Elvire-Louise-Léonarde de Preissac, comtesse de Cerny, known as Elvire de Cerny (1818-1899) was a French writer and folklorist.[1][2]

She lived near Dinan for many years and wrote about Breton folklore in local newspapers.[1] Her book Contes et légendes de Bretagne (1856-1898) was published in 1899 (helped by François Duine) and reprinted several times, including in 1995.[3] Her 1861 work Saint-Suliac et ses traditions : contes et légendes d'Ille-et-Vilaine was reprinted in 1987.[4] The Breton folklorist Paul Sébillot is said to have called her "la doyenne du folklore français".[1]

She was a proponent of the theory that Napoleon was not born in Corsica but in Brittany, where he was allegedly baptised in the church of Sainte-Sève.[5]

Selected publications

  • Cerny, Elvire de (1899). Contes et légendes de Bretagne (1856-1898). Paris: Émile Lechevalier. (reprinted 1995, Rennes: La Tourniole)
  • Cerny, Elvire de (1861). Saint-Suliac et ses traditions : contes et légendes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. (reprinted 1987, Rennes:Rue des Scribes)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Le conte en Bretagne". www.bcd.bzh. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Koch, John T. (2006). "Folktales and legends: Breton". Celtic Culture: A historical encyclopedia: Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 760. ISBN 978-1-85109-440-0. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Catalogue records for "Contes et legendes..."". JISC Library Hub. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Catalogue record for "Saint-Suliac ...". Worldcat. OCLC 21044966. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Marlowe, Lara (20 January 2020). "The mystery around Napoleon Bonaparte's father". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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