A AbÉlard. A Breton monk; the story of HÉloÏse and, 248-253 Aberlady Bay. A bay in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, 357 Abernethy. A town in Scotland; the Round Tower at, 52 Aberystwyth. A town in Wales; Taliesin buried at, 22 Adder’s Stone. A substance supposed to have magical properties, employed in Druidic rites, 247; HÉloÏse, represented as a sorceress, said to have possessed, 252 Alain III. Count of Brittany (Count of Vannes); drives back the Northmen, 25 Alain IV (Barbe-torte). Arch-chief of Brittany; defeats the Northmen, 25-26 Alain V. Duke of Brittany, 27, 28 Alain Fergant. Duke of Brittany, 30 Alain. Son of Eudo of Brittany, 29 Albert le Grand. Monk of Morlaix, 278 Alchemy. The art of; the position of, in the fifteenth century, 175; Gilles de Retz experiments in, 175-179 Algonquins. A race of North American Indians; mentioned, 302 Ali Baba. The story of; mentioned, 316 All Souls’ Day. The custom of leaving food for the dead on, 383 AloÏda. A maiden; in the ballad of the Marriage-girdle, 234-236 ‘Alpine’ Race. A European ethnological division; the Bretons probably belong to, 14, 37 n. Amenophis III. An Egyptian king; mentioned, 43 Angers. A town in France; St Convoyon goes to, to obtain holy relics from the cathedral, 336 Animals. Frequently the bearers of divine aid, in legends of the saints, 347; St Pol noted for his miraculous power over wild beasts, 366 Ankou, The. The death-spirit of Brittany, 101-102 AnnaÏk. A maiden; in a story of the Marquis of GuÉrande, 199-202 Anne. Duchess of Brittany; married to Charles VIII of France, and then to Louis XII, 36; the oratory of, in the chÂteau of Dinan, 209; gives the chÂteau of Suscino to John of ChÂlons, 210 Antwerp. The city; relics of St Winwaloe preserved in the Jesuit church of St Charles at, 371; mentioned, 205 Apple, The. Said to have been introduced into Brittany by Telio, 18 Ardmore. A town in Ireland; the Round Tower at, 51-52 Argoed. A place in Wales; battle of, 22 Armagh. A city in Ireland; Budoc made Bishop of, 356 Armenia. The country; were-wolf superstition in, 291 Armor (‘On the Sea’). The ancient Celtic name for Brittany, 13 Armorica. The Latin name for the country of Brittany, 13, 15; Julius CÆsar in, 16; two British kingdoms in, 19; the first monastery in, founded by GwÉnnolÉ, 185; King Arthur hunts wild beasts in, 278; St Samson bidden to go to, 349 Arthur, King. British chieftain, of legendary fame; his finding of Excalibur, 256-257; his encounter with the giant of Mont-Saint-Michel, 275-277; his existence doubted by Bretons in the twelfth century, 278; his fight with the dragon at the Lieue de GrÈve, 278-281; carried to the Isle of Avalon after his last battle, 282; Gugemar at the Court of, 292; his contest with Modred, 344; 393 his sister Margawse the wife of King Lot of Lothian, 357; mentioned, 64, 66, 173, 212, 224 Arthur. Duke of Brittany, son of Geoffrey Plantagenet; murdered by King John of England, 30 Arthurian Romance. Resemblances in VillemarquÉ’s Barzaz-Breiz to, 224; the controversy as to the original birthplace of, 228, 254-255; indigenous to British soil, 255 Ash-tree, The Lay of the. One of the Lais of Marie de France, 317-320 Auchentorlie. An estate in Scotland; inscribed stones at, 46 Auchinleck MS. A manuscript containing a version of the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 272 Audierne, Bay of. A bay on the Breton coast; national costume in the district of, 376 Aulnoy, Comtesse d’. Noted seventeenth-century French authoress; mentioned, 144 Auray. A town in Brittany; battle at, 35; centre from which to visit the megaliths of Carnac, 42 Avalon, Isle of. A fabled island to which King Arthur was carried after his last battle, 282 Avenue of Sphinxes. At Karnak, Egypt, 43 AzÉnor. Mother of St Budoc of Dol, 354-356 AzÉnor the Pale. A maiden; the legend of, 360-364 B Bacchus. The Greek god of wine; mentioned, 189 Balon. Monastery of; St Tivisiau and, 338-339 Ban. King of Benwik; father of Sir Lancelot, 257 Bangor Teivi. A village in Wales; Taliesin said to have died at, 22 Baranton, The Fountain of. A magical fountain in Broceliande, 70-71 Bard. Singer or poet attached to noble households; late survival of the custom of maintaining, 364 Barking Women. A phenomenon connected with religious festivals, 380 Baron of Jauioz, The. A ballad, 145-147 Barron. A fictitious youth; in a story of Gilles de Retz, 178 Barzaz-Breiz (“The Breton Bards”). A collection of Breton ballads made by VillemarquÉ; cited (under sub-title, Chants populaires de la Bretagne), 57 n.; criticism of, 211-212 Bass Rock. An islet in the Firth of Forth, 359 Batz. I. An island off the coast of Brittany; St Pol settles on, 365-366 II. A town in Brittany, 373 Bayard, The Chevalier de. A famous French knight; mentioned, 31 Bean Nighe (‘The Washing Woman’). An evil spirit of the Scottish Highlands, 100 Beaumanoir. A Breton noble house, 229 Beauty and the Beast. The story of; mentioned, 137 Beauvau. Matthew, Seigneur of; in the story of the Clerk of Rohan, 190-193 Bedivere, Sir. One of King Arthur’s knights; accompanies Arthur on his expedition against the giant of Mont-Saint-Michel, 275-277 Bees. Cultivated by the monks of Dol, 19; St Pol taught the people to cultivate, 366 Beignon. A town in Brittany, 360 Beliagog. A giant; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 271 Belsunce de Castelmoron, Henri-FranÇois-Xavier de. Bishop of Marseilles; mentioned, 195 Benediction of the Beasts. A festival held at Carnac, 45 Berhet. A village in Brittany; the custom of ringing the sacring bell still observed in the church of St Bridget at, 380 394 Berry. John, Duke of; mentioned, 145 Berry. Caroline, Duchess of; imprisoned in the castle of Nantes, 205 Bertrand de Dinan. A Breton knight, 29 Bieuzy. A town in Brittany; the Holy Well of St Bieuzy at, 381 Bigouden. A cap worn by the women in some parts of Brittany, 376 Biniou. A musical instrument resembling the bagpipe; one of the national instruments of Brittany, 229; played at weddings, 386 Birds. In Breton tradition, the dead supposed to return to earth in the form of, 227; frequently messengers in ballad literature, 233; in the legends of the saints, commonly the bearers of divine aid, 347 Bisclaveret. The Breton name for a were-wolf; in the Lay of the Were-wolf, 287-289, 291 Black Mountain. The name of one of the peaks of the Black Mountains, 197 Black Mountains. A mountain chain in Brittany, 196 Blanche of Castile. Mother of Louis IX, 208 Blancheflour. Princess, sister of King Mark, mother of Tristrem; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 258-259, 261 Blois. A famous French chÂteau; mentioned, 206 Blois, Charles of. Duke of Brittany; contests the succession to the duchy, 30-32; taken prisoner by Joan of Flanders, 31; the marriage of, with Joan of PenthiÈvre, 32; defeated at Auray, 35; the chÂteau of Suscino taken by, 210 Bluebeard. The villain in the nursery-tale; Gilles de Retz identified with, 174, 180; the story of, identified with the story of Comorre and Triphyna, 180 Blue Chamber. A boudoir in the chÂteau of Tourlaville, 209 Bodmin. A town in Cornwall; mentioned, 278 Boiteux. A fiend; in the story of the Princess Starbright, 123, 124, 125 Boncotest, College of. One of the colleges of the old University of Paris; Fontenelle at, 229 Bonny Kilmeny. A ballad by James Hogg; mentioned, 327 Bourdais, Marc. A peasant, nicknamed Maraud; in the story of the Lost Daughter, 75-77 Bouteville. John of, Seigneur of Faouet; mentioned, 335 Boy who Served the Fairies, The. The story of, 88-95 Bran (‘Crow’). A Breton warrior; the story of, 225-227; analogies between the story of, and the poem of Sir Tristrem, 227-228 Brengwain. A lady of Ysonde’s suite; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 267, 269, 271, 272 Brenha, Father JosÉ. A Portuguese antiquary; mentioned, 47 Breochan. A legendary Welsh king, father of St Nennocha, 340 BrÉri. A Breton poet, 255 Breton. The language, 15-16 Bretons. The race; their origin and affinities, 13-15, 17, 37 n.; Bretons join William of Normandy in his expedition against England, 29, 232, 233; send an expedition to help Owen Glendower, 234; defeat the English in a naval battle, 236 Brevelenz. A village in Brittany; a fireplace in the church of, 381 Brezonek. The language spoken by the Bretons, 15-16 Brian. Son of Eudo of Brittany, 29 Bride of Satan, The. The story of, 143-144; mentioned, 147 Britain. Celts flee from, to Brittany, before the Saxon invaders, 15, 17; subject kingdoms of, in Brittany, 19; immigrants from, in Brittany, form a confederacy and fight against the Franks, 22-23; the headquarters of the Druidic cult, 245; Arthurian romance indigenous to, 255; St Patern founds religious houses in, 348; St Samson fled from, to Brittany, 350; 395 Procopius’ story of the ferrying of the Breton dead over to, 383-384 Britons. The race; members of, emigrate to Brittany, 15, 17, 22-23; carried Arthurian romance to Brittany, 254, 255 Brittany. Divisions and character of the country, 13; Julius CÆsar in, 16; the Latin tongue did not spread over, 17; the origin of the name, 17; NomenoË wins the independence of, 23; invaded by Northmen, 25; the Northmen expelled from, 26; division of, into counties and seigneuries, 27; relations with Normandy, 27-30; French influences in, 30; the War of the Two Joans, 30-31, 35-36; annexed to France by Francis I, 36; the prehistoric stone monuments of, 37-53; the fairies of, 54-95; the sprites and demons of, 96-105; ‘world-tales’ in, 106-155; folk-tales of, 156-172; popular legends of, 173-202; the chÂteaux of, 202-210; hero-tales of, 211-240; sends help to Owen Glendower in his conflict with the English, 234; a British army in, 237; the black art in, 241-253; Arthurian romance in, 254-282; Arthur found Excalibur in, 256; Tristrem in, 270-271, 272; the scene of the Lais of Marie de France, 284; the saints of, 332-371; many saints in, 350; costumes of, 372-377; customs of, 378-388; religious observance in, 377-378; holy wells in, 381-382; observances relating to the dead and interments, 382-384, 386-388; Calvaries in, 384-385; wedding ceremonies in, 385-386 Brittia. Procopius’ name for Britain, 383 Broceliande. A forest in Brittany, 54-73; the shrine of Arthurian story, 55; the Korrigan a denizen of, 56; the scene of the adventures of Merlin and Vivien, 64; the fountain of Baranton in, 70-71; lines on, 71; in the story of Bruno of La Montagne, 72-73; the wood of HellÉan a part of, 221; mentioned, 338 Brodineuf. A Breton chÂteau, 207 Brownies. Elfish beings of small size; distinct from fairies, 87 Brunhilda. Queen of Austrasia; mentioned, 31 Bruno of La Montagne. The story of, 72-73 Bruyant. A friend of Butor of La Montagne; in the story of Bruno of La Montagne, 72-73 Bugelnoz, or Teus. A beneficent spirit of the Vannes district, 100 Burns, Robert. The poet; his use of old songs and ballads, 211; mentioned, 241 Buron. A knight; in the Lay of the Ash-tree, 318-320 Butor. Baron of La Montagne; in the story of Bruno of La Montagne, 72 C Cadoudal, Georges. A Chouan leader; mentioned, 25 Caerleon-upon-Usk. A town in Wales; Tristrem sails for, 263; mentioned, 21 Calendar, The. Supernatural beings often associated with, 97 Caliburn. A name for Excalibur. See Excalibur Callernish. A district in the island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides; mentioned, 53 Calvaries. Representations of the passion on the Cross; common in Brittany, 384-385 Camaret. A town in Brittany; megaliths at, 41 Camelot. A legendary town in England, the scene of King Arthur’s Court; the battle at, in which King Arthur was killed, 344; mentioned, 64 396 Canados. King Mark’s Constable, in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 272 Cancoet. A village in Brittany; the Maison des Follets at, 49 Caradeuc. A Breton chÂteau, 207 Cardigan Bay. A bay in Wales; the site of a submerged city, according to Welsh legend, 187, 188 Cardiganshire. Welsh county; mentioned, 22 Carhaix. A town in Brittany; Comorre the ruler of, 180 Carnac. A town in Brittany; the megaliths at, 42-45; the legend of, 44-45; the ‘Benediction of the Beasts’ at, 45; sometimes called ‘Ty C’harriquet,’ 98; its megaliths supposed to have been built by the gorics, 98; the gorics’ revels around the megaliths of, 99 Caroline. Queen of England, wife of George II; mentioned, 196 Castle of the Sun, The. The story of, 131-137 Cattwg. A town in Wales; Taliesin and Gildas said to have been educated at the school of, 21 Cayot DÉlandre, F. M. A Breton poet, 43 ‘Celtic.’ The term; its disputed connotation, 37 Celts. The race; the Bretons a division of, 14-15; Druidism may not have originated with, 245; musical and poetic elements in the temperament of, 339 Chamber of the Black Cavalier. In the ballad of AzÉnor the Pale, 362 Chambord. A famous French chÂteau; mentioned, 206 Champ Dolent (‘Field of Woe’). The field in which the menhir of Dol stands, 40; the battle in, 40 ChamptocÉ. A Breton chÂteau; the home of Gilles de Retz, 175, 176, 179-180 Changelings. The Breton fairies and, 83 Chansons de Gestes. Medieval French poems with an heroic theme; VillemarquÉ’s work marked by the style of, 224-225 Chants populaires de la Bretagne. The sub-title of VillemarquÉ’s Barzaz-Breiz. See Barzaz-Breiz Chapelle du Duc. A chapel at TrÉguier, built by Duke John V, 353 Charlemagne. The Emperor; mentioned, 225 Charles I (the Bald). King of France; NomenoË rises against, 23, 337-338 Charles V. King of France; mentioned, 32 Charles VI. King of France; mentioned, 174 Charles VIII. King of France; Anne of Brittany married to, 36 Charles. A youth; in the story of the Princess of Tronkolaine, 115-121 Chase, The. Superstitions of, 301 ChÂteau des Paulpiquets. A name given to a megalithic structure in Questembert, 49 ChÂteaux. Of Brittany; their rich legendary and historical associations, 202-203; stories of, 203-210 ChÂteaubriand. FranÇois-RenÉ-Auguste, Viscount of; famous French writer and statesman; associated with the chÂteau of Comburg, 207 ChÂteaubriant. A Breton chÂteau, 207 ChÂteaubriant. FranÇoise de Foix, Countess of; a story of her relations with King Francis I and her fate, 207; the chÂteau of Suscino given to, by Francis I, 210 Chaveau-Narishkine, Countess. Restored the chÂteau of Kerjolet, 208 Childebat. A Breton king, 366; and St Pol, 367 Chramne. Son of Clotaire I, King of the Franks, 40 Christianity. St Samson teaches, in Brittany, 17-19; the Curiosolites refuse to receive the teachings of St Malo, 342 Church. The early; hostility of, to the fairies, 56 Cinderella. The story of; mentioned, 144 397 Cisalpine Gaul. Roman province; had no Druidic priesthood, 245 Clairschach. The Highland harp; replaced as the national instrument by the bagpipe, 229 Claude. Queen of Francis I of France, 36 ClÉder. A town in Brittany; St Keenan built a monastery at, 344 Clerk of Rohan, The. The story of, 189-193 Clisson, Oliver de. A celebrated Breton soldier, Constable of France; fought in the War of the Two Joans, 35, 204; and the chÂteau of Clisson, 204; and the chÂteau of Josselin, 205, 206 Clotaire I. King of the Franks, 40 Coadelan. The manor of; occupied by Fontenelle, 230, 231; has gone to decay, 232 Coadelan, The Lady of. Her daughter carried off by Fontenelle, 229-230 Coat-Squiriou, Marquis of. In the story of the Youth who did not Know, 106-109 Cockno. A place in Scotland; inscribed stones at, 47 Coesoron. A river in Brittany, 17 CoÊtman. The house of, 204 CoÊtman, Viscount of. A Breton nobleman; mentioned, 204-205 CoËtquen, Tower of. One of the towers in the city wall of Dinan, 209 Coiffes. Of Brittany; specimens of, in the museum at Kerjolet, 208 See Head-dress Cole, King. A half-legendary British king; mentioned, 173 Colodoc. A name given to St Keenan. See St Keenan Combat of Saint-Cast, The. The ballad of, 236-238 Combourg. A Breton chÂteau, 207-208; ChÂteaubriand associated with, 208 Comorre the Cursed. The story of, 180-184; mentioned, 382 Comte de Gabalis, Le. The AbbÉ de Villars’ work; mentioned, 64 Conan I. Count of Brittany (Count of Rennes), 27 Conan II. Duke of Brittany; and Duke William of Normandy, 27-29 Conan III. Duke of Brittany, 30; patron of AbÉlard, 248 Conan IV. Duke of Brittany, 30 Conan. Father of Morvan, 215 Concarneau. A town in Brittany; megaliths at, 42; the chÂteau of Kerjolet in, 208 Concoret. A town in Brittany; had a reputation as the abode of sorcerers, 242 Concurrus. A village in Brittany; megaliths at, 42 Connaught. An Irish province; St Keenan a native of, 343 Constance. Daughter of Conan IV of Brittany; married to Geoffrey Plantagenet, 30 Contes populaires de la Haute-Bretagne. P. SÉbillot’s work; cited, 83 n. Cork. A county of Ireland; mentioned, 355 Cornouaille. A district in Brittany; the ancient Cornubia, 19; formed by immigrants from Britain, 23; AzÉnor the Pale, a ballad of, 360-364; distinctive national costume in, 372; mentioned, 108 Cornubia. A British kingdom in Armorica, the modern Cornouaille, 19 Cornwall. An English county, anciently a kingdom; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 257-262; mentioned, 278 Corseul. A town in Brittany; the people of, refuse the teachings of St Malo, 342-343 Corstorphine. A village near Edinburgh; the legend of the building of the church at, 51 Costume. Breton; specimens of, in the museum at Kerjolet, 208; the faithfulness of the Bretons to their national costume, 372; the varieties of, 372-377; the costume of Cornouaille, 372; of Quimper, 372-373; of the workers of the Escoublac district, 373-374; of the women of Granville, 374; of the women of Ouessant, 374; of the men of St Pol, 375; of Pont l’AbbÉ and the Bay of Audierne, 376; of Morlaix, 376-377; 398 gala dress in Brittany, 377 CÔtes-du-Nord. One of the departments of Brittany, 13; part of the ancient kingdom of Domnonia, 19; mentioned, 41, 88, 167, 282, 351 Coudre. A maiden; in the Lay of the Ash-tree, 319-320 Courils. A race of gnomes peculiar to Brittany, 87, 98-99 Couronnes de Ste Barbe. Amulets sold at the festival of St Barbe at Le Faouet, 333 Cox, Rev. Sir G. W. Cited, 275 n. Crions. A race of gnomes peculiar to the ruins of Tresmalouen, 99 Cromlech. The term; its derivation and significance, 38 Cross of the Thousand Sails. A monument at Guic-sezne, 370 Culross. A town in Scotland; St Kentigern born at, 357 Cup-and-ring Altar. A monument discovered in the Milton of Colquhoun district, Scotland, 47 Cup-and-ring Markings. Symbols inscribed on megaliths; their meaning and purpose, 46-48 Cupid and Psyche. The story of; mentioned, 137 CuriosolitÆ. A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany, 16; the Curiosolites refuse to receive Christian teaching from St Malo, 342-343 Cymbeline. A half-legendary British king; mentioned, 173 D Dagworth, Sir Thomas. An English knight; at the battle of La Roche-Derrien, 31 Dahut. Princess, daughter of Gradlon; in the legend of Ys, 185, 186 DanaË. A maiden, in Greek mythology, mother of Perseus; mentioned, 358 Daoine Sidhe. Irish deities, 87 Daoulas. A village in Brittany; the statue of the Virgin in the abbey of, adorned with a girdle of rubies, 236 Dead, The. In Breton tradition, supposed to return to earth in the form of birds, 227; food left for, 382-383, 387; burial customs, 382-384, 386-388; the Breton dead ferried over to Britain, 383-384 Death-bird. A bird whose note is supposed to portend misfortune to the maiden who hears it, 145, 147 Deer God. A deity of the North American Indians, 301 DÉlandre, Cayot. See Cayot Demeter. Greek corn goddess; mentioned, 59 Demon Lover, The. A Scottish ballad; mentioned, 144 Demons. Of Brittany, 96-105; the invariable accompaniment of an illiterate peasantry, 96 Denis Pyramus. An Anglo-Norman chronicler; on the poems of Marie de France, 284 Desonelle, Princess. Heroine of Sir Torrent of Portugal; mentioned, 358 Devil, The. The erection of the megalithic monuments ascribed to, 49; the Teus and, 100 See also Satan Diana. Roman moon-goddess; mentioned, 74 Diancecht. An Irish god; mentioned, 247 Dinan. I. A town in Brittany, 194, 195, 209 II. The chÂteau of, 209 Dol. A town in Brittany; the menhir near, 18, 39-40, 318; St Samson settled near, 18; the Northmen defeated by Alain Barbe-torte near, 26; the legend of the menhir of, 40; Buron lived at, 318; St Turiau, or Tivisiau, associated with, 338-339; the legend of the founding of, by St Samson, 350; the legend of St Budoc of, 353-358 Dol, Bishop of. And St Tivisiau, 338-339 Dol des Marchands. The name given to a dolmen near Dol, 48 Dolmens. Derivation and meaning of the term, 38; purpose of the monuments, 38-39; 399 the dolmen-chapel at Plouaret, 41; the dolmen at TrÉgunc, 42; the dolmen at Rocenaud, 46; cup-and-ring markings upon, 46-48; the dolmen at Penhapp, 48; the dolmen near the wood of Rocher, 50; the dolmen at La Lande-Marie, 51; the dolmen of EssÉ, 53; haunted by nains, 96; cup-hollows on, may have been intended as receptacles for food for the dead, 383 Dolorous Knight, The Lay of the, or The Lay of the Four Sorrows. One of the Lais of Marie de France, 328-331 DomnonÉe. A county of Brittany, 23 See also Domnonia Domnonia. A British kingdom in Armorica, 19, 27 See also DomnonÉe Dottin, Georges. Cited, 37 n. Douarnenez, Bay of. A bay on the Breton coast; the city of Ys said to have been situated there, 185 Drachenfels. A famous castle on the Rhine; mentioned, 203 Dreux, Pierre de. Duke of Brittany; defeats John of England at Nantes, 30 Drez, Job Ann. A sexton; in a story of the Yeun, 103-105 Druidism. In early times, sorcery identified with, 245; the question whether Druidism was of Celtic or non-Celtic origin, 245; the nature of the practices of, 245-248; survival of Druidic spells and ritual, 246; an Eastern origin claimed for, 247; survivals of the Druidic priesthood, 247; a college of Druidic priestesses situated near Nantes, 253; mentioned, 53 See also Druids Druids. Origin of the cult, 245; the nature of their practices, 245-246; in the legend of Kentigern’s birth, condemn Thenaw, 357 See also Druidism Dublin. The city; Tristrem comes to, 263; Tristrem’s second visit to, 265 Dubric. Archbishop who officiated at the marriage of King Arthur and Guinevere, 67 Du Guesclin, Bertrand. A famous knight, Constable of France; helps Charles of Blois in the War of the Two Joans, 31-32; a notable figure in Breton legend, 32; buried at Saint-Denis, 32; the legend of the Ward of, 33-35; taken prisoner at the battle of Auray, 35 Dungiven. A town in Ireland; Druidic ritual still observed at, 246 Dunpender. A mountain in East Lothian, now called Traprain Law; Thenaw cast from, 357 Dusii. Spirits inhabiting Gaul, 100 Dylan. A British sea-god; mentioned, 69 Dyonas. A god of the Britons; Vivien sometimes represented as the daughter of, 69 E Edinburgh. The city; mentioned, 51, 60, 203 Edmund. King of East Anglia; mentioned, 284 Eliduc, The Lay of. One of the Lais of Marie de France, 305-313 EllÉ. A river in Brittany, 19, 332 Élorn. A river in Brittany, 19 Elphin. Son of the Welsh chieftain Urien; taught by Taliesin, 21 Elves. In Teutonic mythology, diminutive spirits; the fairy race of Celtic countries may have been confused with, 87 Emerald Coast, The. A district in the southern portion of Brittany, 13 England. I. The country; loses its ancient British name, which becomes that of Brittany, 17; Bretons who accompanied William the Conqueror receive land in, 232; Bretons invade, from Wales, 234; claimed as the birthplace of Arthurian romance, 254; King Arthur moves against the Emperor Lucius’ threatened invasion of, 275; the existence of King Arthur credited in, in the twelfth century, 278; Marie de France lived in, 283 400 II. The State; supports John of Montfort’s claim to Brittany, 31 Equitan, The Lay of. One of the Lais of Marie de France, 313-317 Erdeven. A town in Brittany; megaliths at, 42 Ermonie. A mythical kingdom, in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde; Roland Rise, Lord of, 258; Duke Morgan becomes Lord of, 259; Tristrem returns to, 261 Eryri, Mount. King Arthur slew the giant Ritho upon, 277 Escoublac. A town in Brittany, 373 EssÉ. A village in Brittany; the dolmen of, 53 Estaing, Pierre d’. A French alchemist; mentioned, 175 Étang de Laval. A lake, supposed to cover the site of the submerged city of Ys, 185 Ethwije. Wife of Geoffrey I of Brittany, 196, 198 Eudo. Count of Brittany, son of Geoffrey I, 27, 29 Eufuerien. King of Cumbria, 357 Even the Great. Breton leader; defeats the Norsemen at the battle of Kerlouan, 225, 227 Ewen. Son of Eufuerien, King of Cumbria, 357 Excalibur. King Arthur’s miraculous sword; given to Arthur in Brittany, 256-257; Arthur kills the giant of Mont-Saint-Michel with, 277; mentioned, 280 Exeter. The city; mentioned, 307 F Fables. Of Marie de France, 283 Fairies. Credited with the erection of the megalithic monuments, 49-52; magically imprisoned in dolmens, trees, and pillars, 52; the fairy lore of Brittany bears evidence of Celtic influence, 54; the fairies of Brittany hostile to man, 54, 55-56, 85; the Church the enemy of, 56; what derived from, in folk-lore, 73-74; the varying conceptions of, 73; the Bretons’ ideas of, 74-75; the fairies of the houles, 75, 88; the fairies’ distaste for being recognized, and stories illustrating this, 82; bestow magical sight, 82-83; and changelings, 83; prone to take animal, bird, and fish shapes, 83-84; probable reasons for the fairies’ malevolence, 85-86; origin of the fairy idea, 85-87; may have originally been deities, 87; in Brittany, conceived as of average mortal height, 87; the Margots la fÉe, a variety of, 88; a story illustrating fairy malevolence, 88; the fairy-woman in the Lay of Graelent, 322-328 Fairyland. Graelent enters, 326; identified with the Celtic Otherworld, 327; a place of death and remoteness, 328 Fairy-wife. A folk-lore motif, 327 Farmer, Captain George. Commander of the Quebec; in a Breton ballad, 238 February. The month; personified in the story of Princess Starbright, 128-129 FÉlix. Bishop of Quimper, 337 Feuillet, Octave. A French novelist; mentioned, 206 Finette Cendron (‘Cinderella’). Mme d’Aulnoy’s story of; mentioned, 144 FinistÈre. One of the departments of Brittany, 13; part of the ancient kingdom of Domnonia, 19; mentioned, 41, 49, 180 Fions. A name sometimes given to the fairies in Brittany, occurring also in Scottish and Irish folk-lore, 74 Fire-goddess. St Barbe probably represents the survival of a, 334 Fireplaces in Breton churches, 380-381 Fisherman and the Fairies, The. The story of, 80-83 Flamel, Nicolas. A French alchemist; mentioned, 175 Flanders. The country; Gugemar in, 292; mentioned, 145 401 Folk-tales. Of Brittany, 156-172 Fontenelle, Guy Eder De. A Breton leader, associated with the Catholic League, 229-232 FÖrster, Professor Wendelin. And the origin of Arthurian romance, 254 Forth. A river in Scotland; mentioned, 357 Forth, Firth of. Mentioned, 356, 359 Foster-brother, The. The story of, 167-172 Foucault, Jean. A Breton peasant; a story of, 244 FougÈres. A town in Brittany; had a reputation as the dwelling-place of sorcerers, 242 Fouquet, Nicolas. A French statesman; imprisoned in the castle of Nantes, 205 Four Sorrows, The Lay of the, or The Lay of the Dolorous Knight. One of the Lais of Marie de France, 328-331 Fragan. Governor of LÉon, father of St Winwaloe, 370 France. I. The country; manners and fashions of, spread in Brittany, 30; the were-wolf superstition prevalent in, 291 II. The State; intervenes in the conflict between Brittany and Normandy, 30; Brittany annexed by, under Francis I, 36 Francis I. King of France; annexes Brittany to France, 36; and FranÇoise de Foix, the Countess of ChÂteaubriant, 207; gives the chÂteau of Suscino to FranÇoise de Foix, 210 Francis I. Duke of Brittany, 36 Franks. The people; exercised a nominal suzerainty over Brittany, 23; Morvan fights with, 216-221; “Morvan will return to drive the Franks from the Breton land,” 224 Franks, King of The. In VillemarquÉ’s Barzaz-Breiz; and Morvan’s fight with the Moor, 218-220; Morvan fights with, 220-221; the character drawn in the style of the chansons de gestes, 224 Fredegonda. Queen of Neustria; mentioned, 31 FrÉmiet, Emmanuel. A French sculptor; mentioned, 206 FrÊne. A maiden; in the Lay of the Ash-tree, 318-320 Fulbert. A canon of Notre-Dame, Paris, uncle of HÉloÏse, 249; mutilated AbÉlard, 250 G Ganhardin. Brother of Ysonde of the White Hand; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 271-272, 273 Garb of Old Gaul, The. A song; mentioned, 237 Gargantua. A mythical giant; the erection of the megalithic monuments ascribed to, 49 Garlon, The Clerk of. In a legend of the Marquis of GuÉrande, 199-202 Gavr’inis (‘Goat Island’). An island in the Gulf of Morbihan; the tumulus at, 48; nains’ inscriptions on the megaliths of, 98 Gawaine, Sir. One of King Arthur’s knights; mentioned, 357 Geber. An Arabian alchemist; mentioned, 175 Geoffrey I. Duke of Brittany, 27; in the legend of the Falcon, 196 Geoffrey II (Plantagenet). Duke of Brittany, 30 Geoffrey of Monmouth. An English chronicler; the presentation of Vivien in his work, 69; and the presentation of Merlin, 70; acknowledged a Breton source for his work, 255 Gildas. A British chronicler; fellow-pupil with Taliesin at the school of Cattwg, 21; St Keenan associated with, 343; St Bieuzy a friend and disciple of, 345; the bell of, in the chapel at La Roche-sur-Blavet, 345; St Bieuzy dies in the presence of, 346; St Pol of LÉon a fellow-student of, 364 402 Giraldus Cambrensis. A Welsh chronicler; and the legend of the submerged city, 187 Girdle. Superstition of the, 302 Glain Neidr. The sea-snake’s egg or adder’s stone, used in Druidic rites, 247; HÉloÏse, represented as a sorceress, said to have possessed, 252 Glasgow. The city; mentioned, 357, 359 Goelc. A seigneury of Brittany; a Count of, the father of St Budoc of Dol, 354, 355 Goezenou. A village in Brittany; the cheeses petrified by St Goezenou preserved in the church of, 369; holy well at, 382 Goidelic Dialect. A Celtic tongue, 15 Golden Bell, ChÂteau of the. In the story of the Youth who did not Know, 111-114 Golden Bell, Princess. In the story of the Youth who did not Know, 110-115 Golden Herb. A plant supposed in Druidical times to possess magical properties, 247-248 Gomme, Sir G. L. Cited, 173, 247 n. Gorics. A race of gnomes peculiar to Brittany, 87, 98-99 Goulven. A village in Brittany; historical tablet in the church of, 225 Gouvernayl. Servitor to Tristrem; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 263, 264 Gradlon Meur. A ruler of Ys; in the legend of the city, 185-186; the statue of, at Quimper, 188-189; supposed to have introduced the vine into Brittany, 189 Graelent, The Lay of. One of the Lais of Marie de France, 320-328 Grail. Legend of the; a parallel incident in the Lay of Gugemar and, 301-302 Grallo. King of Brittany; and St Ronan, 367 Grand Mont. An eminence upon which St Gildas built his abbey, 249 Grand TromÉnie. The special celebration of the Pardon of the Mountain held every sixth year, 379-380 Granville. A town in Brittany; women’s costume in, 374 Grifescorne. King of the Demons; in the story of the Youth who did not Know, 111, 114 Groabgoard. An image at Quinipily, 381 Grottes aux FÉes. Name given to the megalithic monuments by the Bretons, 48, 49 GuÉmenÉ. A town in Brittany, 334 GuÉrande. A town in Brittany, 198 GuÉrande. Louis-FranÇois, Marquis of; the story of, 199-202 Guerech. Count of Vannes; in the story of Comorre the Cursed, 180-181, 183, 184 Gugemar, The Lay of. One of the Lais of Marie de France, 292-302 Guic-sezne. A town in Brittany, 370 Guildeluec. Wife of Eliduc, 306-313 Guillardun. A princess; in the Lay of Eliduc, 307-313 Guillevic, A. Cited, 16 n. Guimiliau. A town in Brittany; the Calvary at, 384-385 Guindy. A river in Brittany, 167, 220 Guinevere. King Arthur’s Queen; mentioned, 67; comforted by St Keenan after Arthur’s death, 344 Guingamp. A town in Brittany, 229 Gwen. Mother of St Winwaloe, 370 Gwenaloe (‘He that is white’). The Breton name for St Winwaloe, 370 Gwenn-Estrad. A place in Wales; battle of, 22 GwennolaÏk. A maiden of TrÉguier; in the story of the Foster-brother, 167-172 GwÉnnolÉ. A holy man; in the legend of the city of Ys, 185, 186 Gwindeluc. A monk, a disciple of St Convoyon, 335 403 Gwyddno. Twelfth-century Welsh bard; relates the story of the submerged city, 188 H Hainault. A Belgian province; mentioned, 328 Harp, The. Not now popular in Brittany, but in ancient times one of the national instruments, 228-229 Hatchet of Brittany, The. An appellation of Morvan, 221 Haute-BÉcherel. A town in Brittany; pagan temple at, 342 Head-dress. Of the women of the Escoublac district, 374; of the women of Ouessant, 374; of the women of Villecheret, 375; of the men of Brittany, does not vary much, 375; headgear of the men of Plougastel, 375; of the women of Muzillac, 376; of the women of Pont l’AbbÉ and the Bay of Audierne, 376; of the women of Morlaix, 376 See also COIFFES Helena, Lady. Niece of Duke Hoel I of Brittany; carried off by the giant of Mont-Saint-Michel, 275, 276 Hell. In the story of the Bride of Satan, 144; an old Breton conception of, 388-389 HellÉan, Wood of. A former part of the forest of Broceliande, 221, 224 HeloÏse. An abbess, beloved of AbÉlard; the story of AbÉlard and, 248-253; in a Breton ballad represented as a sorceress, 250-253 HÉnan. Manor of, in Brittany, 364 Henderson, George. Cited, 52 Hennebont. A Breton chÂteau, 206 Henry II. King of England, 30; identified as the king to whom Marie of France dedicated her Lais, 284 Henry III. King of England; mentioned, 284 Henry IV. King of France; and Fontenelle, 231-232; mentioned, 204 Henwg. A Welsh bard; said to be the father of Taliesin, 21 Hersart de la VillemarquÉ, Vicomte. Writer on Breton legendary lore; his poem on NomenoË, 23; his ballad of Alain Barbe-torte, 25-27; and a story of the Clerk of Rohan, 190 n.; his Barzaz-Breiz, 211-212; stories from his Barzaz-Breiz, 212-237; indications of the source of his matter, 224-225; and the story of Fontenelle, 230; and the story of the Combat of Saint-Cast, 237; on the story of AzÉnor the Pale, 363, 364; cited, 57 n., 65 n., 184 n., 247 HervÉ. Son of Kyvarnion; the story of the wolf and, 22; mentioned, 390 Highlanders. Scottish; in the story of the Combat of Saint-Cast, 237 Highlands. Scottish; beliefs in, respecting stones, 52-53; the ‘Washing Woman’ of, 100 Hildwall. A pious man of Angers; St Convoyon lodges with, 336 Hodain. A dog; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 267 Hoel V. Duke of Brittany, 30 Holger. A half-mythical Danish hero; mentioned, 212 Holmes, T. Rice. Cited, 245 n. Houles. Caverns; the Bretons suppose fairies to inhabit, 75 Huon de MÉry. A thirteenth-century writer; on the fountain of Baranton, 71 Hurlers, The. A Cornish legend; mentioned, 44 I Iberians. A non-Aryan race, supposed to have inhabited Britain; held by Rhys to be the originators of Druidism, 245 Ida. King of Bernicia; mentioned, 21, 22 Ile d’Arz. An island off the coast of Brittany; megaliths in, 48 404 Ile-de-France. A French province; Marie of France said to have been a native of, 283 Ile aux Moines. An island in the Gulf of Morbihan; megalithic monuments in, 48 Ile de Sein. An island off the Breton coast, 63; St Winwaloe settled on, 371 Ile-Verte. An island off the Breton coast; St Winwaloe lived on, 370 Ille-et-Vilaine. One of the departments of Brittany, 13, 39, 50 Inveresk. A village in Scotland; mentioned, 359 Iouenn. A young man; in the story of the Man of Honour, 147-155 Ireland. Markings on the megalithic monuments in, 46; the legend of the submerged city in, 187; the harp anciently the national instrument of, 229; Tristrem in, 264, 265-267; Petranus, father of St Patern, goes to, 347; St Patern meets his father in, 348; many saints in, 350; AzÉnor and Budoc in, 355-356; Budoc made King of, 356; late survival of the custom of keeping domestic bards in, 364 Ireland, King of. In the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 265, 266 Ireland, Queen of. In the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 264-267 Irminsul. A Saxon idol; probable connexion between the menhir and the worship of, 18 n. Isidore of Seville. A Spanish ecclesiastic and writer; mentioned, 100 J January. The month; personified, in the story of the Princess Starbright, 128-129 Jargeau. A town in France; the battle of, 174 Jaudy. A river in Brittany, 31, 167 Jauioz. A seigneury in Languedoc; the story of Louis, Baron of, 145-146 Jeanne Darc. The French heroine; mentioned, 174; the play or mystery of, 175 Joan of Flanders. Wife of John of Montfort; in the War of the Two Joans, 31 Job the Witless. In the story of the Foster-brother, 169 John (Lackland). King of England; mentioned, 30 John III. Duke of Brittany, 30 John V. Duke of Brittany, son of the famous John of Montfort, 35-36; and Gilles de Retz, 179; built a magnificent tomb for St Yves, 353 John. Duke of ChÂlons; the chÂteau of Suscino given to, 210 Josselin. A Breton chÂteau, 205-206 Joyous Garden. A garden raised by enchantment by Merlin to please Vivien, 66; mentioned, 67, 69 Jud-Hael. A Breton chieftain; the vision of, 20-21 Judik-Hael. A Breton chieftain, son of Jud-Hael, 21 Julius CÆsar. On the Druids of Gaul, 245 K Kado the Striver. A Breton peasant, leader of a revolt, 197-198 Karnak. A village in Egypt; mentioned, 43 Karo. Son of a Breton chieftain; in a story of NomenoË, 23-25 Kay, Sir. King Arthur’s seneschal, 275 Kennedy. A character in a Highland tale, 51 Kergariou, Comte de. And the story of Fontenelle, 230 Kergivas. A place in Brittany; the cheeses petrified by St Goezenou preserved in the manor of, 369 Kergoaler, CouÉdic de. Captain of the Surveillante; in a Breton ballad, 238 Kergonan. A village in the Ile aux Moines; megaliths at, 48 405 Keridwen. A fertility goddess who dwelt in Lake Tegid, Wales; mentioned, 59 Ker-is. A name of the city of Ys, 185 See Ys Kerjolet. A Breton chÂteau, 208 Kerlaz. A village in Brittany, 232 Kerlescant. A village in Brittany; megaliths at, 42 Kerlouan. A town in Brittany; battle at, between Norsemen and Bretons, 225; the oak on the battlefield at, 227 Kermario. A village in Brittany; megaliths at, 42 Kermartin. A village in Brittany; St Yves born at, 350 Kermorvan. A place in Brittany; Yves the Seigneur of, in the ballad of AzÉnor the Pale, 360-363 Kerodern, Michel de. A Breton missionary, 390 Kerouez. An old chÂteau; in the story of the Seigneur with the Horse’s Head, 137 Kersanton. A place in Brittany; stone from, forms the Calvary of Guimiliau, 385 Kervran. A village in Brittany; the warrior Bran taken prisoner at, 225 King of the Ants. In the story of the Princess of Tronkolaine, 118, 119, 120 King of the Birds. In the story of the Youth who did not Know, 111, 113 King of the Fishes. In a tale from Saint-Cast, 84-85; in the story of the Youth who did not Know, 110, 114 King of the Lions. In the story of the Princess of Tronkolaine, 118, 119, 120 King of the Sparrow-hawks. In the story of the Princess of Tronkolaine, 118, 119 Kipling, Rudyard. Quoted, 86 Korrigan, The. A forest fairy; a denizen of Broceliande, 56; in the story of the Seigneur of Nann, 57-58; associated with water, an element of fertility, 59; an enchantress, 60; in the story of the Unbroken Vow, 62-63; desired union with humanity, 64; mentioned, 69, 98 Kyvarnion. A British bard, father of HervÉ, 22 L Lady of La Garaye, The. Poem by Mrs Norton; quoted, 194, 195, 196 Lady of the Lake. In Arthurian legend, Vivien; foster-mother of Lancelot, 69, 257; of Breton origin, 256; gives Arthur the sword Excalibur, 256-257 See also Vivien La Garaye. A Breton chÂteau, near Dinan; the story of the Lady of, 195 Lailoken. A character in early British legend; mentioned, 70 Lais. Of Marie de France; their value in the study of Breton lore, 283; date and other circumstances of their composition, 283-284; stories from, 284-289, 292-331 Lake of Anguish, The. A lake in Hell; in the story of the Bride of Satan, 144; in the story of the Baron of Jauioz, 146 La Lande Marie. A place in Brittany; the dolmen at, 51 Lancelot, Sir. One of the Knights of the Round Table, son of King Ban of Benwik; stolen and brought up by Vivien, 257; does not appear in Celtic legend, 257; mentioned, 64, 69 LandÉvennec. A town in Brittany; a chapel of St Nicholas at, 345; a monastery built at, by St Winwaloe, 371 Landivisiau. A town in Brittany, 338; fine carvings in the church of, 339-340 Landegu. A village in Cornwall; St Keenan at, 344 Langoad. A town in Brittany, 198 Language. Brezonek, the tongue of the Bretons, 15; the old Breton tongue closely similar to Welsh, 15; the Latin tongue did not spread over Brittany, 17 Largoet. A Breton chÂteau, 206 406 La Roche-Bernard. A town in Brittany, 376 La Roche-sur-Blavet. A place in Brittany; a retreat of Gildas and St Bieuzy, 345 La Roche-Derrien. A place in Brittany; battle at, 31 La Roche-Jagu. A Breton chÂteau, 203-204 La Rose. A young man; in the story of the Magic Rose, 156-162 Latin. The language; did not spread over Brittany, 17 Laustic, The Lay of. One of the Lais of Marie de France, 302-305 Laval, Gilles de. See Retz Laval, Jean de. Governor of Brittany, 207; married to FranÇoise de Foix, Countess of ChÂteaubriant, 207 Lay of the Were-Wolf, The. One of the Lais of Marie de France, 284-289 League, The. A Catholic organization formed against the Huguenots, 205, 206; Fontenelle associated with, 229 Le Braz, Anatole. Cited, 102, 184 n. Le Clerc, L. Cited, 16 n. Le Croisic. A town in Brittany, 373 Le Faouet. A village in Brittany; the chapel of St Barbe near, 332-333, 334-335 Legend. The meaning of the term, 173 Le Grand, A. Cited, 184 n. LÉguer. A town in Brittany, 220 LÉguer, Lake of. In the story of the Princess Starbright, 121, 131 Lelian. Father of St Tivisiau, 338 Le Moustoir-le-Juch. A village in Brittany; fireplace in the church of, 381 Leo IV. Pope; NomenoË sends gifts to, 337; and St Convoyon, 337 LÉon. I. A county of Brittany, 23, 143, 212, 225, 226, 229, 356, 367, 388 II. The see of; given to St Pol, 367 Le Rouzic, Zacharie. A Breton archÆologist; mentioned, 45 Lewis. An island in the Outer Hebrides; mentioned, 53 Leyden, John. A Scottish poet and Orientalist; his treatment of legendary material, 211 LÉzat. A town in Brittany; had a reputation as the abode of sorcerers, 242 Lieue de GrÈve. A place in Brittany; Arthur’s fight with the dragon of, 278-281 Livonia. The country; were-wolf superstition in, 290 Llanvithin. A village in Wales; mentioned, 21 Loc-Christ. Monastery of, built under the persuasion of St Winwaloe, 370-371 Locmaria. A place in Brittany, 199 Locmariaquer. A town in Brittany; megaliths at, 42 Logres. An ancient British kingdom; in the Lay of Eliduc, 306-311 Loguivy-Plougras. A town in Brittany, 137 Lohanec. A village in Brittany; St Yves incumbent of, 351 Lohengrin. A knight, in German legend; mentioned, 137 Loire. The river; mentioned, 16, 174, 253 Loire-InfÉrieure. One of the departments of Brittany, 13 London. The city; mentioned, 31, 99 Long Meg. A Cumberland legend; mentioned, 44 Longsword, William. Earl of Salisbury; identified as the nobleman to whom Marie of France dedicated her Fables, 284 Lorelei. A water-spirit of the Rhine; mentioned, 64 Lorgnez. A Frankish chieftain; Morvan fights with, and slays, 217-218 Lost Daughter, The. The story of, 75-80 Lot. King of Lothian, grandfather of St Kentigern, 357 Lothian. A district in Scotland, formerly a kingdom; mentioned, 357, 359 407 Lothian, East. A county of Scotland; mentioned, 357 LoudÉac. An arrondissement of Brittany, 88 Lough Neagh. A lake in Ireland; according to Irish legend, the site of submerged city, 187 Louis I (the Pious). King of France; places the native chieftain NomenoË over Brittany, 23; St Convoyon visits, to obtain confirmation of grants, 335 Louis IX. King of France; mentioned, 208 Louis XI. King of France; mentioned, 36, 205 Louis XII. King of France; Anne of Brittany married to, 36 Louis XV. King of France; honours the Count of La Garaye, 195 Louis. Baron of Jauioz; the story of, 145-147 Louvre, The. A palace in Paris; mentioned, 206 Lucius. Roman consul, sometimes referred to as Emperor; King Arthur moves against, 275 Luzel, F. M. His Guerziou Breiz-Izel, mentioned, 211 Lyonesse. A legendary kingdom near Cornwall, 257 M MacCunn, Hamish. Composer; mentioned, 145 Macpherson, James. A Scottish poet; mentioned, 23, 211 Mac-tierns (‘Sons of the Chief’). A name given to Brian and Alain, sons of Count Eudo, 29 Mageen. Mother of St Tivisiau, 338 Magic Rose, The. The story of, 156-162 Mahabharata. A Hindu epic; mentioned, 52 Maison des Follets. A name given to a megalithic structure at Cancoet, 49 Mamau, Y. Welsh deities, 87 Man of Honour, The. The story of, 147-155 Maraud. A peasant; in the story of the Lost Daughter, 75-77 March. The month; personified in the story of Princess Starbright, 128-129 Margawse. Sister of King Arthur, wife of King Lot of Lothian, 357 Margots la FÉe, Les. Fairies which inhabit large rocks and the moorlands, 88 Marguerite. A maiden, avenged by Du Guesclin, 33-35 Marie de France. A twelfth-century French poetess; acknowledged Breton sources for her work, 255, 283; the Lais and Fables of, 283-284; personal history, 283; stories from the Lais, 284-331; and the Lay of Laustic, 302; and the Lay of Eliduc, 305-306; and the Lay of the Dolorous Knight, 328, 330-331 Mark. King of Cornwall; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 258-274 Mark. King of Vannes; and St Pol of LÉon, 364 Marot, Claude Toussaint. Count of La Garaye; the story of, 194-196 Marriage. Costume of the bride in the Escoublac district, 374; the Pardon of Notre Dame de la ClartÉ made the occasion of betrothals, 378; wedding customs, 385-386 Marriage-Girdle, The. The ballad of, 234-236 Marseilles. The city; mentioned, 195 Matsys, Quentin. A Flemish painter; the well of, at Antwerp, 205 Matthew. Seigneur of Beauvau; in the story of the Clerk of Rohan, 189-193 Maunoir. A Jesuit Father, 388 Mauron. A town in Brittany; battle at, 31 May, Isle of. An island in the Firth of Forth, 357 Mayenne. Charles de Lorraine, Duke of; 408 one of the leaders of the Catholic League, 229 Megaliths. The derivation and meaning of the terms ‘menhir’ and ‘dolmen,’ 37-38; nature and purpose of the monuments, 38-39; the menhir of Dol, and its legend, 39-41; the chapel-dolmen at Plouaret, 41; the megaliths at Camaret, 41; at Penmarch, 41; at Carnac, 42-45; the tumulus at Mont-Saint-Michel, 45; the dolmen at Rocenaud, 46; ‘cup-and-ring’ markings, 46-48; the gallery of Gavr’inis, 48; the megaliths of the Ile aux Moines and the Ile d’Arz, 48; folk-beliefs associated with the monuments, 48-53; tales connected with them, 52; the question of the date of their erection, 53; the nains’ inscriptions upon, 97-98; the megaliths of Carnac supposed to have been built by the gorics, 98 See also Menhir and Dolmens Melusine. A fairy, in French folk-lore; mentioned, 327 Menao. A place in Wales; battle of, 22 MÉnÉac. A town in Brittany; megaliths at, 42 Menhir. A megalithic monument, 18; the menhir of Dol, 18, 39-40; probably connected with pillar-worship and Irminsul-worship, 18 n.; derivation and meaning of the term, 38; purpose of the monuments, 38-39 Meriadok. A Cornish knight; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 269, 272 Meriadus. A Breton chieftain; in the Lay of Gugemar, 299-301 Merlin. An enchanter, in Arthurian legend; meets Vivien in Broceliande, and is afterward enchanted by her there, 65-69; his relationship with Vivien as presented in Arthurian legend, 69; the varying conceptions of, 70; the typical Druid or wise man of Celtic tradition, 70; protects Arthur in his combat with Sir Pellinore, 256; and Arthur’s finding of Excalibur, 256-257 MezlÉan. A place in Brittany, 362, 363; the Clerk of, in the ballad of AzÉnor the Pale, 361-363 Milton of Colquhoun. A district in Scotland; inscribed stones found in, 47 Minihy. A town in Brittany; St Yves’ will and breviary preserved in the church of, 353 Modred, Sir. Nephew of King Arthur; his contest with the King, 344 Moncontour. A village in Brittany, 242 Moneduc. Mother of St Nennocha, 340 Montagnes d’ArrÉe, or Arez. A mountain chain in Brittany; the Yeun in, 102; mentioned, 235 Montalembert, Comte de. His Moines d’Occident, cited, 19 Montfort, John of. Duke of Brittany (John IV); disputes the succession to the Dukedom, 30-32, 35-36; captures the chÂteau of Suscino, 210; mentioned, 204 Montmorency. The house of; mentioned, 174 Montreuil-sur-Mer. A town in the Pas-de-Calais, France; St Winwaloe’s body preserved at, 371 Mont-Saint-Michel. I. A tumulus, 45-46 II. An island off the coast of Brittany, 45 n.; King Arthur’s fight with the giant of, 275; mentioned, 103 Moor, The. In a story of Morvan; Morvan’s fight with, 218-220; the character of, probably drawn from Carlovingian legend, 225 Moors, The. Mentioned, 225 Moore, Thomas. The poet; quoted, 187 Moraunt. An Irish ambassador at the English Court; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 262-263, 264, 266 Morbihan. I. One of the departments of Brittany, 13, 48, 49; the nains’ inscriptions on the megaliths of, 98; the Pardon of Notre Dame de la ClartÉ held in, 378 II. An inland sea or gulf in the south of Brittany, (Gulf of Morbihan); 409 naval battle between the Romans and Veneti probably took place in, 16; mentioned, 48 Morgan, Duke. A Cymric chieftain; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 258-259, 261-262 Morlaix. A town in Brittany; the castle of, haunted by gorics, 99; the teursts of the district of, 100; in the story of the Youth who did not Know, 106, 107, 108, 109; national costume in, 376-377 Morte d’Arthur. Malory’s romance; the presentation of Vivien in, 69; Arthur’s finding of Excalibur related in, 256; incident in, paralleled in the Lay of Gugemar, 301-302; mentioned, 257 Morvan Lez-Breiz. A famous Breton hero of the ninth century, 212; stories of, 212-224; tradition that he will return to “drive the Franks from the Breton land,” 224 Mourioche, The. A malicious demon, 101 MÜller, W. Max. Mentioned, 358 Murillo. A celebrated Spanish painter; paintings by, in the chÂteau of Caradeuc, 207 Mut. An Egyptian goddess; mentioned, 43 Muzillac. A town in Brittany; head-dress of the women of, 376 N Nains. A race of demons; their character, 96-98; guardians of hidden treasure, 99 Namnetes. A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany, 16 Nann, The Seigneur of. The story of, 57-59 Nantes. A city in Brittany; in a ballad, represented as the scene of magical exploits of AbÉlard and HÉloÏse, 253; traditionally associated with sorcery, 253; Equitan the King of, 313; the scene of the Lay of the Dolorous Knight, 328; NomenoË obtains possession of, 338; mentioned, 17, 30, 168, 169, 170, 180, 337 Nantes. The castle of, 205 Neolithic Age. The race which built the stone monuments of Brittany probably belonged to, 37 n. NÉvet. Forest of, in LÉon, 367 NÉvez. A town in Brittany, 190 New Caledonia. An island in the Pacific; markings on the megalithic monuments in, 46-47 Nicole, The. A mischievous spirit, 100-101 Nightingale, The Lay of the. One of the Lais of Marie de France, 302 Night-washers. A race of supernatural beings, 100 Nimue. A name under which Vivien, the Lady of the Lake, appears in some romances, 69; mentioned, 256 See Vivien Nogent. Sister of Gugemar, 292 Nogent-sur-Seine. A town in France; the abbey at, founded by AbÉlard, and made over by him to HÉloÏse, 249; AbÉlard and HÉloÏse buried at, 250 Nola. A youth; in the story of the Foster-brother, 170-171 NomenoË. A Breton chieftain, afterward King of Brittany; rises against Charles the Bald and defeats him, 23, 337-338; a story of, 23-25; and St Convoyon, 335, 336, 337; sends gifts to Pope Leo IV, 337; burns the abbey of Saint-Florent, 337 Normandy. The duchy; early relations of Brittany with, 27-30 Normans. The Bretons rise against, 196-198; spread the Arthur legend, 254, 255; mentioned, 338 Norouas. Personification of the north-west wind; a story of, 163-167 Northmen, Norsemen. Invade Brittany, 25; defeated by Alain Barbe-torte and expelled from Brittany, 25-27; the battle of Kerlouan between the Bretons and, 225 North-west Wind, The. Personification of; a story of, 163-167 410 Norton, Mrs. An English poetess; her Lady of La Garaye, quoted, 194, 195, 196 N’Oun Doare. A youth; in the story of the Youth who did not Know, 106-115 Nutt, A. Cited, 99 n., 254 O Oberon. King of the fairies; mentioned, 74 Œdipus. King of Thebes; mentioned, 357 Ogier the Dane. One of the paladins of Charlemagne; entered Fairyland, 326 Olaus Magnus. A sixteenth-century Swedish ecclesiastic and writer; mentioned, 290 Oridial. Father of Gugemar, 292 Origen. One of the Fathers of the early Church; and St Barbe, 333 OrlÉans. The city; the siege of (1428-29), 174; the play or mystery of, on Jeanne Darc, 175; mentioned, 229 Osismii. A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany, 16 Ossian. A semi-legendary Celtic bard and warrior; mentioned, 211 Ossory. A district in Ireland; emigration from, to Brittany, 22 Otherworld. The Celtic, 171-172; Fairyland identified with, 327 Ouessant. An island off the coast of Brittany; St Pol in, 365; the costume of the women of, 374-375 Oust. A river in Brittany, 205 Owain. A Welsh chieftain, son of Urien; Taliesin the bard of, 22 Owen Glendower. A Welsh chieftain; the Bretons send an expedition to help, in his conflict with the English, 234 P Paraclete (‘Comforter’). Name given by AbÉlard to his abbey at Nogent, 249; AbÉlard and HÉloÏse buried at, 250 Pardons. Religious pilgrimage festivals of the Bretons, 378-380 Paris. The city; mentioned, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120-121, 156, 157, 158, 195, 208, 229, 230-231, 351 Paris, Gaston. A noted French philologist; claims that Arthurian romance originated in Wales, 254; identifies the persons to whom Marie de France dedicated her Lais and Fables, 284 Passage de l’Enfer. An arm of the sea over which the Breton dead were supposed to be ferried, 383 Patay. A village in Loiret, France; the battle of, 174 Pavia. A city in Italy; Francis I of France taken prisoner at, 207 Pellinore, Sir. One of the Knights of the Round Table; Arthur broke his sword in combat with, 256 Pembrokeshire. Welsh county; St Samson a native of, 17 Penates. Household gods of the Romans; mentioned, 53 Pen-bas. A cudgel carried by the men of Cornouaille, 372; rarely carried by the men of St Pol, 375 Penhapp. A village in the Ile aux Moines; dolmen at, 48 Penmarch. A town in Brittany; megaliths at, 41; Ty C’harriquet near, 49; a fireplace in the church of St Non at, 381 Penraz. A village in the Isle of Arz; megaliths at, 48 Pentecost. A Jewish festival; mentioned, 324 PenthiÈvre. A former county of Brittany, 27, 205 PenthiÈvre. Joan of; wife of Charles of Blois, 30; in the War of the Two Joans, 31; her marriage to Charles, 32 PenthiÈvre. Stephen, Count of, 208 Percival. Hero of Percival le Gallois; analogy between his flight and that of Morvan, 224 411 Percival le Gallois. Arthurian saga; mentioned, 224 PÈre La Chique. An old man; in the story of the Magic Rose, 159-160, 162 Perguet. A village in Brittany; the fireplace in the church of St Bridget at, 381 Perseus. A mythical Greek hero; mentioned, 357, 358 Perthshire. Scottish county; the ‘Washing Woman’ in, 100 Petranus. Father of St Patern, 347 Philip VI. King of France; mentioned, 30 Picts. The race; Celts flee from Britain to Brittany, to escape, 17; the legend that they built the original church of Corstorphine, near Edinburgh, 51; “wee fouk but unco’ strang,” 99 Pigs. St Pol taught the people to keep, 366 Pillar-worship. Probable connexion of the menhir with, 18 n. Pillars. Tales of spirits enclosed in, 52 Place of Skulls, The. In the story of the Bride of Satan, 144 PlÉlan. A town in Brittany; St Convoyon removes to, from Redon, 338 Plestin-les-GrÈves. A town in Brittany; St Efflam buried in the church of, 281 Ploermel. A town in Brittany; St Nennocha founded her monastery at, 340 Plouaret. A town in Brittany; the dolmen-chapel at, 41 Ploubalay. A town in Brittany; in the story of the Fisherman and the Fairies, 81 Plouber. A town in Brittany, 199, 202 Plougastel. A town in Brittany; the costume of the men of, 375; the Calvary of, 384 Plouharnel. A village in Brittany; megaliths at, 42 Plourin. A village in Brittany; St Budoc lived at, 356 Poitou. A former county of France; ravaged by NomenoË, 337; mentioned, 176 Pomponius Mela. A Roman geographer; quoted, 63 Pont l’AbbÉ. A town in Brittany; national costume in, 376 Pont-Aven. A village in Brittany, 364 Pontivy. A town in Brittany; chapel to St Noyola at, 360 Pontorson. A town in Brittany, 275 Poor, The. Regard paid to, at Breton festivals and ceremonies, 387 Porspoder. A town in Brittany; St Budoc lands at, and dwells in, 356 Pouldergat, MannaÏk de. The bride-to-be of Silvestik, 232 Prague. Capital of Bohemia; mentioned, 203 Prelati. An alchemist of Padua, employed by Gilles de Retz, 176, 178-179 Princess Starbright, The. The story of, 121-131; mentioned, 153 Princess of Tronkolaine, The. The story of, 115-121 Procopius. A Byzantine historian; on a Breton burial custom, 383-384 Prop of Brittany, The. Name given to Morvan, chieftain of LÉon, 212; stories of, 212-224 Q Queban. Wife of King Grallo; St Ronan discovers her fault, 368 Quebec, The. A British vessel; her fight with the Surveillante, 238-240 Queen Anne’s Tower. Name of the keep of the chÂteau of Dinan, 209 Questembert. A town in Brittany; the ChÂteau des Paulpiquets at, 49 Quiberon. A town in Brittany, 46 Quimper. A city in Brittany; St Convoyon Bishop of, 335; national costume in, 372-373; mentioned, 186, 188 Quimper, Count of. In a story of Morvan, 213, 216 412 QuimperlÉ. A town in Brittany; the chÂteau of Rustefan near, 208; St Goezenou killed at the building of the monastery at, 370 R Rama. A hero in Hindu mythology; mentioned, 52 Ramayana. A Hindu epic; mentioned, 52 Raoul le Gael. A Breton knight, 29 Ravelston Quarry. A quarry near Edinburgh; mentioned, 51 Redon or Rodon. A town in Brittany; the abbey of: founded by St Convoyon, 335-336; the bones of St Apothemius carried to, 336; the bones of St Marcellinus carried to, 337; NomenoË takes spoil from the Abbey of Saint-Florent to, 337; St Convoyon removes from, 338; St Convoyon buried at, 338 Redones. A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany, 16 Reginald. Bishop of Vannes, 335, 336 Reid, General John. The composer of The Garb of Old Gaul, 238 Reinach, Salomon. Cited, 53 Religion. Brittany the most religious of the French provinces, 377; the religious element in the Breton character, 377-378 Reliquaries. In Brittany, 382 Remus. In Roman legend, brother of Romulus; mentioned, 358 Renaissance Architecture. References to, 205, 206, 209 RenÉ. Constable of Naples, 190 Rennes. A city in Brittany; the scene of NomenoË’s vengeance, 23-25; the Counts of, gain ascendancy in Brittany, 27; the marriage of Charles of Blois and Joan of PenthiÈvre at, 32; Robert the sorcerer dwelt in, 242; NomenoË obtains possession of, 338; mentioned, 17, 181, 195 Restalrig. A village near Edinburgh; the well of St Triduana at, 59-60 Retiers. A town in Brittany the Roches aux FÉes at, 51 Retz, or Rais. A district in Brittany, 23, 174 Retz, Cardinal de. A French politician and writer; imprisoned in the castle of Nantes, 205 Retz, Gilles de. A Breton nobleman; a story of, 173-180; the identification of, with Bluebeard, 174, 180 Revue Celtique. Cited, 212 n. Rheinstein. A famous castle on the Rhine; mentioned, 203 Rhine. The river; mentioned, 203 Rhys, Sir John. And the origin of Druidism, 245; mentioned, 70 Richard II. Duke of Normandy; mentioned, 196 Richelieu, Cardinal. A famous French statesman; the chÂteau of TonquÉdec demolished by order of, 204 Rieux, Jean de. Marshal of Brittany; leader of the expedition to help Owen Glendower, 234 Ritho. A giant whom King Arthur slew, 277 Road of St Pol, The. Name given by Breton peasants to a megalithic avenue, 365 Robert I. Duke of Normandy, 28 Robert. A sorcerer who dwelt in Rennes, 242-243 Robert de Vitry. A Breton knight, 29 Rocenaud. A village in Brittany; dolmen at, 46 Roche-Marche-Bran. A rocky hill; the chapel of St Barbe built on, 335 Rocher, The Wood of. The dolmen near, 50 Rochers. A Breton chÂteau; Mme SÉvignÉ associated with, 208 Roches aux FÉes. Name given to the megalithic monuments by the Bretons, 49; 413 near Saint-Didier-et-Marpire, 50; in Rhetiers, 51; supposed to be the meeting-place of sorcerers, 243 Rockflower. A fairy maiden; in a tale from Saint-Cast, 83 Rodriguez, Father. Mentioned, 47 Roe. A river in Ireland; Druidic ritual associated with, 246 Roger. An English knight; in the legend of the Ward of Du Guesclin, 33-35 Rohan. Alain, Viscount of, 189 Rohan. Jeanne de, daughter of Alain de Rohan; in the story of the Clerk of Rohan, 189-193 Rohand. A vassal of Roland; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 258-259, 260-261, 262 Roland, Sir. A knight; in the story of the Unbroken Vow, 60-63 Roland Rise. A Cymric chieftain, Lord of Ermonie; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 258-259, 261 Rolleston, T. W. Cited, 246 Rollo. A famous Norse leader, first Duke of Normandy; mentioned, 28 Romans, The. In Brittany, 16 Rome. The city; mentioned, 196, 337 Romulus. In Roman legend, the founder of Rome; mentioned, 357, 358 Ron. The name of King Arthur’s lance, 280 Rond. A dance performed at weddings, 385-386 Rosamond. Mistress of Henry II of England (Rosamond Clifford, ‘the Fair Rosamond’); mentioned, 284 Ros-ynys. A place in Wales, afterward St David’s; a story of St Keenan and, 343-344 Round Tower. At Ardmore, Ireland, 51; at Abernethy, Perthshire, 52 Rumengol. A village in Brittany; the Pardon of the Singers held at, 378 S Sacring Bells. The use of, an old Breton custom, 380 St Anne. A Breton saint; Morvan prays to, 216-217; Morvan rewards with gifts, 218; Morvan gives praise to, for his victory over the Moor, 220; frees Morvan from his burden, 224; mentioned, 146 Sainte-Anne-la-Palud. A village in Brittany; the Pardon of the Sea held at, 378 St Apothemius. St Convoyon steals the bones of, from Angers Cathedral, and takes them to Redon, 336 St Augustine. Archbishop of Canterbury; mentioned, 100 St Baldred. A Celtic saint, 359-360 St Baldred’s Boat. A rock in the Firth of Forth; the legend of, 359 Sainte-Barbe. A village in Brittany; megaliths at, 42 St Bieuzy. A Breton saint, 345-346; the Holy Well of, at Bieuzy, 381 St Bridget. An Irish saint; AzÉnor prays to, and is helped by, 354; church of, at Berhet, the custom of ringing the sacring bell survives in, 380; church of, at Perguet, the fireplace in, 381 Saint-Brieuc. I. An arrondissement of Brittany, 88, 350 II. A town in Brittany; a relic of St Keenan preserved in the cathedral of, 344 Saint-Brieuc, Bay of. A bay on the Breton coast; the Nicole of, 100; mentioned, 18, 350 St Budoc. A Breton saint; the legend of, 353-356 Saint-Cast. A village in Brittany; in the story of the Lost Daughter, 75; a story from, 84; the story of the Combat of, 236-237; mentioned, 83 St Cecilia’s Day. Ceremonies in honour of King Gradlon on, 189 St Charles. Jesuit church of, at Antwerp; relics of St Winwaloe preserved at, 371 414 St Convoyon. A Breton saint, 335-338 St Corbasius. A Breton saint; kills St Goezenou, 370 St Cornely. A Breton saint, the patron of cattle; in a legend of Carnac, 44-45 St David’s. A city in Wales, originally called Ros-ynys; in a story of St Keenan, 344 Saint-Denis. A famous abbey, in the city of Saint-Denis, in France; Du Guesclin buried in, 32 Saint-Didier. A village in Brittany; the Roches aux FÉes near, 50 St Dubricus. A British saint; mentioned, 346 St Dunstan. A British saint, called St Goustan in Brittany, 248-249 St Efflam. A Breton saint; and King Arthur’s encounter with the dragon of the Lieue de GrÈve, 278-281; the story of St Enora and, 340-342; mentioned, 366 St Enora, or Honora. A Breton saint; the story of Efflam and, 279, 281, 340-342 Saint-Florent. A town in France; NomenoË and the abbey of, 337 St Gall. A famous monastery in Switzerland; mentioned, 247 St Germain. A French saint, Bishop of Paris; the exchange of wax for wine between St Samson and, 19; persuades Nennocha to embrace the religious life, 340 St Gildas. A British saint; in the story of Comorre the Cursed, 181, 183-184; founded the abbey of St Gildas de Rhuys, near Vannes, 248-249 St Gildas de Rhuys. An abbey near Vannes; founded by St Gildas, 248-249; AbÉlard appointed abbot of, 248; St Bieuzy died and was buried at, 346; St Patern educated at, 348 St Goezenou. A Breton saint, 368-370 St Goustan. The Breton name of St Dunstan, 249 St Iltud. A Welsh saint; in a legend of St Samson, 349; St Pol a disciple of, 364; mentioned, 346 Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer. A village in Brittany; in the story of the Fisherman and the Fairies, 80, 84 St Jaoua. A Breton saint, 366 Saint-Jean-du-Doigt. A village in Brittany; the Pardon of the Fire held at, 378, 379 St John. A Breton saint, 197 St Kado. A Breton saint; mentioned, 197 St KÉ, or St Quay. Popular name in Brittany for St Keenan, 344 St Kentigern, or St Mungo. Patron saint of Glasgow; the legend of, 356-357; mentioned, 70, 359 St Lazarus. The Order of; Louis XV sends to the Count of La Garaye, 195 St Leonorius, or LÉonore. A Breton saint, 346-347 St Magan. A Breton saint, brother of St Goezenou, 370 St Malglorious. A Breton saint, 356 St Malo, or Machutes. A Breton saint; the people of Corseul hostile to the teachings of, 343 Saint-Malo. A town in Brittany; the scene of the Lay of Laustic, 302; St Convoyon born near, 335; mentioned, 230 Saint-Malo, Bay of. The Nicole of, 100-101 St Marcellinus. Bishop of Rome; the bones of, given to St Convoyon by Pope Leo IV, and taken by him to Redon, 337 St MÉriadec. A Breton saint; his skull used in the ritual of the Pardon of Saint-Jean-du-Doigt, 379 St Michael. The archangel; chapel of, on the tumulus of Mont-Saint-Michel, 46; the child Morvan thinks he has seen, 213; Morvan thinks a knight more splendid than, 214 415 St Michel. A Breton saint, ‘Lord of Heights’; a chapel of, near Le Faouet, 333 St Nennocha. A Breton saint, 340 St Nicholas. A Breton saint; probably the survival of a pagan divinity, 345 St Nicolas de Bieuzy. Church of, in Bieuzy, 180 St Non. A Breton saint; a fireplace in the church of, at Penmarch, 381 St Noyala. A Breton saint, 360 St Pol, or Paul. Of LÉon; a Breton saint, 248, 364-367 Saint-Pol-de-LÉon. A town in Brittany; the bell of St Pol in the cathedral of, 367; St Pol buried in the cathedral of, 367; the cathedral of, built by St Pol, 367; costume of the men of, 375; mentioned, 237, 365, 366 St Roch. A Breton saint; shrine of, at Auray, 42; and the markings on the dolmen at Rocenaud, 46 St Ronan. A Breton saint, 367 St Samson. A British saint; settles in Brittany, 17-19; St Gildas the friend of, 248; stories of, 349-350; St Pol of LÉon a fellow-student of, 364 St Serf. A Scottish saint, abbot of Culross, 357 Saint-ThÉgonnec. A town in Brittany; the Calvary at, 384 St Tivisiau, or Turiau. A Breton saint, 338-339; the fountain of, at Landivisiau, 340 St Tremeur. A Breton saint, son of Comorre; the reliquary in the church of, 382 St Triduana. Guardian of a well at Restalrig, near Edinburgh, 59-60 St Triphyne. A Breton saint; wife of Comorre, 180 See Triphyna St Tugdual. A Breton saint; founded the church of TrÉguier, 167; made a miraculous crossing to Brittany, 360 St Vougas, or Vie. A Breton saint, 360 St Winwaloe. A Breton saint, 370-371 St Yves, or Yvo. Brittany’s favourite saint, 350-353 Saint-Yves. A village in Brittany; the Pardon of the Poor held at, 378 Saints. Stories of, an important element in Breton folk-lore, 332; the primitive saint driven to use methods similar to those of the pagan priests around him, 332; tales of the Breton saints, 332-371; the product of poor countries rather than of prosperous ones, 350 Saintsbury, G. E. B. Cited, 254 Salomon III. Count of Brittany; drives back the Northmen, 25 Sant-e-roa (‘Holy Wheel’). Apparatus of the sacring bell; at the church of St Bridget, Berhet, 380 Satan. A story of, 143-144; Gilles de Retz seeks association with, 177-179; in an old Breton conception of Hell, 389 See also Devil Saxons. The race; Celts flee from Britain to Brittany to escape, 15, 17 Scotland. Markings on the megalithic monuments in, 46-47; the harp formerly the national instrument of, 229; claimed as the birthplace of Arthurian romance, 254; late survival of the custom of keeping domestic bards in, 364; mentioned, 52 Scots. The race; Celts flee from Britain to Brittany to escape, 17 Scott, Sir Walter. The novelist; his treatment of legendary matter, 211; one of the first to bring the story of Tristrem to public notice, 258; continued the story of Tristrem beyond the point at which the Auchinleck MS. breaks off, 272 Sea of Darkness, The. In the story of the Castle of the Sun, 132 SÉbillot, Paul. Cited, 52, 212 n.; mentioned, 74; and the story of the Combat of Saint-Cast, 237 n. Seigneur with the Horse’s Head, The. The story of, 137-143 416 Seigneur of Nann, The. The story of, 57-59 Seriphos. An island in the Ægean Sea to which DanaË was carried; mentioned, 358 Seven Saints of Brittany. St Samson and six others who fled with him from Britain, 350 Seven Sleepers, The. Seven Christian youths of Ephesus who hid to escape persecution and slept for several hundreds of years; an altar to, in the dolmen-chapel at Plouaret, 41 Severn. The river; mentioned, 349 SÉvignÉ, Mme de. A famous French epistolary writer; sojourned in the castle of Nantes, 205; wrote many of her letters from the chÂteau of Rochers, 208 Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick. An antiquary and writer, friend of Sir Walter Scott; his treatment of legendary material, 211 Shewalton Sands. A place in Scotland; inscribed stones found at, 47 Ship, The. A rock off the coast of Brittany, said to have been the vessel of St Vougas, 360 Ship o’ the Fiend, The. Orchestral work by Hamish MacCunn; mentioned, 145 Ship of Souls. A feature in Breton folk-belief, 384 Sight, Magical. Bestowed by fairies, 82-83 Silvestik. A young Breton who followed in the train of William the Conqueror to England; the story of, 232-233 Skye. An island off the west coast of Scotland; the ‘Washing Woman’ in, 100 Slieve Grian. A mountain in Ireland; mentioned, 52 SociÉtÉ AcadÉmique de Brest, Bulletin de. Cited, 199 n. Song of the Pilot, The. A Breton ballad, 238-240 Sorcery. Belief in, prevalent in Brittany, 241-243; in ancient times, identified with Druidism, 245 South-west Wind, The. Personification of, in a wind-tale, 163 Souvestre, Émile. A French novelist and dramatist; mentioned, 180 Spain. Tristrem in, 270; the giant of Mont-Saint-Michel came from, 275 Spenser, Edmund. The poet; mentioned, 56 Stones. Folk-tales and beliefs connected with, 52-53 Styx. In Greek mythology, a river of the underworld; mentioned, 327 Sun, The. Personified in the story of the Princess of Tronkolaine, 117-118; the story of Tristrem and Ysonde claimed as a sun-myth, 274-275; personified in the ‘fatal children’ stories, 358 Sun-Princess. A story of the search for, 121-131 Surouas. Name of the south-west wind; in a wind-tale, 163 Surveillante, Le. A Breton vessel; her fight with the British ship Quebec, 238-240 Susannus. Bishop of Vannes, 336-337 Swinburne, Algernon. The poet; quoted, 267 T Taden. A village in Brittany; the Count and Countess of La Garaye buried at, 195 Taliesin (‘Shining Forehead’). A British bard; and the vision of Jud-Hael, 20-21; early years, 21; the bard of Urien and Owain-ap-Urien, 22; death of, 22; probably sojourned in Brittany, 22; acquainted with black art, 252 Tam o’ Shanter. The character in Burns’s poem; mentioned, 244 417 Tantallon Castle. A famous ruin in Scotland; mentioned, 359 Tartary. The country; mentioned, 115 Tegid, Llyn. A lake in Wales (Lake Bala); the dwelling-place of Keridwen, a fertility goddess, 59 Telio. A British monk, associated with St Samson; said to have introduced the apple into Brittany, 18 Teursta Poulict. A variety of the teursts taking animal shape, 100 Teursts. A race of evil spirits, 100 Teus, or Bugelnoz. A beneficent spirit of the district of Vannes, 100 Thenaw. Mother of St Kentigern, 357 Thierry, J. N. A. A French historian; quoted, 17 Thomas the Rhymer, or Thomas of Ercildoune. Thirteenth-century Scottish poet; his version of the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 258 et seq.; visited Fairyland, 326; mentioned, 64, 255, 327 Thouars, Catherine de. Wife of Gilles de Retz, 174 Thouars, Guy de. A French knight; married to Constance of Brittany, 30 Tiber. The river; mentioned, 358 Tina. A maiden; in the story of the Baron of Jauioz, 145-147 Titania. Queen of the fairies; mentioned, 74 TonquÉdec. A Breton chÂteau, 204 Topography of Ireland. A work by Giraldus Cambrensis; cited, 187 Torrent of Portugal, Sir. A fifteenth-century English metrical romance; mentioned, 358 Toulboudou. A seigneury near GuÉmenÉ, 334 Toulboudou, John, Lord of; builds the chapel of St Barbe at Le Faouet, 334-335 Tour d’Elven. A keep of the chÂteau of Largoet, 206 Tourlaville. A Breton chÂteau, 208-209 Tower of London, The. Charles of Blois confined in, 31; the name of, occurs frequently in Celtic and Breton romance, 99 Traprain Law. A mountain in East Lothian, formerly called Dunpender; Thenaw cast from, 357 Treasure, J. P. Cited, 16 n. Tredrig. A village in Brittany; St Yves the incumbent of, 351 Trees. Tales of spirits enclosed in, 52 TrÉgastel. A town on the Breton coast; an island near believed by the Bretons to be the fabled Isle of Avalon, 282 TrÉguennec. A village in Brittany; St Vougas associated with, 360 TrÉguier. I. A former county of Brittany, 27, 350 II. A town in Brittany; St Yves buried at, 353; a burial custom of, 383; mentioned, 167, 168, 237, 350 TrÉgunc. A town in Brittany; dolmen at 42 Tremalouen. A hamlet in Brittany; ruins at, haunted by courils, 99 Tremtris. Inverted form of Tristrem’s name given him by Rohand to secure his safety, 259; Tristrem assumes the name in Ireland, 264, 266 TrÉpassÉs, Bay of. A bay on the Breton coast, 185 TrÈves. A village in Brittany; had a reputation as the abode of sorcerers, 242 Trieux. A river in Brittany, 203, 204 Triphyna (St Triphyne). A maiden, married to Comorre, 180-184 Tristrem, Sir (‘Child of Sorrow’). One of the Knights of the Round Table, son of Blancheflour; the story of, and Ysonde, 257-275; mentioned, 301 418 Tristrem, Sir. An ancient metrical romance; incidents in, paralleled in the story of Bran, 227-228; date of composition of, 228; had a Breton source, 255; Sir Walter Scott one of the first to bring Thomas the Rhymer’s version of, to public notice, 258; Thomas the Rhymer’s version of, recounted, 258-272; Scott’s continuation of the Auchinleck MS., 272-274; the story of Tristrem and Ysonde claimed as a sun-myth, 274-275 Trogoff. The chÂteau of; in the legend of the Ward of Du Guesclin, 33-35 Trollope, T. Adolphus. Quoted, 179-180 TromÉnie-de-Saint-Renan. A town in Brittany; the Pardon of the Mountain held at, 378, 379 Troyes. A city in France; AbÉlard’s abbey of Nogent near, 249 Tugdual SalaÜn. A peasant of Plouber, composer of a ballad on the Marquis of GuÉrande, 199, 202 Ty C’harriquet (‘The House of the Gorics’) I. A name given to a megalithic structure near Penmarch, 49 II. A name applied to Carnac, 98 Ty en Corygannt. A name given to a megalithic structure in Morbihan, 49 U Unbroken Vow, The. A story of Broceliande, 60-63 United States, The. The Bretons aid, in the War of Independence, 238 Urien. A Welsh chieftain; Taliesin the bard of, 21, 22 V Val-Ès-Dunes. A place in Brittany; Alain, Count of Brittany, defeated in battle at, 28 Valley of Blood. A place in hell; in the story of the Baron of Jauioz, 146 Vannes. I. A former county of Brittany; mentioned, 23, 180 II. The city; the dialect of, 16 and n.; the ancient city of the Veneti, 17; the Teus or Bugelnoz of, 100; in the story of Comorre the Cursed, 183; the chÂteau of Suscino near, 209; the abbey of St Gildas near, 248; St Convoyon educated at, 335; St Patern the patron saint of, 347; St Patern Bishop of, 348; the legend of the founding of the church of St Patern at, 348; St Pol of LÉon in, 364 Veneti. A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany, 16, 17 ‘Venus, The.’ An image at Quinipily, 381 Vilaine. A river in Brittany, 335 Villars, AbbÉ de. A French priest and writer; cited, 64 Villecheret. A village in Brittany; the head-dress of the women of, 375 Vine, The. Said to have been introduced into Brittany by Gradlon, 189 Virgin Mary, The. In a Breton legend, 380 VitrÉ. A Breton chÂteau, 208 Vivien. An enchantress, in Arthurian legend; meets Merlin in Broceliande, and afterward enchants him there, 65-69; as presented in Arthurian legend and in other romances, 69; may be classed as a water-spirit, 69; the probable purpose of the story of Merlin and, in Arthurian legend, 70; of Breton origin, and does not appear in British myth, 256; gives Arthur the sword Excalibur, 256-257; Sir Lancelot stolen and brought up by, 257 W Wace. A twelfth-century Anglo-Norman poet; quoted, 54; and the fountain of Baranton, 71 419 Wagner, Richard. The composer; mentioned, 258 Wales. Legend of the submerged city in, 187, 188; the harp anciently the national instrument of, 229; Bretons send an expedition to, to help Glendower, 234; claimed as the birthplace of Arthurian romance, 254; helped the development of Arthurian romance, 255; Tristrem sojourns in, and wins fame there, 270; mentioned, 59, 343 War of Independence, American. Bretons take part in, against England, 238 War of the Two Joans, The. A war waged for the succession to the Dukedom of Brittany, 31-32, 35-36 Ward of Du Guesclin, The. A Du Guesclin legend, 33-35 Washing Woman, The. An evil spirit of the Scottish Highlands, 100 Welsh. The language; the Breton tongue akin to, 15 Were-wolf. A man transformed into a wolf; the prevalence, origin, and forms of the superstition, 289-292; a were-wolf story, 284-289 Westminster. The city; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, Ysonde carried to, for trial, 270 Wexford. A county of Ireland; emigration from, to Brittany, 22 Wheel of Fortune, The. A name wrongly given to part of the apparatus of the sacring bell, 380 White Church. A church in TrÉguier; in the story of the Foster-brother, 170, 171 William II. Duke of Normandy (William the Conqueror); Conan II of Brittany and, 27, 28-29; Bretons accompany, on his expedition against England, 232, 233 William, Count. The name of the nobleman to whom Marie of France dedicated her Fables, identified with Longsword, Earl of Salisbury, 283-284 Winds, The. Play a large part in Breton folk-lore, 162; a wind-tale, 163-167 Wine. St Germain exchanges for wax from the monks of Dol, 19; a wine festival in honour of King Gradlon, 189 Women. In early communities, magical power often the possession of, 246; generally the conservators of surviving Druidic tradition, 247; St Goezenou’s antipathy to, 369; costume of the women of Brittany—see Costume and Head-dress Wood of Chestnuts. Mentioned in a story of Morvan, 217 Y York. The city, in England; St Samson ordained at, 349 Youdic, The. A part of the Yeun peat-bog, 103; a story of, 103-105 Youghal. A town in Ireland; AzÉnor and the infant Budoc washed ashore at, 355; Budoc becomes abbot of the monastery at, 356 Youghal, Abbot of. In the legend of St Budoc, 355, 356 Youth who did not Know. The story of, 106-115 Ys, or Is. A submerged city of legend; the legend of, 184-188; such a legend common to several Celtic races, 187; Giraldus Cambrensis and the legend of, 187-188 Ysonde, or Yseult. Daughter of the King of Ireland; some incidents in her story paralleled in the ballad of Bran, 228; the story of Tristrem and, 257-274; the story of Tristrem and, claimed as a sun-myth, 274-275 420 Ysonde of the White Hand. Daughter of Hoel I, Duke of Brittany; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 271, 273 Yves. Husband of AzÉnor the Pale, 361-363 Yvon. A youth; in the story of the Castle of the Sun, 131-137 Yvonne. A maiden; in the story of the Castle of the Sun, 131-137
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