Tales and Legends of Brocéliande

Reissue of Tales and Legends of Brocéliande (9782737360947) with new cover.

Brocéliande, forest of mirages and illusions, Brocéliande, forest of fairies? The rumor claims it and has spread for 900 years through medieval novels and stories passed down by the fireside.

Claudine Glot and Marie Tanneux have gathered ancient and renewed tales and legends of Brocéliande in this work.

Provisional cover.

📖 Review from Librairie du Grimoire Ancien

By our editorial & librarian committee

Claudine Glot and Marie Tanneux, with Contes et légendes de Brocéliande, published by Ouest France, have produced an essential collection that brings together the mythical tales of Brittany's most legendary forest. Brocéliande, "forest of mirages and illusions, forest of fairies," has lived for 900 years in the collective imagination through Arthurian novels and stories passed down by the fireside.

What gives this collection its value is its ability to simultaneously preserve and renew tradition: the authors have gathered "ancient and renewed" tales and legends, creating a bridge between medieval memory and contemporary sensibility. Brocéliande is the beating heart of the Matter of Britain, the place where Merlin met Viviane, where the Knights of the Round Table sought the Grail, where fairies still weave their enchantments.

The stories gathered here invoke the archetypal figures of Celtic and Arthurian mythology: fairies, enchanters, knights, magical fountains, sacred trees. Each tale is a door to the Otherworld, that space between worlds where time stops and magic surfaces.

We recommend this work to lovers of Arthurian legends, seekers of the Celtic imagination, and all those who wish to explore the mysteries of Brocéliande. An essential guide for journeying through the forest of fairies.

Our rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ — An essential collection that preserves and renews the legends of the mythical Brocéliande forest.