Bretons
Northwest France natives
Bretons are the people of Brittany, the Celtic region in northwestern France.
The term applies both to modern inhabitants and to their ancestors, who migrated from Britain in the early medieval period.
Breton also names their Celtic language, related to Welsh and Cornish: She learned Breton from her grandmother.
As an adjective: Breton folklore, Breton traditions.
Brittany's administrative center
Brittany's Celtic language
- GalloItalian surname meaning rooster
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- revivalReturn after decline
dialects · placenames · orthography · mutations · Celtic roots · francophone · patois
Mythical British sorcerer
- ArthurianOf Camelot's mythology
- folktalesTraditional oral narratives
- fairiesTiny mythical winged creatures
- enchantedUnder magical influence
hauntings · superstitions · witchcraft · legends · washerwomen · standing stones · Carnac · dolmen
Celtic spiritual leaders
- bardicOf lyric poets
- clansRelated family groups
- CornwallSouthwestern English peninsula county
- WalesCeltic British principality
Irish · Scottish · insular · La Tène · Iron Age · tribes · kinship · torc
Thin French batter cakes
Roman-era Western Europe
- migrationMovement to new territory
- duchyNoble-ruled territory
- independenceFreedom from external control
- ChouannerieBreton royalist insurgency
medieval · feudalism · Normans · Vikings · maritime · privateers · corsairs
Rennes
Brittany's administrative center
Breton
Brittany's Celtic language
- GalloItalian surname meaning rooster
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
revival · dialects · placenames · orthography · mutations · Celtic roots · francophone · patois
Merlin
Mythical British sorcerer
- ArthurianOf Camelot's mythology
- folktalesTraditional oral narratives
- fairiesTiny mythical winged creatures
enchanted · hauntings · superstitions · witchcraft · legends · washerwomen · standing stones · Carnac · dolmen · menhir
druids
Celtic spiritual leaders
Wales · Irish · Scottish · insular · La Tène · Iron Age · tribes · kinship · torc · knotwork
crêpes
Thin French batter cakes
Gaul
Roman-era Western Europe
- migrationMovement to new territory
- duchyNoble-ruled territory
- independenceFreedom from external control
Chouannerie · medieval · feudalism · Normans · Vikings · maritime · privateers · corsairs
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- seafaring peoplessailors, navigators, Vikings, fishermen, Polynesians
- Celtic CultureCelts, Celtic cross, Celtic knots, Celtic knot, Celtic music
- ethnic groupsJews, Arabs, Chinese, Irish, Greeks
- French peopleParisians, Normans, Alsatians, Corsicans, Burgundians
- Indo-EuropeansCelts, Slavs, Indo-Aryan, Aryans, Greeks
BretonsParisians
French capital inhabitants
Alsatians · Corsicans · Normans · Burgundians
BretonsFranks
Medieval Germanic tribe
Normans · Anglo-Saxons · Goths · Burgundians · Vandals