Chapter 16

Cadoudal, Georges.A Chouan leader;mentioned,25Caerleon-upon-Usk.A town in Wales;Tristrem sails for,263;mentioned,21Cæsar.SeeJuliusCalendar, The.Supernatural beings often associated with,97Caliburn.A name for Excalibur.SeeExcaliburCallernish.A district in the island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides;mentioned,53Calvaries.Representations of the passion on the Cross;common in Brittany,384-385Camaret.A town in Brittany;megaliths at,41Camelot.A legendary town in England, the scene of King Arthur’s Court;the battle at, in which King Arthur was killed,344;mentioned,64396Canados.King Mark’s Constable, in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,272Cancoet.A village in Brittany;the Maison des Follets at,49Caradeuc.A Breton château,207Cardigan Bay.A bay in Wales;the site of a submerged city, according to Welsh legend,187,188Cardiganshire.Welsh county;mentioned,22Carhaix.A town in Brittany;Comorre the ruler of,180Carnac.A town in Brittany;the megaliths at,42-45;the legend of,44-45;the ‘Benediction of the Beasts’ at,45;sometimes called ‘Ty C’harriquet,’98;its megaliths supposed to have been built by the gorics,98;the gorics’ revels around the megaliths of,99Caroline.Queen of England, wife of George II;mentioned,196Castle of the Sun, The.The story of,131-137Cattwg.A town in Wales;Taliesin and Gildas said to have been educated at the school of,21Cayot Délandre, F. M.A Breton poet,43‘Celtic.’The term;its disputed connotation,37Celts.The race;the Bretons a division of,14-15;Druidism may not have originated with,245;musical and poetic elements in the temperament of,339Chamber of the Black Cavalier.In the ballad of Azénor the Pale,362Chambord.A famous French château;mentioned,206Champ Dolent(‘Field of Woe’). The field in which the menhir of Dol stands,40;the battle in,40Champtocé.A Breton château;the home of Gilles de Retz,175,176,179-180Changelings.The Breton fairies and,83Chansons de Gestes.Medieval French poems with an heroic theme;Villemarqué’s work marked by the style of,224-225Chants populaires de la Bretagne.The sub-title of Villemarqué’sBarzaz-Breiz.SeeBarzaz-BreizChapelle du Duc.A chapel at Tréguier, built by Duke John V,353Charlemagne.The Emperor;mentioned,225Charles I (the Bald).King of France;Nomenoë rises against,23,337-338Charles V.King of France;mentioned,32Charles VI.King of France;mentioned,174Charles VIII.King of France;Anne of Brittany married to,36Charles.A youth;in the story of the Princess of Tronkolaine,115-121Chase, The.Superstitions of,301Château des Paulpiquets.A name given to a megalithic structure in Questembert,49Châteaux.Of Brittany;their rich legendary and historical associations,202-203;stories of,203-210Châteaubriand.François-René-Auguste, Viscount of;famous French writer and statesman;associated with the château of Comburg,207Châteaubriant.A Breton château,207Châteaubriant.Françoise de Foix, Countess of;a story of her relations with King Francis I and her fate,207;the château of Suscino given to, by Francis I,210Chaveau-Narishkine, Countess.Restored the château of Kerjolet,208Childebat.A Breton king,366;and St Pol,367Chramne.Son of Clotaire I, King of the Franks,40Christianity.St Samson teaches, in Brittany,17-19;the Curiosolites refuse to receive the teachings of St Malo,342Church.The early;hostility of, to the fairies,56Cinderella.The story of;mentioned,144397Cisalpine Gaul.Roman province;had no Druidic priesthood,245Clairschach.The Highland harp;replaced as the national instrument by the bagpipe,229Claude.Queen of Francis I of France,36Cléder.A town in Brittany;St Keenan built a monastery at,344Clerk of Rohan, The.The story of,189-193Clisson.A Breton château,204-205Clisson, Oliver de.A celebrated Breton soldier, Constable of France;fought in the War of the Two Joans,35,204;and the château of Clisson,204;and the château of Josselin,205,206Clotaire I.King of the Franks,40Coadelan.The manor of;occupied by Fontenelle,230,231;has gone to decay,232Coadelan, The Lady of.Her daughter carried off by Fontenelle,229-230Coat-Squiriou, Marquis of.In the story of the Youth who did not Know,106-109Cockno.A place in Scotland;inscribed stones at,47Coesoron.A river in Brittany,17Coêtman.The house of,204Coêtman, Viscount of.A Breton nobleman;mentioned,204-205Coëtquen, Tower of.One of the towers in the city wall of Dinan,209Coiffes.Of Brittany;specimens of, in the museum at Kerjolet,208SeeHead-dressCole, King.A half-legendary British king;mentioned,173Colodoc.A name given to St Keenan.SeeSt KeenanCombat of Saint-Cast, The.The ballad of,236-238Combourg.A Breton château,207-208;Châteaubriand associated with,208Comorre the Cursed.The story of,180-184;mentioned,382Comte de Gabalis, Le.The Abbé de Villars’ work;mentioned,64Conan I.Count of Brittany (Count of Rennes),27Conan II.Duke of Brittany;and Duke William of Normandy,27-29Conan III.Duke of Brittany,30;patron of Abélard,248Conan IV.Duke of Brittany,30Conan.Father of Morvan,215Concarneau.A town in Brittany;megaliths at,42;the château of Kerjolet in,208Concoret.A town in Brittany;had a reputation as the abode of sorcerers,242Concurrus.A village in Brittany;megaliths at,42Connaught.An Irish province;St Keenan a native of,343Constance.Daughter of Conan IV of Brittany;married to Geoffrey Plantagenet,30Contes populaires de la Haute-Bretagne.P. Sébillot’s work;cited,83n.Cork.A county of Ireland;mentioned,355Cornouaille.A district in Brittany;the ancient Cornubia,19;formed by immigrants from Britain,23;Azénor the Pale, a ballad of,360-364;distinctive national costume in,372;mentioned,108Cornubia.A British kingdom in Armorica, the modern Cornouaille,19Cornwall.An English county, anciently a kingdom;in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,257-262;mentioned,278Corseul.A town in Brittany;the people of, refuse the teachings of St Malo,342-343Corstorphine.A village near Edinburgh;the legend of the building of the church at,51Costume.Breton;specimens of, in the museum at Kerjolet,208;the faithfulness of the Bretons to their national costume,372;the varieties of,372-377;the costume of Cornouaille,372;of Quimper,372-373;of the workers of the Escoublac district,373-374;of the women of Granville,374;of the women of Ouessant,374;of the men of St Pol,375;of Pont l’Abbé and the Bay of Audierne,376;of Morlaix,376-377;398gala dress in Brittany,377Côtes-du-Nord.One of the departments of Brittany,13;part of the ancient kingdom of Domnonia,19;mentioned,41,88,167,282,351Coudre.A maiden;in the Lay of the Ash-tree,319-320Courils.A race of gnomes peculiar to Brittany,87,98-99Couronnes de Ste Barbe.Amulets sold at the festival of St Barbe at Le Faouet,333Cox, Rev. Sir G. W.Cited,275n.Craon.The house of,174Crions.A race of gnomes peculiar to the ruins of Tresmalouen,99Cromlech.The term;its derivation and significance,38Cross of the Thousand Sails.A monument at Guic-sezne,370Crusades.Mentioned,190Culross.A town in Scotland;St Kentigern born at,357Cup-and-ring Altar.A monument discovered in the Milton of Colquhoun district, Scotland,47Cup-and-ring Markings.Symbols inscribed on megaliths;their meaning and purpose,46-48Cupid and Psyche.The story of;mentioned,137Curiosolitæ.A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany,16;the Curiosolites refuse to receive Christian teaching from St Malo,342-343Cymbeline.A half-legendary British king;mentioned,173

Cadoudal, Georges.A Chouan leader;mentioned,25

Cadoudal, Georges.A Chouan leader;

mentioned,25

Caerleon-upon-Usk.A town in Wales;Tristrem sails for,263;mentioned,21

Caerleon-upon-Usk.A town in Wales;

Tristrem sails for,263;

mentioned,21

Cæsar.SeeJulius

Calendar, The.Supernatural beings often associated with,97

Caliburn.A name for Excalibur.SeeExcalibur

Callernish.A district in the island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides;mentioned,53

Callernish.A district in the island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides;

mentioned,53

Calvaries.Representations of the passion on the Cross;common in Brittany,384-385

Calvaries.Representations of the passion on the Cross;

common in Brittany,384-385

Camaret.A town in Brittany;megaliths at,41

Camaret.A town in Brittany;

megaliths at,41

Camelot.A legendary town in England, the scene of King Arthur’s Court;the battle at, in which King Arthur was killed,344;mentioned,64

Camelot.A legendary town in England, the scene of King Arthur’s Court;

the battle at, in which King Arthur was killed,344;

mentioned,64

396Canados.King Mark’s Constable, in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,272

396

Canados.King Mark’s Constable, in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,272

Cancoet.A village in Brittany;the Maison des Follets at,49

Cancoet.A village in Brittany;

the Maison des Follets at,49

Caradeuc.A Breton château,207

Cardigan Bay.A bay in Wales;the site of a submerged city, according to Welsh legend,187,188

Cardigan Bay.A bay in Wales;

the site of a submerged city, according to Welsh legend,187,188

Cardiganshire.Welsh county;mentioned,22

Cardiganshire.Welsh county;

mentioned,22

Carhaix.A town in Brittany;Comorre the ruler of,180

Carhaix.A town in Brittany;

Comorre the ruler of,180

Carnac.A town in Brittany;the megaliths at,42-45;the legend of,44-45;the ‘Benediction of the Beasts’ at,45;sometimes called ‘Ty C’harriquet,’98;its megaliths supposed to have been built by the gorics,98;the gorics’ revels around the megaliths of,99

Carnac.A town in Brittany;

the megaliths at,42-45;

the legend of,44-45;

the ‘Benediction of the Beasts’ at,45;

sometimes called ‘Ty C’harriquet,’98;

its megaliths supposed to have been built by the gorics,98;

the gorics’ revels around the megaliths of,99

Caroline.Queen of England, wife of George II;mentioned,196

Caroline.Queen of England, wife of George II;

mentioned,196

Castle of the Sun, The.The story of,131-137

Cattwg.A town in Wales;Taliesin and Gildas said to have been educated at the school of,21

Cattwg.A town in Wales;

Taliesin and Gildas said to have been educated at the school of,21

Cayot Délandre, F. M.A Breton poet,43

‘Celtic.’The term;its disputed connotation,37

‘Celtic.’The term;

its disputed connotation,37

Celts.The race;the Bretons a division of,14-15;Druidism may not have originated with,245;musical and poetic elements in the temperament of,339

Celts.The race;

the Bretons a division of,14-15;

Druidism may not have originated with,245;

musical and poetic elements in the temperament of,339

Chamber of the Black Cavalier.In the ballad of Azénor the Pale,362

Chambord.A famous French château;mentioned,206

Chambord.A famous French château;

mentioned,206

Champ Dolent(‘Field of Woe’). The field in which the menhir of Dol stands,40;the battle in,40

Champ Dolent(‘Field of Woe’). The field in which the menhir of Dol stands,40;

the battle in,40

Champtocé.A Breton château;the home of Gilles de Retz,175,176,179-180

Champtocé.A Breton château;

the home of Gilles de Retz,175,176,179-180

Changelings.The Breton fairies and,83

Chansons de Gestes.Medieval French poems with an heroic theme;Villemarqué’s work marked by the style of,224-225

Chansons de Gestes.Medieval French poems with an heroic theme;

Villemarqué’s work marked by the style of,224-225

Chants populaires de la Bretagne.The sub-title of Villemarqué’sBarzaz-Breiz.SeeBarzaz-Breiz

Chapelle du Duc.A chapel at Tréguier, built by Duke John V,353

Charlemagne.The Emperor;mentioned,225

Charlemagne.The Emperor;

mentioned,225

Charles I (the Bald).King of France;Nomenoë rises against,23,337-338

Charles I (the Bald).King of France;

Nomenoë rises against,23,337-338

Charles V.King of France;mentioned,32

Charles V.King of France;

mentioned,32

Charles VI.King of France;mentioned,174

Charles VI.King of France;

mentioned,174

Charles VIII.King of France;Anne of Brittany married to,36

Charles VIII.King of France;

Anne of Brittany married to,36

Charles.A youth;in the story of the Princess of Tronkolaine,115-121

Charles.A youth;

in the story of the Princess of Tronkolaine,115-121

Chase, The.Superstitions of,301

Château des Paulpiquets.A name given to a megalithic structure in Questembert,49

Châteaux.Of Brittany;their rich legendary and historical associations,202-203;stories of,203-210

Châteaux.Of Brittany;

their rich legendary and historical associations,202-203;

stories of,203-210

Châteaubriand.François-René-Auguste, Viscount of;famous French writer and statesman;associated with the château of Comburg,207

Châteaubriand.François-René-Auguste, Viscount of;

famous French writer and statesman;

associated with the château of Comburg,207

Châteaubriant.A Breton château,207

Châteaubriant.Françoise de Foix, Countess of;a story of her relations with King Francis I and her fate,207;the château of Suscino given to, by Francis I,210

Châteaubriant.Françoise de Foix, Countess of;

a story of her relations with King Francis I and her fate,207;

the château of Suscino given to, by Francis I,210

Chaveau-Narishkine, Countess.Restored the château of Kerjolet,208

Childebat.A Breton king,366;and St Pol,367

Childebat.A Breton king,366;

and St Pol,367

Chramne.Son of Clotaire I, King of the Franks,40

Christianity.St Samson teaches, in Brittany,17-19;the Curiosolites refuse to receive the teachings of St Malo,342

Christianity.St Samson teaches, in Brittany,17-19;

the Curiosolites refuse to receive the teachings of St Malo,342

Church.The early;hostility of, to the fairies,56

Church.The early;

hostility of, to the fairies,56

Cinderella.The story of;mentioned,144

Cinderella.The story of;

mentioned,144

397Cisalpine Gaul.Roman province;had no Druidic priesthood,245

397

Cisalpine Gaul.Roman province;

had no Druidic priesthood,245

Clairschach.The Highland harp;replaced as the national instrument by the bagpipe,229

Clairschach.The Highland harp;

replaced as the national instrument by the bagpipe,229

Claude.Queen of Francis I of France,36

Cléder.A town in Brittany;St Keenan built a monastery at,344

Cléder.A town in Brittany;

St Keenan built a monastery at,344

Clerk of Rohan, The.The story of,189-193

Clisson.A Breton château,204-205

Clisson, Oliver de.A celebrated Breton soldier, Constable of France;fought in the War of the Two Joans,35,204;and the château of Clisson,204;and the château of Josselin,205,206

Clisson, Oliver de.A celebrated Breton soldier, Constable of France;

fought in the War of the Two Joans,35,204;

and the château of Clisson,204;

and the château of Josselin,205,206

Clotaire I.King of the Franks,40

Coadelan.The manor of;occupied by Fontenelle,230,231;has gone to decay,232

Coadelan.The manor of;

occupied by Fontenelle,230,231;

has gone to decay,232

Coadelan, The Lady of.Her daughter carried off by Fontenelle,229-230

Coat-Squiriou, Marquis of.In the story of the Youth who did not Know,106-109

Cockno.A place in Scotland;inscribed stones at,47

Cockno.A place in Scotland;

inscribed stones at,47

Coesoron.A river in Brittany,17

Coêtman.The house of,204

Coêtman, Viscount of.A Breton nobleman;mentioned,204-205

Coêtman, Viscount of.A Breton nobleman;

mentioned,204-205

Coëtquen, Tower of.One of the towers in the city wall of Dinan,209

Coiffes.Of Brittany;specimens of, in the museum at Kerjolet,208SeeHead-dress

Coiffes.Of Brittany;

specimens of, in the museum at Kerjolet,208

SeeHead-dress

Cole, King.A half-legendary British king;mentioned,173

Cole, King.A half-legendary British king;

mentioned,173

Colodoc.A name given to St Keenan.SeeSt Keenan

Combat of Saint-Cast, The.The ballad of,236-238

Combourg.A Breton château,207-208;Châteaubriand associated with,208

Combourg.A Breton château,207-208;

Châteaubriand associated with,208

Comorre the Cursed.The story of,180-184;mentioned,382

Comorre the Cursed.The story of,180-184;

mentioned,382

Comte de Gabalis, Le.The Abbé de Villars’ work;mentioned,64

Comte de Gabalis, Le.The Abbé de Villars’ work;

mentioned,64

Conan I.Count of Brittany (Count of Rennes),27

Conan II.Duke of Brittany;and Duke William of Normandy,27-29

Conan II.Duke of Brittany;

and Duke William of Normandy,27-29

Conan III.Duke of Brittany,30;patron of Abélard,248

Conan III.Duke of Brittany,30;

patron of Abélard,248

Conan IV.Duke of Brittany,30

Conan.Father of Morvan,215

Concarneau.A town in Brittany;megaliths at,42;the château of Kerjolet in,208

Concarneau.A town in Brittany;

megaliths at,42;

the château of Kerjolet in,208

Concoret.A town in Brittany;had a reputation as the abode of sorcerers,242

Concoret.A town in Brittany;

had a reputation as the abode of sorcerers,242

Concurrus.A village in Brittany;megaliths at,42

Concurrus.A village in Brittany;

megaliths at,42

Connaught.An Irish province;St Keenan a native of,343

Connaught.An Irish province;

St Keenan a native of,343

Constance.Daughter of Conan IV of Brittany;married to Geoffrey Plantagenet,30

Constance.Daughter of Conan IV of Brittany;

married to Geoffrey Plantagenet,30

Contes populaires de la Haute-Bretagne.P. Sébillot’s work;cited,83n.

Contes populaires de la Haute-Bretagne.P. Sébillot’s work;

cited,83n.

Cork.A county of Ireland;mentioned,355

Cork.A county of Ireland;

mentioned,355

Cornouaille.A district in Brittany;the ancient Cornubia,19;formed by immigrants from Britain,23;Azénor the Pale, a ballad of,360-364;distinctive national costume in,372;mentioned,108

Cornouaille.A district in Brittany;

the ancient Cornubia,19;

formed by immigrants from Britain,23;

Azénor the Pale, a ballad of,360-364;

distinctive national costume in,372;

mentioned,108

Cornubia.A British kingdom in Armorica, the modern Cornouaille,19

Cornwall.An English county, anciently a kingdom;in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,257-262;mentioned,278

Cornwall.An English county, anciently a kingdom;

in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,257-262;

mentioned,278

Corseul.A town in Brittany;the people of, refuse the teachings of St Malo,342-343

Corseul.A town in Brittany;

the people of, refuse the teachings of St Malo,342-343

Corstorphine.A village near Edinburgh;the legend of the building of the church at,51

Corstorphine.A village near Edinburgh;

the legend of the building of the church at,51

Costume.Breton;specimens of, in the museum at Kerjolet,208;the faithfulness of the Bretons to their national costume,372;the varieties of,372-377;the costume of Cornouaille,372;of Quimper,372-373;of the workers of the Escoublac district,373-374;of the women of Granville,374;of the women of Ouessant,374;of the men of St Pol,375;of Pont l’Abbé and the Bay of Audierne,376;of Morlaix,376-377;398gala dress in Brittany,377

Costume.Breton;

specimens of, in the museum at Kerjolet,208;

the faithfulness of the Bretons to their national costume,372;

the varieties of,372-377;

the costume of Cornouaille,372;

of Quimper,372-373;

of the workers of the Escoublac district,373-374;

of the women of Granville,374;

of the women of Ouessant,374;

of the men of St Pol,375;

of Pont l’Abbé and the Bay of Audierne,376;

of Morlaix,376-377;

398

gala dress in Brittany,377

Côtes-du-Nord.One of the departments of Brittany,13;part of the ancient kingdom of Domnonia,19;mentioned,41,88,167,282,351

Côtes-du-Nord.One of the departments of Brittany,13;

part of the ancient kingdom of Domnonia,19;

mentioned,41,88,167,282,351

Coudre.A maiden;in the Lay of the Ash-tree,319-320

Coudre.A maiden;

in the Lay of the Ash-tree,319-320

Courils.A race of gnomes peculiar to Brittany,87,98-99

Couronnes de Ste Barbe.Amulets sold at the festival of St Barbe at Le Faouet,333

Cox, Rev. Sir G. W.Cited,275n.

Craon.The house of,174

Crions.A race of gnomes peculiar to the ruins of Tresmalouen,99

Cromlech.The term;its derivation and significance,38

Cromlech.The term;

its derivation and significance,38

Cross of the Thousand Sails.A monument at Guic-sezne,370

Crusades.Mentioned,190

Culross.A town in Scotland;St Kentigern born at,357

Culross.A town in Scotland;

St Kentigern born at,357

Cup-and-ring Altar.A monument discovered in the Milton of Colquhoun district, Scotland,47

Cup-and-ring Markings.Symbols inscribed on megaliths;their meaning and purpose,46-48

Cup-and-ring Markings.Symbols inscribed on megaliths;

their meaning and purpose,46-48

Cupid and Psyche.The story of;mentioned,137

Cupid and Psyche.The story of;

mentioned,137

Curiosolitæ.A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany,16;the Curiosolites refuse to receive Christian teaching from St Malo,342-343

Curiosolitæ.A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany,16;

the Curiosolites refuse to receive Christian teaching from St Malo,342-343

Cymbeline.A half-legendary British king;mentioned,173

Cymbeline.A half-legendary British king;

mentioned,173

Dagworth, Sir Thomas.An English knight;at the battle of La Roche-Derrien,31Dahut.Princess, daughter of Gradlon;in the legend of Ys,185,186Danaë.A maiden, in Greek mythology, mother of Perseus;mentioned,358Daoine Sidhe.Irish deities,87Daoulas.A village in Brittany;the statue of the Virgin in the abbey of, adorned with a girdle of rubies,236Dead, The.In Breton tradition, supposed to return to earth in the form of birds,227;food left for,382-383,387;burial customs,382-384,386-388;the Breton dead ferried over to Britain,383-384Death-bird.A bird whose note is supposed to portend misfortune to the maiden who hears it,145,147Death-spirit.The Ankou,101-102Deer God.A deity of the North American Indians,301Délandre, Cayot.SeeCayotDemeter.Greek corn goddess;mentioned,59Demon Lover, The.A Scottish ballad;mentioned,144Demons.Of Brittany,96-105;the invariable accompaniment of an illiterate peasantry,96Denis Pyramus.An Anglo-Norman chronicler;on the poems of Marie de France,284Desonelle, Princess.Heroine ofSir Torrent of Portugal;mentioned,358Devil, The.The erection of the megalithic monuments ascribed to,49;the Teus and,100See alsoSatanDiana.Roman moon-goddess;mentioned,74Diancecht.An Irish god;mentioned,247Dinan.I. A town in Brittany,194,195,209II. The château of,209Dol.A town in Brittany;the menhir near,18,39-40,318;St Samson settled near,18;the Northmen defeated by Alain Barbe-torte near,26;the legend of the menhir of,40;Buron lived at,318;St Turiau, or Tivisiau, associated with,338-339;the legend of the founding of, by St Samson,350;the legend of St Budoc of,353-358Dol, Bishop of.And St Tivisiau,338-339Dol des Marchands.The name given to a dolmen near Dol,48Dolmens.Derivation and meaning of the term,38;purpose of the monuments,38-39;399the dolmen-chapel at Plouaret,41;the dolmen at Trégunc,42;the dolmen at Rocenaud,46;cup-and-ring markings upon,46-48;the dolmen at Penhapp,48;the dolmen near the wood of Rocher,50;the dolmen at La Lande-Marie,51;the dolmen of Essé,53;haunted by nains,96;cup-hollows on, may have been intended as receptacles for food for the dead,383Dolorous Knight, The Lay of the, orThe Lay of the Four Sorrows.One of theLaisof Marie de France,328-331Domnonée.A county of Brittany,23See alsoDomnoniaDomnonia.A British kingdom in Armorica,19,27See alsoDomnonéeDottin, Georges.Cited,37n.Douarnenez, Bay of.A bay on the Breton coast;the city of Ys said to have been situated there,185Drachenfels.A famous castle on the Rhine;mentioned,203Dreux, Pierre de.Duke of Brittany;defeats John of England at Nantes,30Drez, Job Ann.A sexton;in a story of the Yeun,103-105Druidism.In early times, sorcery identified with,245;the question whether Druidism was of Celtic or non-Celtic origin,245;the nature of the practices of,245-248;survival of Druidic spells and ritual,246;an Eastern origin claimed for,247;survivals of the Druidic priesthood,247;a college of Druidic priestesses situated near Nantes,253;mentioned,53See alsoDruidsDruids.Origin of the cult,245;the nature of their practices,245-246;in the legend of Kentigern’s birth, condemn Thenaw,357See alsoDruidismDublin.The city;Tristrem comes to,263;Tristrem’s second visit to,265Dubric.Archbishop who officiated at the marriage of King Arthur and Guinevere,67Du Guesclin, Bertrand.A famous knight, Constable of France;helps Charles of Blois in the War of the Two Joans,31-32;a notable figure in Breton legend,32;buried at Saint-Denis,32;the legend of the Ward of,33-35;taken prisoner at the battle of Auray,35Dungiven.A town in Ireland;Druidic ritual still observed at,246Dunpender.A mountain in East Lothian, now called Traprain Law;Thenaw cast from,357Dusii.Spirits inhabiting Gaul,100Dylan.A British sea-god;mentioned,69Dyonas.A god of the Britons;Vivien sometimes represented as the daughter of,69

Dagworth, Sir Thomas.An English knight;at the battle of La Roche-Derrien,31

Dagworth, Sir Thomas.An English knight;

at the battle of La Roche-Derrien,31

Dahut.Princess, daughter of Gradlon;in the legend of Ys,185,186

Dahut.Princess, daughter of Gradlon;

in the legend of Ys,185,186

Danaë.A maiden, in Greek mythology, mother of Perseus;mentioned,358

Danaë.A maiden, in Greek mythology, mother of Perseus;

mentioned,358

Daoine Sidhe.Irish deities,87

Daoulas.A village in Brittany;the statue of the Virgin in the abbey of, adorned with a girdle of rubies,236

Daoulas.A village in Brittany;

the statue of the Virgin in the abbey of, adorned with a girdle of rubies,236

Dead, The.In Breton tradition, supposed to return to earth in the form of birds,227;food left for,382-383,387;burial customs,382-384,386-388;the Breton dead ferried over to Britain,383-384

Dead, The.In Breton tradition, supposed to return to earth in the form of birds,227;

food left for,382-383,387;

burial customs,382-384,386-388;

the Breton dead ferried over to Britain,383-384

Death-bird.A bird whose note is supposed to portend misfortune to the maiden who hears it,145,147

Death-spirit.The Ankou,101-102

Deer God.A deity of the North American Indians,301

Délandre, Cayot.SeeCayot

Demeter.Greek corn goddess;mentioned,59

Demeter.Greek corn goddess;

mentioned,59

Demon Lover, The.A Scottish ballad;mentioned,144

Demon Lover, The.A Scottish ballad;

mentioned,144

Demons.Of Brittany,96-105;the invariable accompaniment of an illiterate peasantry,96

Demons.Of Brittany,96-105;

the invariable accompaniment of an illiterate peasantry,96

Denis Pyramus.An Anglo-Norman chronicler;on the poems of Marie de France,284

Denis Pyramus.An Anglo-Norman chronicler;

on the poems of Marie de France,284

Desonelle, Princess.Heroine ofSir Torrent of Portugal;mentioned,358

Desonelle, Princess.Heroine ofSir Torrent of Portugal;

mentioned,358

Devil, The.The erection of the megalithic monuments ascribed to,49;the Teus and,100See alsoSatan

Devil, The.The erection of the megalithic monuments ascribed to,49;

the Teus and,100