Legendes sur le thème : Sauvetage (5 légendes)

Saut du Cerf (Hirzsprung)
DREAL Grand Est - Saut du Cerf (Hirzsprung)
[Ribeauvillé (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 added by Fabien
Published on 26/05/26.
Themes: Cerf | Chevreuil | Daim Chapelle Chasse Cheval Chute Falaise Invocation Dieu ou saints Miracle Noblesse Origine d'un lieu Origine d'un lieu de culte Origine d'un nom Pierre | Roche Saut miraculeux Sauvetage Voeu

On the road from Ribeauvillé to Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, not far from the turn-off to the road to Aubure, there stands a rock forty feet high, known as the Hirzsprung, the “Deer’s Leap”. It owes its name to the following event. Count Anselm II of Rappoltstein, who died around the year 1314, … Read more
Saut du Cerf (Hirzsprung)
DREAL Grand Est - Saut du Cerf (Hirzsprung)

The Legend of the Saut du Cerf (Hirzsprung)

[Ribeauvillé (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 added by Fabien
Published on 26/05/26.
Themes: Cerf | Chevreuil | Daim Chapelle Chasse Cheval Chute Falaise Invocation Dieu ou saints Miracle Noblesse Origine d'un lieu Origine d'un lieu de culte Origine d'un nom Pierre | Roche Saut miraculeux Sauvetage Voeu

On the road from Ribeauvillé to Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, not far from the turn-off to the road to Aubure, there stands a rock forty feet high, known as the Hirzsprung, the “Deer’s Leap”. It owes its name to the following event. Count Anselm II of Rappoltstein, who died around the year 1314, … Read more

[Three Mile House (Monaghan / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/03/26.
Themes:

Hardly any deep lake in Ireland is without the occupancy of an uncouth monster, seldom seen on the surface, but often observed in motion, far down in the depths of the water. Imagination is frequently exercised by the peasantry, to divine its exact form, which is supposed to differ in … Read more

The Legend of the Monster of Lough Drumsnat and Saint Molua

[Three Mile House (Monaghan / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/03/26.
Themes:

Hardly any deep lake in Ireland is without the occupancy of an uncouth monster, seldom seen on the surface, but often observed in motion, far down in the depths of the water. Imagination is frequently exercised by the peasantry, to divine its exact form, which is supposed to differ in … Read more

Ve Skerries
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[Helligoblo (Shetland Islands / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/02/26.
Themes:

Of mermen and merwomen many strange stories are told in the Shetland Isles. Beneath the depths of the ocean, according to these stories, an atmosphere exists adapted to the respiratory organs of certain beings, resembling, in form, the human race, possessed of surpassing beauty, of limited supernatural powers, and liable … Read more
Ve Skerries
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The Legend of the Fisherman and the Mermaid of the Shetland Islands

[Helligoblo (Shetland Islands / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/02/26.
Themes:

Of mermen and merwomen many strange stories are told in the Shetland Isles. Beneath the depths of the ocean, according to these stories, an atmosphere exists adapted to the respiratory organs of certain beings, resembling, in form, the human race, possessed of surpassing beauty, of limited supernatural powers, and liable … Read more

Mairuer and the Turtles
- Mairuer and the Turtles
[Mer Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (5 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/01/26.
Themes:

Once upon a time, a number of Murray Islanders, belonging to the clans known as Meurum-le and Komet-le, went in several canoes to the sandbank known as Kerget, to get shell-turtle and wauri. Though they stayed several days, no turtle were obtained. One man, "Mairuer", said to the coral *zogo* … Read more

The legend of Nam Zogo ; or, The Myth of the TurtleSpirits

[Mer Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (5 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/01/26.
Themes:

Once upon a time, a number of Murray Islanders, belonging to the clans known as Meurum-le and Komet-le, went in several canoes to the sandbank known as Kerget, to get shell-turtle and wauri. Though they stayed several days, no turtle were obtained. One man, "Mairuer", said to the coral *zogo* … Read more
Mairuer and the Turtles
- Mairuer and the Turtles

Kasu Kap
- Kasu Kap
[Boigu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Abbé Buléon, J. in 1890 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 03/11/25.
Themes:

One day Maiwasa of Dauan went along the reef looking for the feeding ground of a dugong (a marine mammal that grazes on algae); with him walked his wife, Bukari, a fine, well-favoured woman, possessing a notable pair of large ear-pendants (muti) ornamented with seeds (kusa). Now it happened that … Read more
Kasu Kap
- Kasu Kap

The Legend of the Birth of Kusa Kap

[Boigu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Abbé Buléon, J. in 1890 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 03/11/25.
Themes:

One day Maiwasa of Dauan went along the reef looking for the feeding ground of a dugong (a marine mammal that grazes on algae); with him walked his wife, Bukari, a fine, well-favoured woman, possessing a notable pair of large ear-pendants (muti) ornamented with seeds (kusa). Now it happened that … Read more