Dominica · Folktales and oral traditions
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Dominica
- Tales
- 1
- Dated records
- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
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Among the night stories Thomson Fontaine remembers from his childhood in Dominica is the soukouyant of La Plaine. The tale connects a distant palace to a dress that anyone in the village could see.
Tales in the Atlas
The Soukouyant of La Plaine
2006 · Thomson Fontaine · The Story of Lougarous and Soukouyants · The Dominican
Tales found across countries
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