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A vast desolation surrounded them. So dark was the night that it seemed to envelop them like a velvet curtain. Beneath their feet they heard the hissing and moaning of the bog, awaiting its prey like a restless and voracious wild beast. Through the dense blackness they could see the iridescent waters
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would be protecting the lost from entering the gates of hell at Elez Yeun. The Devil told St
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Elez Yeun is a marshy hollow, visible from the summit of Mont Saint-Michel de
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agreed to a jumping competition. The Devil jumped and fell into a river, whereas St. Michael's wings carried him much farther away. In this way, St. Michael won the Mont for himself, except for the fact that the Devil still lives somewhere below the Mont.
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1213:The Armorique Regional Natural Park
1158:Channel France and Gites & more
117:1,250 km (480 sq mi)
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19:Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
1239:Tourist attractions in Finistère
1229:Regional natural parks of France
1134:Comité Départemental du Tourisme
1105:"Sprites and Demons of Brittany"
1076:A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
965:"Carte des 27 géosites de l'ERB"
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1103:Spence, Lewis (2004-08-25).
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897:. IUCN. p. 89.
578:Cloître-St-Thégonnec
98:48.25639°N 4.46528°W
1206:– Official website
985:. Terrebretagne.com
863:"The Monts d'Arrée"
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776:Les rochers
774:The rocks (
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703:Port-Launay
638:Landévennec
633:La Feuillée
628:Île de Sein
608:Guerlesquin
314:Postolonnec
305:Porz Koubou
278:Keric Bihan
269:Enez Louarn
175:Île de Sein
165:located in
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30:View along
1223:Categories
1185:19 October
1163:2009-02-11
1139:2009-02-08
1024:2009-02-08
989:2009-02-08
936:2018-07-01
910:29 October
877:2009-02-08
843:2009-02-08
814:References
792:fairy tale
723:Saint-Eloy
688:Plougonven
668:Loqueffret
583:Châteaulin
384:Chateaulin
284:Lostmarc'h
253:Iroise Sea
244:. Several
238:Palaeozoic
86:48°15′23″N
753:Trégarvan
708:Roscanvel
568:Brennilis
563:Brasparts
558:Botsorhel
466:Elez Yeun
460:Archangel
378:(E60) at
349:Geography
338:Trez Rouz
257:limestone
224:in 1988.
89:4°27′55″W
1041:(1986).
802:See also
788:Huelgoat
780:Huelgoat
766:Huelgoat
760:Huelgoat
738:Scrignac
678:Ouessant
623:Huelgoat
603:Dinéault
530:communes
503:—
446:Brittany
341:Veryac'h
311:Porz Nay
183:Ouessant
167:Brittany
69:Location
713:Rosnoën
683:Pleyben
663:Lopérec
648:Le Faou
643:Lanvéoc
598:Daoulas
588:Commana
553:Botmeur
548:Bolazec
543:Berrien
483:Legends
405:heather
380:Le Faou
344:Le Zorn
317:Quilien
287:Pen Hat
281:Le Loch
272:Le Fort
249:plutons
246:granite
228:Geology
212:History
194:beavers
122:Website
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593:Crozon
493:sexton
364:Morgat
360:Crozon
206:sundew
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