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The ankou is recurrent in the breton legends . The Ankou is the embodiment of Death.

The legend tells that the last dead person of the year in each church becomes the ankou of this church for the following year and will have to accompany all the people who die until the day another dead persons becomes the next ankou, and so on.

We recognize the ankou because it is a very large thin man, with length hair, a very dark figure and generally he's represented holding a scythe. The story goes that if the Ankou directs his scythe towards you, you'll die in the 5 following minutes. He can touch you on the left shoulder with his right hand: same result.

the Ankou can be recognized thanks to its carriage, which squeaks and indicates the coming death of somebody in the surroundings. The Ankou comes to seek dying people's hearts and bring it to Heaven or Hell.

This legend was made up at the time of our distances ancestor. They believed in many legends like this one. Today we don't really speak or hear about the Ankou any more.