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marries her, but the witch throws her into a precipice. The witch also tries to make the king kill the Breton cow. However, the cows lead the king to their lost sister, who is restored, and the brothers regain human form. The story was interpreted as a metaphor for devotion to
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form. It tells the story of a beautiful and virtuous young woman who finds her lost seven brothers, but is then victimised by an evil witch who turns the brothers into cows. One of the cows is a small Breton cow and "the young girl always loved best the Breton one". She is seen by the king who
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and in then in other four galleries around
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Programme de Seiz Breur dans un manifeste en 13 points
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636:Yann Robert
604:Jean Mazuet
556:Fañch Elies
499:Yann Sohier
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432:woodworker
420:Xavier Haas
387:Yann Goulet
383:Jean Freour
167:Synthetists
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951:Categories
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849:See also:
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381:sculptors
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311:statuettes
299:, mugs or
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183:needlework
130:Le Folgoët
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829:replaces
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477:fine arts
293:furniture
285:jewellery
281:calendars
273:postcards
228:sculpture
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885:Brittany
750:in Paris
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459:editors
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187:Parisian
136:styles.
90:designer
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873:fascism
766:Western
719:heroes.
705:Pardons
560:Abeozen
351:Nominoe
326:Members
301:posters
254:, etc.,
240:weaving
216:faience
169:of the
76:Origins
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881:German
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