Eighteenth century French-Canadian folklore will come to life during Fort Fright at Colonial Michilimackinac, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6-7.

CREOLE'S COLLECTION OF FOLK TALES; LOUISIANA FOLK TALES. In French Dialect and English Translation. Collected and edited by Alcee Fortier. 8vo. New-York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $2.

The program highlights the French identity of places like Ste. Genevieve and Old Mines through folk tales, ballads and foot-stomping fiddle tunes. Advertisement Upcoming Events ...

The fifty tales of his Pentamerone, all of them genuine popular tales, are written in the Neapolitan dialect, but are full of the conceits of that age of concetti. To us that heightens their flavor.

In 1697, he published a collection of fairy tales pulled from French oral folklore, which was in vogue among intellectuals of the age. Legend has it that he was inspired by the Chateau d’Uss ...

Shudder has unveiled the US trailer for a freaky French horror film titled Kandisha, borrowing a Morrocan folk legend to tell a contemporary tale of revenge and horror.

Stories about the Rougarou vary considerably, even within Cajun folklore. Growing up on the bayou in Chauvin, Louisiana, in the ’80s, Jonathan Foret says he heard tales of the Rougarou “left ...

**1/2 Tales of the Night The new film from French animation visionary Michel Ocelot (“Azur & Asmar’’) is a collection of original fairy tales with backgrounds that glow like illuminated ...