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Preferred term

Bluebeard  

Definition

  • Literary/folk character, most famously in Charles Perrault's tale; his story is often identified with Gilles de Rais (or Retz; d.1440), who allegedly murdered over 140 children, or with the 6th c. Breton chieftain Comorre (or Conomor, Conmore), who killed his infant son and tried to kill his wife, Tryphine

Synonym(s)

  • Blue-Beard
  • Bluestocking

Notation

  • 119128

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-H91G9PCB-0

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