Du´don, a knight, comrade of Astolpho,783.Dun-wal´lo Mol-mu´ti-us, British king and lawgiver,385.Du-rin-da´na, sword of Orlando or Rinaldo,658,672,687,699,754,759,765,785-788.Dwarfs in Wagner’s Nibelungen Ring,354.EEarth (Gæa),4,5,44;goddess of the,145,297.E-bu´di-ans, the,732-733.Ech´o, nymph of Diana, shunned by Narcissus, faded to nothing but a voice,101-103.Eck´len-lied, the,354.Ed´das, Norse mythological records,329,348,351,354.Ed´e-ryn, son of Nudd,562.E-ge´ri-a, nymph of the Fountain,154,175.Egypt,123,163,233,296.Eis-tedd´fod, session of Welsh bards and minstrels,361.E-lec´tra, the lost one of the Pleiades (whichSee); also, sister of Orestes (whichSee),206,234,235.El-eu-sin´i-an Mysteries, instituted by Ceres, and calculated to awaken feelings of piety and a cheerful hope of better life in the future,57.E-leu´sis, Grecian city,54,57.El´gin Marbles, Greek sculptures from the Parthenon of Athens, now in British Museum, London, placed there by Lord Elgin,155.E-li-au´res, enchanter,419.El´i-dure, a king of Britain,386.E´lis, ancient Greek city,55,144,155.El´li, old age; the one successful wrestler against Thor,341.El´phin, son of Gwyddno,626-633.Elves, spiritual beings, of many powers and dispositions—some evil, some good,348.El-vid´nir, the hall of Hela (whichSee),333.E-lys´i-an Fields, the land of the blest,2.E-lys´i-an Plain, whither the favored of the gods were taken without death,2.E-lys´i-um, a happy land, where there is neither snow, nor cold, nor rain. Hither favored heroes, like Menelaus, pass without dying, and live happy under the rule of Rhadamanthus. In the Latin poets Elysium is part of the lower world, and the residence of the shades of the blessed,196,269,272,273.Em´bla, the first woman,329.En-cel´a-dus, giant defeated by Jupiter,52,122.En-dym´i-on, a beautiful youth beloved by Diana,61,204.E´nid, wife of Geraint,568,573.En´na, vale of, home of Proserpine,53,58.E´noch, the patriarch,772.Epi-dau´rus, a town in Argolis, on the Saronic gulf; chief seat of the worship of Æsculapius, whose temple was situated near the town,94,95,151,298.Ep-i-me´theus, son of Iapetus; husband of Pandora; with his brother Prometheus took part in creation of man,13,18.E-pi´rus, country to the west of Thessaly, lying along the Adriatic Sea,260,292.E-po´pe-us, a sailor,162.Er´a-to, one of the Muses (whichSee),8.Er´bin of Cornwall, father of Geraint,568,570.Er´e-bus, son of Chaos; region of darkness, entrance to Hades,4,56,88,153,187,277.E-rid´a-nus, river,45.E-ri´nys (pl.E-rin´ny-es), one of the Furies (whichSee),9,235.Er´i-phy´le, sister of Polynices, bribed to decide on war, in which her husband was slain,182,183.E´ris (Discordia), goddess of discord. At the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Eris being uninvited threw into the gathering an apple “For the Fairest,” which was claimed by Hera (Juno), Aphrodite (Venus) and Athena (Minerva). Paris, being called upon for judgment, awarded it to Aphrodite,211.Er-i-sich´thon, an unbeliever, punished by famine,167,169-171,177.E´ros.SeeCupid.Er´y-the´ia, island,145,146.E´ryx, a mount, haunt of Venus,53.E-se´pus, river in Paphlagonia,208.Es-tril´dis, wife of Locrine, supplanting divorced Guendolen,381.E-te´o-cles, son of Œdipus and Jocasta,182,183.E-trus´cans, ancient people of Italy,281.Et´zel, king of the Huns,353.Eu-bo´ic Sea, where Hercules threw Lichas, who brought him the poisoned shirt of Nessus,148.Eude, king of Aquitaine, ally of Charles Martel,649.Eu-mæ´us, swineherd of Æneas,254,257.Eu-men´i-des, also called Erinnyes, and by the Romans Furiæ or Diræ, the Avenging Deities,201,234.SeeFuries.Eu-phor´bus, a Trojan, killed by Menelaus,289.Eu-phros´y-ne, one of the Graces (whichSee),8.Eu-ro´pa, daughter of the Phœnician king Agenor, by Zeus the mother of Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon,91,109.Eu´rus, the East wind,176.Eu-ry´a-lus, a gallant Trojan soldier, who with Nisus entered the Grecian camp, both being slain,282,283,284.Eu-ryd´i-ce, wife of Orpheus, who, fleeing from an admirer, was killed by a snake and borne to Tartarus, where Orpheus sought her and was permitted to bring her to earth if he would not look back at her following him; but he did, and she returned to the Shades,185-188,191,196.Eu-ryl´o-chus, a companion of Ulysses,241.Eu-ryn´o-me, female Titan, wife of Ophion (whichSee),4,5.Eu-rys´theus, taskmaster of Hercules,128,143-147.Eu-ryt´i-on, a Centaur (SeeHippodamia),127,145.Eu-ter´pe, Muse who presided over music,8.Eux´ine Sea,2,130.E-vad´ne, wife of Capaneus, who flung herself upon his funeral pile and perished with him,182,183.E-van´der, Arcadian chief, befriending Æneas in Italy,279-281,285.Eve,5,17,301.Ev´niss-yen, quarrelsome brother of Branwen,590,591.Ex-cal´i-bar, sword of King Arthur,398,399,413,519.FFaf´ner, a giant turned dragon, treasure-stealer; by the Solar Theory simply the Darkness who steals the day,354,355,356.Fal-er-i´na, an enchantress,678,686,688.Fam´ine,170.Fa´solt, a giant, brother of Fafner, and killed by him,354.“Fas´ti,” Ovid’s, a mythological poetic calendar,309.Fa´ta Mor-ga´na, a mirage,691.Fates, the three, described as daughters of Night—to indicate the darkness and obscurity of human destiny—or of Zeus and Themis, that is, “daughters of the just heavens:” they were Clo´tho, who spun the thread of life; Lach´e-sis, who held the thread and fixed its length, and At´ro-pos, who cut it off,9,56,67,170,180,181.Fauns, cheerful sylvan deities, represented in human form, with small horns, pointed ears, and sometimes goat’s tail,10,76.Fau´nus, son of Picus, grandson of Saturnus, and father of Latinus, worshipped as the protecting deity of agriculture and of shepherds, and also as a giver of oracles,10,36,166,209,276.Fa-vo´ni-us, the West wind,176.Fear,266.Fen´ris, a wolf, the son of Loki the Evil Principle of Scandinavia; supposed to have personated the element of fire, destructive except when chained,332,333,344,349.Fen-sa´lir, Freya’s palace, called the Hall of the Sea, where were brought together lovers, husbands, and wives who had been separated by death,344.Fer´ra-gus, a giant, opponent of Orlando,657-658.Fer´rau, one of Charlemagne’s knights,667,669,737.Fer´rex, brother of Porrex, the two sons of Leir,385.Fire-worshippers, of ancient Persia,318-320.SeeParsees.Flol-lo, Roman tribune in Gaul,405,406.Flo´ra, Roman goddess of flowers and spring,10,176.Flor-de´lis, fair maiden beloved by Florismart,675-676,678,683,702,763,767.Flor´is-mart, Sir, a brave knight,656,675-676,678,692,702,737,740,764,783-789.Floss-hil´da, one of the Rhine daughters (whichSee),354.Fortunate Fields,2.Fortunate Islands (SeeElysian Plain),273.Fo´rum, market-place and open square for public meetings in Rome, surrounded by courthouses, palaces, temples, etc.,281.Fran´cus, son of Histion, grandson of Japhet, great-grandson of Noah, legendary ancestor of the Franks, or French,379.Fre´ki, one of Odin’s two wolves,330.French language,374.Frey, or Freyr, god of the sun,332,336,347,348,349.Frey´a, Norse goddess of music, spring, and flowers,332,334,335,347,351,355.Frick´a, goddess of marriage,355.Frig´ga, goddess who presided over smiling nature, sending sunshine, rain, and harvest,344,345,347,351,352.Froh, one of the Norse gods,354.Fron-ti´no, Rogero’s horse,695.Frost Giants,349.Ful´la,419.Fu´ries (Erinnyes), the three retributive spirits who punished crime, represented as snaky-haired old woman, named Alecto, Megæra, and Tisiphone,9,186,198,199,266,269,270,277.Fus-ber´ta, Rinaldo’s sword,710.GGæ´a, or Ge, called Tellus by the Romans, the personification of the earth; described as the first being that sprang from Chaos, and gave birth to Uranus (Heaven) and Pontus (Sea),1-2.Ga-ha´ri-et, knight of Arthur’s court,404,414.Ga-he´ris, knight,429,430,434,508.Gal´a-fron, King of Cathay, father of Angelica,665,685.Gal´a-had, Sir, the pure knight of Arthur’s Round Table, who safely took the Siege Perilous (whichSee),487-491,494,504-506.Gal-a-te´a, a Nereid or sea-nymph,173,197.Gal-a-te´a, statue carved and beloved by Pygmalion,209-211.Ga´len, Greek physician and philosophical writer,313.Gal´le-hant, King of the Marches,425,442.Games, national athletic contests in Greece—Olympian, at Olympia; Pythian, near Delphi, seat of Apollo’s oracle; Isthmian, on the Corinthian Isthmus; Nemean, at Nemea in Argolis,155.Gan, treacherous Duke of Maganza,663,801-805.Gan´e-lon of Mayence, one of Charlemagne’s knights,656.Gan´ges, river in India,44.Ga´no, a peer of Charlemagne,653.Gan´y-mede, the most beautiful of all mortals; carried off to Olympus that he might fill the cup of Zeus and live among the immortal gods,150.Gar´eth, Arthur’s knight,414,508.Gau-dis´so, Sultan,838ff.Gaul, ancient France,405.Gau´ta-ma, Prince, the Buddha (whichSee),325.Ga-wain´, Arthur’s knight,392,402,403,404,409,414-417,432-434,438,442,474,484-485,487,490-491,508-514,515-516,546,548-549,554,555,613.Gawl, son of Clud, suitor for Rhiannon,585-588,606.Gem´i-ni (SeeCastor), constellation created by Jupiter from the twin-brothers after death,158.Gen´ghis Khan, Tartar conqueror,327.Ge´ni-us, in Roman belief, the protective Spirit of each individual man,11.SeeJuno.Geof´frey of Mon´mouth, translator into Latin of the Welsh History of the Kings of Britain (1150),375,379.Ge-raint´, a knight of King Arthur,556-582.Ger´da, wife of Frey,336.Ge´ri, one of Odin’s two wolves,330.Ge´ry-on, a three-bodied monster,145.Ges´nes, navigator sent for Isoude the Fair,477.Gi-al´lar Horn, the trumpet that Heimdal will blow at the judgment day,349.Gi´ants, beings of monstrous size and of fearful countenances; represented as in constant opposition to the gods,122-123;in Wagner’s Nibelungen Ring,354.Gi´bich-ung race, ancestors of Alberich,356,357.Gi-bral´tar, great rock and town at southwest corner of Spain (SeePillars of Hercules),145.Gil´das, a scholar of Arthur’s court,564.Gi-rard´, son of Duke Sevinus,826.Glas´ton-bur-y, where Arthur died,395.Glau-cus, a fisherman, loving Scylla,59-61,174,213.Gleip´nir, magical chain on the wolf Fenris,333.Glew´lw-yd, Arthur’s porter,610,611.Gods of the ancient myths,12,354.Golden Age,9,14,301.Golden Apples,117-118,145-146.Golden Fleece, of ram used for escape of children of Athamas, named Helle and Phryxus (whichSee); after sacrifice of ram to Jupiter, fleece was guarded by sleepless dragon and gained by Jason and Argonauts (whichSee; alsoHelle),129-133,134.Gon´er-il, daughter of Leir,383-384.Gor´di-an Knot, tying up in temple the wagon of Gordius, he who could untie it being destined to be lord of Asia; it was cut by Alexander the Great,48.Gor´di-us, a countryman who, arriving in Phrygia in a wagon, was made king by the people, thus interpreting an oracle,48.Gor´gons, three monstrous females, with huge teeth, brazen claws and snakes for hair, sight of whom turned beholders to stone; Medusa, the most famous, slain by Perseus (whichSee),115.Gor´lois, Duke of Tintadel,397,398.Gou-ver-nail, squire of Isabella, queen of Lionesse, protector of her son Tristram while young,449, and his squire in knighthood,463.Graal, the Holy, cup from which the Saviour drank at Last Supper, taken by Joseph of Arimathea to Europe, and lost, its recovery becoming a sacred quest for Arthur’s knights,392,475,487.Graces, three goddesses who enhanced the enjoyments of life by refinement and gentleness; they were Aglaia (brilliance), Euphrosyne (joy), and Thalia (bloom),4,8.Gra-das´so, king of Sericane,672,700,702,737,740,765,768-769,784-788.Græ´æ, three gray-haired female watchers for the Gorgons, with one movable eye and one tooth between the three,115-116.Grand La´ma, Buddhist pontiff in Thibet,327.Great Bear, constellation,32-33,36,42.Gren´del, monster slain by Beowulf,635.Griefs,266.Gry´phon (griffin), a fabulous animal, with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, dwelling in the Rhipæan mountains, between the Hyperboreans and the one-eyed Arimaspians, and guarding the gold of the North,128.Gue´bers, Persian fire-worshippers,320.Guen´do-len, wife of Locrine,381-382.Guen´e-vere, wife of King Arthur, beloved by Launcelot,425,435-437,439-441,445-448,481,507,522,523,524,534,555-557,565.Guer´in, lord of Vienne, father of Oliver,658,660.Gui-de´ri-us, son of Cymbeline,388.Guil-la-mu´ri-us, king in Ireland,407.Gui-mier´, betrothed of Caradoc,419-420.Gul-lin-burs´ti, the boar drawing Frey’s car,347.Gull´topp, Heimdell’s horse,347.Gun-fa´si-us, King of the Orkneys,407.Gün´ther, Burgundian king, brother of Kriemhild,352,356,357.Gu´trune, half-sister to Hagen,356.Gwern, son of Matholch and Branwen,593,595.Gwer´nach the Giant,620-622.Gwiff´ert Pe´tit, ally of Geraint,582.Gwydd´no, Garan´hir, King of Gwaelod,626.Gwyr, judge in the court of Arthur,570.Gy´oll, river,345.HHa´des, originally the god of the nether world—the name later used to designate the gloomy subterranean land of the dead,147.Hæ´mon, son of Creon of Thebes, and lover of Antigone,183.Hæ-mo´ni-an city,73.Hæ´mus, Mount, northern boundary of Thrace,31,43.Ha´gan, a principal character in the Nibelungen Lied, slayer of Siegfried,352,353,354,356,357.Hal-cy´o-ne, daughter of Æneas, and the beloved wife of Ceyx, who, when he was drowned, flew to his floating body, and the pitying gods changed them both to birds (kingfishers), who nest at sea during a certain calm week in winter (“halcyon weather”),69-76.Ham-a-dry´ads, tree- or wood-nymphs,76,172.SeeNymphs.Har-mo´ni-a, daughter of Mars and Venus, wife of Cadmus,94,182.Ha-roun´ al Ra´schid, Caliph of Arabia, contemporary of Charlemagne,655.Har´pies, monsters, with head and bust of woman, but wings, legs and tail of birds, seizing souls of the wicked, or punishing evil-doers by greedily snatching or defiling their food,176,259-260,276,770.Har-poc´ra-tes, Egyptian god, Horus,293.Heaven,4.He´be, daughter of Juno, cupbearer to the gods,3,135,149,150.He´brus, ancient name of river Maritzka,187.Hec´a-te, a mighty and formidable divinity, supposed to send at night all kinds of demons and terrible phantoms from the lower world,131,134,135,266.Hec´tor, son of Priam and champion of Troy,213,214,217,218,220,221,222,223,224,227,260.Hec´tor, one of Arthur’s knights,443,491.
Du´don, a knight, comrade of Astolpho,783.
Dun-wal´lo Mol-mu´ti-us, British king and lawgiver,385.
Du-rin-da´na, sword of Orlando or Rinaldo,658,672,687,699,754,759,765,785-788.
Dwarfs in Wagner’s Nibelungen Ring,354.
E
Earth (Gæa),4,5,44;
goddess of the,145,297.
E-bu´di-ans, the,732-733.
Ech´o, nymph of Diana, shunned by Narcissus, faded to nothing but a voice,101-103.
Eck´len-lied, the,354.
Ed´das, Norse mythological records,329,348,351,354.
Ed´e-ryn, son of Nudd,562.
E-ge´ri-a, nymph of the Fountain,154,175.
Egypt,123,163,233,296.
Eis-tedd´fod, session of Welsh bards and minstrels,361.
E-lec´tra, the lost one of the Pleiades (whichSee); also, sister of Orestes (whichSee),206,234,235.
El-eu-sin´i-an Mysteries, instituted by Ceres, and calculated to awaken feelings of piety and a cheerful hope of better life in the future,57.
E-leu´sis, Grecian city,54,57.
El´gin Marbles, Greek sculptures from the Parthenon of Athens, now in British Museum, London, placed there by Lord Elgin,155.
E-li-au´res, enchanter,419.
El´i-dure, a king of Britain,386.
E´lis, ancient Greek city,55,144,155.
El´li, old age; the one successful wrestler against Thor,341.
El´phin, son of Gwyddno,626-633.
Elves, spiritual beings, of many powers and dispositions—some evil, some good,348.
El-vid´nir, the hall of Hela (whichSee),333.
E-lys´i-an Fields, the land of the blest,2.
E-lys´i-an Plain, whither the favored of the gods were taken without death,2.
E-lys´i-um, a happy land, where there is neither snow, nor cold, nor rain. Hither favored heroes, like Menelaus, pass without dying, and live happy under the rule of Rhadamanthus. In the Latin poets Elysium is part of the lower world, and the residence of the shades of the blessed,196,269,272,273.
Em´bla, the first woman,329.
En-cel´a-dus, giant defeated by Jupiter,52,122.
En-dym´i-on, a beautiful youth beloved by Diana,61,204.
E´nid, wife of Geraint,568,573.
En´na, vale of, home of Proserpine,53,58.
E´noch, the patriarch,772.
Epi-dau´rus, a town in Argolis, on the Saronic gulf; chief seat of the worship of Æsculapius, whose temple was situated near the town,94,95,151,298.
Ep-i-me´theus, son of Iapetus; husband of Pandora; with his brother Prometheus took part in creation of man,13,18.
E-pi´rus, country to the west of Thessaly, lying along the Adriatic Sea,260,292.
E-po´pe-us, a sailor,162.
Er´a-to, one of the Muses (whichSee),8.
Er´bin of Cornwall, father of Geraint,568,570.
Er´e-bus, son of Chaos; region of darkness, entrance to Hades,4,56,88,153,187,277.
E-rid´a-nus, river,45.
E-ri´nys (pl.E-rin´ny-es), one of the Furies (whichSee),9,235.
Er´i-phy´le, sister of Polynices, bribed to decide on war, in which her husband was slain,182,183.
E´ris (Discordia), goddess of discord. At the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Eris being uninvited threw into the gathering an apple “For the Fairest,” which was claimed by Hera (Juno), Aphrodite (Venus) and Athena (Minerva). Paris, being called upon for judgment, awarded it to Aphrodite,211.
Er-i-sich´thon, an unbeliever, punished by famine,167,169-171,177.
E´ros.SeeCupid.
Er´y-the´ia, island,145,146.
E´ryx, a mount, haunt of Venus,53.
E-se´pus, river in Paphlagonia,208.
Es-tril´dis, wife of Locrine, supplanting divorced Guendolen,381.
E-te´o-cles, son of Œdipus and Jocasta,182,183.
E-trus´cans, ancient people of Italy,281.
Et´zel, king of the Huns,353.
Eu-bo´ic Sea, where Hercules threw Lichas, who brought him the poisoned shirt of Nessus,148.
Eude, king of Aquitaine, ally of Charles Martel,649.
Eu-mæ´us, swineherd of Æneas,254,257.
Eu-men´i-des, also called Erinnyes, and by the Romans Furiæ or Diræ, the Avenging Deities,201,234.
SeeFuries.
Eu-phor´bus, a Trojan, killed by Menelaus,289.
Eu-phros´y-ne, one of the Graces (whichSee),8.
Eu-ro´pa, daughter of the Phœnician king Agenor, by Zeus the mother of Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon,91,109.
Eu´rus, the East wind,176.
Eu-ry´a-lus, a gallant Trojan soldier, who with Nisus entered the Grecian camp, both being slain,282,283,284.
Eu-ryd´i-ce, wife of Orpheus, who, fleeing from an admirer, was killed by a snake and borne to Tartarus, where Orpheus sought her and was permitted to bring her to earth if he would not look back at her following him; but he did, and she returned to the Shades,185-188,191,196.
Eu-ryl´o-chus, a companion of Ulysses,241.
Eu-ryn´o-me, female Titan, wife of Ophion (whichSee),4,5.
Eu-rys´theus, taskmaster of Hercules,128,143-147.
Eu-ryt´i-on, a Centaur (SeeHippodamia),127,145.
Eu-ter´pe, Muse who presided over music,8.
Eux´ine Sea,2,130.
E-vad´ne, wife of Capaneus, who flung herself upon his funeral pile and perished with him,182,183.
E-van´der, Arcadian chief, befriending Æneas in Italy,279-281,285.
Eve,5,17,301.
Ev´niss-yen, quarrelsome brother of Branwen,590,591.
Ex-cal´i-bar, sword of King Arthur,398,399,413,519.
F
Faf´ner, a giant turned dragon, treasure-stealer; by the Solar Theory simply the Darkness who steals the day,354,355,356.
Fal-er-i´na, an enchantress,678,686,688.
Fam´ine,170.
Fa´solt, a giant, brother of Fafner, and killed by him,354.
“Fas´ti,” Ovid’s, a mythological poetic calendar,309.
Fa´ta Mor-ga´na, a mirage,691.
Fates, the three, described as daughters of Night—to indicate the darkness and obscurity of human destiny—or of Zeus and Themis, that is, “daughters of the just heavens:” they were Clo´tho, who spun the thread of life; Lach´e-sis, who held the thread and fixed its length, and At´ro-pos, who cut it off,9,56,67,170,180,181.
Fauns, cheerful sylvan deities, represented in human form, with small horns, pointed ears, and sometimes goat’s tail,10,76.
Fau´nus, son of Picus, grandson of Saturnus, and father of Latinus, worshipped as the protecting deity of agriculture and of shepherds, and also as a giver of oracles,10,36,166,209,276.
Fa-vo´ni-us, the West wind,176.
Fear,266.
Fen´ris, a wolf, the son of Loki the Evil Principle of Scandinavia; supposed to have personated the element of fire, destructive except when chained,332,333,344,349.
Fen-sa´lir, Freya’s palace, called the Hall of the Sea, where were brought together lovers, husbands, and wives who had been separated by death,344.
Fer´ra-gus, a giant, opponent of Orlando,657-658.
Fer´rau, one of Charlemagne’s knights,667,669,737.
Fer´rex, brother of Porrex, the two sons of Leir,385.
Fire-worshippers, of ancient Persia,318-320.
SeeParsees.
Flol-lo, Roman tribune in Gaul,405,406.
Flo´ra, Roman goddess of flowers and spring,10,176.
Flor-de´lis, fair maiden beloved by Florismart,675-676,678,683,702,763,767.
Flor´is-mart, Sir, a brave knight,656,675-676,678,692,702,737,740,764,783-789.
Floss-hil´da, one of the Rhine daughters (whichSee),354.
Fortunate Fields,2.
Fortunate Islands (SeeElysian Plain),273.
Fo´rum, market-place and open square for public meetings in Rome, surrounded by courthouses, palaces, temples, etc.,281.
Fran´cus, son of Histion, grandson of Japhet, great-grandson of Noah, legendary ancestor of the Franks, or French,379.
Fre´ki, one of Odin’s two wolves,330.
French language,374.
Frey, or Freyr, god of the sun,332,336,347,348,349.
Frey´a, Norse goddess of music, spring, and flowers,332,334,335,347,351,355.
Frick´a, goddess of marriage,355.
Frig´ga, goddess who presided over smiling nature, sending sunshine, rain, and harvest,344,345,347,351,352.
Froh, one of the Norse gods,354.
Fron-ti´no, Rogero’s horse,695.
Frost Giants,349.
Ful´la,419.
Fu´ries (Erinnyes), the three retributive spirits who punished crime, represented as snaky-haired old woman, named Alecto, Megæra, and Tisiphone,9,186,198,199,266,269,270,277.
Fus-ber´ta, Rinaldo’s sword,710.
G
Gæ´a, or Ge, called Tellus by the Romans, the personification of the earth; described as the first being that sprang from Chaos, and gave birth to Uranus (Heaven) and Pontus (Sea),1-2.
Ga-ha´ri-et, knight of Arthur’s court,404,414.
Ga-he´ris, knight,429,430,434,508.
Gal´a-fron, King of Cathay, father of Angelica,665,685.
Gal´a-had, Sir, the pure knight of Arthur’s Round Table, who safely took the Siege Perilous (whichSee),487-491,494,504-506.
Gal-a-te´a, a Nereid or sea-nymph,173,197.
Gal-a-te´a, statue carved and beloved by Pygmalion,209-211.
Ga´len, Greek physician and philosophical writer,313.
Gal´le-hant, King of the Marches,425,442.
Games, national athletic contests in Greece—Olympian, at Olympia; Pythian, near Delphi, seat of Apollo’s oracle; Isthmian, on the Corinthian Isthmus; Nemean, at Nemea in Argolis,155.
Gan, treacherous Duke of Maganza,663,801-805.
Gan´e-lon of Mayence, one of Charlemagne’s knights,656.
Gan´ges, river in India,44.
Ga´no, a peer of Charlemagne,653.
Gan´y-mede, the most beautiful of all mortals; carried off to Olympus that he might fill the cup of Zeus and live among the immortal gods,150.
Gar´eth, Arthur’s knight,414,508.
Gau-dis´so, Sultan,838ff.
Gaul, ancient France,405.
Gau´ta-ma, Prince, the Buddha (whichSee),325.
Ga-wain´, Arthur’s knight,392,402,403,404,409,414-417,432-434,438,442,474,484-485,487,490-491,508-514,515-516,546,548-549,554,555,613.
Gawl, son of Clud, suitor for Rhiannon,585-588,606.
Gem´i-ni (SeeCastor), constellation created by Jupiter from the twin-brothers after death,158.
Gen´ghis Khan, Tartar conqueror,327.
Ge´ni-us, in Roman belief, the protective Spirit of each individual man,11.
SeeJuno.
Geof´frey of Mon´mouth, translator into Latin of the Welsh History of the Kings of Britain (1150),375,379.
Ge-raint´, a knight of King Arthur,556-582.
Ger´da, wife of Frey,336.
Ge´ri, one of Odin’s two wolves,330.
Ge´ry-on, a three-bodied monster,145.
Ges´nes, navigator sent for Isoude the Fair,477.
Gi-al´lar Horn, the trumpet that Heimdal will blow at the judgment day,349.
Gi´ants, beings of monstrous size and of fearful countenances; represented as in constant opposition to the gods,122-123;
in Wagner’s Nibelungen Ring,354.
Gi´bich-ung race, ancestors of Alberich,356,357.
Gi-bral´tar, great rock and town at southwest corner of Spain (SeePillars of Hercules),145.
Gil´das, a scholar of Arthur’s court,564.
Gi-rard´, son of Duke Sevinus,826.
Glas´ton-bur-y, where Arthur died,395.
Glau-cus, a fisherman, loving Scylla,59-61,174,213.
Gleip´nir, magical chain on the wolf Fenris,333.
Glew´lw-yd, Arthur’s porter,610,611.
Gods of the ancient myths,12,354.
Golden Age,9,14,301.
Golden Apples,117-118,145-146.
Golden Fleece, of ram used for escape of children of Athamas, named Helle and Phryxus (whichSee); after sacrifice of ram to Jupiter, fleece was guarded by sleepless dragon and gained by Jason and Argonauts (whichSee; alsoHelle),129-133,134.
Gon´er-il, daughter of Leir,383-384.
Gor´di-an Knot, tying up in temple the wagon of Gordius, he who could untie it being destined to be lord of Asia; it was cut by Alexander the Great,48.
Gor´di-us, a countryman who, arriving in Phrygia in a wagon, was made king by the people, thus interpreting an oracle,48.
Gor´gons, three monstrous females, with huge teeth, brazen claws and snakes for hair, sight of whom turned beholders to stone; Medusa, the most famous, slain by Perseus (whichSee),115.
Gor´lois, Duke of Tintadel,397,398.
Gou-ver-nail, squire of Isabella, queen of Lionesse, protector of her son Tristram while young,449, and his squire in knighthood,463.
Graal, the Holy, cup from which the Saviour drank at Last Supper, taken by Joseph of Arimathea to Europe, and lost, its recovery becoming a sacred quest for Arthur’s knights,392,475,487.
Graces, three goddesses who enhanced the enjoyments of life by refinement and gentleness; they were Aglaia (brilliance), Euphrosyne (joy), and Thalia (bloom),4,8.
Gra-das´so, king of Sericane,672,700,702,737,740,765,768-769,784-788.
Græ´æ, three gray-haired female watchers for the Gorgons, with one movable eye and one tooth between the three,115-116.
Grand La´ma, Buddhist pontiff in Thibet,327.
Great Bear, constellation,32-33,36,42.
Gren´del, monster slain by Beowulf,635.
Griefs,266.
Gry´phon (griffin), a fabulous animal, with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, dwelling in the Rhipæan mountains, between the Hyperboreans and the one-eyed Arimaspians, and guarding the gold of the North,128.
Gue´bers, Persian fire-worshippers,320.
Guen´do-len, wife of Locrine,381-382.
Guen´e-vere, wife of King Arthur, beloved by Launcelot,425,435-437,439-441,445-448,481,507,522,523,524,534,555-557,565.
Guer´in, lord of Vienne, father of Oliver,658,660.
Gui-de´ri-us, son of Cymbeline,388.
Guil-la-mu´ri-us, king in Ireland,407.
Gui-mier´, betrothed of Caradoc,419-420.
Gul-lin-burs´ti, the boar drawing Frey’s car,347.
Gull´topp, Heimdell’s horse,347.
Gun-fa´si-us, King of the Orkneys,407.
Gün´ther, Burgundian king, brother of Kriemhild,352,356,357.
Gu´trune, half-sister to Hagen,356.
Gwern, son of Matholch and Branwen,593,595.
Gwer´nach the Giant,620-622.
Gwiff´ert Pe´tit, ally of Geraint,582.
Gwydd´no, Garan´hir, King of Gwaelod,626.
Gwyr, judge in the court of Arthur,570.
Gy´oll, river,345.
H
Ha´des, originally the god of the nether world—the name later used to designate the gloomy subterranean land of the dead,147.
Hæ´mon, son of Creon of Thebes, and lover of Antigone,183.
Hæ-mo´ni-an city,73.
Hæ´mus, Mount, northern boundary of Thrace,31,43.
Ha´gan, a principal character in the Nibelungen Lied, slayer of Siegfried,352,353,354,356,357.
Hal-cy´o-ne, daughter of Æneas, and the beloved wife of Ceyx, who, when he was drowned, flew to his floating body, and the pitying gods changed them both to birds (kingfishers), who nest at sea during a certain calm week in winter (“halcyon weather”),69-76.
Ham-a-dry´ads, tree- or wood-nymphs,76,172.
SeeNymphs.
Har-mo´ni-a, daughter of Mars and Venus, wife of Cadmus,94,182.
Ha-roun´ al Ra´schid, Caliph of Arabia, contemporary of Charlemagne,655.
Har´pies, monsters, with head and bust of woman, but wings, legs and tail of birds, seizing souls of the wicked, or punishing evil-doers by greedily snatching or defiling their food,176,259-260,276,770.
Har-poc´ra-tes, Egyptian god, Horus,293.
Heaven,4.
He´be, daughter of Juno, cupbearer to the gods,3,135,149,150.
He´brus, ancient name of river Maritzka,187.
Hec´a-te, a mighty and formidable divinity, supposed to send at night all kinds of demons and terrible phantoms from the lower world,131,134,135,266.
Hec´tor, son of Priam and champion of Troy,213,214,217,218,220,221,222,223,224,227,260.
Hec´tor, one of Arthur’s knights,443,491.