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 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
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
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 Ives. See St Yves
St Jaoua. A Breton saint, 366
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 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 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
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;
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 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 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
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
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
South-west Wind, The. Personification of, in a wind-tale, 163
Souvestre, Émile. A French novelist and dramatist;
mentioned, 180
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
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;
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;
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;
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
Triphyna (St Triphyne). A maiden, married to Comorre, 180-184
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
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
Troyes. A city in France;
Abélard’s abbey of Nogent near, 249
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