Iberians. A non-Aryan race, supposed to have inhabited Britain;
held by Rhys to be the originators of Druidism, 245
Ile d’Arz. An island off the coast of Brittany;
megaliths in, 48
Ile aux Moines. An island in the Gulf of Morbihan;
megalithic monuments in, 48
Ile-Verte. An island off the Breton coast;
St Winwaloe lived on, 370
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;
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, 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
Jauioz. A seigneury in Languedoc;
the story of Louis, Baron of, 145-146
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
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
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
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 Fishes. In a tale from Saint-Cast, 84-85;
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;
Kyvarnion. A British bard, father of Hervé, 22
L
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;
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;
Landévennec. A town in Brittany;
a chapel of St Nicholas at, 345;
a monastery built at, by St Winwaloe, 371
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 Clerc, L. Cited, 16 n.
Le Croisic. A town in Brittany, 373
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
Lelian. Father of St Tivisiau, 338
Le Moustoir-le-Juch. A village in Brittany;
fireplace in the church of, 381
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-Inférieure. One of the departments of Brittany, 13
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
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
mentioned, 208
Louis XII. King of France;
Anne of Brittany married to, 36
Louis XV. King of France;
honours the Count of La Garaye, 195
Louis. Baron of Jauioz;
the story of, 145-147
Louvre, The. A palace in Paris;
mentioned, 206
Lucius. Roman consul, sometimes referred to as Emperor;
King Arthur moves against, 275
Luzel, F. M. His Guerziou Breiz-Izel, mentioned, 211
Lyonesse. A legendary kingdom near Cornwall, 257
M
MacCunn, Hamish. Composer;
mentioned, 145
Machutes. See St Malo
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 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;
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
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
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;
probably connected with pillar-worship and Irminsul-worship, 18 n.;
derivation and meaning of the term, 38;
purpose of the monuments, 38-39
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
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
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;
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
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