Val sans retour

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In Arthurian legend, the Val sans retour (Vale of No Return or Valley Without Return), also known as the Val des faux amants (Vale of False Lovers) or the Val périlleux (Perillous Vale), is an enchanted land in which the sorceress Morgan le Fay imprisons her knightly lovers until the spell is eventually broken by Lancelot. The Val sans retour has been identified with an area of the same name in Paimpont forest in Brittany, which tradition has long held to be the site of the legendary forest of Brocéliande.

Geographical site

Paimpont's Val sans retour and its "lake of Morgan" in autumn 2017

The Val sans retour is thought to correspond to a geographical site in Brittany, France, whose local tale echoes that of the Arthurian romances. It is one of the most famous site of the forest whose legal name is Paimpont, but is best known as the forest of Brocéliande.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Le Val sans Retour". Brocéliande (in French). Retrieved 2018-06-02.

Coordinates: 48°00′03″N 2°17′09″W / 48.00083°N 2.28583°W / 48.00083; -2.28583

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