Corbière describes both « saint tupetu » and its « little chapel » in his poem « Saint Tupetu de Tu-pe-tu », but he does not mention the place of the strange scene he writes about. We carried investigations about this saint tu-pe-du in lower Britany : he is generally called « Diboan » or « Abibon » and his prayed for when people wish tu set a dying personn free, by recovery or death. Still, Corbière’s saint and chapel are very difficult to localize, even when another hint is taken into account, the wheel of fortune mentionned in the poem.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-13252-3
EAN:9782406132523
ISSN: 2608-5895
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-13252-3.p.0135
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 06-22-2022
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: Tupetu, Britany, folklore, religion, saint, chapel, wheel of fortune