About this book
Step into the misty shores and ancient stones of Brittany with Paul Sébillot's Petite légende dorée de la Haute-Bretagne, a captivating collection that casts local saints and sacred sites in a new, folkloric light. Blending myths and legends with religious devotion and literary finesse, Sébillot gathers oral tales, hagiographical anecdotes, and popular customs from Upper Brittany—stories of saints walking on water, miraculous statues, haunted rocks, holy springs, megaliths reinterpreted as Christian landmarks, and the curious gifts and rituals offered at shrines.
Written in the spirit of late-19th-century folklore scholarship, the book documents a living popular religion and the interplay between pagan memory and Christian practice. Sébillot’s attentive recordings preserve regional language, ritual detail, and the moral imagination of rural communities, offering both scholarly value and atmospheric storytelling.
Ideal for listeners drawn to myths and legends, religious history, or literary folklore, this audiobook will appeal to anyone curious about Breton culture, hagiography, and the ways ordinary people make the sacred. Listen for a richly textured tour of tradition, belief, and the landscapes that shaped them.
