In Breton folklore, a Korrigan is a fairy or dwarf-like spirit. The word korrigan means in Breton "small-dwarf". It is closely related to the Cornish word korrik which means gnome. The name changes ac
Houles fairies are fairies specific to the Channel coast, stretching from Cancale to Tréveneuc in Upper Brittany, to the Channel Islands, and known from a few fragments of stories in the Cotentin regi
Illustration for the tale "La houle du châtelet", 1883. Published in Paul Sébillot's Contes de terre et de mer.
Houles fairies often have black chickens.
Stories of houles fairies unfold on the cliffs of Cap Fréhel.