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marries her, but the witch throws her into a precipice. The witch also tries to make the king kill the Breton cow. However, the cows lead the king to their lost sister, who is restored, and the brothers regain human form. The story was interpreted as a metaphor for devotion to
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form. It tells the story of a beautiful and virtuous young woman who finds her lost seven brothers, but is then victimised by an evil witch who turns the brothers into cows. One of the cows is a small Breton cow and "the young girl always loved best the Breton one". She is seen by the king who
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and in then in other four galleries around
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Programme de Seiz Breur dans un manifeste en 13 points
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73:Ceramics designed by Suzanne Creston
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152:Arts and Crafts Movement
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577:RĂ©gis de l'Estourbillon
458:publicist and novelist
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647:Sources of inspiration
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878:Breton National Party
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597:Robert Micheau-Vernez
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439:Jeanne Coroller-Danio
413:Robert Micheau-Vernez
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509:Octave-Louis Aubert
325:François Debeauvais
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573:Christian Le Part
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473:Flag of Brittany
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672:Brocéliande
633:René Salaün
625:Yann Robert
593:Jean Mazuet
545:Fañch Elies
488:Yann Sohier
427:architects
421:woodworker
409:Xavier Haas
376:Yann Goulet
372:Jean Freour
156:Synthetists
123:avant-garde
83:illustrator
951:Breton art
940:Categories
915:References
838:See also:
766:Douarnenez
716:Chronology
392:embroider
370:sculptors
350:composers
300:statuettes
288:, mugs or
241:typography
225:embroidery
172:needlework
119:Le Folgoët
38:, meaning
36:seiz breur
28:Seiz Breur
818:replaces
775:replaces
466:fine arts
282:furniture
274:jewellery
270:calendars
262:postcards
217:sculpture
209:stoneware
874:Brittany
739:in Paris
726:Brittany
722:Parisian
690:religion
666:Druidism
448:editors
437:writers
403:Val Riou
401:stylist
304:liturgic
286:cushions
248:concrete
221:ironwork
176:Parisian
125:styles.
79:designer
77:A young
53:-Breton
32:Brittany
862:fascism
755:Western
708:heroes.
694:Pardons
549:Abeozen
340:Nominoe
315:Members
290:posters
243:, etc.,
229:weaving
205:faience
158:of the
65:Origins
42:in the
908:Rennes
870:German
797:Rennes
777:Kornog
773:Keltia
751:Kornog
706:Celtic
704:, and
702:saints
674:, the
490:, and
266:stamps
264:, via
256:cinema
233:fresco
115:Pardon
111:Breton
801:Paris
680:Ankou
661:Irish
657:Welsh
297:delft
185:, or
183:Poilu
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