Cadoudal, Georges. A Chouan leader;
mentioned, 25
Cæsar. 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 château, 207
Cardiganshire. Welsh county;
mentioned, 22
Carhaix. A town in Brittany;
Comorre the ruler of, 180
Carnac. A town in Brittany;
the megaliths at, 42-45;
the legend of, 44-45;
the ‘Benediction of the Beasts’ at, 45;
sometimes called ‘Ty C’harriquet,’ 98;
its megaliths supposed to have been built by the gorics, 98;
the gorics’ revels around the megaliths of, 99
Caroline. Queen of England, wife of George II;
mentioned, 196
Castle of the Sun, The. The story of, 131-137
Cattwg. A town in Wales;
Taliesin and Gildas said to have been educated at the school of, 21
Cayot Délandre, F. M. A Breton poet, 43
‘Celtic.’ The term;
its disputed connotation, 37
Celts. The race;
the Bretons a division of, 14-15;
Druidism may not have originated with, 245;
musical and poetic elements in the temperament of, 339
Chamber of the Black Cavalier. In the ballad of Azénor the Pale, 362
Chambord. A famous French château;
mentioned, 206
Changelings. The Breton fairies and, 83
Chansons de Gestes. Medieval French poems with an heroic theme;
Villemarqué’s work marked by the style of, 224-225
Chants populaires de la Bretagne. The sub-title of Villemarqué’s Barzaz-Breiz. See Barzaz-Breiz
Chapelle du Duc. A chapel at Tréguier, built by Duke John V, 353
Charlemagne. The Emperor;
mentioned, 225
Charles V. King of France;
mentioned, 32
Charles VI. King of France;
mentioned, 174
Charles VIII. King of France;
Anne of Brittany married to, 36
Charles. A youth;
in the story of the Princess of Tronkolaine, 115-121
Chase, The. Superstitions of, 301
Château des Paulpiquets. A name given to a megalithic structure in Questembert, 49
Châteaux. Of Brittany;
their rich legendary and historical associations, 202-203;
stories of, 203-210
Châteaubriand. François-René-Auguste, Viscount of;
famous French writer and statesman;
associated with the château of Comburg, 207
Châteaubriant. A Breton château, 207
Châteaubriant. Françoise de Foix, Countess of;
a story of her relations with King Francis I and her fate, 207;
the château of Suscino given to, by Francis I, 210
Chaveau-Narishkine, Countess. Restored the château of Kerjolet, 208
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
Clairschach. The Highland harp;
replaced as the national instrument by the bagpipe, 229
Claude. Queen of Francis I of France, 36
Cléder. A town in Brittany;
St Keenan built a monastery at, 344
Clerk of Rohan, The. The story of, 189-193
Clisson. A Breton château, 204-205
Clisson, Oliver de. A celebrated Breton soldier, Constable of France;
fought in the War of the Two Joans, 35, 204;
and the château of Clisson, 204;
Clotaire I. King of the Franks, 40
Coadelan, The Lady of. Her daughter carried off by Fontenelle, 229-230
Coat-Squiriou, Marquis of. In the story of the Youth who did not Know, 106-109
Cockno. A place in Scotland;
inscribed stones at, 47
Coesoron. A river in Brittany, 17
Coêtman. The house of, 204
Coêtman, Viscount of. A Breton nobleman;
mentioned, 204-205
Coëtquen, Tower of. One of the towers in the city wall of Dinan, 209
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
Comte de Gabalis, Le. The Abbé de Villars’ work;
mentioned, 64
Conan I. Count of Brittany (Count of Rennes), 27
Conan II. Duke of Brittany;
and Duke William of Normandy, 27-29
Conan IV. Duke of Brittany, 30
Conan. Father of Morvan, 215
Concoret. A town in Brittany;
had a reputation as the abode of sorcerers, 242
Concurrus. A village in Brittany;
megaliths at, 42
Connaught. An Irish province;
St Keenan a native of, 343
Constance. Daughter of Conan IV of Brittany;
married to Geoffrey Plantagenet, 30
Contes populaires de la Haute-Bretagne. P. Sébillot’s work;
cited, 83 n.
Cork. A county of Ireland;
mentioned, 355
Cornouaille. A district in Brittany;
the ancient Cornubia, 19;
formed by immigrants from Britain, 23;
Azénor the Pale, a ballad of, 360-364;
distinctive national costume in, 372;
mentioned, 108
Cornubia. A British kingdom in Armorica, the modern Cornouaille, 19
Cornwall. An English county, anciently a kingdom;
in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 257-262;
mentioned, 278
Corseul. A town in Brittany;
the people of, refuse the teachings of St Malo, 342-343
Corstorphine. A village near Edinburgh;
the legend of the building of the church at, 51
specimens of, in the museum at Kerjolet, 208;
the faithfulness of the Bretons to their national costume, 372;
the varieties of, 372-377;
the costume of Cornouaille, 372;
of Quimper, 372-373;
of the workers of the Escoublac district, 373-374;
of the women of Granville, 374;
of the women of Ouessant, 374;
of the men of St Pol, 375;
of Pont l’Abbé and the Bay of Audierne, 376;
of Morlaix, 376-377;
gala dress in Brittany, 377
Coudre. A maiden;
in the Lay of the Ash-tree, 319-320
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
Curiosolitæ. A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany, 16;
the Curiosolites refuse to receive Christian teaching from St Malo, 342-343
Cymbeline. A half-legendary British king;
mentioned, 173
D
Dagworth, Sir Thomas. An English knight;
at the battle of La Roche-Derrien, 31
Danaë. A maiden, in Greek mythology, mother of Perseus;
mentioned, 358
Daoine Sidhe. Irish deities, 87
Daoulas. A village in Brittany;
the statue of the Virgin in the abbey of, adorned with a girdle of rubies, 236
Dead, The. In Breton tradition, supposed to return to earth in the form of birds, 227;
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
Délandre, Cayot. See Cayot
Demeter. Greek corn goddess;
mentioned, 59
Demon Lover, The. A Scottish ballad;
mentioned, 144
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
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
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
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