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;
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
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
N’Oun Doare. A youth;
in the story of the Youth who did not Know, 106-115
O
Oberon. King of the fairies;
mentioned, 74
Œdipus. King of Thebes;
mentioned, 357
Ogier the Dane. One of the paladins of Charlemagne;
entered Fairyland, 326
Olaus Magnus. A sixteenth-century Swedish ecclesiastic and writer;
mentioned, 290
Oridial. Father of Gugemar, 292
Origen. One of the Fathers of the early Church;
and St Barbe, 333
Orléans. The city;
the siege of (1428-29), 174;
the play or mystery of, on Jeanne Darc, 175;
mentioned, 229
Osismii. A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany, 16
Ossian. A semi-legendary Celtic bard and warrior;
mentioned, 211
Ossory. A district in Ireland;
emigration from, to Brittany, 22
Oust. A river in Brittany, 205
Owain. A Welsh chieftain, son of Urien;
Taliesin the bard of, 22
Owen Glendower. A Welsh chieftain;
the Bretons send an expedition to help, in his conflict with the English, 234
P
Paraclete (‘Comforter’). Name given by Abélard to his abbey at Nogent, 249;
Abélard and Héloïse buried at, 250
Pardons. Religious pilgrimage festivals of the Bretons, 378-380
Paris. The city;
mentioned, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120-121, 156, 157, 158, 195, 208, 229, 230-231, 351
Paris, Gaston. A noted French philologist;
claims that Arthurian romance originated in Wales, 254;
identifies the persons to whom Marie de France dedicated her Lais and Fables, 284
Passage de l’Enfer. An arm of the sea over which the Breton dead were supposed to be ferried, 383
Patay. A village in Loiret, France;
the battle of, 174
Pavia. A city in Italy;
Francis I of France taken prisoner at, 207
Pellinore, Sir. One of the Knights of the Round Table;
Arthur broke his sword in combat with, 256
Pembrokeshire. Welsh county;
St Samson a native of, 17
Penates. Household gods of the Romans;
mentioned, 53
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. Stephen, Count of, 208
Percival. Hero of Percival le Gallois;
analogy between his flight and that of Morvan, 224
Perguet. A village in Brittany;
the fireplace in the church of St Bridget at, 381
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
Plouharnel. A village in Brittany;
megaliths at, 42
Plourin. A village in Brittany;
St Budoc lived at, 356
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
Princess of Tronkolaine, The. The story of, 115-121
Procopius. A Byzantine historian;
on a Breton burial custom, 383-384
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
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;
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
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
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;
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, 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;
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
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
Roland, Sir. A knight;
in the story of the Unbroken Vow, 60-63
Rolleston, T. W. Cited, 246
Rollo. A famous Norse leader, first Duke of Normandy;
mentioned, 28
Romans, The. In Brittany, 16
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
Rumengol. A village in Brittany;
the Pardon of the Singers held at, 378