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The volume surveys the legendary life of Brittany, opening with a sketch of its landscape and historical background before compiling folklore, ballads, and regional romances. It examines megalithic monuments and the beliefs attached to them, catalogues fairies, sprites, and other supernatural beings, and gathers folk-tales and popular legends collected from local storytellers. Separate chapters present heroic narratives and accounts of sorcery and the occult, while Arthurian material and medieval lays connected with the region receive focused treatment. The work closes with chapters on saints, customary life, and costume to provide cultural context for the stories.

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 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

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 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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Tonquédec. A Breton château, 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 Guémené, 334

Toulboudou, John, Lord of;

builds the chapel of St Barbe at Le Faouet, 334-335

Tour d’Elven. A keep of the château of Largoet, 206

Tourlaville. A Breton château, 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

Trégastel. A town on the Breton coast;

an island near believed by the Bretons to be the fabled Isle of Avalon, 282

Tréguennec. A village in Brittany;

St Vougas associated with, 360

Tréguier.

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

Trégunc. 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

Trépassés, Bay of. A bay on the Breton coast, 185

Trèves. A village in Brittany;

had a reputation as the abode of sorcerers, 242

Tridwan. See St Triduana

Trieux. A river in Brittany, 203, 204

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

418

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 château of;

in the legend of the Ward of Du Guesclin, 33-35

Trollope, T. Adolphus. Quoted, 179-180

Troménie-de-Saint-Renan. A town in Brittany;

the Pardon of the Mountain held at, 378, 379

Troyes. A city in France;

Abélard’s abbey of Nogent near, 249

Tugdual Salaün. A peasant of Plouber, composer of a ballad on the Marquis of Guérande, 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

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