#FolkloreThursday for #InternationalFairyDay #Celtic: `In the area around the #Breton towns of Lamballe and Moncontour, #fairies were said to live under some of the protruding rocks that emerge from the ground in that neighbourhood but only if they were also sited very near to a stream or pond. Protected by the elements from the overhanging stone, the fairies lit their fires and watched over their cattle. Their presence in the area attested by the markings on the stones said to have been made by their feet or by the nails of their sabots.
Throughout Brittany, both fairies and #korrigans were most closely associated with water; the latter usually with springs and ponds, the former with streams, rivers and the sea. Near Saint-Pôtan, the waters of the Guébriand River were said to be home to a fairy that lived in a fine palace hidden by the reeds and aquatic grasses; her blond hair could be seen above the water on nights when the moon was clear and sometimes one could hear her wonderful singing. This fairy could assume the appearance of an eel or even take a human form and was feared because it was believed to possess the power to petrify unmarried girls.`
Source: https://bonjourfrombrittany.wordpress.com/2023/01/14/the-fairies-of-the-swells/

#FolkloreThursday for #InternationalFairyDay #Celtic: `The fairies of north-east #Brittany and along an associated coastal strip about 130km long, stretching roughly from La Fresnais in the east to Saint-Quay-Portrieux in the west, were notably different from others found in #Breton folklore or even elsewhere in Europe. In the east of the region, they were known as Les Fées des Houles (#Fairies of the Swells) or Margot la Fée, but terms that meant ‘My Godmother Margot’ and ‘Good Ladies’ were also popularly used. In the Breton speaking areas to the west, Groac’h vor (Sea Fairy) was used although Groac’h was also a word that could be used to describe a witch or a crone.
Like the #Korrigans, the Fairies of the Swells possessed magical powers; they could foretell the future, shapeshift into any human or animal form and were able to travel from one end of the world to another in the twinkling of an eye. Fairies were often spoken of with a sense of reverence for it was widely believed that they refused to be mocked and ruthlessly punished those that ill-treated or disrespected them.`
https://bonjourfrombrittany.wordpress.com/2023/01/14/the-fairies-of-the-swells/

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `If contacted in their lovely woodland grottoes with running streams (in French, grotte aux fées, or in Breton, feunteun ar corrigan), #korrigans could sometimes tell the future. Seeking them out could bring danger, however, for korrigans like other #fairies were immoral and might as readily steal a person or child as tell a fortune.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

#FolkloreThursday: `If contacted in their lovely woodland grottoes with running streams (in French, grotte aux fées, or in Breton, feunteun ar corrigan), #korrigans could sometimes tell the future. Seeking them out could bring danger, however, for korrigans like other #fairies were immoral and might as readily steal a person or child as tell a fortune.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

I think the first picture was the best I took during the summer 2024. It still feels so soothing when I look at it.
#montsdarree #nature #view #sunset #menezhom #baladecontee #korrigans

#bzh #korrigans #spectacle #agreabulles