La Diablesse or Ladjablès is a character in Caribbean folklore. According to folklore, she was an enslaved African woman who made a deal with Le Diable...
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prevalent on other islands as well. French influence can be seen in La Diablesse, a well-dressed she-devil, and Loogaroo (from "loup-garou"), a werewolf...
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skin disease. e.g. "Look at his arms--they galé!" ladjabless [French 'La Diablesse']: A devil woman from Caribbean folklore. lougarou [French 'loup-garou']:...
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invoked are the Jumbee. Some "jumbies" are the Soucouyant, Lagahoo, La Diablesse, Papa Bois.Bogeyman is also used in the same way, but it is more common...
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which became a huge success. After this came Afrita Hanem ("Madame la diablesse," 1949). Five films later, the unmarried couple broke up. Farid continued...
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illustration Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story Marie Lafrance, La Diablesse and the Baby Michèle Lemieux, There Was An Old Man...: A Collection of...
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killing for killing's sake, or the wanton destruction of the forest. "La Diablesse", the devil woman, is sometimes personified as an old crone, who steps...
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Winged Stag Figge Art Museum: Lasiren et la Bête Capricorne Croix Vaudou Crucifix Crucifixion Femme légère La Diablesse Le Démon Ailé Les Deux Sorcières Les...
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(ISBN 2-84681-095-8) Les serpents – Minuit, 2004 (ISBN 2-7073-1856-6) La diablesse et son enfant, illustration Nadja – École des Loisirs [fr], 2000 (ISBN 2211056601)...
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riddles, the digging songs, the proverbs, the ghost stories, duppies, la Diablesse, Soukiyans, zombies, maljo, obeah, voodoo, shango. He has agonised over...
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