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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 JOSE. A Portuguese antiquary; mentioned, 47
BREOCHAN. A legendary Welsh king, father of St Nennocha, 340
BRERI. A Breton poet, 255
BREST. A town in Brittany, 354, 368, 371
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; 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 Caesar in, 16; the Latin tongue did not spread over, 17; the origin of the name, 17; Nomenoe 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 chateaux 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
BRITTANY, COUNTS AND DUKES OF. See under Alain; Arthur; Blois, Charles of; Conan; Dreux; Eudo; Francis; Geoffrey; Hoel; John; and Salomon
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 Hellean a part of, 221; mentioned, 338
BRODINEUF. A Breton chateau, 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
BURIAL CUSTOMS. In Brittany, 382-384, 386-388
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
CAESAR. See Julius
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
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 chateau, 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 DELANDRE, 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 Azenor the Pale, 362
CHAMBORD. A famous French chateau; mentioned, 206
CHAMP DOLENT ('Field of Woe'). The field in which the menhir of Dol stands, 40; the battle in, 40
CHAMPTOCE. A Breton chateau; 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; Villemarque's work marked by the style of, 224-225
CHANTS POPULAIRES DE LA BRETAGNE. The sub-title of Villemarque's Barzaz-Breiz. See Barzaz-Breiz
CHAPELLE DU DUC. A chapel at Treguier, built by Duke John V, 353
CHARLEMAGNE. The Emperor; mentioned, 225
CHARLES I (THE BALD). King of France; Nomenoe 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
CHATEAU DES PAULPIQUETS. A name given to a megalithic structure in Questembert, 49
CHATEAUX. Of Brittany; their rich legendary and historical associations, 202-203; stories of, 203-210
CHATEAUBRIAND. Francois-Rene-Auguste, Viscount of; famous French writer and statesman; associated with the chateau of Comburg, 207
CHATEAUBRIANT. A Breton chateau, 207
CHATEAUBRIANT. Francoise de Foix, Countess of; a story of her relations with King Francis I and her fate, 207; the chateau of Suscino given to, by Francis I, 210
CHAVEAU-NARISHKINE, COUNTESS. Restored the chateau 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
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
CLEDER. A town in Brittany; St Keenan built a monastery at, 344
CLERK OF ROHAN, THE. The story of, 189-193
CLISSON. A Breton chateau, 204-205
CLISSON, OLIVER DE. A celebrated Breton soldier, Constable of France; fought in the War of the Two Joans, 35, 204; and the chateau of Clisson, 204; and the chateau 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
COETMAN. The house of, 204
COETMAN, VISCOUNT OF. A Breton nobleman; mentioned, 204-205
COETQUEN, 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 chateau, 207-208; Chateaubriand associated with, 208
COMORRE THE CURSED. The story of, 180-184; mentioned, 382
COMTE DE GABALIS, LE. The Abbe 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 Abelard, 248
CONAN IV. Duke of Brittany, 30
CONAN. Father of Morvan, 215
CONCARNEAU. A town in Brittany; megaliths at, 42; the chateau 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. Sebillot'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; Azenor 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'Abbe and the Bay of Audierne, 376; of Morlaix, 376-377; gala dress in Brittany, 377
COTES-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.
CRAON. The house of, 174
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
CRUSADES. Mentioned, 190
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
CURIOSOLITAE. 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
DANAE. 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
DEATH-SPIRIT. The Ankou, 101-102
DEER GOD. A deity of the North American Indians, 301
DELANDRE, 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 chateau 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; the dolmen-chapel at Plouaret, 41; the dolmen at Tregunc, 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 Esse, 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
DOMNONEE. A county of Brittany, 23 See also Domnonia
DOMNONIA. A British kingdom in Armorica, 19, 27 See also Domnonee
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
ELLE. A river in Brittany, 19, 332
ELORN. 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 II. The State; supports John of Montfort's claim to Brittany, 31
ENORA. See St Enora
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
ERNAULT, E. Cited, 16 n.
ERYRI, MOUNT. King Arthur slew the giant Ritho upon, 277
ESCOUBLAC. A town in Brittany, 373
ESSE. A village in Brittany; the dolmen of, 53
ESTAING, PIERRE D'. A French alchemist; mentioned, 175
ETANG 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 fee, 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
FALCON, THE. A ballad, 196-198
FARMER, CAPTAIN GEORGE. Commander of the Quebec; in a Breton ballad, 238
FAYS. See Fairies
FEBRUARY. The month; personified in the story of Princess Starbright, 128-129
FELIX. Bishop of Quimper, 337
FEUILLET, OCTAVE. A French novelist; mentioned, 206
FINETTE CENDRON ('Cinderella'). Mme d'Aulnoy's story of; mentioned, 144
FINISTERE. 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
FOLK-TALES. Of Brittany, 156-172
FONTENELLE, GUY EDER DE. A Breton leader, associated with the Catholic League, 229-232
FOeRSTER, 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
FOUGERES. 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 Leon, 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 Francoise de Foix, the Countess of Chateaubriant, 207; gives the chateau of Suscino to Francoise 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 Villemarque'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
FREMIET, EMMANUEL. A French sculptor; mentioned, 206
FRENE. A maiden; in the Lay of the Ash-tree, 318-320
FULBERT. A canon of Notre-Dame, Paris, uncle of Heloise, 249; mutilated Abelard, 250
FUNERAL CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES. In Brittany, 382-384, 386-388
G
GAIDOZ, H. Cited, 212 n.
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 Guerande, 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 Leon a fellow-student of, 364
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; Heloise, 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, CHATEAU 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 TROMENIE. 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 FEES. Name given to the megalithic monuments by the Bretons, 48, 49
GUEMENE. A town in Brittany, 334
GUERANDE. A town in Brittany, 198
GUERANDE. Louis-Francois, 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
GWENNOLAIK. A maiden of Treguier; in the story of the Foster-brother, 167-172
GWENNOLE. A holy man; in the legend of the city of Ys, 185, 186
GWEZKLEN. The Breton name for Du Guesclin, 32 See Du Guesclin
GWINDELUC. A monk, a disciple of St Convoyon, 335
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-BECHEREL. 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'Abbe and the Bay of Audierne, 376; of the women of Morlaix, 376 See also COIFFES
HEAVEN. An old Breton conception of, 388, 390-391
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
HELLEAN, WOOD OF. A former part of the forest of Broceliande, 221, 224
HELOISE. An abbess, beloved of Abelard; the story of Abelard and, 248-253; in a Breton ballad represented as a sorceress, 250-253
HENAN. Manor of, in Brittany, 364
HENDERSON, GEORGE. Cited, 52
HENNEBONT. A Breton chateau, 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 VILLEMARQUE, VICOMTE. Writer on Breton legendary lore; his poem on Nomenoe, 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 Azenor the Pale, 363, 364; cited, 57 n., 65 n., 184 n., 247
HERVE. 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 I. Duke of Brittany, 275, 276, 278
HOEL V. Duke of Brittany, 30
HOLGER. A half-mythical Danish hero; mentioned, 212
HOLMES, T. RICE. Cited, 245 n.
HOLY LAND. See Palestine
HOULES. Caverns; the Bretons suppose fairies to inhabit, 75
HUON DE MERY. 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
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; Azenor 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
JOAN OF PENTHIEVRE. See Penthievre
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 IV. Duke of Brittany See Montfort, John of
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 Chalons; the chateau of Suscino given to, 210
JOSSELIN. A Breton chateau, 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 CAESAR. 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 Nomenoe, 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, COUEDIC DE. Captain of the Surveillante; in a Breton ballad, 238
KERGONAN. A village in the Ile aux Moines; megaliths at, 48
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 chateau, 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 Azenor the Pale, 360-363
KERODERN, MICHEL DE. A Breton missionary, 390
KEROUEZ. An old chateau; 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 Herve, 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 chateau, 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
LANDEVENNEC. 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 chateau, 206
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 chateau, 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 Francoise de Foix, Countess of Chateaubriant, 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 GOFF, P. Cited, 16 n.
LE GRAND, A. Cited, 184 n.
LEGUER. A town in Brittany, 220
LEGUER, 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; Nomenoe sends gifts to, 337; and St Convoyon, 337
LEON. 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 archaeologist; mentioned, 45
LEWIS. An island in the Outer Hebrides; mentioned, 53
LEYDEN, JOHN. A Scottish poet and Orientalist; his treatment of legendary material, 211
LEZAT. A town in Brittany; had a reputation as the abode of sorcerers, 242
LEZ-BREIZ, MORVAN. See Morvan
LIEUE DE GREVE. 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-INFERIEURE. 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
LOTHIAN, EAST. A county of Scotland; mentioned, 357
LOUDEAC. 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 Nomenoe 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
MACCULLOCH, J. R. Cited, 59 n., 70, 102, 188 n., 189 n., 381
MACCUNN, HAMISH. Composer; mentioned, 145
MACHUTES. See St Malo
MACPHERSON, JAMES. A Scottish poet; mentioned, 23, 211
MACRITCHIE, D. Cited, 74
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. See Sorcery
MAGIC ROSE, THE. The story of, 156-162
MAHĀBHĀRATA. 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 FEE, 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 Leon, 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 Clarte 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; 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
MENEAC. 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
MEZLEAN. A place in Brittany, 362, 363; the Clerk of, in the ballad of Azenor 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'ARREE, 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 chateau 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 Clarte held in, 378 II. An inland sea or gulf in the south of Brittany, (Gulf of Morbihan); 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
MORIN. A priest, 388
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
MUeLLER, W. MAX. Mentioned, 358
MURILLO. A celebrated Spanish painter; paintings by, in the chateau 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 Abelard and Heloise, 253; traditionally associated with sorcery, 253; Equitan the King of, 313; the scene of the Lay of the Dolorous Knight, 328; Nomenoe 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.
NEVET. Forest of, in Leon, 367
NEVEZ. 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 Abelard, and made over by him to Heloise, 249; Abelard and Heloise buried at, 250
NOLA. A youth; in the story of the Foster-brother, 170-171
NOMENOE. 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
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
OEDIPUS. 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
ORLEANS. 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
PALESTINE. Mentioned, 145, 190, 269, 302
PARACLETE ('Comforter'). Name given by Abelard to his abbey at Nogent, 249; Abelard and Heloise 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
PENTHIEVRE. A former county of Brittany, 27, 205
PENTHIEVRE. Joan of; wife of Charles of Blois, 30; in the War of the Two Joans, 31; her marriage to Charles, 32
PENTHIEVRE. Stephen, Count of, 208
PERCIVAL. Hero of Percival le Gallois; analogy between his flight and that of Morvan, 224
PERCIVAL LE GALLOIS. Arthurian saga; mentioned, 224
PERE 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
PLELAN. A town in Brittany; St Convoyon removes to, from Redon, 338
PLESTIN-LES-GREVES. 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 Nomenoe, 337; mentioned, 176
POMPONIUS MELA. A Roman geographer; quoted, 63
PONT L'ABBE. 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, MANNAIK 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 Leon, 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 chateau of Dinan, 209
QUESTEMBERT. A town in Brittany; the Chateau 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
Quimperle. A town in Brittany; the chateau of Rustefan near, 208; St Goezenou killed at the building of the monastery at, 370
R
RAMA. A hero in Hindu mythology; mentioned, 52
RĀMĀYANA. 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; Nomenoe 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
RENE. Constable of Naples, 190
RENNES. A city in Brittany; the scene of Nomenoe's vengeance, 23-25; the Counts of, gain ascendancy in Brittany, 27; the marriage of Charles of Blois and Joan of Penthievre at, 32; Robert the sorcerer dwelt in, 242; Nomenoe 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 Fees 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
REVOLUTION, FRENCH. Of 1789; mentioned, 188, 195, 338, 353, 369
REVUE CELTIQUE. Cited, 212 n.
RHEINSTEIN. A famous castle on the Rhine; mentioned, 203
RHINE. The river; mentioned, 203
RHUYS. See St Gildas de Rhuys
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 chateau of Tonquedec 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
ROCEY. The house of, 174
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 chateau; Mme Sevigne associated with, 208
ROCHES AUX FEES. Name given to the megalithic monuments by the Bretons, 49; 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. The house of, 206
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
ST BARBE. A Breton saint, 332-335
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; Azenor 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
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 Fees 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 Greve, 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; Nomenoe 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; Abelard 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 HENWG. See Henwg
ST HONORA, or ENORA. See St Enora
ST ILTUD. A Welsh saint; in a legend of St Samson, 349; St Pol a disciple of, 364; mentioned, 346
ST IVES. See St Yves
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 KE, or ST QUAY. Popular name in Brittany for St Keenan, 344
ST KEENAN. A Breton saint, 343-344
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 LEONORE. A Breton saint, 346-347
ST LOUIS. See Louis IX
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 MERIADEC. 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
ST MICHEL. A Breton saint, 'Lord of Heights'; a chapel of, near Le Faouet, 333
ST MUNGO. See St Kentigern
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 PATERN. A Breton saint, 347-349
ST POL, or PAUL. Of Leon; a Breton saint, 248, 364-367
SAINT-POL-DE-LEON. 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 Leon a fellow-student of, 364
ST SERF. A Scottish saint, abbot of Culross, 357
SAINT-THEGONNEC. 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 Treguier, 167; made a miraculous crossing to Brittany, 360
ST TURIAU. See St Tivisiau
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
SEA-SNAKE'S EGG. See Adder's Stone
SEBILLOT, 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
SEIGNEUR OF NANN, THE. The story of, 57-59
SEIN. See Ile de Sein
SERIPHOS. An island in the AEgean Sea to which Danae 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
SEVIGNE, MME DE. A famous French epistolary writer; sojourned in the castle of Nantes, 205; wrote many of her letters from the chateau 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
SIMROCK, C. J. Cited, 83
SKYE. An island off the west coast of Scotland; the 'Washing Woman' in, 100
SLIEVE GRIAN. A mountain in Ireland; mentioned, 52
SMALL, A. Cited, 52
SOCIETE ACADEMIQUE 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, EMILE. 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
SUSCINO. A Breton chateau, 209-210
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
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
TONQUEDEC. A Breton chateau, 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 Guemene, 334
TOULBOUDOU, John, Lord of; builds the chapel of St Barbe at Le Faouet, 334-335
TOUR D'ELVEN. A keep of the chateau of Largoet, 206
TOURLAVILLE. A Breton chateau, 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
TREGASTEL. A town on the Breton coast; an island near believed by the Bretons to be the fabled Isle of Avalon, 282
TREGUENNEC. A village in Brittany; St Vougas associated with, 360
TREGUIER. 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
TREGUNC. 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
TREPASSES, BAY OF. A bay on the Breton coast, 185
TREVES. A village in Brittany; had a reputation as the abode of sorcerers, 242
TRIDWAN. See St Triduana
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
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 chateau of; in the legend of the Ward of Du Guesclin, 33-35
TROLLOPE, T. ADOLPHUS. Quoted, 179-180
TROMENIE-DE-SAINT-RENAN. A town in Brittany; the Pardon of the Mountain held at, 378, 379
TROYES. A city in France; Abelard's abbey of Nogent near, 249
TUGDUAL SALAUeN. A peasant of Plouber, composer of a ballad on the Marquis of Guerande, 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-ES-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 chateau 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 Leon 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, ABBE DE. A French priest and writer; cited, 64
VILLECHERET. A village in Brittany; the head-dress of the women of, 375
VILLEMARQUE. See Hersart de la Villemarque
VINE, THE. Said to have been introduced into Brittany by Gradlon, 189
VIRGIN MARY, THE. In a Breton legend, 380
VITRE. A Breton chateau, 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
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
WEDDING CUSTOMS. In Brittany, 385-386 See also Marriage
WELLS, HOLY. In Brittany, 381-382
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 Treguier; 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
YEUN, THE. A morass of evil repute, 102-103; a story of, 103-105
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; Azenor 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
YSEULT. See Ysonde
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
YSONDE OF THE WHITE HAND. Daughter of Hoel I, Duke of Brittany; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 271, 273
YVES. Husband of Azenor 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
ZIMMER, H. Cited, 278
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Transcriber Notes
Typographical inconsistencies have been changed and are listed below.
Hyphenation has been standardized.
Otherwise, archaic spelling and the author's punctuation style have been preserved.
Passages in italics indicated by underscores.
The macrons over the a's in Mahābhārata and Rāmāyana are indicated by ā.
Transcriber Changes
The following changes were made to the original text:
Page 113: Added quote ("What do you desire? You have only to speak and it shall be brought.")
Page 121: Was 'litle' (You can restore me permanently to my human shape if you choose to show only a little perseverance and courage.)
Page 206: Added apostrophe (in Octave Feuillet's Roman d'un jeune Homme pauvre)
Page 227: Added quote (for when you die you will at least end your days in Brittany.")
Page 267: Was 'attendent' (her passion for Tristrem moved her to induce her attendant Brengwain to take her place)
Page 357: Was 'Eufeurien' (Thenaw met Ewen, the son of Eufuerien, King of Cumbria, and fell deeply in love with him)
Footnote 38: Was 'Legende' (La Legende de la Mort)
Index: Was 'bulit' (the chapel of St Barbe built on, 335)
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