Talk:Korrigan

Merger
There is already a Corrigan (Breton folklore) article. Perhaps it needs to be merged with this article.
 * This has apparently been done - the above link redirects to this article's page. -Aleta 23:29, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

The article seems to be incorrect
I'm very surprised by the association of korrigan with a female-only type of fearies. I'm Breton and all the stories I've ever read and heard about korrigans have them as a people of males and females. Actually by far most of the stories I know involve male korrigans. This article is actually contradictory with the French article which (to me) seems much more accurate. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korrigan

Yeah, I live in Brittanny and I've never heard of this (the english wiki) version of the Korrigan.
 * I've seen both female Korriganed and male Korred, if any native Bretons can confirm those two terms as the correct ones. The Korriganed are beautiful water spirits that are the ghosts or daughters of druidesses and live in fountains, while the Korred are ugly, misshapen dwarf-like spirits that have horns, cat paws, and hooves, and protect the dolmens and standing stones. My main reference is Nancy Arrowsmith's A Field Guide to the Little People. 67.167.26.239 05:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC) Chris G.

It would be nice, if you could correct the article based on the fr.wiki version. I can't speak french sadly... --Liby (talk) 18:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect article
I'm very interested in Britton culture, and I've always seen Korrigans as males. They are little dwarfs who live in woods and who may be evil or kind depending on their personality, but for sure a little mischievous. Maybe the person who wrote this article just read one korrigan tale with a "korrigane" in it, or simply mixed up with other fairy tales.

I'm a bit puzzled
If Korrigans are dazzling beautiful females, why is there a picture of a goblin-looking creauture representing a korrigan on this article?

78.155.34.11 (talk) 22:58, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Confusion
I'll go and fetch my sources, but I think there is a confusion with Morgan. I never read any korrigan described as a beautiful creature in any tale that I read or heard, both in Breton or in French, but the description of the second creature fits with the Morganed who live in waters. --Lekemok (talk) 21:19, 14 January 2023 (UTC)