The Great Flood of BrièreLocation: 9QPC+G5 Saint-Joachim, FranceWitches / Occult, Lost Civilizations / Ruinsby @antonAccording to local legends, Brière was once a vast forest before being transformed into a marshland by a great flood. A powerful woman or sorceress caused the destruction of the forest as a punishment, causing trees to fall and waters to rise.The submerged forest was remembered through the discovery of ancient tree trunks preserved beneath the peat, known locally as “mortas”Sources :Dréan Hervé, Êtres fantastiques autour de La Roche-Bernard, SB, 2020Desmars Louis, Légendes archéologiques de l’arrondissement de Saint-Nazaire, Association bretonne, Vol. 36, 1924Fleuriais (de la), Jeanne Torlec, Baudoin, 1836Gueriff Fernand, Brière de brumes et de rêves, Bellanger, 1979

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