Jetins

Jetins

Grouping	Little people
Sub grouping	Lutin
Similar entities	Fras [fr], Fions, Tréo-Fall
Folklore	Breton mythology
Region	Ille-et-Vilaine, Guernsey, Channel Islands,  France
Habitat	Caves and grottes of the Normandy coast, called houles

Jetins are small, imaginary creatures from Brittany, mostly mentioned by Paul Sébillot along the coast of Ille-et-Vilaine and on the island of Guernsey. Compared with similar lutins, they are characterized by their great strength, enabling them to throw huge boulders over very long distances, and by their habitat, mainly in rocks and caves on the shore. They also have a habit, much feared by humans, of kidnapping beautiful babies to replace them with their old-fashioned changelings. Pierre Dubois gives many details on the appearance of Jetins in La Grande Encyclopédie des lutins.