CHASSE-GALERIE
AKA: The Wild Hunt Canoe | Flying Canoe | La Chasse-galerie
📍 QUICK FACTS
| Origin: | French Canadian/Louisiana |
| State/Region: | Louisiana |
| Country: | USA |
| First Sighting: | 1600s French Colonial |
| Category: | Spirit |
📖 DESCRIPTION
Chasse-Galerie is a French Canadian legend brought to Louisiana and other French-influenced regions. It tells of lumberjacks who make a deal with the Devil to fly home in a magical canoe on New Year's Eve, but must not speak God's name or touch a church steeple.
👁️ FAMOUS SIGHTINGS
- ►Origin of the legend
- ►Adaptation in French Louisiana
🎭 CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
Chasse-Galerie is one of the most famous French Canadian legends, speaking to the isolation of lumber camps and the longing to return home. It spread to French-speaking Louisiana.
🃏 METAZOO CARD
Chasse-Galerie
Seance 1st Edition
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