Amel and Penhor · Y90s Database of Ornament

Title

Amel and Penhor

Subject

After the Breton Legend, as narrated by Paul Féval

Description

Recounts a story of Saint Malo, in northern Brittany, and its legend of a Great Flood. Penhor, daughter of Bud, was wife of Amel, who tended the flocks of Annan, the great seigneur; Childless Penhor weaves a veil for Holy Mary; gets the baby she prays for, and dedicates her son (Raoul) , when born, to Mary’s divine colour, blue. When flood comes to the village, the church is full, and Penhor, Amel, Raoul can’t get into the church for safety. The waters rise. First Amel tells Penhor to climb on his shoulder, so she and the baby can live; then Amel holds Raoul above her head, so he can live. They all die, but Mary carries the three souls direct to heaven, because of their great love for each other.

Creator

Legend retold by Edith Wingate Rinder

Headpiece by Nellie Baxter, Marion A. Mason, and Annie Mackie

Source

The Evergreen Volume 2, p93-98

"Amel and Penhor" at Yellow Nineties 2.0

Publisher

Patrick Geddes & Colleagues

Date

Autumn 1895

Rights

Public Domain
Toronto Metropolitan University Library Archives and Special Collections

Relation

Evergreen Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2016-2018. Yellow Nineties 2.0, Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019.