Breton mythology

Breton mythology

Breton mythology is the mythology or corpus of explanatory and herioc tales originating in Brittany, now in France. Bretons were a subset of Celtic people that adopted Christianity. Celtic traditions predominates their mythology:

* Ankou
* Bugul Noz
* Korrigan
* Annard Noz
* Morgens
* Morvan, legendary chief of Léon [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/lrb/lrb11.htm]
* Ys

References

* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/lrb/index.htm "Legends and Romances of Brittany" by Lewis Spence 1917]

ee also

* French mythology
* Welsh mythology


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