Goursez Vreizh
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Headquarters | Brittany |
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Website | gorsedd.bzh |
Goursez Vreizh (officially Breudeuriezh Drouized, Barzhed hag Ovizion Breizh) is the national
Gorsedd, which was founded by Iolo Morganwg
in 1792.
History
Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué
(1815-1895) was the first Breton to be made an initiate by the Gorsedd of Wales. He took the bardic name Hersart Kervarker. He created a "Fraternity of the Bards of Brittany" (Breuriez Breiz) but this did not lead to the creation of a Gorsedd.
- 1838: La Villemarqué, Auguste Brizeux and Jean-François Le Gonidec are adopted as honorary members of the Cymdeithas Cymreigyddion y Fenny (Abergavenny Celtic Union).
- 1843 (or possibly 1857, evidence is unclear): La Villemarqué founds the Breuriez-Breiz (Breton Brotherhood), whose activity is restricted to arts and linguistics, is founded.
- 1867: A small Welsh delegation goes to the international Celtic Congress.
- August 16, 1898: The Breton Regionalist Union is founded.
- 1899: A Breton delegation of twenty people is received at the Gorsedd of Wales in order to constitute the core of a Breton group. The Breton guests are made ovates, but not fully initiated. This year is regarded as the founding year of the Goursez.
- September 1, 1900: The new constitutive assembly meets in an inn at Guingamp. Jean Le Fustec (with the bardic name Yann ab Gwilherm; later Lemenik) becomes the first Grand Druid of the "Gorsedd of Lesser Britain".
- November 23, 1908: The Gorsedd Barzed Gourenez Breiz Izel (Gorsedd of the Bards of the Peninsula of Brittany) is officially proclaimed.
- 1936: A split in the Goursez causes the formation of the explicitly neo-pagan Kredenn Geltiek Hollvedel.[1]
Grand Druids
- Jean Le Fustec from 1900 to 1903.
- Erwan Berthou (also known as Kaledvoulc'h) from 1904 to 1932.
- François Taldir-Jaffrennoufrom 1933 to 1955.
- Pêr Loisel-Eostig Sarzhaw from 1956 to 1980.
- Gwenc'hlan Le Scouëzec from 1981 to 2008.
- Per Vari Kerloc'h from 2008.
Gallery
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Assembly of druids of the Gorsedd, 1906
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Bards of the Gorsedd singing Bro goz ma Zadou, 1907
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Centenary celebration of the Gorsedd, 1999
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Grand Druid Gwenc'hlan Le Scouëzec, 2007
References
- ^ "Histoire de la Kredenn Geltiek". Angelfire. Retrieved 2020-04-23.