Kornigou

Cake baked in the shape of antlers

Kornigou
Type	Cake
Main ingredients	Fruit, spices

Kornigou are cakes baked in the shape of antlers to commemorate the god of winter shedding his "cuckold" horns as he returns to his kingdom in the Otherworld.^[1] This tradition is typically upheld in Celtic households in Brittany and is enacted during Samhain (Halloween). It is a distinctly Pagan tradition which continues to this day.

The kornigou cake was made by the ancient Celts, over 2000 years ago^{[dubious – discuss]}. It is traditionally made of fruit and spices.

References

^ Kondratiev, Alexei. "Samhain: Season of Death and Renewal". An Tríbhís Mhór: The IMBAS Journal of Celtic Reconstructionism. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

Additional reading

Michel Duval (1982). Foires et marchés en Bretagne à travers les siècles. Editions Breizh hor bro.
Bro Nevez: Newsletter of the U.S. Branch. The Branch. 1988.
Jean François Marie Maurice Agathe Le Gonidec (1847). Dictionnaire français-breton de Le Gonidec: enrichi d'additions et d'un Essai sur l'histoire de la langue bretonne. L. Prud'homme.