But the rocks of Pan are more of a testimony
to the tragedy of count Mériadec de Goëllo. His two sons Gwill and Isselbert,
who were longing for their father's death, decided to kill him to take possession
of his inheritance.
Mériadec heard about the plot and
had the time to run away, but his sons met him at the pointe du Pan and
committed their murder. But when they tried to push the body off the cliff,
they felt that their limbs were growing heavier.
They became stone, as well as the
count's body, and they remained petrified above the drop, eternally united
by their father's petrifaction whose blood stained all the rocks of Bréhat
forever.
On the hill the high stones with
human postures, that look as if they were kneeling, are, strangely enough,
worshipped by the shepherds of the island.
Indeed, one day the fairy of Pan had a visit
from a dear friend who was a princess of the Waters. The visitor was so
beautiful that the poor shepherds let their herds wander and crowded round
her. Were they too insistent ? The girl of the Waters pressed her friend
to rid her of her admirers, and the fairy of Pan froze them just as they
were.
Thus they will endlessly display how fascinating
the beauty of mermaids is ...
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