Legendes sur le thème : Ile (6 legendes)

uklighthousetour.com - Ve Skerries
[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
uklighthousetour.com - Ve Skerries
[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

[Baltasound (Shetland Islands / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/01/26.
Themes:

A Story is told of an inhabitant of Unst, who, in walking on the sandy margin of a voe, saw a number of mermen and mermaids dancing by moonlight, and several seal-skins strewed beside them on the ground. At his approach they immediately fled to secure their garbs; and, taking … Read more
[Baltasound (Shetland Islands / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/01/26.
Themes:

A Story is told of an inhabitant of Unst, who, in walking on the sandy margin of a voe, saw a number of mermen and mermaids dancing by moonlight, and several seal-skins strewed beside them on the ground. At his approach they immediately fled to secure their garbs; and, taking … Read more

[Keriri Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 added by Fabien
Published on 06/01/26.
Themes:

The only tradition which Macgillivray collected was from Muralug, and is as follows : — " The first man created was a great giant named Adi, who, while fishing off Hammond Island, was caught by the rising tide and drowned — Hammond Rock springing up immediately after to mark the … Read more
[Keriri Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 added by Fabien
Published on 06/01/26.
Themes:

The only tradition which Macgillivray collected was from Muralug, and is as follows : — " The first man created was a great giant named Adi, who, while fishing off Hammond Island, was caught by the rising tide and drowned — Hammond Rock springing up immediately after to mark the … Read more

[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
OpenAI - Mairuer and the Turtles
OpenAI - 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

OpenAI - Kwoberkelbai and the Dorgai
[Badu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/11/25.
Themes:

On the southern side of Badu there are two islands, Zurat and Kwoberkelbai, much resorted to by turtle, great numbers of which were caught by the inhabitants. On Kwoberkelbai lived a man named Gabakwoikai, and one morning the men at the village told him they had seen turtle-tracks on the … Read more
OpenAI - Kwoberkelbai and the Dorgai
[Badu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/11/25.
Themes:

On the southern side of Badu there are two islands, Zurat and Kwoberkelbai, much resorted to by turtle, great numbers of which were caught by the inhabitants. On Kwoberkelbai lived a man named Gabakwoikai, and one morning the men at the village told him they had seen turtle-tracks on the … Read more

[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
OpenAI - Kasu Kap
OpenAI - 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