Ar rannoù

Théodore Hersart de La Villemarqué collected this song in Cornouaille, Brittany, and published it in Barzaz Breiz, making it the opening piece of his work.

For him the origin of the song stretches back to the time of the Druids and is a testimony of the past, treating of Breton mythology, the composition of the world, life and battles.

[1] For others, including François-Marie Luzel who collected around twenty different versions in Cornouaille and Trégor (Gousperoù ar raned), it is only a rimadell, intended to exercise the memory.

[3] Luzel rejected La Villemarqué's version, which he declared erroneous because overinterpreted as to the mythological aspect.

However, some variants collected by Luzel have elements very close to the version of de La Villemarqué.