Project Gutenberg 2016-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 103 Cosquin, Emmanuel 1841 1919 Cosquin, Emmanuel Georges Contes populaires de Lorraine, comparés avec les contes des autres provinces de France et des pays étrangers, volume 2 (of 2) Produced by Laurent Vogel, Chuck Greif, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Contes populaires de Lorraine" by Emmanuel Cosquin is a collection of folk tales written in the late 19th century. The work offers a comparative study of traditional stories from the Lorraine region, contrasting them with tales from other provinces of France and various foreign countries, while also providing an essay on the origins and spread of European folk tales. Through these narratives, readers are invited to explore the cultural richness and thematic diversity of folklore. The opening of the work presents a tale titled "L'Homme de Fer" (The Iron Man), which follows the misadventures of a drunken old soldier named La Ramée. After unintentionally killing his colonel, he escapes to England, where he encounters a mysterious old woman who hints at treasure hidden in a castle guarded by various beasts. Encouraged by her, La Ramée ventures into the castle, retrieves a magical candle from the Iron Man, and subsequently discovers he can summon riches. The story unfolds as he navigates his desires and the consequences of his newfound power, foreshadowing themes of fortune and trickery that likely resonate throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Tales -- France -- Lorraine Folklore -- France -- Lorraine Folk literature, French -- France -- Lorraine -- Themes, motives PQ Text FR Contes Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 1161468 1161455 2024-09-21T09:36:50.104994 2023-09-22T06:55:00.064630 text/html text/html 1173106 2016-01-03T12:58:08 text/html; charset=utf-8 828855 2016-01-03T12:58:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 717208 2024-09-21T09:37:07.169916 application/epub+zip 718215 2024-09-21T09:36:52.571989 application/epub+zip 563178 2024-09-21T09:36:51.311996 application/epub+zip 1013731 2024-09-21T09:37:17.615869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 905992 2024-09-21T09:37:05.735923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 751711 2022-09-23T06:20:41.379860 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1094900 1094613 2024-09-21T09:36:47.700959 2023-09-22T06:54:57.835687 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1094952 2016-01-03T12:58:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 384871 2016-01-03T12:58:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19384 2024-09-21T09:37:17.776821 application/rdf+xml 15639 2024-09-21T09:36:51.494966 image/jpeg 2327 2024-09-21T09:36:51.404932 image/jpeg 828903 2024-09-21T09:36:50.210974 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia