Dame Blanche
The Dame Blanche (White Lady) is a famous female spirit from French mythology and folklore, reported across regions including Lorraine, Normandy, and the Pyrenees mountains. These spectral figures are described as a type of fée (fairy) of less benevolent character, lurking in narrow ravines, forests, bridges, and caverns. They likely descend from ancient pre-Christian goddesses known as the Matres or Dominae, guardian deities of home and hearth. The Dame Blanche is also associated with specific haunted châteaux, including Château de Puymartin in Dordogne, where the ghost of a wife imprisoned f