Ankou

Proper noun

Meaning

Ankou

(Celtic mythology) The personification of death in Breton mythology.

Examples

A sculpted Ankou in Ploudiry There is a very old pilgrimage called the Tro Breizh (tour of Brittany), where the pilgrims walk around Brittany from the grave of one of the seven founder saints to another. Source: Internet

Two servants dressed in the same shroud and hat as the Ankou pile the dead into the cart, and to hear it creaking at night means you have little time left to live. Source: Internet

Sometimes he is on foot but mostly he travels with a cart, the Karrig an Ankou, drawn by two oxen and a lean horse. Source: Internet

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