Chapter XIII: Costumes and Customs of Brittany (2)

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 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
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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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-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

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

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 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 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

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

JOAN OF PENTHIÈVRE. _See_ Penthièvre

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 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

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

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 GOFF, P. Cited, 16 _n._

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

LEZ-BREIZ, MORVAN. _See_ Morvan

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

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

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

MAH[=A]BH[=A]RATA. 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;
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);
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

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

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

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

PALESTINE. Mentioned, 145, 190, 269, 302

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

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

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

R[=A]M[=A]YANA. 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

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 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

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 château;
Mme Sévigné associated with, 208

ROCHES AUX FÉES. 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;
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

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 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 KÉ, 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 LÉONORE. 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 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

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 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 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

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

SEIGNEUR OF NANN, THE. The story of, 57-59

SEIN. _See_ Ile de Sein

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

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

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

SUSCINO. A Breton château, 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