghaboe, in the Queen’s County, and the other some eight or ten miles distant, at Monahincha, in the County of Tipperary. Now it happened, that the monks of one of these monasteries had a … Read more
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 01/04/26.
Themes: Once upon a time, there were two celebrated monasteries in vogue; one of those was at Aghaboe, in the Queen’s County, and the other some eight or ten miles distant, at Monahincha, in the County of Tipperary. Now it happened, that the monks of one of these monasteries had a … Read more
- Gregory of the Golden Mouth
[Inishmaan, Corough (Galway / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 30/03/26.
Themes: The opening between Aranmore and Inishmaan, or the Middle Island, is called Gregory’s Sound. According to the islanders of Aran, its name was derived from a certain venerable man named Naomh Greoihir, or St. Gregory. This holy penitent came originally from the mainland, lying in a south-eastern direction. There he … Read more
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 30/03/26.
Themes: The opening between Aranmore and Inishmaan, or the Middle Island, is called Gregory’s Sound. According to the islanders of Aran, its name was derived from a certain venerable man named Naomh Greoihir, or St. Gregory. This holy penitent came originally from the mainland, lying in a south-eastern direction. There he … Read more
- Gregory of the Golden Mouth
[Inishmaan, Corough (Galway / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 30/03/26.
Themes: The opening between Aranmore and Inishmaan, or the Middle Island, is called Gregory’s Sound. According to the islanders of Aran, its name was derived from a certain venerable man named Naomh Greoihir, or St. Gregory. This holy penitent came originally from the mainland, lying in a south-eastern direction. There he … Read more
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 30/03/26.
Themes: The opening between Aranmore and Inishmaan, or the Middle Island, is called Gregory’s Sound. According to the islanders of Aran, its name was derived from a certain venerable man named Naomh Greoihir, or St. Gregory. This holy penitent came originally from the mainland, lying in a south-eastern direction. There he … Read more
[Arbaugh (Newton County / United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/03/26.
Themes: In the lap of the eternal sun reposed the Massatonguas. Purgation from every sin against the Great White Spirit gave them a land in which perfection was seen in every contour of nature, and happiness was as illimitable as the spiced breezes these favored children breathed. Birds of exquisite plumage … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/03/26.
Themes: In the lap of the eternal sun reposed the Massatonguas. Purgation from every sin against the Great White Spirit gave them a land in which perfection was seen in every contour of nature, and happiness was as illimitable as the spiced breezes these favored children breathed. Birds of exquisite plumage … Read more
[Arbaugh (Newton County / United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/03/26.
Themes: In the lap of the eternal sun reposed the Massatonguas. Purgation from every sin against the Great White Spirit gave them a land in which perfection was seen in every contour of nature, and happiness was as illimitable as the spiced breezes these favored children breathed. Birds of exquisite plumage … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/03/26.
Themes: In the lap of the eternal sun reposed the Massatonguas. Purgation from every sin against the Great White Spirit gave them a land in which perfection was seen in every contour of nature, and happiness was as illimitable as the spiced breezes these favored children breathed. Birds of exquisite plumage … Read more
- The Bald Man and the Devils
[Wiltz (canton de Wiltz / Luxembourg)]
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 added by Fabien
Published on 01/01/26.
Themes: Cheveux Diable Invocation Invocation du Diable Mensonge Punition It is told in Wiltz that a man once swore a false oath, adding these words: “If what I say is not true, may the Devil come and pluck every hair from my head!” On his way home, as he was passing a little wood, so many devils came upon … Read more
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 added by Fabien
Published on 01/01/26.
Themes: Cheveux Diable Invocation Invocation du Diable Mensonge Punition It is told in Wiltz that a man once swore a false oath, adding these words: “If what I say is not true, may the Devil come and pluck every hair from my head!” On his way home, as he was passing a little wood, so many devils came upon … Read more
- The Bald Man and the Devils
[Wiltz (canton de Wiltz / Luxembourg)]
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 added by Fabien
Published on 01/01/26.
Themes: Cheveux Diable Invocation Invocation du Diable Mensonge Punition It is told in Wiltz that a man once swore a false oath, adding these words: “If what I say is not true, may the Devil come and pluck every hair from my head!” On his way home, as he was passing a little wood, so many devils came upon … Read more
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 added by Fabien
Published on 01/01/26.
Themes: Cheveux Diable Invocation Invocation du Diable Mensonge Punition It is told in Wiltz that a man once swore a false oath, adding these words: “If what I say is not true, may the Devil come and pluck every hair from my head!” On his way home, as he was passing a little wood, so many devils came upon … Read more
[Knockahollow (Tipperary / Irlande)]
By Crofton Croker, Thomas in 1825 (7 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 28/12/25.
Themes: There was once a poor man who lived in the fertile glen of Aherlow, at the foot of the gloomy Galtee mountains, and he had a great hump on his back: he looked just as if his body had been rolled up and placed upon his shoulders; and his head … Read more
By Crofton Croker, Thomas in 1825 (7 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 28/12/25.
Themes: There was once a poor man who lived in the fertile glen of Aherlow, at the foot of the gloomy Galtee mountains, and he had a great hump on his back: he looked just as if his body had been rolled up and placed upon his shoulders; and his head … Read more
[Knockahollow (Tipperary / Irlande)]
By Crofton Croker, Thomas in 1825 (7 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 28/12/25.
Themes: There was once a poor man who lived in the fertile glen of Aherlow, at the foot of the gloomy Galtee mountains, and he had a great hump on his back: he looked just as if his body had been rolled up and placed upon his shoulders; and his head … Read more
By Crofton Croker, Thomas in 1825 (7 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 28/12/25.
Themes: There was once a poor man who lived in the fertile glen of Aherlow, at the foot of the gloomy Galtee mountains, and he had a great hump on his back: he looked just as if his body had been rolled up and placed upon his shoulders; and his head … Read more
LimerickLive
- Knockfierna Hill
[Ballingarry (Limerick / Irlande)]
By Crofton Croker, Thomas in 1825 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/12/25.
Themes: It is a very good thing not to be any way in dread of the fairies, for without doubt they have then less power over a person; but to make too free with them, or to disbelieve in them altogether, is as foolish a thing as man, woman, or child … Read more
By Crofton Croker, Thomas in 1825 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/12/25.
Themes: It is a very good thing not to be any way in dread of the fairies, for without doubt they have then less power over a person; but to make too free with them, or to disbelieve in them altogether, is as foolish a thing as man, woman, or child … Read more
LimerickLive
- Knockfierna Hill
[Ballingarry (Limerick / Irlande)]
By Crofton Croker, Thomas in 1825 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/12/25.
Themes: It is a very good thing not to be any way in dread of the fairies, for without doubt they have then less power over a person; but to make too free with them, or to disbelieve in them altogether, is as foolish a thing as man, woman, or child … Read more
By Crofton Croker, Thomas in 1825 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/12/25.
Themes: It is a very good thing not to be any way in dread of the fairies, for without doubt they have then less power over a person; but to make too free with them, or to disbelieve in them altogether, is as foolish a thing as man, woman, or child … Read more
- Schmetchen, the Horse Healer of Gotsingen
[Flaxweiler (canton de Grevenmacher / Luxembourg)]
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 10/12/25.
Themes: Alcool Alcoolique Animal Cheval Guérison Jouer des tours Mauvais accueil Punition Sorcier In the 1850s there lived in Götzingen a man about sixty-five to seventy years old. People called him de Schmetchen—probably because he had once been a blacksmith. This man knew how to make horses go lame and how to make them sound again; all he needed was to know what … Read more
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 10/12/25.
Themes: Alcool Alcoolique Animal Cheval Guérison Jouer des tours Mauvais accueil Punition Sorcier In the 1850s there lived in Götzingen a man about sixty-five to seventy years old. People called him de Schmetchen—probably because he had once been a blacksmith. This man knew how to make horses go lame and how to make them sound again; all he needed was to know what … Read more
[Flaxweiler (canton de Grevenmacher / Luxembourg)]
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 10/12/25.
Themes: Alcool Alcoolique Animal Cheval Guérison Jouer des tours Mauvais accueil Punition Sorcier In the 1850s there lived in Götzingen a man about sixty-five to seventy years old. People called him de Schmetchen—probably because he had once been a blacksmith. This man knew how to make horses go lame and how to make them sound again; all he needed was to know what … Read more
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 10/12/25.
Themes: Alcool Alcoolique Animal Cheval Guérison Jouer des tours Mauvais accueil Punition Sorcier In the 1850s there lived in Götzingen a man about sixty-five to seventy years old. People called him de Schmetchen—probably because he had once been a blacksmith. This man knew how to make horses go lame and how to make them sound again; all he needed was to know what … Read more
- Schmetchen, the Horse Healer of Gotsingen
- The Sorcerer and the Horses
[Manternach (canton de Grevenmacher / Luxembourg)]
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 added by Fabien
Published on 07/12/25.
Themes: Animal Animal qui refuse d'avancer Blessure Cheval Magie Punition Sorcier In Manternach there once lived a man who was reputed to understand secret arts. One day he was sitting in front of his house when someone passed by with a wagon. Suddenly the wagon stopped. They urged on the horses, they pushed at the wagon, but all in vain. Then … Read more
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 added by Fabien
Published on 07/12/25.
Themes: Animal Animal qui refuse d'avancer Blessure Cheval Magie Punition Sorcier In Manternach there once lived a man who was reputed to understand secret arts. One day he was sitting in front of his house when someone passed by with a wagon. Suddenly the wagon stopped. They urged on the horses, they pushed at the wagon, but all in vain. Then … Read more
- The Sorcerer and the Horses
[Manternach (canton de Grevenmacher / Luxembourg)]
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 added by Fabien
Published on 07/12/25.
Themes: Animal Animal qui refuse d'avancer Blessure Cheval Magie Punition Sorcier In Manternach there once lived a man who was reputed to understand secret arts. One day he was sitting in front of his house when someone passed by with a wagon. Suddenly the wagon stopped. They urged on the horses, they pushed at the wagon, but all in vain. Then … Read more
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 added by Fabien
Published on 07/12/25.
Themes: Animal Animal qui refuse d'avancer Blessure Cheval Magie Punition Sorcier In Manternach there once lived a man who was reputed to understand secret arts. One day he was sitting in front of his house when someone passed by with a wagon. Suddenly the wagon stopped. They urged on the horses, they pushed at the wagon, but all in vain. Then … Read more
- Greedy Goba
[Badu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/11/25.
Themes: In former days, on the leeward side of Badu, lay the village of Ergan, and Wakaid was situated to windward, that is to say, on the south-eastern side of the island. The men of Wakaid told their women to go to Ergan to sell biiu (a mangrove-derived food preparation) for … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/11/25.
Themes: In former days, on the leeward side of Badu, lay the village of Ergan, and Wakaid was situated to windward, that is to say, on the south-eastern side of the island. The men of Wakaid told their women to go to Ergan to sell biiu (a mangrove-derived food preparation) for … Read more
[Badu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/11/25.
Themes: In former days, on the leeward side of Badu, lay the village of Ergan, and Wakaid was situated to windward, that is to say, on the south-eastern side of the island. The men of Wakaid told their women to go to Ergan to sell biiu (a mangrove-derived food preparation) for … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 22/11/25.
Themes: In former days, on the leeward side of Badu, lay the village of Ergan, and Wakaid was situated to windward, that is to say, on the south-eastern side of the island. The men of Wakaid told their women to go to Ergan to sell biiu (a mangrove-derived food preparation) for … Read more
- Greedy Goba
- The storm
[Mabuiag Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (< 1 minute) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/11/25.
Themes: There was once a Mabuiag woman named Uga, who went along with the mari of a good-looking man named Tabepa (or Tabepa mari). The latter lived at Pulu, a small island off the far side of Mabuiag. The mother of Uga said to her, " Don't you go along with … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (< 1 minute) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/11/25.
Themes: There was once a Mabuiag woman named Uga, who went along with the mari of a good-looking man named Tabepa (or Tabepa mari). The latter lived at Pulu, a small island off the far side of Mabuiag. The mother of Uga said to her, " Don't you go along with … Read more
- The storm
[Mabuiag Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (< 1 minute) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/11/25.
Themes: There was once a Mabuiag woman named Uga, who went along with the mari of a good-looking man named Tabepa (or Tabepa mari). The latter lived at Pulu, a small island off the far side of Mabuiag. The mother of Uga said to her, " Don't you go along with … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (< 1 minute) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/11/25.
Themes: There was once a Mabuiag woman named Uga, who went along with the mari of a good-looking man named Tabepa (or Tabepa mari). The latter lived at Pulu, a small island off the far side of Mabuiag. The mother of Uga said to her, " Don't you go along with … Read more
Google Street Map
- Viel del Gomitolo dell'Oro
[Firenze (Città Metropolitana di Firenze / Italie)]
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/10/25.
Themes: In the Via del Gomitolo del Oro, or Street of the Golden Skein, was an old house in which there dwelt an old man who had a beautiful young wife. She had married him for love — truly not of himself, but of his vast fortune. This gave much cause … Read more
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/10/25.
Themes: In the Via del Gomitolo del Oro, or Street of the Golden Skein, was an old house in which there dwelt an old man who had a beautiful young wife. She had married him for love — truly not of himself, but of his vast fortune. This gave much cause … Read more
[Firenze (Città Metropolitana di Firenze / Italie)]
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/10/25.
Themes: In the Via del Gomitolo del Oro, or Street of the Golden Skein, was an old house in which there dwelt an old man who had a beautiful young wife. She had married him for love — truly not of himself, but of his vast fortune. This gave much cause … Read more
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/10/25.
Themes: In the Via del Gomitolo del Oro, or Street of the Golden Skein, was an old house in which there dwelt an old man who had a beautiful young wife. She had married him for love — truly not of himself, but of his vast fortune. This gave much cause … Read more
Google Street Map
- Viel del Gomitolo dell'Oro
Дмитрий Мозжухин, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fontaine et piazza Santa Croce
[Firenze (Città Metropolitana di Firenze / Italie)]
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 18/10/25.
Themes: Pico di Mirandola lies buried in Santa Croce. A modern writer of celebrity, in eulogising the great Humboldt, based his admiration solely on the fact that the Baron had travelled so extensively, and thereby got into so much Good Society — the epitaph upon great Pico's tomb is chiefly based … Read more
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 18/10/25.
Themes: Pico di Mirandola lies buried in Santa Croce. A modern writer of celebrity, in eulogising the great Humboldt, based his admiration solely on the fact that the Baron had travelled so extensively, and thereby got into so much Good Society — the epitaph upon great Pico's tomb is chiefly based … Read more
Дмитрий Мозжухин, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fontaine et piazza Santa Croce
[Firenze (Città Metropolitana di Firenze / Italie)]
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 18/10/25.
Themes: Pico di Mirandola lies buried in Santa Croce. A modern writer of celebrity, in eulogising the great Humboldt, based his admiration solely on the fact that the Baron had travelled so extensively, and thereby got into so much Good Society — the epitaph upon great Pico's tomb is chiefly based … Read more
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 18/10/25.
Themes: Pico di Mirandola lies buried in Santa Croce. A modern writer of celebrity, in eulogising the great Humboldt, based his admiration solely on the fact that the Baron had travelled so extensively, and thereby got into so much Good Society — the epitaph upon great Pico's tomb is chiefly based … Read more
Sailko, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Diavolino de Giambologna
[Firenze (Città Metropolitana di Firenze / Italie)]
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/10/25.
Themes: There was once in Florence a great family, of which the mother and only daughter, whose name was Lucia, were indeed as good as saints or angels, and loved by all. But just as they were good, the father and three brothers of Lucia were utterly evil in every way, … Read more
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/10/25.
Themes: There was once in Florence a great family, of which the mother and only daughter, whose name was Lucia, were indeed as good as saints or angels, and loved by all. But just as they were good, the father and three brothers of Lucia were utterly evil in every way, … Read more
[Firenze (Città Metropolitana di Firenze / Italie)]
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/10/25.
Themes: There was once in Florence a great family, of which the mother and only daughter, whose name was Lucia, were indeed as good as saints or angels, and loved by all. But just as they were good, the father and three brothers of Lucia were utterly evil in every way, … Read more
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/10/25.
Themes: There was once in Florence a great family, of which the mother and only daughter, whose name was Lucia, were indeed as good as saints or angels, and loved by all. But just as they were good, the father and three brothers of Lucia were utterly evil in every way, … Read more
Sailko, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Diavolino de Giambologna