page_title: Ys
hierarchical_section_title: Ys
caption_attribution_description: La Fuite de Roi Gradlon; his daughter Dahut was possessed by a half-fairy, half-woman who he had rejected and became the most evil woman in Brittany; stole keys to sluice gate and the seas invaded the city of Caer Ys; tried to rescue his daughter as he was unaware of her evil; St. Gwendole pushed Dahut into the sea and the waves calmed;
context_page_description: Ys, also spelled Is or Kêr-Is in Breton, and Ville d'Ys in French, is a mythical city on the coast of Brittany but later swallowed by the ocean. Most versions of the legend place the city in the Baie de Douarnenez.
context_section_description: Ys (pronounced /ˈiːs/ EESS), also spelled Is or Kêr-Is in Breton, and Ville d'Ys in French, is a mythical city on the coast of Brittany but later swallowed by the ocean. Most versions of the legend place the city in the Baie de Douarnenez.
caption: Flight of King Gradlon, by E. V. Luminais, 1884 (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Quimper)
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