lavandières
nature_spirit water French single tradition · 1
Night washerwomen spirits whose belief was very present in Brittany and Normandy during the nineteenth century. They are also attested in many other regions of France including Berry, Pyrenees, Alps, Alsace, Morvan, Creuse, Burgundy and Ariège. An important number of Romantic French authors and poets wrote about them, including Guy de Maupassant, Victor Hugo, and George Sand.
When
- First attested
- 1800 CE
- Attested period
- 1800 – 1899
- Historical notes
- Belief was very present in nineteenth-century Brittany and Normandy, documented by Romantic French authors.
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In the nineteenth century, the belief in night washerwomen was very present in Brittany and Normandy, but it is also attested in many other regions of France: Berry, Pyrenees, Alps, Alsace, Morvan, Creuse, Burgundy and Ariège.”
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