The breton peasant thinks of the dead as frequently as the Irishman thinks of fairies.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
And to-day there is recognized under the breton name Marie Morgan, the daughter who sings amid the sea.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
In truth, in the breton mind, the dead are not dead; they live a mysterious life on the edge of real life, but their world remains fully mingled with ours, and as soon as night falls, as soon as the living, properly so called, give themselves up to the temporary sleep of death, the so-called dead again become the inhabitants of the earth which they have never left.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz