Mythologie des Cornouailles

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Mythologie des Cornouailles

La mythologie des Cornouailles ou mythologie cornique est la tradition folklorique et la mythologie du peuple cornique. Il se compose en partie de traditions folkloriques développées en Cornouailles et en partie de traditions développées par les Britanniques ailleurs avant la fin du premier millénaire, souvent partagées avec celles des peuples bretons et gallois. Certains d’entre eux contiennent des vestiges de la mythologie de la Grande-Bretagne préchrétienne.

Il y a beaucoup de folklore traditionnel à Cornouailles, souvent des contes de géants, de sirènes, de Bucca, de piskies ou de «pobel vean» (petites personnes.) Ceux-ci sont toujours populaires aujourd’hui, avec de nombreux événements accueillant un «droll teller» pour raconter les histoires. Le conte de fées Jack the Giant Killer se déroule à Cornouailles. De nombreuses premières légendes britanniques associent le roi Arthur à Cornouailles, plaçant sa ville natale à Tintagel, la cour du roi Marc de Cornouailles, oncle de Tristan et mari d’Iseult, les plus célèbres amants de Cornouailles.

Mythologie des Cornouailles (textes)

Contes de Géants

The Giants of Towednack
The Giants of Carn Galva
The Giants of Trecrobben and the Mount
The Giant Wrath of Portreath
The Giant Bolster, of Saint Ann’s

The Piskey-Led Commercial Traveller’s Ride over the Hills
Uter Bosence and the Piskey
The Old Wandering Droll-Teller of the Lizard, and his Story of the Mermaid and the Man of Cury

Contes divers de Cornouailles par W. Bottrell

The White Witch, or Charmer of Zennor

Part First
Part Second
The Sailors History

Annual Visit of the West-Country Folks to the Pellar of Helston, to have their Protection Renewed
The Pellar and Tom Treva’s Cows
The Ghost of Stythians
The Ghost-Layer
Betty Toddy and her Gown; A St. Just Droll

Sketches In Penzance

The Old Market-House, and its Surroundings
The Self-Taught Architect of the Land’s-End
The School-Days and Home of Pellew
Parson Spry and his Wooden Horse
Cornish Pulpit Retorts, Forty Years Ago
The Ghosts of Chapel-Street and St. Mary’s Chapel-Yard

Newlyn

A Legend of Tolcarn
Newlyn; Our Jan’s Brath; and the Particular Lodger

Mousehole

Part I
Part II

Nancy Trenoweth, the Fair Daughter of the Miller of Alsia

Part I
Part II
Sequel

Sarah Polgrain

The Dwelling of Chenance

Lamorna Cove: The Dwelling of Chenance: Joan’s Trip to Penzance on Christmas Eve
The Dwelling of Chenance, Part II

Bosava: The Demon Mason; and Lenine the Cobbler
Trewoof and the Old Mansion of the Levelis
The Haunted Chamber and the Maltsman
The Gardens of Trewoof
The Haunted Mill-Pool of Trove; and the Crusaders

Saga des I’ans et autres contes par W. Bottrell

Duffy and the Devil (An Old Christmas Play)

Part First
Part Second

Celtic Monuments Of Boleigh And Rosemodrass
Boleigh or Boleit
Menheres
Holed Stones, &c
The Last Cardew, of Boskenna, and the Story of Nelly Wearne
Story of Nelly Wearne
The Witch of Burian Church-Town
The Story of Madam Noy
A Modern Sancreed Witch
A Queen’s Visit to Baranhual
The Small People’s Cow
Tom of Chyannor, the Tin-Streamer
The Fairy Dwelling on Selena Moor

The I’an’s House of Treen

Introduction
The I’ans Quit Treen
Unexpected Visitors
The Proud Pendars
The I’an’s Ghosts

Castle Treen and its Legends

The Key of the Castle
Giants of Castle Treen
Dan Dynas
The Small People (Fairies)
St. Levan Witches

Traditions of Pacurno

Legends of St. Levan

St. Levan and His Sister
Johanna’s Garden
The St. Levan Stone
Parchapel Well

A Legend of Pargwarra
An’ Pee Tregeer’s Trip to Market on Hallan Eve
Pendeen of Old
An Overseer and a Parish Clerk of St. Just about sixty years ago
The Fairy Master, or Bob o’ the Carn

A Tinner’s Fireside Stories

The Knockers of Ballowal
Tom and the Knackers
Old Songs and Nicknames

An Excursion to Chapel Uny Well

Introduction
The Changeling of Brea Vean

Betty Stogs’s Baby
How a Morvah Man Bought Clothes for his Wife
How A Zennor Man Choked Himself, but had his Will in his Pocket

The Smugglers of Penrose

Part the First
Part the Second

Tregagle

West Country Superstitions

Devil’s Money
The Slighted Damsel of Gwinear
The Wreck of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel
A Night’s Ride to Scilly
Ancient Bridal Customs
Madron Well
The Crick-Stone, or Men-an-tol
Charms
The Fairy Tribes
Mermaids and the Hooper
The Wrecker and the Death Ship
The Sun Never Shines on Those Who Have Sworn Away A Life