Dalbec


Dalbec is a folk hero from traditional Quebec folklore. Some tales of Dalbec were published by the folklorist William Parker Greenough in Canadian Folk-Life and Folk-Lore.
According to Greenough, he heard several folktales involving Dalbec, as told by a French-Canadian raconteur, a guide named Nazaire. Dalbec was a hunter, and his adventures are invariably outlandish and amazing feats involving overpowering animals:
Along with Ti-Jean and the voyageur-hero Jean Cadieux, Dalbec is one of the most well-known characters of Quebec folklore.