"3 Légendes de Bretagne" has been shared to the blog from the French reading practice section of the learning library where you can find a large selection of interactive texts to help you with your reading skills. This article also has audio for you to practice your French listening skills; you can find many more listening activities in the French listening exercises section.
Have you ever been curious about the mystical legends which have shaped Brittany’s history? Our very own Breton queen Céline selected 3 beautiful legends from Brittany to (re)discover the magical world of France’s Celtic region. So dive into the world of the mischievous Korrigans, the sunken city of Ys, and the giant Gargantua and the mysterious Trembling Rock with our bilingual article below!
After listening to the audio, click any word for the English translation and links to related grammar lessons.
Part 1 – Intro + Le mythe de la cité d’Ys
Part 2 – Gargantua et la Roche Tremblante
Part 3 – Les Korrigans + Conclusion
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Author info
For over ten years now, Céline has been teaching French and Italian to students of all ages and abilities in the UK. This French native speaker comes from Brittany, and likes crafts, Breton dance (of course!) and Breton music which she actually played for four years. She also has a fondness for European cinema and British History.
Aurélie is our resident French Expert. She has created most of the wonderful content you see on the site and is usually the person answering your tricky help questions. She comes from a small village near Chartres in Central France, country of cereal fields and not much else. She left (in a hurry) to study English at the world-famous Sorbonne in Paris, before leaving France in 2007 to experience the “London lifestyle” - and never looked back! She's worked as a professional French teacher, translator and linguist in the UK since. She loves to share her love of languages and is a self-professed cinema and literature geek!