here is legend behind the petrified Brehat. But the rocks of Pan above all recount the tragedy of Count Mériadec de Goëllo. His two sons Gwill and Isselbert, tired of waiting for their father's death, decided to kill him to take possession of his inheritance.
The Petrified of Brehat
Mériadec got wind of the plot and was able to escape, but his sons joined him at Pan Point, and carried out their crime. But when they tried to throw the body off the cliff, they felt their limbs grow heavy.
They became of stone, as well as the body of the count, and remained petrified on the void, forever united by the petrification of their father, whose blood stained forever all the rocks of Bréhat.
On the hill, the large stones in human postures, which one would say kneeling, are a curious adoration of the shepherds of the island.
Indeed, one day the fairy of Pan received a visit from a dear friend, a Princess of the Waters. The visitor was so beautiful that the poor shepherds let their flocks wander to crowd around her. Were they too urgent? The Daughter of Waters begged her friend to deliver her from her admirers, and the fairy Pan petrified them as they were.
Thus they will tirelessly bear witness to the fascinating beauty of mermaids ...
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