Jawnomicon

Dames Blanches

Also called White Ladies.

Dames Blanches are the white-clad fairy women of Normandy who lurk at ravines, fords, and bridges, demanding a dance or a courtesy — and throwing into the thorns those who refuse.

At a glance

Tradition
French folklore
Region
France (place of origin)
Trait family
The Justice Beasts

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Traits

Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.

Behaviour

  • Circular night dance lures or exhausts mortals
    why

    The recorded exemplar is La Dame d'Aprigny, who kept a winding ravine on the ground of a later street of Bayeux: she barred passage with her turning dances, held out her hand, and if a man joined her she released him after a round or two — but if he drew back she seized him and flung him into the briar-filled ditches beside the way.

Roles

Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.