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Meaning & History
Means "sea horse" or "marine horse" in Breton. Name of a fabulous horse of Breton legend found in two folktales reworked in the 19th and 20th centuries, but sometimes reinterpreted as Morvark. Morvarc'h is the subject of equestrian statues in the town of Argol and in Saint Corentin's Cathedral in Quimper. Linked to the water like many Celtic horses, Morvarc'h reappears in more recent works composed around the legend of the drowned city of Ys.