Ile de Sein
Mysterious Island
Sein in Brittany or Sizun Enez Seun is probably the island's most enigmatic of the Brittany coast. These 56 hectares of land which rises to an altitude of only 8m, 9 miles off the Pointe du Raz, have also been dreaming a lot of imagination.
It is probably, but it is not certain of the Latin insula Sena. Pomponius Mela, in the 1st century AD, wrote: "Sena is in the British Sea, opposite the coast of Osismii. It is famous for the oracle of a Gallic deity. Her priestesses are sanctified by the vow of perpetual virginity. They are said to number nine. The Gauls called the Senese. They think that, gifted with extraordinary powers, they can unleash their incantations by the waves and storms, according to their whim morph into all kinds of animals, healing incurable diseases, knowing the future and predict it, but they n practice their art in favor of the Mariners who embark with the sole purpose of the visit. "The very name
Sein gave rise to many discussions. Over the centuries it has taken effect in various forms: in Breton Seidhun, Sysun, Sun, Susun Hun; Seyne in French, bled, Sainct, Healthy, Holy Boobs, Senes. The most varied interpretations have not failed. Thus the philologists of the nineteenth century have seen the word that means the current sizun week and whose etymology is seiz hun, "seven sleeps; Sein Island becomes the Seven Sleeps and we don Feel free to attach the island to the Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus.
Prayers to the Moon
The island was evangelized in the fifth century by St. Gwénolé. A priory that bore his name and he was, they say, its origin, still existed in the eighteenth century. In fact, Christianity in Breast undergoes during the centuries many deformations and longer than elsewhere, the ancient religion survived in mixed forms. Thus, at the time when Dom Michel Le Nobletz came preaching in the island in 1613, the Sénans engaged in curious rituals. "It was a custom received in the Ile de Sein, says the Father of St. Andrew, biographer of the apostle, to kneel before the new moon and recite the prayer in his honor Sunday. Three women, heirs of ancient Druidesses, teaches the worship of the Sun, Doue tad, that is to say, "God Father".
The areas of Druidesses
Despite widespread destruction caused by treasure seekers, many still remain megaliths Sein. The tumulus of a cross surmounted Nifran contains the remains of a dolmen which there are only three supports, from which the cover slab lies, broken. In the middle opens a hole 35 cm in diameter. A nearby rock, instead Kador said, "the chair", has been named Karreg ar Vran, the "rock of the raven." a legend in effect for years, two of these birds have come to nest on the mound Nifran. This may be here is a souvenir of the worship of the crow, fairly widespread among the Bretons. On these stones Kador sat the Druidesses. In an excavation dug in it, they have delivered their oracles. Much more recently, two concrete bunkers were built. It is perhaps a tribute to the universal duality of the island that the islanders have ironically dubbed the Vatican and the Kremlin. 0.80 m apart from each other on the right side of the church, two menhirs of 3.30 m and 2.70 m, the first tapered triangle, the second cut in the shape of a hook received the ar Bregourien nickname, "the talkers". Close of Tro-ar-C'he Another menhir of 1.54 m in height. Many megaliths were shocked, killed or destroyed over the centuries. We see again Kilaourou, an enclosure called Toul Korriged, the "Fairy Hole". That the dolmen was there, there are only 12 stones and a menhir overthrown. Excavations have yielded an abundance of skulls and fragments of swords.
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