{"id":783,"date":"2025-10-29T14:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/?page_id=783"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:05:24","slug":"la-legende-de-la-ville-dys-entre-mythe-celtique-et-conquete-spirituelle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/?page_id=783","title":{"rendered":"La L\u00e9gende de la Ville d\u2019Ys : entre mythe celtique et conqu\u00eate spirituelle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Au large de Douarnenez, l\u00e0 o\u00f9 la mer s\u2019\u00e9chappe dans les brumes et o\u00f9 le vent porte encore les \u00e9chos d\u2019antiques pri\u00e8res, naquit une l\u00e9gende qui, depuis des si\u00e8cles, fascine et trouble \u00e0 la fois : celle de la cit\u00e9 engloutie d\u2019Ys.<br>Ses racines plongent dans les temps celtiques, \u00e0 une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 les dieux anciens r\u00e9gnaient sur les hommes, avant que la croix ne vienne s\u2019imposer sur les pierres lev\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-01-Douarnenez-1024x784.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-784\" style=\"width:577px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-01-Douarnenez-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-01-Douarnenez-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-01-Douarnenez-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-01-Douarnenez-1536x1176.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-01-Douarnenez-2048x1568.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-01-Douarnenez-353x270.jpg 353w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-01-Douarnenez-600x459.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-01-Douarnenez-78x60.jpg 78w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-01-Douarnenez-118x90.jpg 118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Douarnenez<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>La merveilleuse cit\u00e9 et la fille du roi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En ce temps-l\u00e0, r\u00e9gnait Gradlon le Grand, roi de Cornouaille. Par amour pour sa fille Dahut, il fit \u00e9riger une cit\u00e9 splendide, b\u00e2tie plus bas que la mer elle-m\u00eame \u2014 un d\u00e9fi \u00e0 la nature, un miracle d\u2019ing\u00e9nierie et d\u2019orgueil : Ys, la cit\u00e9 merveilleuse.<br>Pour la prot\u00e9ger, on avait dress\u00e9 une immense digue, perc\u00e9e d\u2019une \u00e9cluse que seul le roi pouvait ouvrir. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ce prodige, la mer ob\u00e9issait \u00e0 la volont\u00e9 de Gradlon, et la cit\u00e9 prosp\u00e9rait.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-02-Gradlon-727x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-785\" style=\"width:346px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-02-Gradlon-727x1024.jpg 727w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-02-Gradlon-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-02-Gradlon-768x1081.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-02-Gradlon-1091x1536.jpg 1091w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-02-Gradlon-1455x2048.jpg 1455w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-02-Gradlon-192x270.jpg 192w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-02-Gradlon-300x422.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-02-Gradlon-600x845.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-02-Gradlon-43x60.jpg 43w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-02-Gradlon-64x90.jpg 64w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-02-Gradlon-scaled.jpg 1818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Gradlon le Grand, roi de Cornouaille<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mais Dahut, jeune princesse au temp\u00e9rament ardent, se d\u00e9tourna du Dieu nouveau que pr\u00eachait Corentin, \u00e9v\u00eaque de Quimper. Elle maudissait ce saint aust\u00e8re, accus\u00e9 d\u2019avoir plong\u00e9 la ville dans la tristesse et la pi\u00e9t\u00e9. Dahut voulait la f\u00eate, la beaut\u00e9, la libert\u00e9 \u2014 et surtout, le culte des anciens dieux celtes, ceux de la for\u00eat et de la mer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elle donna alors \u00e0 Ys un dragon pour gardien, symbole des forces primordiales. Sous sa protection, la cit\u00e9 s\u2019enrichit : Dahut faisait capturer les navires marchands qui approchaient, et leurs tr\u00e9sors s\u2019amoncelaient dans ses palais. La ville devint la plus puissante et la plus fastueuse de toute la Bretagne.<br>Chaque soir, la princesse conviait un nouvel amant \u00e0 ses appartements, l\u2019obligeant \u00e0 porter un masque de soie. Ce masque, enchant\u00e9, se changeait \u00e0 l\u2019aube en griffes d\u2019acier, arrachant la vie du malheureux dont le corps \u00e9tait ensuite pr\u00e9cipit\u00e9 dans les flots.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-03-Dahut-1024x776.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-786\" style=\"width:539px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-03-Dahut-1024x776.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-03-Dahut-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-03-Dahut-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-03-Dahut-1536x1163.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-03-Dahut-2048x1551.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-03-Dahut-357x270.jpg 357w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-03-Dahut-600x454.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-03-Dahut-79x60.jpg 79w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-03-Dahut-119x90.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Dahut<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>La chute d\u2019Ys<\/strong> Un jour, un \u00e9tranger v\u00eatu de rouge apparut aux portes de la cit\u00e9. Dahut, fascin\u00e9e, tomba sous son charme. Mais cet homme n\u2019\u00e9tait autre que le Diable lui-m\u00eame, envoy\u00e9 \u2014 dit-on \u2014 par Dieu pour punir la ville p\u00e9cheresse.<br>Par amour, ou par sortil\u00e8ge, Dahut d\u00e9roba \u00e0 son p\u00e8re la cl\u00e9 sacr\u00e9e de l\u2019\u00e9cluse et la remit \u00e0 son amant. Aussit\u00f4t, l\u2019oc\u00e9an, lib\u00e9r\u00e9 de sa prison, se d\u00e9cha\u00eena. Les eaux furieuses engloutirent Ys, effa\u00e7ant en quelques instants son \u00e9clat et sa gloire.<br>Gradlon, emport\u00e9 par son cheval marin, tenta d\u2019\u00e9chapper \u00e0 la fureur des flots. Saint Gwenol\u00e9, surgissant des vagues, lui cria de se d\u00e9lester de sa fille. H\u00e9sitant, le roi finit par ob\u00e9ir, repoussant Dahut dans les eaux d\u00e9cha\u00een\u00e9es. Alors seulement il put atteindre la rive.<br>Depuis lors, dit-on, les p\u00eacheurs de Douarnenez entendent parfois, par temps calme, les cloches d\u2019Ys r\u00e9sonner sous la mer. Et ils murmurent qu\u2019un jour, la cit\u00e9 rena\u00eetra, plus belle que jamais.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-04-Saint-Guenole-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-787\" style=\"width:345px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-04-Saint-Guenole-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-04-Saint-Guenole-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-04-Saint-Guenole-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-04-Saint-Guenole-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-04-Saint-Guenole-203x270.jpg 203w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-04-Saint-Guenole-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-04-Saint-Guenole-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-04-Saint-Guenole-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-04-Saint-Guenole-68x90.jpg 68w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-04-Saint-Guenole.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Saint Gwenol\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Des origines m\u00e9di\u00e9vales<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La l\u00e9gende d\u2019Ys s\u2019est transmise par la tradition orale d\u00e8s le haut Moyen \u00c2ge, bien avant que l\u2019\u00e9criture ne s\u2019en empare.<br>La plus ancienne mention connue remonte \u00e0 la fin du XVe si\u00e8cle : l\u2019historien breton <strong>Pierre Le Baud<\/strong>, dans ses <em>Chronicques et Ystoires des Bretons<\/em> (1480), \u00e9voque d\u00e9j\u00e0 cette cit\u00e9 engloutie. Le texte, bref, montre que le mythe d\u2019Ys \u00e9tait alors d\u00e9j\u00e0 profond\u00e9ment <strong>christianis\u00e9<\/strong>, m\u00ealant aux figures pa\u00efennes des saints comme Gu\u00e9nol\u00e9 et Corentin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Un si\u00e8cle et demi plus tard, <strong>Albert Le Grand<\/strong>, dans <em>La Vie des saints de la Bretagne Armorique<\/em> (1636), enrichit la l\u00e9gende et introduit pour la premi\u00e8re fois le personnage de <strong>Dahut<\/strong>, fille impie et luxurieuse du roi Gradlon. Sous sa plume, elle devient la cause premi\u00e8re de la catastrophe divine : une \u00c8ve bretonne, coupable de d\u00e9sob\u00e9issance et de d\u00e9sir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>L\u2019empreinte de l\u2019\u00c9glise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c0 travers cette \u00e9volution, on per\u00e7oit clairement la main de l\u2019\u00c9glise.<br>Le mythe, issu d\u2019une culture druidique et matriarcale, fut remodel\u00e9 pour servir la th\u00e9ologie chr\u00e9tienne : la femme y devient symbole de perdition, la d\u00e9esse des anciens cultes se mue en tentatrice d\u00e9moniaque.<br>Ainsi, Dahut n\u2019est plus la pr\u00eatresse d\u2019un monde en harmonie avec la nature, mais la figure du p\u00e9ch\u00e9. Le Diable s\u2019y fait instrument de Dieu, paradoxe moral o\u00f9 le Mal devient ex\u00e9cuteur du Bien.<br>Et Saint Gu\u00e9nol\u00e9, saint homme, pousse le p\u00e8re \u00e0 sacrifier sa fille pour sauver son \u00e2me \u2014 un \u00e9cho troublant aux r\u00e9cits bibliques o\u00f9 la mis\u00e9ricorde divine passe par la souffrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Une guerre spirituelle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pourquoi tant d\u2019acharnement \u00e0 christianiser ce mythe ?<br>Parce que la Bretagne, terre d\u2019anciennes croyances, r\u00e9sistait \u00e0 l\u2019uniformisation spirituelle impos\u00e9e par Rome.<br>Ses habitants, h\u00e9ritiers du monde celte, \u00e9taient attach\u00e9s \u00e0 leurs rites, \u00e0 leurs pierres sacr\u00e9es, \u00e0 la m\u00e9moire des druides. Alors, comme partout en Europe, l\u2019\u00c9glise choisit la strat\u00e9gie de l\u2019assimilation : elle b\u00e2tit ses \u00e9glises sur les anciens lieux de culte, rebaptisa les dieux en saints, et transforma les mythes en paraboles morales.<br>Ys devint ainsi le symbole d\u2019une Bretagne pa\u00efenne, engloutie sous la vague du christianisme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>L\u2019Ys d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Au XXI\u1d49 si\u00e8cle, la l\u00e9gende d\u2019Ys n\u2019a rien perdu de sa puissance.<br>L\u2019\u00e9crivain <strong>Jean Markale<\/strong> y voyait un mythe fondateur du monde celtique, o\u00f9 la submersion symbolise la qu\u00eate de l\u2019Autre Monde \u2014 un voyage vers les profondeurs de la connaissance spirituelle. Pour lui, Ys illustre l\u2019opposition entre une religion pa\u00efenne, libre et naturelle, et une foi chr\u00e9tienne rigide et moralisatrice. Ses interpr\u00e9tations, audacieuses, lui valurent de vives critiques universitaires, mais elles ont nourri une g\u00e9n\u00e9ration enti\u00e8re d\u2019amoureux des mythes celtiques.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-05-JPP-Jean-Markale-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-788\" style=\"width:574px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-05-JPP-Jean-Markale-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-05-JPP-Jean-Markale-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-05-JPP-Jean-Markale-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-05-JPP-Jean-Markale-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-05-JPP-Jean-Markale-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-05-JPP-Jean-Markale-406x270.jpg 406w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-05-JPP-Jean-Markale-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-05-JPP-Jean-Markale-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-05-JPP-Jean-Markale-135x90.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Jean Markale<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Le chanteur <strong>Alan Stivell<\/strong>, figure du renouveau culturel breton, fit revivre la cit\u00e9 engloutie dans plusieurs de ses \u0153uvres, notamment dans son morceau <em>Ys<\/em> pour harpe celtique, o\u00f9 les notes semblent elles-m\u00eames \u00e9merger des flots.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-06-Alan-Stivell-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-789\" style=\"width:576px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-06-Alan-Stivell-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-06-Alan-Stivell-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-06-Alan-Stivell-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-06-Alan-Stivell-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-06-Alan-Stivell-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-06-Alan-Stivell-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-06-Alan-Stivell-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-06-Alan-Stivell-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-06-Alan-Stivell-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Alan Stivell<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>En 2003, <strong>Pascal Bancourt<\/strong>, dans <em>Les Myst\u00e8res de la ville d\u2019Ys \u2013 L\u2019h\u00e9ritage spirituel des l\u00e9gendes celtiques<\/em>, rattacha la l\u00e9gende \u00e0 une tradition initiatique druidique, survivance d\u2019une sagesse pr\u00e9chr\u00e9tienne transmise \u00e0 travers les \u00e2ges.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Image-08-Pascal-Bancourt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-790\" style=\"width:239px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Image-08-Pascal-Bancourt.jpg 321w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Image-08-Pascal-Bancourt-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Image-08-Pascal-Bancourt-173x270.jpg 173w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Image-08-Pascal-Bancourt-300x467.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Image-08-Pascal-Bancourt-39x60.jpg 39w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Image-08-Pascal-Bancourt-58x90.jpg 58w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Et dans la m\u00e9moire populaire, Dahut n\u2019est pas morte. En Basse-Bretagne, on raconte encore qu\u2019elle s\u2019est chang\u00e9e en <strong>Marie Morgane<\/strong>, une sir\u00e8ne superbe et redoutable qui hante les c\u00f4tes, attirant les marins pour les entra\u00eener vers les profondeurs.<br>Ainsi, malgr\u00e9 les si\u00e8cles, la princesse d\u2019Ys continue de vivre \u2014 libre, indomptable, \u00e9ternelle.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"155\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-07-Marie-Morgane-Dahut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-791\" style=\"width:210px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-07-Marie-Morgane-Dahut.jpg 155w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-07-Marie-Morgane-Dahut-144x300.jpg 144w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-07-Marie-Morgane-Dahut-129x270.jpg 129w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-07-Marie-Morgane-Dahut-29x60.jpg 29w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMAGE-07-Marie-Morgane-Dahut-43x90.jpg 43w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Marie Morgane<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/?page_id=600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ret-MF-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1205\" style=\"width:136px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ret-MF-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ret-MF-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ret-MF-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ret-MF-405x270.png 405w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ret-MF-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ret-MF-90x60.png 90w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ret-MF-135x90.png 135w, https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ret-MF.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Au large de Douarnenez, l\u00e0 o\u00f9 la mer s\u2019\u00e9chappe dans les brumes et o\u00f9 le vent porte encore les \u00e9chos d\u2019antiques pri\u00e8res, naquit une l\u00e9gende qui, depuis des si\u00e8cles, fascine et trouble \u00e0 la fois : celle de la cit\u00e9 engloutie d\u2019Ys.Ses racines plongent dans les temps celtiques, \u00e0 une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 les dieux anciens r\u00e9gnaient sur les hommes, avant que la croix ne vienne s\u2019imposer sur les pierres lev\u00e9es. La merveilleuse cit\u00e9 et la fille du roi En ce&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/?page_id=783\">Lire la suite<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Lire la suite<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":600,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-783","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>La L\u00e9gende de la Ville d\u2019Ys : entre mythe celtique et conqu\u00eate spirituelle - Les Myst\u00e8res de l&#039;Histoire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u2022 O\u00f9 se situerait la Ville d\u2019Ys\u2022 Dahut Morgane mythe breton\u2022 Roi Gradlon Ys origine\u2022 Ys ville engloutie explication\u2022 Ville d\u2019Ys christianisme influence\u2022 Catastrophe de Ys interpr\u00e9tation\u2022 Ys et la Cath\u00e9drale de Paris l\u00e9gende\u2022 Conflit Dahut Gradlon symbolisme\u2022 Ys et Saint Corentin christianisation Bretagne\u2022 Mythe de la ville engloutie Europe\u2022 Ys localisation Baie des Tr\u00e9pass\u00e9s\u2022 Ys Atlantide celtique th\u00e9orie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mystere-histoire.fr\/?page_id=783\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La L\u00e9gende de la Ville d\u2019Ys : entre mythe celtique et conqu\u00eate spirituelle - 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