French language Literature
Légendes canadiennes
2016
Sous-titres : Français Espagnol Roumain Anglais Allemand Arabe
Discover eight Canadian legends illustrated by video. Amongst them, "The Wolverine", "The Black Horse", "Captain Craig's Ghost Ship" and "The Bears of the Red Mountains".
French language | Literature
Episode 1
4 min
Captain Craig's Ghost Ship (tale from Acadia)
You think that the pirates of centuries past only sailed faraway seas? Would you be surprised to learn that Chaleur Bay, separating the Gaspé Peninsula from New Brunswick, also had its very own pirates? And the most famous of all of them was, without doubt, Captain Craig.
Episode 2
4 min
The Black Horse (tale from Manitoba)
If there's one character that crops up in innumerable legends, right across Canada, it's the devil, also called Satan, the demon or the Evil One. As everyone knows, the Evil One can change shape in order to get close to us, as he did in Manitoba in the 19th century...
Episode 3
3 min
The White Lady (tale from Quebec)
Do you know the Montmorency Falls, in La Côte-de-Beaupré, near Quebec City? Over the years several people have sworn that, at nightfall, they saw the slender white outline of a woman. It was Mathilde Robin who died in 1759. Or rather her ghost, now known as the White Lady...
Episode 4
4 min
The Red Maples (Wyandot tale)
Do you know why the maples turn red each autumn? White people naively think that it's the cold that causes the phenomenon and transforms the forests... But they are wrong. Listen to the explanation given by the Wyandot people...
Episode 5
4 min
The Wolverine (Micmac tale)
Whether you call it glutton, carcajou or wolverine this is one animal no-one particularly likes or wants to see prowling around their home. The wolverine is a carrion-eater today threatened by extinction... but it wasn't always thus.
Discover eight Canadian legends illustrated by video. Amongst them, "The Wolverine", "The Black Horse", "Captain Craig's Ghost Ship" and "The Bears of the Red Mountains".
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