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Legends of Myrtles Plantation; Letiche; T. Mary Oneida Toups This page was last edited on 4 September 2020, at 00:35 (UTC). ... Category: Louisiana folklore.
The rougarou legend has been spread for many generations, either directly from French settlers to Louisiana (New France) or via the French Canadian immigrants centuries ago. In the Creole and Cajun legends, the creature is said to prowl the swamps around Acadiana and Greater New Orleans, and the sugar cane fields and woodlands of the regions.
These sacred myths were the record of the history of the Choctaw and many other Indigenous groups, as they were for other cultures around the world. During these sacred stories and myths, names were mentioned, but dates were hardly included. An example was Choctaw Chief Pushmataha. While he is known to have lived from 1764 to 1824, the stories ...
There are a variety of other legends surrounding the Myrtles. The house is reputedly built over an Indian burial ground, and the ghost of a young Native American woman has been reported. During the Civil War, the house was ransacked by Union soldiers, and legend claims that three were killed in the house. Supposedly, there is a blood stain in a ...
Native American myths and legends. Smithmark Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8317-6290-2. Thompson, Stith: Folk Tales of the North American Indians (Indiana University Press 1929) Tooker, Elisabeth, ed. (1979). Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands: sacred myths, dreams, visions, speeches, healing formulas, rituals, and ceremonials ...
[4] [5] The legend has inspired cocktails, [6] and his reputed residence on Royal Street has become a tourist attraction. [ 4 ] The legend of St. Germain was featured on Mysteries Decoded , in the season 1 episode "Vampires of New Orleans" [ 7 ] as well as in season 2, episode 6 of Mysteries at the Monument .
The Grootslang is a huge elephant-like creature with a serpent's tail which according to legend lives in caves, swamps, freshwater in South Africa. [4] The Lernaean Hydra in Greek and Roman mythology was the creature Heracles killed in the swamp near Lake Lerna. [5] The Honey Island Swamp Monster is known in Louisiana. [6] [7]
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