Talk:Jean de l'Ours

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Pyrenees origin[edit]

This article is really cute. But the story is not originated from a village in the Pyrenees mountains. It exists in almost all the countries of the world, or in all the places where bears used to live. There are dozens of different versions of it. If you can read French, see fr:Jean de l'Ours Morburre (talk) 10:16, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lafond-Paquin[edit]

The version by schoolteacher named "Lafond-Paquin, Janel" with a copyright（c） mark is a privately retold version, possibly a composite. This is not really suitable for use.

I'm going to revise the summary and follow an established text source (printed in a journal or a folklorist's collection, not an anthologist who might also include retellings).--Kiyoweap (talk) 03:53, 6 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bear's ears[edit]

The File:JeandelOurs.jpg illustration gives Jean de l'ours "(teddy) bear's ears".

But I don't think this is supported by any traditional texts. So I felt compelled to include a caveat saying this is an "artist's visualization". If such a caveat isn't going to be used, I don't think the picture should be used at all, since it gives the misleading impression that this is how the character is described in the folktale.--Kiyoweap (talk) 03:09, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]