page_title: Gradlon
hierarchical_section_title: Gradlon
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: Gradlon the Great was a semi-legendary 5th century "king" of Cornouaille who became the hero of many Breton folk stories. The most famous of these legends is the story of the sunken city of Ys. He is supposed to have been the son of Conan Meriadoc.
context_section_description: Gradlon the Great (Gradlon Meur) was a semi-legendary 5th century "king" of Cornouaille who became the hero of many Breton folk stories. The most famous of these legends is the story of the sunken city of Ys. He is supposed to have been the son of Conan Meriadoc.
caption: Flight of King Gradlon, by E. V. Luminais, 1884 (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Quimper), depicting Gradon's escape from the sinking city of Ys.
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