The History and Legends of the Haunted Abbaye De Mortemer
Discover the secrets and legends of Abbaye De Mortemer, an infamous haunted abbey in rural France. Explore its haunting history from Dames Blanches, ghost monks, werewolves and a goblin cat guarding a treasure.
Discover the secrets and legends of Abbaye De Mortemer, an infamous haunted abbey in rural France. Explore its haunting history from Dames Blanches, ghost monks, werewolves and a goblin cat guarding a treasure.
Hidden deep within the French countryside lies the Abbaye De Mortemer, an ancient structure with a chilling past. The former Cistercian Monastery in the Forest of Lyons is the home to…
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"Dame Blanche"
New drawing which ended up in a beautiful illustration!
At first I wanted to continue my quick drawings of beautiful ladies but this one became a full illustration.
A desire like that, and the result is not bad, what do you think?
I once again tried something~
"Be careful... the banshee is walking on her territory and arrived near the sea, in a silence.... maybe she will find a new lost soul to guide~"
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Wednesday 100: Claire and Fergus wait for Jamie to return from the Bastile post-dinner brawl
Claire sat staring at the fire from one side of the chaise, while Fergus occupied the other.
“Milady?” Fergus finally broke the silence.
“Hm?” She barely focused her eyes on him.
“Milord will return soon, no? He is innocent…” he looked down to his lap, fidgeting with his fingers.
“I’m sure he’ll be home soon, darling, go rest.”
“No, I will stay right here beside you. Milord would never forgive me if I left you to wait alone.”
Claire smiled for the first time all night and pulled the boy down to her lap, looking down at both their children.
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Illustration: “Dama Blanca” by Anna Ribot-Urbita for the 2017 calendar of Catalan mythology. Source.
The White Lady of Auvinyà (Andorra) - La Dama Blanca d’Auvinyà
This legend takes place during the Middle Ages in Auvinyà, a village in Andorra. This village is located right next to the border, where there is one of the entrances to Andorra. South of that border, the lands were possession of the County of Urgell (Catalonia).
According to the legends, in the old times there was one family in charge of taking care of the border. It was a big family with plenty of members to do the job, but through the generations the family became smaller. In the end, only one woman of that family remained, the rest of the family branches had died without heirs. When this last woman died, the border entrance became guarded by a mysterious woman who dressed all in white.
There are different legends that talk about invading armies who wanted to conquer Andorra. Some legends talk about the Islamic kingdoms of the Cordova Caliphate, who at that time often led attacks towards the north with the objective of conquering more land or, at least, looting the towns and take their inhabitants as slaves. Other legends talk about the Bishop of Urgell (the feudal lord on the other side of the border) looking to expand his territories.
The following legend is told of both a powerful Moorish general or the Bishop of Urgell. He reached the border with Andorra with the intention of conquering it (in the case of the general) or making Andorrans his feudal subjects who would have had to pay high taxes to him (in the case of the Bishop). He stopped to drink from a fountain, and the White Lady appeared and told him to follow her. They walked into the forest alone, so nobody knows for sure what happened there. The powerful man ran away scared, back to his army, and immediately told them they had to leave. They retreated and didn’t dare to go near Andorra again.
But years later, the protagonist of this encounter with the White Lady had died and his successor decided to try again, unaware of the real reason for the retreat. The general/Bishop reached the border at night, but was never seen again.
From that moment on, Andorrans had been freed from the rule of the lords, but soon the inhabitants of the area became terrified because a wolf was attacking their flocks and homes, killing the animals and people that it encountered. The very few who had seen the wolf but escaped alive talked about its eyes, which they describes as the ferocious eyes of a desperate man. The inhabitants of Auvinyà organized a hunting party to hunt the wolf, and they managed to corner him and kill him.
A few days later, the man who had killed the wolf got ill and went delirious at night. Some legends say that he was seeing visions of the wolf and that was causing his illness, so the Andorrans invoked the White Lady to ask her to cure him. The White Lady couldn’t save him, but she explained that soul of the powerful general/bishop who had disappeared years ago had been trapped inside the ferocious wolf. The hunter died, but he did so knowing that his sacrifice had liberated Andorra from the invasors, because death took away the last remain of the danger because the invasor’s soul would not be roaming Andorra anymore.
The White Lady keeps the promise that, as long as she exists, Andorra will remain an independent country.
Similar legends about “white ladies” appear in other areas of the Pyrenees like the Occitan damas blancas, and seem to be related to the Germanic mythology that led to the French dames blanches, the German Weiße Frauen and the Dutch Witte Wieven.
Sources: the blog Mitologia Catalana and the book Andorra, el meu país by Albert Puigoriol via La Tribuna.
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For science, please tell me the country you're from and what monster/legend terrified you when you were a child!
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The November Ghost in Château de Bonaguil
Explore the breathtaking Château de Bonaguil in south-western France. Take a journey through history as you uncover this majestic 12th century fortified castle where a Woman in White is said to haunt the castle every November.
Explore the breathtaking Château de Bonaguil in south-western France. Take a journey through history as you uncover this majestic 12th century fortified castle where a Woman in White is said to haunt the castle every November.
Marvel at the majestic 12th-century fortress of Château de Bonaguil in Saint-Front-sur-Lémance in south-western France! Located near the Lot and Dordogne rivers, this…
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Gif: @clairelizfraser
S02E04 La Dame Blanche • 30 April 2016 Transcript
Outlander Rewatch 2023 Countdown To Season 7
Favourite Word
We need to stage the occasion to undercut Charles, lead him to make a mistake in front of the duke and expose himself for the delusional popinjay that he is. — Jamie
Favourite Line
I'm fascinated by things not of this time. — Master Raymond
Photo: Starz
Favourite Image
Glass shatters. Men fight. Men grunt…
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Remember I told you I was lost?… Well, I think... perhaps you've built me a lean-to... at the least. And a roof... to keep out the rain. — Jamie Fraser
20th of 75 • Saturday, 22 April 2023
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The Winselmutter near Grünhain
The so-called Oswalds brook flows near Grünhain. A ghostly shadow is said to scurry up and down around the midnight hour, constantly uttering tones of lamentation. The people call this the Winselmutter (whimper mother). They say that once a young man, whose lover had broken faith, ended his life in this stream, which was very deep and raging in many places. Although his tenderly loving mother had searched him for seven days most carefully, but could not find his body again and finally died of exhaustion and a broken heart. Her destiny is now, because she murmured against God's wise providence, having to search in vain for the body of her drowned son, constantly complaining and whining.
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