#Richard de Bordeaux

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En Route pour l'Aventure

Diffusé a partir de 1988, dans le cadre de l'émission Youpi ! L'école est finie, on découvre le programme “En Route pour l’Aventure” sur La Cinq. Emission qui deviendra culte autant pour son contenu que son générique, grâce au partenarait publicitaire..

Titre: En route pour l’Aventure Interpréte : Jean-Jacques Cramier Auteur / Compositeur : Richard de Bordeaux, Claude Engel, Richard Gotainer Émission : En route pour l’aventure / Youpi ! L’école est finie Référence : 11.163 Type de support : Disque vinyle Vitesse : 45 tours Taille : 7’’ Label : Adès / La 5 Année : 1988 Face 1 : Générique En route pour l’aventure Interprète: Jean-Jacques…

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[une-sanz-pluis]

If we believe that Henry bled on the streets outside St Paul’s and Blackfriars, then we may also believe he was denied divine services in those churches; it was forbidden to contaminate a church by shedding blood, whether by violence or due to an incontinent body. If Henry’s corpse was leaking, then he may have been denied entry. Alternatively, if he had not bled, this may have been part of Edward IV’s disregard for him; it was a distinctly royal or elite feature to have the body in the church, rather than waiting outside. Although sources state that Henry had a procession with torches from the Tower to St Paul’s with stops in between, these sources equally lack any mention of offices or masses for Henry in London. He was taken to churches to be seen, but there is no mention of anything happening at those churches. Hall reported that there were no Offices of the Dead, no masses, no tapers, no riders, and no mourners. Others concurred, saying that there were only soldiers guarding the body, as if the dead Henry was being marched to execution. The Exchequer tells a slightly different story. The Carmelites, Augustinians, Dominicans, Dominicans, and Franciscans each received £1 and “other charities”, while the Brothers of the Holy Cross received £2 for masses to be said for Henry in London. The Dominicans also received £2 12s 3d for masses and obsequies at Chertsey, for a total of £8 12s 3d. There were certainly masses said for Henry in the City of London and at Chertsey on the day of his burial, but not necessarily during the procession in the days before. Unlike Richard of Bordeaux, there are no assurances by chroniclers that Henry of Windsor had masses offered for him while he was processed through London, nor any report of St Paul’s receiving money for masses. The procession, funeral, and burial of Henry was a speedy affair. The corruption of Henry’s corpse in public and the lack of any remedial action violated the spirit of De Exequiis Regalibus in its provisions for proper embalming and for giving a king a fitting funeral and burial. The exequies for Henry were thought to be pitiful.

Anna M. Duch, "'King By Fact, Not by Law': Legitimacy and exequies in medieval England", Dynastic Change: Legitimacy and Gender in Medieval and Early Modern Monarchy (Routledge 2020)

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US Vogue April 15, 1959

Sara Thom wears a sapphire-colored straw hat, winged at the top. ; Available in dark green, red and burgundy. By Chanda. Emerald jewels bathed in gold, platinum and diamonds by Van Cleef & Arpels. Lipstick: Flamingo Pearl, new deep iridescent color, by Max Factor.

Sara Thom porte un chapeau de paille couleur saphir, aileté en haut. ; Existe en vert foncé, rouge et bordeaux. Par Chanda. Bijoux émeraude baignant dans l'or, le platine, les diamants de Van Cleef & Arpels. Rouge à lèvres : Flamingo Pearl, nouvelle couleur irisée en profondeur, par Max Factor.

Photo Richard Rutledge

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Pizzicato Five: the international playboy & playgirl record

25th anniversary

By 1998, Pizzicato Five had settled into the perfect groove: they had found their voice and niche as leading purveyors of the Japanese indie-pop/Shibuya-kei scene, were regularly releasing some of the most interesting and stylistically original music anywhere, and had also established their signature look, incorporating their love of 60s ye-ye, 70s funk, soul, and disco, and 90s hip-hop and house into the now iconic throwback looks ripped from the pages of Petticoat and Queen. This mid-90s period was their most fruitful, with almost one studio album released every year that decade (not to mention the countless remix and best-of compilations, and EPs) -- when genius burns, it positively scorches. At their height, right on the cusp of the end, they released the international playgirl & playboy record.

Pizzicato Five were one of the very rare and lucky Japanese groups to have a cult international following, with the indie label Matador distributing their music beginning with 1994's Five By Five and Made in USA, a compilation record, before finally doing the group justice enough to release albums mostly unchanged. Thus, the international playboy & playgirl record became, simply, Playboy & Playgirl for the U.S. release, coming out seven months after the original in the spring of 1999. By many hipsters' account, Shibuya-kei was mostly done by the late 90s, a hip trend taken to its logical dead-end with the number of copy-cat groups and zero-sum looting of obscure musical samples that rendered obsolete the special "insider's knowledge" of bragging rights that made the genre so fun. I can also see how some might think Yasuharu Konishi, the main writer, producer and one half of P5, with Maki Nomiya on vocals, was running out of ideas.

Certainly, the music on Playboy & Playgirl is some of their most commercial yet, tending towards a more standard J-pop sound with singles like "WEEKEND" and the title track "PLAYBOY PLAYGIRL." It's certainly some of their most lush, with the orchestral hints on previous album ROMANTIQUE '96 now making way for full string quartets and roiling brass popping up throughout the album like Burt Bacharach on caffeine. Along with the iconic jacket art, it's a very cinematic sound, the fulmination of Konishi's entire aesthetic now in its full, no-cost-spared production. It's absolutely gorgeous, and the fact that the focus shifted from showing off Konishi's esoteric musical influences to crafting actual masterpieces only made the music better and stronger on its own. Sure, you might be a more sophisticated listener for being able to name the James Taylor, Herb Pilhofer, and Richard de Bordeaux & Daniel Beretta samples, but even if you didn't recognize them, you could still enjoy the songs.

I don't want to ignore Maki Nomiya -- she may not have been the ultimate mastermind like Konishi, but you can hardly imagine P5's entire aesthetic without her. Besides being the face of the group, she has one of my favorite voices in Japanese music history. While she may not have the bold, endless range and gymnastic ability of what people in the West associate with great vocalists, like Christina Aguilera or Mariah Carey, say, she has what I consider quintessential 90s J-pop vocals: light but steady, clipped and precise, smooth, and impeccably articulated. There's nothing immediately recognizable about it in the context of her J-pop contemporaries, but her voice is absolutely perfect for the type of music P5 did, and her essential presence enhances the warmth of their sound.

the international playboy & playgirl record was released in many different versions, and since this is my favorite P5 record, I finally own all of them. It was first released in Japan on the group's own Readymade label under Nippon Columbia in a slim DVD-sized cardboard box, as well as on 12" vinyl that included selections from the album, rather than the record in its entirety. It was also distributed on the indie label Matador in the US, which came in a digipak with a booklet featuring various photos, and the lyrics printed in the original romaji next to English translations. Many of the song titles are close or close-enough adaptations of the original Japanese titles, although the Matador version swaps out a track called "THE INTERNATIONAL PIZZICATO FIVE MANSION" for a track that doesn't appear on the original Japanese release, called "La Règle du jeu." This is most likely due to the fact that the former is a track composed almost entirely of inconsequential "background music" set to Japanese dialogue. "La Règle du jeu" was originally released in 1998 as a stand-alone single with "Atarashii Uta," or "New Song." Matador also released this album on 12" vinyl, featuring different cover art than the original Japanese vinyl version (which are all different from the CD version), as well as a slightly different song selection (it also includes the missing track ���THE INTERNATIONAL PIZZICATO FIVE MANSION” not found on the Matador CD).

There are a lot of Pizzicato Five songs and albums that I really like, but for me, this album really captures the essence of the group at their most commercial, and therefore, most inclusive, best. ROMANTIQUE '96 and HAPPY END OF THE WORLD might have cooler samples, but it also rendered them a bit more exclusive and closed off to anyone without the requisite hours spent in the stacks memorizing long-forgotten jazz riffs of the 1960s. Playboy & Playgirl took the snobbery out of Shibuya-kei in a way that made anyone capable of appreciating its ornate Copperplate flourishes. That’s what makes pop music so great, and while that might have contributed to the genre’s and group’s eventual dissolution, I will never pass on the opportunity to hear a sound made more accessible by appealing to more common-denominator foundations, rather than less, as long as it's done respectfully and successfully. P5 made both approaches work, and here, still managed to retain their signature sound without succumbing to a loss of what made them so unique.

Happy 25th anniversary to the international playboy & playgirl record, one of the greatest albums of time.

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Dans le cadre de la 3ème édition du festival Gribouillis Exposition BREAKDOWN PRESS Avec Antoine Cossé, Joe Kessler & Richard Short Du 13 septembre au 7 octobre 2023 À la librairie Disparate 99 rue de Bègles - 33800 BORDEAUX

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Descendants Of Melusine

Most of us see Melusine (Melusina) on Starbucks coffee cups and merchandise, without even realizing that it is the mythological daughter of a Scottish King and Faery Queen.

Her legacy would spread from Scotland to English, and then across the Channel to France, Belgum, and Germany. She would become the inspiration for Ariel, from Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Little Mermaid’.

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ENGLAND VERSION

According to legend: the water goddess, Melusine, was born to a mortal human father and an immortal fae mother. Her own mother cursed Melusine to transform into a serpent from the waist down every Saturday. This was because she locked her own father in a mountain, and as punishment, she turned into a shapeshifter to make her undesirable to men.

Even bearing a curse, she married a British Lord and gave birth to 10 children. The one line that flourished would be their ancestor, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, born in 1416 to Peter of Luxembourg and Margaret de Baux.

When Melusina was seen by her husband, Siegfried, she said to him before she departed: ‘But one thing will I say unto thee before I part, that thou, and those who for more than a hundred years shall succeed thee, shall know that whenever I am seen to hover over the fair castle, then will it be certain that in that very year the castle will get a new lord.’ in Celtic tales, we call this behavior of wailing at the death of descendants ‘Banshee’, which is very common with wronged Fae.

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Jacquetta of Luxembourg spent her childhood in different castles, unaffected by the War of Roses. It is likely that she somehow influenced Joan of Arc when her uncle, John of Luxembourg, detained her for four months.

Jacquetta, only 17, was wedded to Duke John of Bedford. She then became the first lady of France. They traveled to Paris, but were forced to stop in Calais due to war. They continued to Paris and she became the Lady of Hotel de Bourbon.

With the French uprising of 1435, the Duke and Jacquetta left Paris for Rouen. With the Duke growing weaker and sicker, Jacquetta grew closer to Richard Woodville who was stationed in Calais. By September 14, 1435, Duke John died; and Jacquetta was under the control of the King of England.

King Edward IV ordered Jacquetta not to marry, as he desired her. However, she married Sir Richard Woodville and traveled to England to pay the fine. They were pardoned in October 1437, just before the birth of Elizabeth Woodville.

Jacquetta then gave birth to her first son, Lewis Woodville, in 1438. Yet, Lewis died of deformity. Anne Woodville was born in 1439. By 1442, she then gave birth to Anthony Woodville and would give birth to ten more children from 1443 to 1458. Eight daughters and five sons survived.

After the war, Princess Margaret of Anjou befriended Jacquetta and choose her to be her chief lady-in-waiting. This rewarded Jacquetta with much wealth from the Queen.

Sir Richard Woodville and Jacquetta sailed to Plymouth, but were rerouted back to Calais. There, they arranged a marriage for their eldest daughter, Elizabeth, to marry Sir John Grey.

With Bordeaux the King dead, Queen Margaret, pregnant entrusted the aid of Jacquetta to hide the death of the King. By October 13, 1453, Queen Margaret gave birth to Edward. But without her son being recognized as the Prince of Wales, the Queen had her son christened nevertheless.

England was without a King. Richard, Duke of York was made the leader with Queen Margaret and Jacquetta. However, in 1454, Bordeaux awakened and was placed back in power. This would cause a battle between Richard and Bordeaux. Bordeaux was defeated, and Jacquetta fled with Queen Margaret and her son into the Tower of London, then to Windsor Castle and later, Hertford.

Jacquetta left Queen Margaret to attend to her daughter, Elizabeth, as she gave birth to a healthy child.

Soon, Lord Rivers, Jacquetta, and Anthony were sent to reinforce the Port of Sandwich. Richard Woodville was captured; however, Jacquetta and Anthony were taken back to Calais. Somehow, Jacquetta was sent back to England within a few weeks, but Lord Rivers and Anthony were held prisoners for six months.

Margaret of Anjou, along with the Scots, returned to England for war. John Grey, Elizabeth’s husband, died. However, Queen Margaret won the war with the help of Jacquetta.

The Duke of York chose Jacquetta, Anne Neville, and the Lady Scales to represent the city and negotiate with the Queen so that they did not loot the city. However, Queen Margaret wasn’t pleased and marked Edward of York as a traitor. In the end, Edward became King.

Anthony was married off by Jacquetta, but her daughter, Elizabeth was miserable with the death of her lover. Only a year later, Elizabeth was married to King Edward.

With Queen Elizabeth’s rise in power, also brought Jacquetta great political power too. However, the people began to fear that Jacquetta and her daughter, Elizabeth, might be using witchcraft or supernatural powers from Melusine.

Sir Richard Woodville then became the Earl of Rivers in 1446, and was then appointed as Constable of England. Jacquetta worked to arrange advantageous marriages for all her children, making them heirs and heiresses to the England monarchy.

Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick was infuriated with the marriage of Edwards and Elizabeth. With Edwards defeated, Sir Richard Woodville and his son, John of Grafton tried to flee to Wales, where Jacquetta was. But they were captured and beheaded on the orders of the Earl of Warwick. Their heads were displayed on the walls of Coventry for witchcraft.

Richard Neville then sent guards to Grafton and arrested Jacquetta. In 1469, she was accused of witchcraft and sorcery. She was taken to Warwick Castle. However, before sentencing, Richard Neville dropped the case and released Jacquetta after fearing retribution from the supernatural. Jacquetta fled to join her daughter, Elizabeth, at the Tower of London.

Richard Neville then released King Edward, and reinstated him and Queen Elizabeth. King Edward worked to clear Jacquetta’s name.

When Richard Neville attacked King Edward once again, causing the King and Anthony to flee for their lives. Jacquetta had already fled into the safety of Westminster Abbey, joining her pregnant daughter, Queen Elizabeth and her three other daughters. Queen Elizabeth gave birth to a boy, the new heir of York.

Irritated, King Edward’s brother, George, turned on the Earl of Warwick. King Edward rescued Queen Elizabeth, her children, and her mother, Jacquetta. King Edward then turned against Margaret of Anjou, killing Margaret’s son and arresting her.

Jacquetta watched her friend, Margaret Anjou become a political prisoner of England, but asked for her release to return to her family. King Edward and Queen Elizabeth took the throne again and lived in peace. And Richard Neville was exiled from England.

By 1472, age 56, Jacquetta of Luxembourg died. Years later, Richard III (Edward IV’s brother) looked into Jacquetta’s supernatural powers after she had died. He was interested in her abilities and the ties to Melusine.

Elizabeth Woodville’s daughter, Elizabeth of York had married Henry VII, continuing the Melusine bloodline. Her son, Henry VIII and his descendants ruled English until the Tudors died out with the passing of Queen Elizabeth I, allowing the Stuarts to rise to power. The Stuarts are the descendants of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, and they passed on their Fae DNA to Princess Margaret the Queen of Scotland; returning the Fae line of Melusine back to Scotland, where in had originated.

Intriguingly, the French version of Melusine was thought to have migrated to France by Margaret of Anjou, Jacquetta’s friend.

In 1445, Margaret was present at her sister Yolande’s wedding to Ferry de Vaudemont. King Charles VII had shown up at the wedding, carrying a shield with the image of Melusine on it.

In fact, the story of Queen Elizabeth Woodville and her mother, Jacquetta Woodville had filled France with many stories of their Fae witchcraft and then being the descendants of the Water Goddess, Melusine.

For Charles VII, the shield was meant to send a clear statement to the French Court of England’s divine province over France. In fact, Charles of Maine, the uncle to Margaret of Anjou, married Isabella of Luxembourg, the sister of Jacquetta Woodville. This makes the houses of Anjou, Luxembourg, and Woodville the primary descendants of Melusine.

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FRENCH VERSION

In the French version, Melusine sailed from Scotland’s Orkney Island, a home of the Fae and settled in Poitiers, where she built the Chateau Lusignan.

Raymond of Forez spotted Melusine sitting near a fountain, dressed in glimmering white with long blonde hair and inexpressible beauty. There she married Raymond Lord of Forez, telling him he could not look at her on Saturday, when she was bathing.

 Together, they had 10 children, but most died due to deformity from Melusine’s Fae blood.

Melusine retreated every Saturday to a hiding room that was filled with water where she endured her serpent tail. Raymond became suspicious and spied on her through a keyhole, seeing his wife transform.

Raymond tried to hide his knowledge, but one day called her a serpent, and as a result, she turned into a winged dragon and flew away. She flew over the Chateau Lusignan to watch her sons grow up. Even today, the sound of wind in the chimneys is still called ‘Melusine’, due to the beat of her wings blowing down in chimneys.

Over time, the Chateau Lusignan was dismantled in the 18th century on the order of the Count of Blossac who turned the chateau into a park.

Melusine however is far older than the well-known French version, as the story was first written in 1393 by Jean d’Arras in the ‘Noble History of Lusignan’. Here, the story accounts that the rise of the Lusignan dynasty was seated in Poitou, founded by a Fairy.

According to the story, Melusine built Chateau Lusignan using an army of Fae workers who built it in a single night. Her life was a sad story as her husband could not accept her powers.

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ALBANIA VERSION

There once was a king who ruled over Albania. He was sad, because his wife had died. 

Now one day in the woods he was thirsty, and drew near a spring to quench his thirst. And as he drew near, he heard a sweet voice singing, and it was none other than the voice of the Fae, Pressina.

She was so sweet and gentle that by and by he persuaded her to be his wife. It was not a very wise thing for a fairy to wed a mortal, and Pressina promised only on condition that he should never come to see her when she had children.

The king gladly promised, and meant to keep his word; but one day, the king's son by his former wife came hastily to him, and told him that Pressina had given birth to three daughters. The king was overjoyed. He forgot his promise and flew to her chamber, where he found her bathing her three daughters.

Pressina cried bitterly that he had broken his word, and he should see her no more. She took her three daughters and disappeared.

Where did she go?

Why, to the Lost Island. That was so called because it was only by chance that one ever found it, and even if one found it once, he might easily lose it, and never find it again. Here she reared her children, and when they were grown, she took them every day to the top of a mountain, whence they could look down upon Albania.

"My children," she would say, "you see that distant, beautiful country. There your father lives. He is king of the land, and there you might now be living happily if he had not broken his word to me, and I could no longer live with him, for I had warned him of this, and a fairy may not break her word."

This went on year after year, and at last when they were fifteen years old, Melusina, who was the first to be born, begged her mother to tell them what was the word their father gave, and how he came to break it. And when she heard the story, she was filled with wrath, and laid a plot with her sisters for revenge upon their father.

The three maidens said nothing to Pressina, but secretly set out for Albania. As they were half fairies, they could use the fairies' charms, and this they did. They seized their father, and shut him up forever in the heart of a mountain. Then they went back in triumph, and told their mother what they had done.

But Pressina was not at all pleased. She punished her children for what they had done. The other two she punished lightly, but she condemned Melusina to become, every Saturday, a serpent from her waist downward. The only escape for her was to find a husband, who would promise never to look upon her on a Saturday, and who would keep his word. So long as he was faithful, all would be well.

The fair Melusina now began to roam through the world in search of this faithful husband. She was most beautiful to behold, and had every grace to make her winsome; but it was long before she could meet the man of her search. She passed through the Black Forest, and at last came to a place known as the Fountain of the Fairies, for there were many fairies about the place; it was also called the Fountain of Thirst.

By chance, Count Raymond strayed that way one moonlit night, and there he saw three fairies dancing, but the most beautiful of the three was the fair Melusina. She was so sweet and gentle that he fell madly in love with her, and begged her to marry him.

The fair Melusina knew that she had at last found the man for whom she had been waiting and looking. Yes, she would marry him, but on one condition only. He must never look upon her on a Saturday. And Count Raymond solemnly promised that he never would.

All went well for a while. They were happy together, but the evil that the fair Melusina had done lived on. For as each child was born into the world, it was crooked and ill to look on. Yet this did not lessen Count Raymond's love for the fair Melusina. All might still have gone well, had someone not whispered to the count that it would be wise for him to see what Melusina was doing on Saturday.

He became more and more curious, and at last one Saturday he hid himself where he could see, and not be seen, and thus he watched for Melusina in her chamber.

O pity of pities! He saw her, the fair Melusina, but from the waist down she was a serpent, with silvery scales, tipped with white. He covered his eyes. It was too late, and he was seized with horror, not so much at what he had seen as at the thought of how he had broken his faith. Perhaps he might yet have kept silent. But a great evil fell upon him.

One of his sons had cruelly killed a brother, and Count Raymond was beside himself with grief. Suddenly he thought how all his children had been born crooked, and how it must have been because of some wicked thing their mother had done. And as he was thus weeping and wailing in the midst of his courtiers, the fair Melusina came in to comfort him.

When he saw her, he burst into a rage, and cried out aloud: "Away! Out of my sight, thou hateful serpent! Thou wicked woman!"

Down to the ground dropped the fair Melusina in a swoon; and when she came to herself, she looked with sad eyes at her lord. She knew, then, that her time had come, and that she could not escape her punishment. The man she had been faithful to had not kept his word.

"Farewell! Farewell!" she moaned. "Alas for the misery I am in. I had hoped that thou hadst been faithful, and that I might escape my doom. It may not be. The mortal in me dies, but in my fairy life I must forever fleet about the earth as a poor lost spirit."

And at that, with a little faint cry, her body fell again, but there was a rustling in the air as the fair Melusina set forth on her lone wandering. Count Raymond and those about him saw her no more. But whenever in after years there was a new lord over the castle, the country folk said that she hovered about the Fountain of Thirst, a poor forlorn wraith.

--From ‘The Book of Legends: Told Over Again’ 1899

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LUXEMBOURG SOLDIERS’ VERSION

Once at midnight Melusina approached a sentry beneath the Castle Gate Bridge. She asked him to redeem her. For this to succeed, the following midnight she would appear to him in the form of a serpent with a key in her mouth. He was to take the key into his mouth and then lay it on the altar of the Dominican Church. Then she would become his bride, and all her treasures would belong to him.

When she thus appeared to him, the soldier turned ice cold, and he was overcome with shuddering.

The following day the death-bell tolled down from the old cathedral, and in the cemetery a grave was dug for the young warrior.

--From ‘Die Sage von der schönen Melusina, der Ahnfrau der Luxemburger Grafen’ 1883

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LUXEMBBOURG MERMAID VERSION

Mélusine is said to have been the wife of the founder of Luxembourg, Count Siegfried. When they married, she requested Siegfried to leave her alone for one full day and night every month, and that he should not ask or try to find out what she was doing.

Siegfried accepted this wish, and all went well for years. On the first Wednesday of the month, Mélusine would retire into her chambers in the "casemates," a network of caverns underneath the city, not to be seen again until early light on Thursday.

But one day, Siegfried's curiosity got the better of him. Wondering what his wife might be doing alone all the time, he peeped through the keyhole, and was shocked to see that Mélusine was lying in the bathtub, with a fishtail hanging over the rim. Realizing that her husband had come to know the truth about her, she jumped out of the window into the river Alzette below, never to be seen again.

Every now and then, people claim to have seen a beautiful girl's head pop out of the river, and a fishtail rippling the calm waters of the river Alzette.

According to another legend, Mélusine is imprisoned within the rock that helped form Luxembourg City's tremendous defenses. She passes the time by knitting, but thankfully she manages only one stitch each year, because should she finish her knitting before she's released, all of Luxembourg and its people will vanish into the rock with her!

Once every seven years, Mélusine returns, either as a serpent with a golden key in its mouth or as a beautiful woman.

All it will take to win her freedom is for some brave soul to kiss the womanly vision or take the key from the serpent's mouth. That brave soul has yet to appear, and in the meantime, Luxembourg prays for her to drop a stitch or two, so that whatever it is she's knitting will take a very long time to complete!

--From: Mysterious Maiden Melusine, 2013

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GERMAN VERSION

In Baden there is a forest named Stollenwald, and in this forest, atop Stollenberg Mountain, are the ruins of an old castle. Stauffenberg Palace stands nearby. In this palace there once lived a magistrate's son who took great pleasure in capturing birds. One day he went into the woods to trap titmice. There he heard a beautiful voice descending from Stollenberg mountain. Following it, he saw the loveliest image of a woman, which called out to him:

Redeem me, redeem me! Just kiss me three times three!

"Who are you then?" called the youth, and the specter said:

Melusina is my name, The daughter of heavenly song! Early in the ninth hour, Fearlessly kiss my mouth and my cheeks, Then I shall be redeemed, And be with you, my beloved bridegroom!

Looking at the miraculous being more closely, the youth saw that Melusina had a marvelously beautiful face, blue eyes, and blond hair. Her upper body too was wonderfully proportioned, but not her hands and feet. Her hands had no fingers, resembling instead small open bags, and she had no feet at all, but rather a snake's body. Nonetheless, the youth fearlessly gave the specter the first three kisses. She expressed joy in this, like the maiden in the heathen's cave with her first kiss, and then she disappeared.

The next morning the lover returned and followed the seductively sweet song that sounded toward him. Finding her, he saw that she now had wings. Her snake's body was speckled green and ended with a dragon's tail. But Melusina's eyes and face emanated such beauty, and her mouth was so seductive, that he was overcome by desire, and he again gave her three kisses. She quivered with lust and desire, flapping her wings about his head.

That night the youth could scarcely close his eyes. All his thoughts were with the glowing, sensuously beautiful figure. Before daybreak he went into the woods and followed the sweet songful voice. But alas! Where was the lovely angel's face? It was transformed and looked just like the maiden on the toad-chair, for Melusina now had a toad's head, and the lover was supposed to kiss it as though nothing had happened. But instead, he turned his heels and ran away as fast as he could. Behind him he heard a rushing sound and cries of anguish.

He never again went to Stollenberg Mountain. On the contrary, he became engaged to a girl who, although not as magically beautiful as Melusina, nonetheless did not have a toad's head and a snake's body.

The wedding feast at Stauffenberg Palace was ready, and everyone was celebrating, when a small crack opened in the ceiling. A dew-like drop fell into the serving dish, but no one saw it. And anyone who took a bite onto which the drop had fallen fell down dead. And from above a small snake's tail emerged through the crack in the ceiling.

That was the end of the wedding celebration.

On another occasion Melusina appeared to a shepherd girl. At length she led the girl into Stollenberg Mountain. Showing her underground treasures, she told the shepherd girl that they would be hers if she could bring about her disenchantment. The girl was unable to keep this secret, and the priest threatened her with church sanctions if she continued to commune with the specter. This silenced the shepherd girl, and the disenchantment was not fulfilled.

A double fir tree growing from a single root still stands near the place they call "the twelve stones." It is called "the Melusina tree."

In keeping with this Swabian legend, the name Melusina refers not only to water sprites but to mountain and forest sprites as well.

--From ‘Melusine’ 1853

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GERMAN ‘HERR PETER’ VERSION

Staufenberg, the ancestral castle of the knight Peter Dimringer -- the subject of legend -- is in Ortenau not far from Offenburg. Early one Whitsunday the knight had his servant saddle his horse, for he wanted to ride from his fortress to Nussbach to hear the morning prayers. The boy rode ahead. As he entered the forest, he saw a beautiful, richly bejeweled maiden sitting all alone on a rock. She greeted him, and the servant rode on. Soon thereafter Herr Peter himself came by, looked at her with pleasure, then greeted the maiden and spoke to her cordially.

She bowed to him and said, "God thank you for your greeting."

Then Peter dismounted his horse. She offered her hands to him. He lifted her from the rock and put his arms around her. They sat on the grass and talked about what she was doing.

"Pardon me, my beautiful lady, may I ask you a sincere question? Tell me, why are you sitting here alone with no one near you?"

"I tell you friend, on my honor, I have been waiting here for you. I have loved you since you first learned to ride a horse. I have secretly watched over you and protected you with my own hand, keeping you from harm in battles and in wars, on roads and on byways."

The knight answered virtuously, "Nothing better could have happened to me than to have met you. My desire is to be with you until death."

"That can be," said the maiden, "if you will follow my words. If you want to love me then you must take no other woman in marriage. If you were to do so, you would die on the third day. Whenever you are alone and desire me, I will be with you immediately, and you will live happily and with pleasure."

Herr Peter said, "My lady, is that all true?"

With God as her witness, she swore it was true. Then he promised to be hers, and they exchanged vows with each other. The lady asked that the wedding be held at Staufenberg. She gave him a beautiful ring. They laughed together virtuously and embraced, and then Herr Peter continued on his way. He attended mass in the village and said his own prayers, then returned home to his fortress.

As soon as he was alone in his bower, he thought to himself, "If only I had my dear bride here with me, whom I found out there on the rock!" As soon as he said these words she stood there before his eyes. They kissed one another and were together with pleasure.

Thus, they lived for a while. In addition, she gave him money and property, so that he could have a good life on earth. Later he went abroad, and wherever he went, his wife was with him whenever he wished for her.

Finally, he returned to his homeland. His brothers and friends insisted that he take himself a wife. He was taken back and tried to make an excuse. They applied even more pressure through a wise man, one of his relatives.

Herr Peter answered, "I will have my body cut into strips before I marry."

That evening after they had left, his wife already knew what they were trying to do, and he repeated his pledge to her.

At that time the German king was to be elected in Frankfurt, and Herr von Staufenberg, accompanied by many servants and noblemen, journeyed there. He distinguished himself so greatly at the tournament that he attracted the king's attention, and in the end the king offered him the hand in marriage of his aunt from Kärnten [Carinthia]. Herr Peter, filled with concern, rejected the proposal. This caused a great stir among the princes, who wanted to know his reason. Finally, he told them that he already had a beautiful wife who was exceedingly good to him, and on account of whom he could not take another one, or within three days he would be dead.

Then the bishop said, "Herr, let me see the woman."

He said, "She does not allow herself to be seen by anyone but me."

"Then she is not a true woman," they all said, "but from the devil. And if you are making love with a she-devil more than with pure women, that will corrupt your name and your reputation before the whole world."

Confused by this talk, Herr von Staufenberg said that he wanted to do whatever the king desired of him, and he was forthwith betrothed to the maiden and given costly royal gifts.

In accordance with Peter's wishes, the wedding was to take place in Ortenau.

The next time his wife came to him she reproached him sadly for having violated her prohibition and his promise, for which he would now forfeit his young life. "I will give you the following sign: When, at your wedding celebration, you together with the other men and women see my foot then you must immediately confess your sins and prepare yourself for death."

With that Peter thought about the clergyman's words, that perhaps she was only trying to enchant him with these threats and that it was all only a lie.

The young bride was soon brought to Staufenberg, and a great feast was held. The knight was seated across from her at the table when they suddenly saw something push through the ceiling: a beautiful human foot, up to the knee, as white as ivory.

The knight turned pale and cried out, "Oh, my friends, you have destroyed me. In three days, I shall be dead."

The foot disappeared without leaving a hole in the ceiling. The piping, dancing, and singing ceased, and a clergyman was summoned. The knight took leave from his bride, confessed his sins, and then his heart ruptured. His young wife retreated to a convent and prayed to God for his soul. The valiant knight was mourned in all the German lands.

In the sixteenth century, according to the testimony of Fischart, people throughout the entire region still knew the story of Peter from Staufenberg and the beautiful sea sprite, as they called her in those days. To this day the Zwölfstein [Twelve-Stone] can be seen between Staufenberg, Nussbach, and Weilershofen, where she first appeared to him. And in the castle, they still show the room where she stayed from time to time.

--From ‘Herr Peter Dimringer von Staufenberg’ 1818

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GERMAN ‘BAD BUTTGENBACH MERMAID’ VERSION

At the time when there was nothing in the Harz but virgin forest, a knight came here to hunt. Before he could orient himself, he became lost, and he wandered about for several days without finding a path.

Finally, he came upon a beautiful castle situated in a large meadow and surrounded with water. A pathway led to a drawbridge, which had been suspended.

He called out; he whistled; he waited. He didn't hear anything from within. It was as though the castle had died out.

"Wait," he thought. "The castle cannot be empty. Someone will have to appear shortly. Just sit here and wait until someone comes." So, he sat and waited, but the castle remained silent. Finally, his patience wore out, and he was just making preparations to leave when he saw a beautiful girl emerge from the forest and walk toward the bridge.

"Wait," he thought. "She knows her way around here. She is going inside." And that is what happened. When she was within a few steps of him, he spoke to her, telling her that he had lost his way in the Harz Forest, that he had camped out eight days in the open, and that he was eager at last to spend a night under a proper roof. He had already sat here for three hours asking for admission, but no one had shown himself or let himself be heard. Further, he asked if she would be so good to ask permission for him to enter once she was inside.

She said that that would not be necessary. He could come with her. She did not need to ask anyone for permission, for she herself was in charge here. With that she stepped on a stone that was mortared into the earth in front of the bridge, and the bridge immediately descended. Then she took out a large key and unlocked the gate. Together they walked through a large courtyard and into the castle.

She led the knight into a beautiful room and asked him to make himself comfortable. She told him that before anything else, she wanted to go and prepare a proper evening meal. Surely, he would like something hot to eat, she said, adding that she too was hungry. Because she had no servants, she would have to take care of everything by herself.

With that she left the room. A short time later she returned with a beautiful roast, cakes, and many other delicious things. She set the table and invited her guest to help himself. He did not need to be asked a second time.

After they had eaten, they sat together and talked with one another. The knight said that he felt sorry for the friendly girl, because she lived here all alone, observing that time must pass very slowly for her.

"Oh no," she said. "Time does not pass slowly for me," adding that nonetheless she sometimes did wish for company, but if she did not have any, she could still manage just fine.

The knight answered that if she did not mind, he would stay here a few days and keep her company.

The hostess replied that she would be happy if he would do so.

The guest remained one, two, three days, and they became so accustomed to one another that in the end the knight asked her if she did not want to become his wife. The girl was pleased with this, and she said that she would love to do so, if he would only promise her that every Friday, she would be able to go out and do whatever she wanted to, and that he would not try to follow her or look after her. This he promised her, and they became a couple.

They lived together a long time, satisfied with one another. They produced lovely children, and in their happiness, they lacked nothing.

One day a strange knight came and was given lodging. It was on a Friday, and he asked about the lady of the house, because she had not made an appearance. The master of the house told him that his wife was never to be seen on a Friday, and that he -- in keeping with his promise -- had never sought after her. With that the strange knight asked what kind of a housewife would not tell her husband where she could be found. Nothing good could come from such behavior.

This conversation so alarmed the master of the house that he immediately set out to find his wife. After a long search, he finally came to the cellar, where he found a door. Opening it, he saw his wife, half fish and half human, swimming in a small pond. When she saw her husband, she cast a sad and serious glance at him, and then disappeared.

The bewildered man went back upstairs to tell the strange knight what he had experience, but he too had disappeared. Now the poor man realized that he and his wife had been cruelly deceived and victimized by the stranger.

He grieved so much for his good wife that he died soon afterward. The lovely children also died one after the other, and the castle fell into ruins. It is not even known where it formerly stood. Only the story remains.

--From: ‘Die Wasserjungfer’ 1862

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GERMAN ‘BRAUHARD MERMAID’ VERSION

Many years ago, a man named Brauhard lived in Lauterberg. He had been far away across the water and had brought home a mermaid, whom he married.

Her top half was human, but her bottom half was formed like a fish.

She lived in a tub in his house. However, his friends could not stand the malformed woman, and so they finally poisoned her.

He did not remarry, and he contributed the money he had received as her dowry to the poor.

This is the source of the Brauhard Fund which to this day is administered by the Scharzfeld Jurisdiction for the support of the poor in the surrounding villages.

--From: ‘Brauhards Seejungfer’ 1848

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GERMAN ‘MELUSINA’ VERSION

In Bäringen during a wind storm they say that "Melusina is crying for her children."

This must be true, because otherwise on Christmas Eve, at which time one is supposed to eat nine kinds of food, they would shake the leftovers from the tablecloth onto a bush so that Melusina, sometimes also known as St. Melusina, might also have something to eat.

--From: ‘Sagenbuch des Erzgebirges’ 1886

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2024 olympics France roster

Archery

Baptiste Addis (Manduel)

Thomas Chirault (Corbie)

Jean-Charles Valladont (Besançon)

Caroline Lopez (Nancy)

Lisa Barbelin (Ley)

Amélie Cordeau (Ley)

Athletics

Harold Achi-Yao (Paris)

Dylan Vermont (Paris)

Yann Spillman (Paris)

Félix Bour (Bar-Le-Duc)

Aurélien Quinion (Paris)

Pablo Matéo (Évry)

Ryan Zeze (Louviers)

Gilles Biron (Schœlcher, Martinique)

Corentin Le Clezio (Cergy-Pontoise)

Benjamin Robert (Toulouse)

Gabriel Tual (Villeneuve-Sur-Lot)

Maël Gouyette (Saint-Brieuc)

Azeddine Habz (Paris)

Jimmy Gressier (Boulogne-Sur-Mer)

Hugo Hay (Bressuire)

Yann Schrub (Thionville)

Wilhem Belocian (Les Abymes, Guadalupe)

Raphaël Mohamed (Hagnoudrou)

Alexandre Zhoya (Coutansouze)

Clément Ducos (Bordeaux)

Wilfried Happio (Bourg-La-Reine)

Ludvy Vaillant (Fort-De-France, Martinique)

Nicolas Daru (Grenoble)

Louis Gilavert (Corbeil-Essonnes)

Alex Miellet (Dijon)

Jeff Erius (Strasbourg)

Aymeric Priam (Fort-De-France, Martinique)

Méba-Mickaël Zézé (Saint-Aubin-Lès-Elbeuf)

Téo Andant (Monte Carlo, Monaco)

Thomas Jordier (Noisy-Le-Sec)

Muhammad Kounta (Paris)

Loïc Prévot (Remire-Montjoly, French Guiana)

Fabrisio Saïdy (Paris)

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Nicolas Navarro (La Crau)

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Jean-Marc Pontvianne (Nîmes)

Yann Chausinand (Clermont-Ferrand)

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Tom Reux (Saint-Benoît-Des-Ondes)

Lolassonn Djouhan (Montargis)

Makenson Gletty (Nice)

Marie-Ange Rimlinger (Paris)

Diana Iscaye (Les Ambyes, Guadalupe)

Marjorie Veyssiere (Aurillac)

Meky Woldu (Paris)

Clémence Beretta (Remiremont)

Camille Moutard (Beaune)

Pauline Stey (Saverne)

Gémima Joseph (Kourou, French Guiana)

Hélène Parisot (Saint-Affrique)

Anaïs Bourgoin (Vendôme)

Rénelle Lamote (Coulommiers)

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Agathe Guillemot (Rennes)

Sarah Madeleine (Melun)

Alessia Zarbo (Antibes)

Laëticia Bapté (Fort-De-France, Martinique)

Cyréna Samba-Mayela (Champigny-Sur-Marne)

Shana Grebo (Rennes)

Louise Maravel (Saint-Laurent-Sur-Sèvre)

Alice Finot (Montbéliard)

Flavie Renouard (Caen)

Chloé Galet (Fourmies)

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Maroussia Paré (Bordeaux)

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Amandine Brossier (Cholet)

Alexe Déau (La Trinité, Martinique)

Sounkamba Sylla (Laval)

Mélody Julien (Castres)

Méline Rollin (Villers-Semeuse)

Solène Gicquel (Rennes)

Nawal Meniker (Perpignal)

Marie-Julie Bonnin (Bordeaux)

Ninon Chapelle (Metz)

Margot Chevrier (Nice)

Hilary Kpatcha (Toulouse)

Ilionis Guillaume (Montpelier)

Mélina Robert-Michon (Voiron)

Rose Loga (Mainvilliers)

Alexandra Taverniers (Annecy)

Auriana Lazraq-Khlass (Metz)

Badminton

Toma Popov (Fos-Sur-Mer)

Christo Popov (Fos-Sur-Mer)

Lucas Corvée (Alençon)

Ronan Labar (Paris)

Xuefei Qi (Rostrenen)

Margot Lambert (Paris)

Anne Tran (Paris)

Thom Gicquel (Paris)

Delphine Delrue (Sarcelles)

Basketball

Frank Ntilikina (Strasbourg)

Nicolas Batum (Lisieux)

Andrew Albicy (Sèvres)

Guerschon Yabusele (Dreux)

Isaïa Cordinier (Vence)

Evan Fournier (Saint-Maurice)

Nando De Colo (Cholet)

Matthias Lessort (Le Morne-Vert)

Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel (Saint-Quentin)

Victor Wembanyama (La Chesnay)

Matthew Strazel (Bourg-La-Reine)

Bilal Coulibaly (Courbevoie)

Lucas Dussoulier (Libourne)

Jules Rambaut (Reims)

Franck Seguela (Dijon)

Timothé Vergiat (Roanne)

Marine Fauthoux (Pau)

Alexia Chartereau (Le Mans)

Sarah Michel (Ris-Orangis)

Valériane Vukosavljević (Bordeaux)

Iliana Rupert (Sèvres)

Janelle Salaün (Paris)

Dominique Malonga (Villeurbanne)

Gabby Williams (Sparks, Nevada)

Marième Badiane (Brest)

Marine Johannès (Lisieux)

Leïla Lacan (Rodez)

Romane Bernies (Agen)

Myriam Djekoundade (Castres)

Laëtitia Guapo (Clermont-Ferrand)

Hortense Limouzin (Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux)

Marie-Ève Paget (Annecy)

Boxing

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Billal Bennama (Blagnac)

Sof Oumiha (Toulouse)

Djamili-Dini Moindze (Grande-Synthe)

Wassila Lkhadiri (Ajaccio)

Amina Zidani (Le Havre)

Estelle Mossely (Paris)

Davina Michel (Fort-De-France, Martinique)

Breakdancing

Gaëtan Alin (Paris)

Dany Civil (Cayenne, French Guiana)

Carlota Dudek (Cadenet)

Sya Dembélé (Saint-Étienne)

Canoeing

Loïc Léonard (Arras)

Nicolas Gestin (Tréméven)

Titouan Castryck (Saint-Malo)

Boris Neveu (Lourdes)

Maxime Beaumont (Boulogne-Sur-Mer)

Adrien Bart (Orléans)

Eugénie Dorange (Vaires-Sur-Marne)

Axelle Renard (Besançon)

Marjorie Delassus (Pau)

Camille Prigent (Rennes)

Angèle Hug (Les-Ollières-Sur-Eyrieux)

Manon Hostens (Roubaix)

Vanina Paoletti (Nice)

Climbing

Sam Avezou (Igny)

Paul Jenft (Grenoble)

Bassa Mawem (Kourou, French Guiana)

Zélia Avezou (Igny)

Manon Lebon (Saint-Pierre)

Capucine Viglione (Marseille)

Oriane Bertone (Saint-Denis, Réunion)

Cycling

Julian Alaphilippe (Saint-Amand-Montrond)

Christophe Laporte (La Seyne-Sur-Mer)

Valentin Madouas (Brest)

Kévin Vauquelin (Bayeux)

Rayan Helal (Saint-Martin-d'Hères)

Sébastien Vigier (Palaiseau)

Florian Grengbo (Bourg-En-Bresse)

Melvin Landerneau (Le Lamentin, Martinique)

Thomas Boudat (Langon)

Thomas Denis (Bignan)

Valentin Tabellion (Boulogne-Billancourt)

Benjamin Thomas (Lavaur)

Oscar Nilsson-Julien (Aix-En-Provence)

Victor Koretzky (Béziers)

Jordan Sarrou (Saint-Étienne)

Anthony Jeanjean (Montpelier)

Sylvain André (Cavaillon)

Joris Daudet (Saintes)

Romain Mahieu (Lille)

Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Pontivy)

Juliette Labous (Roche-Lez-Beaupré)

Victoire Berteau (Lambres-Lez-Douai)

Mathilde Gros (Lens)

Taky Kouamé (Crétei)

Marion Borras (Pontcharra)

Clara Copponi (Aix-En-Provence)

Marie Le Net (Pontivy)

Valentine Fortin (Toulouse)

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Reims)

Loana Lecomte (Annecy)

Laury Perez (Béziers)

Axelle Étienne (Vaujours)

Diving

Gwendal Bisch (Strasbourg)

Jules Bouyer (Annecy)

Alex Jandard (Écully)

Loïs Szymczak (Paris)

Roger Hunt (Southampton, U.K.)

Naïs Gillet (Dieppe)

Jade Gillet (Dieppe)

Emily Hallifax (Nice)

Juliette Landi (Houston, Texas)

Equestrian

Gireg Le Coz (Paris)

Alexandre Ayache (Lantosque)

Corentin Pottier (Rueil-Malmaison)

Karim Laghouag (Roubaix)

Stéphane Landois (Selles)

Nicolas Touzaine (Angers)

Simon Delestre (Solgne)

Julien Épaillard (Cherbourg)

Olivier Perreau (Saulieu)

Kevin Staut (Le Chesnay)

Anne-Sophie Serre (Avignon)

Pauline Basquin (Rennes)

Fencing

Luidgi Midelton (Les Abymes, Guadalupe)

Paul Allègre (Nevers)

Yannick Borel (Pointe-À-Pitre, Guadalupe)

Romain Cannone (New York, New York)

Enzo Lefort (Les Abymes, Guadalupe)

Maxime Pauty (Clamart)

Julien Mertine (Saint-Germain-En-Laye)

Maximilien Chastanet (Le Havre)

Boladé Apithy (Dijon)

Sébastien Patrice (Marseille)

Jean-Philippe Patrice (Marseille)

Maxime Pianfetti (Tarbes)

Eva Lacheray (Montbéliard)

Sarah Noutcha (Strasbourg)

Marie-Florence Candassamy (Paris)

Auriane Mallo-Breton (Lyon)

Coraline Vitalis (Le Gosier, Guadalupe)

Alexandra Louis-Marie (Fort-De-France, Martinique)

Pauline Ranvier (Paris)

Ysaora Thibus (Les Abymes, Guadalupe)

Anita Blaze (Petit-Bourg, Guadalupe)

Sara Balzer (Strasbourg)

Manon Apithy-Brunet (Dijon)

Cécilia Berder (Quimper)

Field Hockey

Arthur Thieffry (Villeneuve-d'Ascq)

Gaspard Xavier (Cambrai)

Lucas Montécot (Chatenay)

Chris Peters-Deutz (Verviers)

Brieuc Delemazure (Amiens)

Mattéo Desgouillons (Lille)

Simon Martin-Brisac (Paris)

Blaise Rogeau (Paris)

Viktor Lockwood (Calais)

Noé Jouin (Paris)

Amaury Bellenger (Amiens)

Gaspard Baumgarten (Lyon)

François Goyet (Lille)

Eliot Curty (Paris)

Étienne Tynevez (Lille)

Victor Charlet (Paris)

Charles Masson (Paris)

Timothée Clément (Paris)

Mathilde Duffrène (Valenciennes)

Eve Verzura (Lille)

Inès Lardeur (Lille)

Lucie Ehrmann (Boredeaux)

Albane Garot-Loussif (Liège, Belgium)

Delfina Gaspari (Maisons-Laffitte)

Tessa-Margot Schubert (Essen, Germany)

Mathilde Petriaux (Mont-Saint-Aignan)

Catherine Clot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Emma Ponthieu (Lille)

Mickaela Lala (Paris)

Paola Le Nindre (Le Chesnay)

Yohanna Lhopital (Lyon)

Philippine Delemazure (Valenciennes)

Gabrielle Verrier (Rouen)

Stéphanoise Arnaud (Firminy)

Guusje Van Bolhuis (Leiden, The Netherlands)

Golf

Victor Perez (Dundee, U.K.)

Matthieu Pavon (Médoc)

Céline Boutier (Montrouge)

Perrine Delacour (Laon)

Gymnastics

Samir Aït-Saïd (Champigny-Sur-Marne)

Marine Boyer (Saint-Benoît, Réunion)

Mélanie De Jesus (Houston, Texas)

Coline Devillard (Bois De Vincennes)

Morgane Osyssek-Reimer (Bois De Vincennes)

Ming Van Eijken (Saint-Étienne)

Hélène Karbanov (Calais)

Aïnhoa Dot-Espinosa (Paris)

Manelle Inaho (Paris)

Celia Joseph-Noel (Paris)

Justine Lavit (Tarbes)

Lozea Vilarino (Paris)

Pierre Gouzou (Meaux)

Léa Labrousse (Rennes)

Handball

Aymeric Minne (Melun)

Yanis Lenne (Colmar)

Nedim Remili (Créteil)

Elohim Prandi (Istres)

Melvyn Richardson (Marseille)

Dika Mem (Paris)

Nicolas Tournat (Niort)

Vincent Gérard (Woippy)

Nikola Karabatić (Strasbourg)

Luka Karabatić (Strasbourg)

Ludovic Fabregas (Perpignan)

Hugo Descat (Paris)

Valentin Porte (Versailles)

Dylan Nahi (Paris)

Karl Konan (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)

Rémi Desbonnet (Montpellier)

Laura Glauser (Besançon)

Méline Nocandy (Saint-Claude, Guadalupe)

Alicia Toublanc (Saint-Brieuc)

Chloé Valentini (Morteau)

Coralie Lassource (Maisons-Laffitte)

Grâce Zaadi-Deuna (Courcouronnes)

Cléopatre Darleux (Wittenheim)

Laura Flippes (Strasbourg)

Orlane Kanor (Les Abymes, Guadalupe)

Tamara Horaček (Metz)

Pauletta Foppa (Amilly)

Estelle Nze-Minko (Saint-Sébastien-Sur-Loire)

Oriane Ondono (Alfortville)

Lucie Granier (Marseille)

Sarah Bouktit (Mont-Saint-Martin)

Léna Grandveau (Beaune)

Hatadou Sako (Tournan-En-Brie)

Judo

Luka Mkheidze (Sucy-En-Brie)

Walide Khyar (Bondy)

Jean-Benjamin Gaba (Sèvres)

Alpha Djalo (Paris)

Maxime-Gaël Ngayap-Hambou (Asnières-Sur-Seine)

Aurélien Diesse (Paris)

Teddy Riner (Paris)

Shirine Boukli (Aramon)

Amandine Buchard (Noisy-Le-Sec)

Sarah-Léonie Cysique (Sarcelles)

Clarisse Agbegnenou (Rennes)

Marie-Eve Gahié (Paris)

Madeleine Malonga (Soisy-Sous-Montmorency)

Romane Dicko (Clamart)

Pentathlon

Jean-Baptiste Mourcia (Pertuis)

Valentin Prades (Cannes)

Élodie Clouvel (Saint-Priest-En-Jarez)

Marie Oteiza (Mont-De-Marsan)

Rowing

Hugo Beury (Paris)

Ferdinand Ludwig (Voiron)

Benoît Brunet (Tourcoing)

Téo Rayet (Libourne)

Hugo Boucheron (Lyon)

Matthieu Androdias (La Rochelle)

Guillaume Turlan (Bordeaux)

Thibaud Turlan (Bordeaux)

Valentin Onfroy (Verdun)

Emma Lunatti (Saint-Martin-d'Hères)

Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino (Nice)

Claire Bové (Aubergenville)

Laura Tarantola (Annemasse)

Rugby

Varian Pasquet (Paris)

Andy Timo (Massy)

Rayan Rebbadj (Martigues)

Théo Forner (Perpignan)

Stephen Parez-Edo (Madrid, Spain)

Paulin Riva (Auch)

Jefferson-Lee Joseph (Duras)

Antoine Zeghdar (Monte Carlo, Monaco)

Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang (Pau)

Jean-Pascal Barraque (Le Chesnay)

Antoine Dupont (Castelnau-Magnoac)

Jordan Sepho (Saint-Denis, Réunion)

Nelson Épée (Toulouse)

Anne-Cécile Durbant (Colombes)

Lili Dezou (Toulouse)

Caroline Drouin (Auray)

Camille Grassineau (Bergerac)

Joanna Grisez (Paris)

Chloé Jacquet (Viriat)

An Jason (Paris)

Carla Neisen (Bugue)

Louise Noel-Rivier (Béziers)

Séraphine Okemba (Dreux)

Chloé Pelle (Paris)

Yolaine Yengo (Mare)

Sailing

Axel Mazella (Toulon)

Clément Pequin (La Rochelle)

Erwan Fischer (Saint-Nazaire)

Tim Mourniac (Quilberon)

Nico Goyard (Lorient

Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (Fréjus)

Jérémie Mion (Paris)

Louise Cervera (Cannes)

Louise Berthomieu (Nantes)

Hélène Noesmoen (Les-Sables-d'Olonne)

Lauriane Nolot (Camps-La-Source)

Charline Picon (Royan)

Sarah Steyaert (Bordeaux)

Camille Klinger (Harfleur)

Shooting

Romain Aufrère (Saint-Denis, Réunion)

Lucas Kryzs (Le Perreux-Sur-Marne)

Florian Fouquet (Talence)

Sébastien Guerrero (Grenoble)

Clément Bessaguet (Montpellier)

Jean Quiquampoix (Paris)

Éric Delaunay (Saint-Lô)

Manon Herbulot (Noise-Sur-Oise)

Judith Gomez (Toulouse)

Océanne Muller (Schiltigheim)

Camille Jedrzejewski (Compiègne)

Mathilde Lamolle (Aubagne)

Carole Cormenier (Limoges)

Mélanie Couzy (Romorantin-Lanthenay)

Lucie Anastassiou (La Rochelle)

Skateboarding

Joseph Garbaccio (La Havre)

Vincent Matheron (Marseille)

Aurélien Giraud (Lyon)

Vincent Milou (Tarnos)

Émilie Alexandre (Marseille)

Louise-Aina Taboulet (Leucate)

Lucie Schoonheere (Paris)

Soccer

Obed Nkambadio (Paris)

Costello Lukeba (Lyon)

Adrien Truffert (Saint-Priest)

Loïc Badé (Sèvres)

Kiliann Sildillia (Montigny-Lès-Metz)

Manu Koné (Colombes)

Michael Olise (London, U.K.)

Maghnes Akilouche (Tremblay-En-France)

Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (Suresnes)

Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon)

Désiré Doué (Angers)

Enzo Millot (Lucé)

Joris Chotard (Orange)

Jean-Philippe Mateta (Sevran)

Banzouzi Locko (Ivry-Sur-Seine)

Guillaume Restes (Montaudran)

Soungoutou Magassa (Stains)

Mathis Cherki (Lyon)

Chrislain Matsima (Nanterre)

Andy Diouf (Nanterre)

Johann Lepenant (Granville)

Constance Picaud (Challans)

Maëlle Lakrar (Orange)

Wendie Renard (Lyon)

Estelle Cascarino (Saint-Priest)

Delphine Cascarino (Saint-Priest)

Élisa De Almeida (Châtenay-Malabry)

Amadine Henry (Lille)

Sakina Karchaoui (Miramas)

Onema Geyoro (Orléans)

Eugénie Le Sommer-Dariel (Grasse)

Kadidiatou Diani (Ivry-Sur-Seine)

Marie-Antoinette Katoto (Colombes)

Selma Bacha (Lyon)

Sandie Toletti (Bagnols-Sur-Cèze)

Kenza Dali (Sainte-Colombe)

Pauline Payraud-Magnin (Lyon)

Sandy Baltimore (Colombes)

Griedge Mbock-Bathynka (Brest)

Vicki Bècho-Desbonne (Montreuil)

Ève Périsset (Saint-Priest)

Surfing

Jean Duru (Ondres)

Kauli Vaast (Teahupo'o, French Polynesia)

Johanne Defay (Saint-Denis, Réunion)

Vahiné Fierro (Teahupo'o, French Polynesia)

Swimming

Pacome Bricout (Cannes)

Guillaume Guth (Le Chesnay)

Wessam-Amazigh Yebba (Poitiers)

Roman Fuchs (Dijon)

Yann Le Goff (Quimper)

Maxime Grousset (Nouméa, New Caledonia)

Florent Manaudou (Villeurbanne)

Rafael Fente-Damers (Houston, Texas)

David Aubry (Saint-Germain-En-Laye)

Damien Joly (Ollouiles)

Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (Chambéry)

Mewen Tomac (Évreux)

Clément Secchi (Aix En Provence)

Léon Marchand (Toulouse)

Hadrien Salvan (Paris)

Antoine Viquerat (Boulogne-Billancourt)

Marc-Antoine Olivier (Denain)

Logan Fontaine (Argentan)

Laelys Alavez (Quincy-Sous-Sénart)

Ambre Esnault (Hyères)

Romane Lunel (Alençon)

Laura Gonzalez (Toulouse)

Manon Disbeaux (Toulouse)

Eve Planeix (Clermont-Ferrand)

Anastasia Bayandina (Krasnoyarsk, Russia)

Laura Tremble (Compiègne)

Charlotte Tremble (Compiègne)

Pauline Mahieu (Villenueve-d'Ascq)

Marina Jehl (Colmar)

Mary-Ambre Moluh (Champigny-Sur-Marne)

Lilou Ressencourt (Lannemezan)

Béryl Gastaldello (Marseille)

Mélanie Henique (Amiens)

Marie Wattel (Lille)

Anastasiia Kirpichnikova (Martigues)

Emma Terebo (Nouméa, New Caledonia)

Charlotte Bonnet (Enghien-Les-Bains)

Lison Nowaczyk (Auchel)

Lucile Tessariol (Bordeaux)

Assia Touati (Sarreguemines)

Caroline Jouisse (Saint-Mandé)

Océane Cassignol (Béziers)

Table tennis

Jules Rolland (Paris)

Alex Lebrun (Montpellier)

Félix Lebrun (Montpellier)

Simon Gouzy (Toulouse)

Prithika Pavade (Le Bourget)

Yuan Jia (Cholet)

Charlotte Lutz (Hochfelden)

Audrey Zarif (Saint-Denis)

Taekwondo

Cyrien Ravet (Lyon)

Souleyman Alaphilippe (Argenteuil)

Magda Wiet-Hénin (Nancy)

Althéa Laurin (Saint-Denis)

Tennis

Arthur Fils (Bondoufle)

Ugo Humbert (Metz)

Gaël Monfils (Geneva, Switzerland)

Corentin Moutet (Boulogne-Billancourt)

Édouard Roger-Vasselin (Boulogne-Billancourt)

Clara Burel (Perros-Guirec)

Caroline Garcia (Lyon)

Varvara Gracheva (Paris)

Diane Parry (Boulogne-Billancourt)

Triathlon

Léo Bergère (Le Pont-De-Beauvoisin)

Dorian Coninx (Échirolles)

Pierre Le Corre (Vannes)

Cassandre Beaugrand (Livry-Gargan)

Emma Lombardi (Chambéry)

Léonie Périault (Vélizy-Villacoublay)

Volleyball

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat (Saint-Maurice)

Youssef Krou (Toulouse)

Rémi Bassereau (Villeneuve-Saint-Georges)

Julien Lyneel (Montpellier)

Barthélémy Chinenyeze (Coudekerque-Branche)

Jenia Grebennikov (Rennes)

Jean Patry (Montpellier)

Ben Toniutti (Mulhouse)

Kévin Tillie (Cagnes-Sur-Mer)

Earvin N'Gapeth (Fréjus)

Antoine Brizard (Poitiers)

Nicolas Le Goff (Paris)

Trévor Clévenot (Royan)

Yacine Louati (Tourcoing)

Théo Faure (Pessac)

Quentin Jouffroy (Grenoble)

Lézana Placette (Toulouse)

Alexia Richard (Toulouse)

Aline Chamereau (Toulouse)

Clemence Vieira (Toulouse)

Héléna Cazaute (Narbonne)

Amadine Giardino (La Seyne-Sur-Mer)

Christina Bauer (Pfastatt)

Iman Ndiaye (Plano, Texas)

Nina Stojiljković (Paris)

Lucille Gicquel (Rennes)

Amandha Sylves (Baie-Manhout, Guadalupe)

Léandra Olinga-Andela (Évreux)

Émilie Respaut (Saint-Raphaël)

Amélie Rotar (Martigues)

Halimatou Bah (Épinay-Sous-Sénart)

Juliette Gelin (Montpellier)

Water polo

Clément Dubois (Compiègne)

Alexandre Bouet (Montpellier)

Thomas Vernoux (Marseille)

Romain Marion-Vernoux (Marseille)

Emil Bjorch (Slagelse, Denmark)

Pierre-Frédéric Vanpeperstraete (Marcq-En-Barœul)

Enzo Nardon (Saint-Jean-d'Angély)

Hugo Fontani (Nice)

Rémi Saudadier (Dijon)

Ugo Crousillat (Marseille)

Enzo Khasz (Sète)

Mehdi Marzouki (Noisy-Le-Sec)

Michaël Bodegas (La Seyne-Sur-Mer)

Valentine Heurteaux (Marseille)

Aurélie Battu (Limoges)

Audrey Daule (Oyonnax)

Pasiphaé Martineaud-Peret (Paris)

Mia Ryclaw (Walnut, California)

Lara Andres (Mulhouse)

Camélia Bouloukbachi (Paris)

Louise Guillet (Limoges)

Hertzka Orsolya (Budapest, Hungary)

Juliette Dhalluin (Mulhouse)

Ema Vernoux (Marseille)

Camille Radosavljevic (Mulhouse)

Tiziana Raspo (Nice)

Weightliftng

Bernardin Matam (Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Romain Imadouchène (Saint-Pol-Sur-Mer)

Dora Tchakounté (Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Marie Fegue (Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Wrestling

Mamadassa Sylla (Paris)

Améline Douarre (Le Creusot)

Koumba Larroque (Arpajon)

[omagazineparis]

Les aventures des apprentis vignerons à Bordeaux

Ils sont cinq jeunes, curieux, connectés, avant-gardistes, urbains, épicuriens, prescripteurs chacun dans son domaine. De la cuisine à la mode, en passant par l’entrepreneuriat, la musique ou la comédie. Cinq personnalités partent à la rencontre de cinq vignerons bordelais passionnés, femmes et hommes, artisans et engagés. Ensemble, ils vont créer des cuvées inédites, hétéroclites et responsables, fruits de leurs échanges passionnés. Situé entre terre et mer, né à la confluence de la Garonne et de la Dordogne, le vignoble bordelais est aujourd’hui le plus vaste domaine viticole AOC de France. Pour nous faire découvrir la diversité de son terroir, le syndicat des vignerons bordelais (CIVB) a pris une initiative originale. Il a décidé d’envoyer cinq personnalités a priori éloignées du monde viticole (entrepeneur textile, cheffe cuisinière, créatrice ou artistes) à la rencontre de cinq vignerons. Le but consiste à créer, en suivant le cycle naturel de la vigne, des cuvées inédites et métissées. Depuis le Haut-Médoc jusqu'à Bordeaux, en passant par les Côtes de Bordeaux, Fronsac ou encore Barsac, les vins de Bordeaux sont très divers. Chaque "apprenti vigneron" aura ainsi l'occasion de le découvrir et de créer un vin unique. Nous vous présentons à présent les duos dont nous vous relaterons le parcours pendant toute la durée de l'expérience : Maxime et Joséphine Maxime Saint-Martin, vigneron & Joséphine Berry, comédienne Château Vieux Gabarey, AOC Haut-Médoc Pour Joséphine Berry et Maxime Saint-Martin, leur métier est avant tout une histoire de famille : des parents passionnés, volontaires, qui ont transmis à leurs enfants l’envie de les suivre. L'un est resté attaché à la vigne, l'autre a développé un amour de la scène et de la comédie. Fille de Richard Berry, Joséphine baigne depuis son enfance dans l’univers du cinéma. Maxime, quant à lui, fils et petit-fils de vignerons, a été bercé dans la culture du vin. Suivre les traces de leurs parents s'est vite révélé comme une évidence : retranscrire, partager ou développer, un talent ou une passion… tout en y intégrant chacun leur vision personnelle. Enfin, le hasard fait bien les choses ! En effet, à côté de son activité de vigneron, Maxime a pratiqué le théâtre amateur pendant une dizaine d’années. Cette communauté de destin fait la richesse de ce duo qui créera en 2021 un vin rouge en appellation Haut-Médoc. Marie-Pierre Lacoste Duchesne & Alexia Duchêne Marie-Pierre Lacoste Duchesne, vigneronne & Alexia Duchêne, cheffe Château La Clotte – Cazalis, AOC Sauternes et Barsac C’est l’histoire de deux femmes. Marie-Pierre Lacoste Duchesne et Alexia Duchêne s’épanouissent dans des milieux majoritairement masculins. La première est vigneronne, l’autre, cheffe. Toutes deux ont un point commun : une passion débordante pour leur quotidien. Si elles ne font plus figure d’exception aujourd’hui, c'est la preuve que les mœurs ont bien évolué. Il n’en reste pas moins vrai qu’elles ont parfois dû parcourir un chemin semé d’embûches pour arriver à vivre de ce qui les animait : le vin pour l'une, la cuisine pour l'autre. La détermination, l’endurance et l’envie de réussir ont permis à ces deux femmes de s’imposer, chacune dans leur domaine. Les stéréotypes et autres clichés ? Alexia et Marie-Pierre n’en font qu’une bouchée (ou gorgée) ! C’est donc ensemble qu’elles donneront naissance en 2021 à un vin blanc liquoreux de Bordeaux en appellation Barsac. Bastien Pestourie & Adrien Gallo Bastien Pestourie, vigneron & Adrien Gallo, auteur-compositeur-interprète La Bastane, AOC Côtes de Bordeaux Bastien Pestourie et Adrien Gallo : la vigne pour le premier ; la musique pour le second. Ils sont littéralement tombés dedans lorsqu’ils étaient petits ! Depuis leur plus tendre enfance, ces deux-là se passionnent pour ce qui est aujourd’hui leur métier : vigneron (Bastien) et artiste (Adrien). Autodidactes curieux et enthousiastes, tous deux plongent très jeunes dans des univers qui ne leur sont pas complètement inconnus, mais qui deviendront au fur et à mesure de réelles vocations. Au cours de leur carrière, ces deux prodiges du vin et de la musique respectivement vont réaliser un équilibre subtil entre technique et créativité, dans un esprit alternatif et inspirant. Ce duo promet la création d’une cuvée à quatre mains surprenante, un vin rouge en appellation Côtes de Bordeaux. Eugénie Degas & Guillaume Gibault Eugénie Degas, vigneronne & Guillaume Gibault, entrepreneur Vignobles Degas, AOC Bordeaux Conserver un savoir-faire authentique, historique, familial même, tout en faisant preuve d’audace et en regardant vers l’avenir : c’est le leitmotivqui anime Eugénie Degas et Guillaume Gibault. Portés par l’envie d’apprendre et d’entreprendre chacun à leur manière, Eugénie et Guillaume ont su faire grandir et prospérer un projet qui leur tenait à cœur. Ainsi, prenant la suite des huit générations qui la précèdent, Eugénie reprend le vignoble familial, qu’elle gère aujourd’hui avec sa sœur Diane. Guillaume, quant à lui, nourrit et entretient le souvenir de son grand-père en relançant en 2011 Léon Flam, une affaire familiale. La même année, il crée la célèbre marque de sous-vêtements le Slip Français. Tous deux souhaitent mutualiser leurs atouts et mettre leurs valeurs communes en scène pour créer un vin blanc sec en appellation Bordeaux en 2021. A lire également : Quatre conseils pour réussir un entretien d'embauche Benoît Souliès & Amélie Pichard Benoît Souliès, vigneron & Amélie Pichard, designer Château La Brande, AOC Fronsac À première vue, tout semble opposer Amélie Pichard, célèbre créatrice de mode parisienne et Benoît Souliès, vigneron aux mille et une vies antérieures. Pourtant, ces deux personnalités au caractère bien trempé, ont à cœur de mettre du sens dans leur quotidien en s’engageant dans des démarches respectueuses de l’environnement. Tous deux sont convaincus par l'upcycling, la nécessité de préserver la biodiversité ainsi que l'autonomie des producteurs locaux… À 37 ans à peine, Amélie Pichard est déjà une figure de la mode française. Son côté singulier mais sophistiqué, provocateur mais doux, contemporain maiskitsch, a conquis les mordus de mode en France et à l'international. Elle a réussi à faire de l’élégance son fer de lance, et de l’humour, sa signature. Benoît Souliès est, de son côté, un grand passionné à qui rien ne fait peur. Les innombrables expériences de vigneron par lesquelles il est passé lui ont permis de vivre de grandes aventures. Elles l'ont également incité à cultiver une certaine humilité mêlée de joie de vivre. Forts de leurs engagements et de leurs convictions, Benoît Souliès et Amélie Pichard s’associent pour faire naître un vin rouge en appellation Fronsac. Les années 2020 et 2021 seront rythmées par des visites bordelaises régulières pour nos cinq apprentis vignerons. Ils pourront ainsi suivre l’élaboration et la naissance de leur futur vin. Vendanges, vinification, assemblage, dégustation, mise en bouteille… Chaque étape de la création de la cuvée fera l'objet d'une concertation approfondie avec leur partenaire vigneron afin de garantir un résultat cohérent et en phase avec la personnalité de chacun. Chère lectrice, que pensez-vous de l'initiative du syndicat viticole bordelais ? Avez-vous hâte de suivre les développements de l'histoire de chacun de nos cinq duos ? Ô Magazine vous promet de suivre tout cela de près, tout en vous invitant à revenir nous voir régulièrement pour prendre des nouvelles de nos amis bordelais ! Read the full article

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Peut-on réduire l’impact environnemental des défunts en compostant les corps ?

See on Scoop.it - EntomoScience

Des chercheurs de Bordeaux et Lille vont mener des tests sur des terrains de l’université pour comprendre l’impact écologique de la « terramation », un éventuel nouveau rite funéraire

  Après l’inhumation et la crémation, les corps deviendront-ils du compost ? À Bordeaux, des chercheurs lancent une étude

  Par Gaëlle Richard

Publié le 05/05/2024 à 12h30.

Mis à jour le 06/05/2024 à 9h15.

  "... Sacha Kacki est archéo-anthropologue à l’université Bordeaux-Montaigne et chargé de recherche au CNRS au laboratoire Pacea. Damien Charabidze est professeur à l’université de Lille et au Centre d’histoire judiciaire du CNRS, et spécialiste en décomposition des corps par les insectes nécrophages.

  Ils travaillent avec plusieurs parties prenantes : des gestionnaires de cimetières, des entreprises funéraires et l’association Humo sapiens, qui plaide pour la reconnaissance de la terramation en France.

  « Nous donnerons des réponses à leurs questions, mais nous ne sommes pas là pour dire ce qu’ils ont besoin d’entendre », prévient Damien Charabidze. « Nous étudierons la décomposition du corps, précise son collègue bordelais, l’évolution de ses températures, les modifications du pH des éléments environnants, du sol, etc. Nous recenserons les données nécessaires pour éclaircir le débat. »

« Pas question de faire du biocompost utilisable dans les jardins avec les restes de nos défunts »

La troisième voie

Si les études parlent de « compost funéraire », c’est pour utiliser un terme large. « Il ne sera pas question de faire du biocompost utilisable dans les jardins avec les restes de nos défunts, cadre d’emblée Damien Charabidze. Certains pays autorisent ces pratiques, en France ce n’est même pas un sujet. » L’idée est de proposer une troisième solution au-delà de l’inhumation ou de la crémation, « une approche respectueuse de la dignité des corps alliée aux contraintes de gestion des cimetières »."

(...)

  [Image] Sacha Kacki, chercheur au CNRS à Bordeaux, participe à l’étude scientifique sur le compostage funéraire. Crédit photo : Fabien Cottereau / SO

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NDÉ

Communiqué de presse CNRS | Délégation Aquitaine, 28 mars 2024

  → https://www.aquitaine.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/peut-reduire-limpact-environnemental-des-defunts-en-compostant-les-corps

  Bernadette Cassel's insight:

  À lire aussi :

  "Ce besoin de sépulture verte est un phénomène sociétal de la part de citoyens qui ont fait le choix de changer leurs modes de vie pour mieux respecter l'environnement et qui ont une vision d'une mort plus apaisée plus immersive dans la nature."

  Loi sépulture verte et douce, nécessité environnementale et sociétale | Groupes | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9088260/

[yo-sostenible]

En este trabajo, con participación del CENIEH, se ha analizado una estalagmita con restos de hollín y pigmentos, lo que confirma la presencia de actividad humana en esta cavidad situada al sureste de Francia Pigmentos hallados en la cueva de Points. / M. Richard et al Michael Toffolo, investigador del Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), participa en un artículo, liderado por la investigadora Maïlys Richard del laboratorio Archéosciences Bordeaux, que se acaba de publicar en la revista Geoarchaeology, sobre las actividades desarrolladas en esta cueva durante el Paleolítico superior (hace entre 12.000 y 50.000 años), registradas en una estalagmita de la cueva de Points, situada en el valle del Ródano (Francia), que confirma la presencia de poblaciones humanas en esa cueva. El análisis y la datación de espeleotemas (estalagmitas, estalactitas o columnas), han demostrado ser fuentes de información esenciales, ya que al estar compuestos principalmente por depósitos de carbonato de calcio atrapan los elementos presentes en la atmósfera, como humo o pigmentos, ambos indicadores de actividad humana. Por ello se ha sometido a diversos análisis una de las estalagmitas de la cueva de Points, la STM-18-04, formada hace entre 12.000 años y 14.500 y años, que muestra la presencia de al menos cuatro capas oscuras en su corte transversal. Mediante las técnicas de microscopía electrónica de barrido y microespectroscopía Raman, se ha detectado hollín en las capas oscuras, confirmando el uso del fuego por parte de seres humanos dentro de la cueva. Y mediante el método de series de uranio se ha podido datar la calcita que contenía hollín en torno a dos momentos: el primero, hace 14.000 años, y el segundo, hace 12.500 años. De este modo, esta investigación ha permitido situar dos fases de ocupación humana durante el Paleolítico superior en la cueva de Points, al final del periodo Magdaleniense superior y a comienzos del Epipaleolítico. Estas dos fases coincidirían, según el registro paleoclimático regional, con dos eventos fríos abruptos ocurridos en dichos periodos, conocidos como Dryas antiguo y Dryas reciente. Cueva de Chauvet como referente La Cueva de Points se ha considerada como la ‘hermana pequeña’ de la famosa cueva de Chauvet-Pont d´Arc, patrimonio de la Humanidad, por la presencia y características de su arte rupestre. Tras el descubrimiento de Chauvet en 1994 y la datación de sus pinturas (alrededor de 36.000 años), “se despertó un interés creciente por investigar las condiciones climáticas y ambientales de la presencia humana en el sureste de Francia durante el Paleolítico superior, lo que ha motivado estudios como el que acabamos de publicar”, explica Toffolo. Referencia: Richard, M. et al. “Chronology of Upper Paleolithic human activities recorded in a stalagmite at Points Cave (Aiguèze, Gard, France)”. Geoarchaeology.  Fuente: CENIEH

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🌸 Die Geschichte Oberons 🌸

So richtig bekannt wurde Oberon durch die germanischen Sagen und Mythen. Er ist ein Zwerg namens Alberich, welcher als König der Elfen und Zwerge bezeichnet wird. Im "Ring der Niebelungen", geschrieben von Richard Wagner (deutscher Schriftsteller), bekommt er dann eine größere Rolle. Dort ist er ein tyranischer König der Schwarzalben (Zwerge, Gegenspieler von Lichtalben:Elfen) und entsagte für einen Schatz der Liebe. Als ihn dieser Schatz abgerungen wurde, dazu zählten auch ein Helm und ein Ring, verfluchte er den Ring, sodass der der ihm besitzt den Tod findet. Er wird als räuberich dargestellt und scheint gerne Frauen zu entführen. Die entstandenen Kinder beansprucht er für sich. Eine ähnliche Gesichte erzählt vom Zwerg Andwari, welcher als Lachs im WAsser lebte und einen schatz hütete.

Eine Wandlung vollzog er als Auberon in "Les Prouesses et faitz du noble Huon de Bordeaux" (Französicher heroischer Song) einem französichen Gedicht, in dem er der König der Elfen/Feen war. Seine Größe war immer noch einen Zwerges, doch vom Aussehen her war er wunderschön. Und das nur, weil er von einer Elfe/Fee verflucht wurde. Der Progatonist der Geschichte tötete in Selbstverteidigung den Sohn eines Kaisers und benötigt Oberons Hilfe, um bestimmte Taten vollbringen zu können, um dafür nicht getötet zu werden. Zuvor wurde er von einem Einsidler gewarnt, dass er liieber nicht mit Oberon sprechen sollte. Hier wird auch angeteast, dass Oberon magische Kräfte hat.

Dieses Gedicht griff der englische Dichter William Shakespear auf und schrieb "Mein Sommernachtstraum". Aus diesen Schriftstück resultierten "My Fairy Queen", welches die Handlung von Titania noch einmal aufgriff und "Walpurgisnachtstraum" bzw. "Oberons und Titanias goldene Hochzeit". Letzters knöpft an die Handlung von "Mein Sommernachtstraum" an und diente nur dem Zweck, die grieschichen Götter zu verteufeln. Die Hochzeit wird mit jede menger Hexen gefeiert und es wird gesagt, dass Oberon genauso teuflich wie die grieschichen Götter sei.

In der Handlung von "Mein Sommernachtstraum" geht es hauptsächlich um eine Hochzeit, zu der Gäste kommen sollen. Einmal die vier Personen, deren Liebe im Vordergrund der Geschichte steht und einmal Oberon und Titania. In diesem Stück ist Oberon der König der Elfen/Feen und normal groß. Bilder von Oberon und Titania zeigen, dass diese menschliche Größe haben zumal die beide Liebesaffäiren mit dem menschlichen Hochzeitspaar hatten, welche nur Oberon zugibt. Beide hatten einen Streit, da Oberon den Ziehsohn von Titania für sich beansprucht. Hier wird auch angemerkt, dass beide mächtige Naturgeister sind, die das Wetter beeinflussen können. Aus rache schickt er seinen Hofnarren Puck los, der Titania einen Liebestrank einflößen soll, sodass sie sich in das Erstbeste verliebt was in ihr Blickfeld gerät. In Pberon sollte es am besten ein Tier oder ein scheußliches Wesen sein. In dem Fall war es der Weber Bottom, welcher Dank Puck einen Eselskopf hatte. Auf dem Weg trafen sie zwei der vier Hauptfiguren. Oberon beschloss der Frau, welche abgewiesen wurde, zu helfen und dem Mann auch etwas vom dem Trunk zu verabreichen. titania schlief die ANcht über mit Bottom, was Oberon die Gelegenheit verschaffte das Kind von ihr zu stehlen. Am nächsten Tag tat ihm das Ganze allerdings Leid, wesegen der Eselskopf wieder entfernt wurde, sodass der Beischlaf Titania nicht peinlich sein musste. Außerdem wurde sie von dem Liebeszauber befreit. Anschließend vertrugen sich die Beiden wieder.

Also was ist Oberon nun? Zwerg, Elfe, Fee? Sein ursprünglicher Name Alberich setzt sich aus „Elb" bzw. „Naturgeist" (Alb) und „Herrscher, Fürst, König" (-rich bzw. -rik) zusammen. Und Elfen nennt man auch auch Alben oder Elben. Sie können klein mit Flügeln sein oder auch groß wie Mehschen. In den alten germanischen Mytholigie hatten Zwerge und Elfen viele Gemeinsamkeiten. In dem Fall könnte man Zwerge und Elfen gleichsetzen. Im Englischen heißt es allerdings "Fee" und nicht "Elf". Im Grunde sind Feen und Elfen das Gleiche. Das Wort "Elf" stammt aus dem germanischen und das Wort "Fee" aus dem Latainischen. In dem Fall ist es pupsegal, ob Oberon nun jetzt eine Elfe oder Fee ist.

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Image 1) wolfwalkers, réalisé par Tom Moore et Ross Stewart, Cartoon Saloon, Mélusine Production et Folivari 2020

Image 2) Le Rocky Horror Picture Show, réalisé par Jim Sharman et Richard O'Brien, 1975

Image 3) La Jeune Femme et la Mer, Catherine Meurisse, 2021, édition Dargaud, mise en couleur d'Isabelle Merlet.

Image 4) Le Roi de la Forêt, peinture à l'huile réalisé par Rosa Bonheur, 1878, conservé au musée des beaux arts de Bordeaux

Image 5) Affiche de Jules Chéret pour les Pantomimes Lumineuses, d'Emile Reynaud au musée Grévin, 1892

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Une conférence intéressante et interprofessionnelle – Face aux contraintes économiques et à la nécessité de vivre de son activité, quelles limites peut avoir cet engagement pour un auteur ou une autrice, une maison d'édition, une structure de diffusion ou une librairie ? – dispensée dans le cadre du Master Édition de l'Université de Limoges en février 2023, modérée par Sarah Ponzo.

Intervenants

Lénon (Hélène Richard), autrice et éditrice / Creuse

Juliette Mathieu, éditions du Détour / Bordeaux (Gironde)

Michel Thomas, Paon-Serendip / Paris

Manon Picot, librairie Lilosimages / Angoulême (Charente)

Paco Vallat, librairie itinérante La Limou’zine / Magnat-L’Étrange (Creuse)

Modération : Sarah Ponzo, intervenante au sein du master Édition à l’Université de Limoges