3 Classic French-Canadian Folktales (Werewolves, La Corriveau, and La Chasse Galerie)

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  • Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
  • In this video, we take a look at three pieces of classic French-Canadian literature written around the turn of the 20th Century. These 'contes', or fictional stories, revolve around three of Quebec's most famous folktales: the legend of the Loup-Garou, or Werewolf; La Corriveau, the skeleton woman of Pointe-Levy; and La Chasse Galerie, the tale of the flying canoe.
    0:00:00 - Introduction
    0:01:17 - La Loup-Garou, by Honore Beaugrand
    0:27:53 - Une Relic: La Corriveau, by Louis-Honore Frechette
    0:46:59 - La Chasse Galerie, by Honore Beaugrand
    If you enjoyed this video and would like to purchase a book containing these and other French-Canadian folktales, please follow the link below:
    mysteriesofcanada.com/quebec/...
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  • @irighterotica
    @irighterotica 8 місяців тому +72

    I really dig the almost storybook-like quality of the original art. It's quite fitting!

  • @fegtynpax5147
    @fegtynpax5147 8 місяців тому +85

    I've learned more of Canada history from this guy then any other source.

    • @motorhead2003
      @motorhead2003 8 місяців тому +6

      His knowledge of folklore, mysterious and strange things is what drew me to him a few years back. And I've learned more about the little people and a few others that I hadn't heard from anybody else.

    • @CyanBlackflower
      @CyanBlackflower 7 місяців тому

      Me Too.

    • @marknorberg5009
      @marknorberg5009 6 місяців тому

      I'm a indigenous person of northern Canada and this comment is racist ive reported you for hate speech and hopefully you are removed from your UA-cam account. I'm sorry your lack of intelligence and empathy has made you too be the person you are. Be

    • @257796
      @257796 4 місяці тому +1

      I like "Canadiana". Cheers from Michigan

    • @desperatelyseekingrealnews
      @desperatelyseekingrealnews 3 місяці тому

      Go on then tell me all about the historical life and times of the indigenous people prior to the settlers arrival the history of that continent stretches back countless millennia not a few hundred years

  • @Crossbones_and_drones
    @Crossbones_and_drones 8 місяців тому +10

    No offence to the original narrator, he brought authenticity to the voices, but Hammerson’s narration just brings it to life more. A great video and stories!

  • @frederickknight9271
    @frederickknight9271 8 місяців тому +40

    Hammerson never disappoints, always entertaining. Thanks again brother!!

  • @cmcapps1963
    @cmcapps1963 8 місяців тому +26

    Yes! Hammerson did a video on werewolves! Saving it up for tonight! Thanks so much, its been a hard day and you made it a bit brighter.

  • @timbacon7349
    @timbacon7349 8 місяців тому +15

    Love these videos and your books. It’s made me dig much deeper over the years into my Quebecois descendants. started taking French lessons. And spend a lot of time traveling north to Montreal and Quebec. Thank you!

  • @FarrahFerris
    @FarrahFerris 8 місяців тому +22

    Yay Hammerson. Your narrations are always the best!

  • @Everett-eh4nn
    @Everett-eh4nn 8 місяців тому +20

    Excellent stories. What a great channel. Love it.

  • @MeRia035
    @MeRia035 8 місяців тому +25

    Thank you so much ❤ just love all of these stories & the work you put into producing them. Bless you & yours Mr. Peters. Love from Minnesota ❤️🇺🇸❤️ 🇨🇦 ❤

  • @BrianAether
    @BrianAether 8 місяців тому +13

    I love a Chanel producing Canadian content.

    • @rhedosaurus2251
      @rhedosaurus2251 8 місяців тому +5

      He also does some things about Alaska and at least 2 vids about the Rocky Mountains and the northern part of the continential USA since Canadian myths/legends expand easily.

    • @jamesknapp64
      @jamesknapp64 8 місяців тому +5

      As an American I love to hear folktales from all over the world. I get too much US based content/recommendations.
      This channel is nice to see other histories

    • @harlowjademermaid1882
      @harlowjademermaid1882 8 місяців тому

      agreed@@jamesknapp64

    • @jenniferlonnes7420
      @jenniferlonnes7420 8 місяців тому

      Chanel Number 5?

  • @iamrichrocker
    @iamrichrocker 8 місяців тому +16

    i really enjoy your narration..the cadence..the way you pronounce the french words are easily/enjoyable to listen to..i do my tasks and work as i listen to you..time flies ..thank you and i feel your channel will continue to grow..and it will with this excellent content..

  • @stever4128
    @stever4128 8 місяців тому +14

    Really dig this channel. The narration is on point, and the folklore is so interesting.❤

  • @RizztrainingOrder
    @RizztrainingOrder 8 місяців тому +10

    Infinitely interesting content delivered in a pleasantly digestible manner. Your work is greatly appreciated and I pray that this message finds you well.

  • @sirtokesalot5161
    @sirtokesalot5161 8 місяців тому +11

    🎉 Always love seeing your uploads. I've watched pretty much all of your videos I think. Keep it up ❤ thanks from NE Britain ❤

  • @john-ic5pz
    @john-ic5pz 8 місяців тому +9

    this video is such a gift, Hammerson. thank you for being you 🙏

  • @dwellinj1513
    @dwellinj1513 8 місяців тому +4

    I have this queued up to wait for that day when I can prop my feet up and drink a good cup of coffee and enjoy a good listen to one of my favorite voices telling a story that has me fully engaged!

  • @banhatlessducks
    @banhatlessducks 8 місяців тому +9

    Oh yeah its a good day when hammerson posts

  • @susanbutler2542
    @susanbutler2542 8 місяців тому +5

    Good afternoon thank you so much great stories❤

  • @b.5191
    @b.5191 8 місяців тому +14

    I didn't know so many requests came in for your narration of these stories but I'm glad they did! I just saw a video mention La Corriveau and that brought to mind a desire to rewatch your video. But then I remembered that I had trouble understanding the French narrator. He did a fantastic job, my American ears just don't have a good grasp of the French accent. Thank you, friend!! One of my favorite spooky stories you covered! 💀

  • @harlowjademermaid1882
    @harlowjademermaid1882 8 місяців тому +15

    this is right up my alley
    Most excellent tales, my friend!
    Thanks again you rock!

  • @samk3lly
    @samk3lly 8 місяців тому +6

    Woo! A new Hammerson Peters video. Thank you so much, my friend, for all the work that you put into your videos. 😊

  • @donfredette5189
    @donfredette5189 8 місяців тому +4

    Great idea... you have the best demeanor

  • @dwellinj1513
    @dwellinj1513 8 місяців тому +3

    I finally got a chance to sit and just enjoy the stories. Hammerson does a great job telling these!

  • @deadeye_john
    @deadeye_john 8 місяців тому +9

    Thanks for this video. I have family that are native to Québec

  • @Charlie.a
    @Charlie.a 8 місяців тому +7

    Awesome thank you. Great video as always.

  • @douglasdickinson7640
    @douglasdickinson7640 8 місяців тому +5

    Thank you so much. Great content...

  • @VincentNajger1
    @VincentNajger1 8 місяців тому +4

    This could EASILY be made into a movie....a series of Loup-Garou themed yarns presented as vignettes, all told by the various characters of the first story, set against the backdrop of their own struggle against that group of Loup_Garou over the night of Christmas eve. It could be an awesome Christmas horror movie!......and with a twist ending of course (maybe the old trapper or the sergeant could be a werewolf, setting them all up to be munched by his friends outside the fort walls). I could imagine it having a similar feel to that classic cannibal horror movie with Guy Pierce from the 1990's, 'Ravenous' (which is a must watch if you love that pioneers and military in the wilderness type film)

  • @DonSmith2323
    @DonSmith2323 8 місяців тому +2

    Your video case files remind me off those "A part or our heritage" commercials from when i was a kid always learn something new everytime.these werewolf tales and the headless valley and oak island stories are my favorites but ive watched them all multiple times thanx for all your hard work sir..

  • @scribebat
    @scribebat 8 місяців тому +6

    OMG, it's been decades since i've heard the term 'Loup Garo', don't even remember where i first ran into the term but seem to have it associated with Cajun lore from Louisiana here in the US. A vengeful Canadian Indian female Loup Garo, eeeep!
    Gotta say, these are three of the very best spooky tales i've ever heard and i've been around a while.
    Ending here with a quote from a friend of mine, "There's no such thing as imagination; we're just not smart enough to make all this stuff up." 🤔

    • @dwellinj1513
      @dwellinj1513 8 місяців тому

      Actually , I do. It was a Johnny Quest episode. How’s that for ancient history!? 😂

    • @scribebat
      @scribebat 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@dwellinj1513 😎👍

    • @nicoleperron3315
      @nicoleperron3315 8 місяців тому +1

      Loup Garou is the spelling in Québec. 😊

    • @dwellinj1513
      @dwellinj1513 8 місяців тому +1

      @@nicoleperron3315 that’s where the episode (if I remember right) was supposed to have taken place, so I guess the show got something right. 😁

    • @nicoleperron3315
      @nicoleperron3315 8 місяців тому +1

      @@dwellinj1513 if you like folk tales, in Quebec we have another one, Le Bonhomme 7 heures , He comes at night if you're out past seven o'clock and stuffs children in his bag and takes them away never to be seen again.
      We're such nice people traumatizing our children with boogeymen, all I know is you had to be home before the sun went down.

  • @drohegda
    @drohegda 8 місяців тому +2

    Hammerson In my opinion your narrating is the Best, I feel you should do all of it. Thank You so much, Excellent.

  • @motorhead2003
    @motorhead2003 8 місяців тому +3

    Been saving this for 2 days. I've been waiting for Hammerson to come out with one of these for a while.

  • @pookiepook7351
    @pookiepook7351 8 місяців тому +11

    I love that story of the Indian squaw... that was a tragic love story. Very sad yet sinister and creepy too. It reminds me of the movie The Howling.
    And that last story of the flying canoe: that was just hilarious 😆🤣
    More stories like these please.

    • @rebeccabilbrey3524
      @rebeccabilbrey3524 5 місяців тому

      Please be respectful to aboriginal women and not use that word. It's highly degrading and offensive

    • @P-Switch5482
      @P-Switch5482 2 місяці тому

      ​@rebeccabilbrey3524 You're definitely not wrong; I'm with ya on that one lol. Of all the words in the English vocabulary, it's probably not the best word to choose.
      And another thing - Indians live in India. It blows my mind that it's still normal to refer to native Americans/indigenous people as Indian. Native Americans are just as much "Indian" as the founding fathers were "native American".

    • @awakenasleepsheep6000
      @awakenasleepsheep6000 11 днів тому

      He said sqauw in the story, so are you going to correct him as well? That is what they called them back then and no one was offended!!! We are now in the era where everyone gets offended by EVERYTHING!!! IT HAS GOTTEN RIDICULOUS!!! GROW UP PEOPLE!!! FACTS DONT CARE ABOUT FEELINGS!!!

  • @puca7908
    @puca7908 8 місяців тому +3

    My first time at your site. I really love these types of story, those with an actual historical connection. Well narrated stories, very enjoyable! I happily have become a new subscriber to your channel. Thank you.

  • @tarajackson3901
    @tarajackson3901 8 місяців тому +2

    Thank goodness! I was starting to jones out for a new hammerson peters video🥰🖤💯✌️🤗

  • @esmewitch
    @esmewitch 8 місяців тому +2

    My older brother terrified me with tales of the loup-garou when I was a small child. I'm old now and still have a small shudder at the thought.
    Thanks for the video though, it is - as always - excellent.

  • @midwest1389
    @midwest1389 8 місяців тому +6

    Love werewolf stories!

  • @jonpatrick66
    @jonpatrick66 4 місяці тому +1

    My favorite story you've shared is the "flying canoe story". I have played it for many friends who enjoyed as well. Something inside me believes this story for all it's worth. Thanks

  • @BT-fg1is
    @BT-fg1is 8 місяців тому +2

    Awesome.

  • @risboturbide9396
    @risboturbide9396 8 місяців тому +5

    Thank you, Hammerson!
    Have you ever traveled to Quebec City?

  • @lordhenrix1510
    @lordhenrix1510 8 місяців тому +1

    I was about to put on some old Hammerson Peters content before bed and this gem was the first video in my feed

  • @Za7a7aZ
    @Za7a7aZ 8 місяців тому +3

    These french have such beautiful names
    .😊

  • @craighaldane-gy3mk
    @craighaldane-gy3mk 8 місяців тому +1

    Really enjoy the stories their nice to listen to in the evening when relaxing before going to bed.

  • @jessecerasus9621
    @jessecerasus9621 8 місяців тому +1

    I love this! We want more Quebec tales

  • @theodorepatton887
    @theodorepatton887 8 місяців тому +1

    Haven’t seen your show in a while ,,, We need more 😃

  • @nightheron5892
    @nightheron5892 5 місяців тому +1

    My ancestors logged along the St. Lawrence from the early 17th century. Thanks for the stories.

  • @da8920
    @da8920 5 місяців тому +2

    I really enjoy the background music, it sets the mood of the story perfectly. I do believe there is some truth to old folklore stories, all though some may have embellished parts. There is always a once of truth. Honor was valued back in those days, to be labeled crazy carried consequences. I often thought of a possible Portal to a another dimension, in which these things could exist and then disappear.

  • @lifechanging9711
    @lifechanging9711 8 місяців тому +2

    Thanks again ! I always enjoy your work !! 👌🏻✌🏼

    • @HammersonPeters
      @HammersonPeters  8 місяців тому +2

      Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

  • @ryanbuzzard9979
    @ryanbuzzard9979 4 місяці тому +1

    This is incredible man. Im stuck on all your videos

  • @eyeclan2332
    @eyeclan2332 8 місяців тому

    My fav channel. Been following all along. Love the material. Look forward to seeing the new stuff.

  • @markcooke5270
    @markcooke5270 8 місяців тому

    Love the historical facts and the efforts you put in to your uploads

  • @oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164
    @oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164 8 місяців тому +3

    The Beaver Wars? My imagination took off and ran down the hall, out the door and 4 blocks down with that! LMAO!

  • @JohnMacintyre-cl5nu
    @JohnMacintyre-cl5nu 8 місяців тому +4

    *HEY HAMMER* I HAVE A FIRST HAND NORTHERN ONTARIO STORY THAT ONLY 2 PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT, IT HONESTLY RIPPED THE VAIL FROM MY EYES AN 20 + YEARS LATERS I CAN STILL FEEL THE EMOTIONS OF THAT DAY!! I HAVE NO UA-cam PAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT! HIT ME UP! GBYAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @HammersonPeters
      @HammersonPeters  8 місяців тому +3

      Very cool! Please feel free to send me an email.

    • @katmack4215
      @katmack4215 8 місяців тому +1

      I wanna hear your story..😀

  • @adamrobbins2091
    @adamrobbins2091 8 місяців тому +1

    Fantastic as always

  • @KAEFARIK
    @KAEFARIK 8 місяців тому +3

    I liked the french guy's version better but eh, Hamm does great work. Cheers and thanks for all the great videos.

  • @ricjonez1816
    @ricjonez1816 5 місяців тому +1

    Good stories 👍 👌 ❤

  • @RizztrainingOrder
    @RizztrainingOrder 8 місяців тому +3

    Baptiste clearly shouldn't have made a temperamental squaw privy to his realty that she was good enough to bed but not to wed.

  • @DEATH-THE-GOAT
    @DEATH-THE-GOAT 8 місяців тому +3

    10:14
    _Even a man who is pure in heart_
    _And says his prayers by night_
    _May become a wolf_
    _when the wolfbane blooms_
    _And the moon is full and bright_

    • @emmayarseeyuess9044
      @emmayarseeyuess9044 8 місяців тому +1

      I just watched the original Lon Chaney, Jr. movie last night. I wonder if that poem was written for the movie or has legendary source.

    • @DEATH-THE-GOAT
      @DEATH-THE-GOAT 8 місяців тому

      @@emmayarseeyuess9044 will we ever know?
      _Are we still here, just to suffer?_

  • @jerichothirteen1134
    @jerichothirteen1134 3 місяці тому

    Just what I needed

  • @CHIEFLUKE101
    @CHIEFLUKE101 8 місяців тому

    Great video

  • @11BlackLamb
    @11BlackLamb 8 місяців тому +4

    Is wolfsbane flower the real fleur de lis?

    • @sativalewis
      @sativalewis 8 місяців тому +1

      Iris sibirica is supposedly the real fleur de lys

  • @cowboykelly6590
    @cowboykelly6590 8 місяців тому

    🤠🖖♨️ Thank you Sir.

  • @Drcragory
    @Drcragory 19 днів тому +1

    There's an old Quebec folktale of them being able to take care of themselves without sucking money from the rest of the country in the form of equalization payments.

  • @johninman7545
    @johninman7545 8 місяців тому

    Just as I started listening before your mentioned the lou garou I thought of them from Louisiana

  • @OlleHungrig
    @OlleHungrig 8 місяців тому +1

    mindblowing...but i dont understand why the woman was put up hanging public and why for so long ?

  • @yvettevitacaponigro
    @yvettevitacaponigro 8 місяців тому +1

    🙋‍♀️✌🏼😊

  • @jonahs4819
    @jonahs4819 7 місяців тому

    I love these. But is this a reposted video? I swear Hammerson Peters has already uploaded this one before. With the same stories and the same artwork

    • @HammersonPeters
      @HammersonPeters  7 місяців тому

      Yes, it’s a repost, but this time I. The one narrating. In previous videos, it was a French-Canadian voice actor.

  • @Thumper17
    @Thumper17 День тому

    Me, half Quebecois with 25% french fluency. "Wait they had their own shit?"

  • @thetruth1862
    @thetruth1862 8 місяців тому +1

    Hey guys can we get some likes 👍 on this video please !!!

  • @johnwebb9225
    @johnwebb9225 8 місяців тому

    Hammerson, do you happen to know if the film New France is in any way based on LeCorriveau?

    • @HammersonPeters
      @HammersonPeters  8 місяців тому +1

      I'm not sure. I read the synopsis, and it certainly seems possible.

    • @johnwebb9225
      @johnwebb9225 8 місяців тому

      @@HammersonPeters it's definitely not exact but I am curious if they took the original storyline as a basis. Almost too many similarities to believe otherwise including the specific time

  • @gammabeast5551
    @gammabeast5551 5 місяців тому

    Do a Collab with Bedtime Stories!

  • @mr.joedirt8583
    @mr.joedirt8583 8 місяців тому +29

    I'm from the Appalachians. I got a little bit of Cherokee blood. I can tell you that red skin women have tempers like you wouldn't believe. That Baptiste fellow made a huge mistake by scorning that squaw.

    • @rebeccabilbrey3524
      @rebeccabilbrey3524 5 місяців тому +4

      Obviously not enough Cherokee blood to not know that word is highly offensive to aboriginal people.

    • @FlorianMark
      @FlorianMark 4 місяці тому

      ​@@rebeccabilbrey3524What the word cherokee, red skin or squaw?

    • @Skrenja
      @Skrenja 4 місяці тому

      ​@@FlorianMarkRed skin isn't that bad but Squaw is pretty much the N word to natives.

    • @awakenasleepsheep6000
      @awakenasleepsheep6000 11 днів тому

      Well he said it in the story several times, so, you going to call him out and correct him? They were called squaws back then and NO ONE WAS OFFENDED!!! I guess we are in the era of OFFENSIVE EVERYTHING!!! People need to just grow a thicker skin today!!! FACTS DONT CARE ABOUT FEELINGS!!!

  • @dugclrk
    @dugclrk 8 місяців тому

    I did like his female narrator from his early videos.

  • @DEATH-THE-GOAT
    @DEATH-THE-GOAT 8 місяців тому

    11:03 The Beast of Gévaudan was shot dead with a silver bullet.
    And Skinwalkers can be killed if you put wood ash on the bullet.

  • @knitwit014
    @knitwit014 3 місяці тому

    I'm pretty sure Fort Richelieu is North of Montreal. I think you said South of, but maybe I misheard.

  • @billesommer4636
    @billesommer4636 8 місяців тому

    Hearing the French Canadians use the same to describe the crypid RooRoo as the ones in Louisiana US..?! Very strange, hum🥴😊

    • @LilAngelPrincess95
      @LilAngelPrincess95 8 місяців тому

      Not that strange to me.
      A lot of those expelled from Canada during the Acadian Expulsion went to Louisiana

  • @captainpinky8307
    @captainpinky8307 8 місяців тому

    i didn't relise the canadians had so much violenece in their history

  • @Bill_tyler
    @Bill_tyler 6 місяців тому

    Why are there more and more ads?!

    • @awakenasleepsheep6000
      @awakenasleepsheep6000 11 днів тому

      Take the red thing as close to the end as possible let the video finish, start it over NO ADS AT ALL!!! Maybe one close to the end. It's not as frustrating as an ad every 2 minutes!!!

  • @shadetreader
    @shadetreader 4 місяці тому +1

    Occasionally, a few colonisers get their comeuppance...

  • @Cynocehali
    @Cynocehali 5 місяців тому

    They are Cynocephali.

  • @ellenlandowski1659
    @ellenlandowski1659 8 місяців тому +2

    His bad luck to mess with a female Lakae/ Lupine...

  • @dartmart9263
    @dartmart9263 8 місяців тому +1

    Why is the post surgeon wearing the garb of a medieval “plague doctor”?

  • @justme-tj3jt
    @justme-tj3jt 8 місяців тому +4

    Hi there. You really need to stop using the term Squaw it is a racial slur. Please stop. I really enjoy your content but this one I had to dislike because of it. I'm Indigenous and it's really upsetting to hear this term being used.

    • @solarius5057
      @solarius5057 8 місяців тому +3

      An outdated word is not the same as a racial slur, especially in this historical context. The term itself originates from the Massachusetts tribe.

    • @justme-tj3jt
      @justme-tj3jt 8 місяців тому +1

      @@solarius5057 I disagree. It is a term that has been used to degrade Indigenous women. I find it right up there with the N word. I myself am an Indigenous woman, as I mentioned, and many if not all my peers feel the same way. Thanks for your comment.

    • @maqtewek4628
      @maqtewek4628 8 місяців тому +3

      @@solarius5057 Are you Indigenous? If not, it's not your place to decide what's offensive and what's not. The term is well known, here in Québec, as a slur. I don't know anybody that would use this word, except for children who read that in outdated books. I'm pretty sure the author, back in the days, didn't use to be offensive. If I were Hammerson, I would have changed the word to match the intent of the author. But I wouldn't change it if shows my ancestors' ignorance about Indigenous cultures. Trust me, in old québécois sources, a lot of slurs were used to express an open disgust towards Indigenous people. They were seen as lazy, as superstitious and irrational, that they needed guidance to save them from themselves. So even though the word, here, was not meant as a slur, it's now well known that it is. There is no reason to use it nowadays when the intent wasn't harmful.

    • @TUSK1157
      @TUSK1157 8 місяців тому

      Okay, Karen.

    • @solarius5057
      @solarius5057 8 місяців тому +1

      @@maqtewek4628
      Le gars relatait une histoire d'époque, rien de plus. C'est pas comme si lui-même a traité quiconque de votre supposé terme péjoratif ou a encouragé la nation au complet à le faire. Il est probablement et simplement resté fidèle à l'histoire telle quelle, d'où l'importance contextuelle.

  • @JJNoire
    @JJNoire 7 місяців тому +1

    Marred by vilification of Indigenous People 😡

  • @tracker1315
    @tracker1315 8 місяців тому +6

    Bout time 👍

  • @Ronald-wv1bz
    @Ronald-wv1bz 8 місяців тому

    Another ticker tape reader, your reading a story not a song..... can't stand this.

    • @jenniferlonnes7420
      @jenniferlonnes7420 8 місяців тому

      Can't stand that you don't know the difference between you're * and "your".

  • @CosmicNomad93
    @CosmicNomad93 8 місяців тому +1

    I love this channel. Keep up the good work bro