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 tradition predominates their mythology:
- Ankou
- Bugul Noz
- Korrigan
- Annard Noz
- Morgens
- Morvan, legendary chief of Léon
- Ys
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“It is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere.”
—André Breton (1896–1966)
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