t of Vannes. The pair lived in peace at
Castel Finans for some time, but Comorre, disappointed in his ambitions
in the Vannetais, presently threatened Tryphine. She took flight, but
her husband found her hiding in a wood, when he gave her a wound on the
skull and left her for dead. She was tended and restored to health by St
Gildas, and after the birth of her son retired to a convent of her own
foundation. Eventually Comorre was defeated and slain by Judwal. In
legend St Tryphine was decapitated and miraculously restored to life by
Gildas. Alain Bouchard (_Grandes croniques_, Nantes, 1531) asserts that
Comorre had already put several wives to death before he married
Tryphine. In the _Legendes bretonnes_ of the count d'Amezeuil the
church legend becomes a charming fairy tale.

See also E.A. Vizetclly, _Bluebeard_ (1902); E. Sidney Hartland, "The
Forbidden Chamber," in _Folklore_, vol. iii. (1885); and the editions
of the _Contes_ of Charles Perrault (q.v.). Cf. A. France, _Les Sept
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