Chapter 17

Edinburgh.The city;mentioned,51,60,203Edmund.King of East Anglia;mentioned,284Eliduc, The Lay of.One of theLaisof Marie de France,305-313Ellé.A river in Brittany,19,332Élorn.A river in Brittany,19Elphin.Son of the Welsh chieftain Urien;taught by Taliesin,21Elves.In Teutonic mythology, diminutive spirits;the fairy race of Celtic countries may have been confused with,87Emerald Coast, The.A district in the southern portion of Brittany,13England.I. The country;loses its ancient British name, which becomes that of Brittany,17;Bretons who accompanied William the Conqueror receive land in,232;Bretons invade, from Wales,234;claimed as the birthplace of Arthurian romance,254;King Arthur moves against the Emperor Lucius’ threatened invasion of,275;the existence of King Arthur credited in, in the twelfth century,278;Marie de France lived in,283400II. The State;supports John of Montfort’s claim to Brittany,31Enora.SeeSt EnoraEquitan, The Lay of.One of theLaisof Marie de France,313-317Erdeven.A town in Brittany;megaliths at,42Ermonie.A mythical kingdom, in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde;Roland Rise, Lord of,258;Duke Morgan becomes Lord of,259;Tristrem returns to,261Ernault, E.Cited,16n.Eryri, Mount.King Arthur slew the giant Ritho upon,277Escoublac.A town in Brittany,373Essé.A village in Brittany;the dolmen of,53Estaing, Pierre d’.A French alchemist;mentioned,175Étang de Laval.A lake, supposed to cover the site of the submerged city of Ys,185Ethwije.Wife of Geoffrey I of Brittany,196,198Eudo.Count of Brittany, son of Geoffrey I,27,29Eufuerien.King of Cumbria,357Even the Great.Breton leader;defeats the Norsemen at the battle of Kerlouan,225,227Ewen.Son of Eufuerien, King of Cumbria,357Excalibur.King Arthur’s miraculous sword;given to Arthur in Brittany,256-257;Arthur kills the giant of Mont-Saint-Michel with,277;mentioned,280Exeter.The city;mentioned,307

Edinburgh.The city;mentioned,51,60,203

Edinburgh.The city;

mentioned,51,60,203

Edmund.King of East Anglia;mentioned,284

Edmund.King of East Anglia;

mentioned,284

Eliduc, The Lay of.One of theLaisof Marie de France,305-313

Ellé.A river in Brittany,19,332

Élorn.A river in Brittany,19

Elphin.Son of the Welsh chieftain Urien;taught by Taliesin,21

Elphin.Son of the Welsh chieftain Urien;

taught by Taliesin,21

Elves.In Teutonic mythology, diminutive spirits;the fairy race of Celtic countries may have been confused with,87

Elves.In Teutonic mythology, diminutive spirits;

the fairy race of Celtic countries may have been confused with,87

Emerald Coast, The.A district in the southern portion of Brittany,13

England.I. The country;loses its ancient British name, which becomes that of Brittany,17;Bretons who accompanied William the Conqueror receive land in,232;Bretons invade, from Wales,234;claimed as the birthplace of Arthurian romance,254;King Arthur moves against the Emperor Lucius’ threatened invasion of,275;the existence of King Arthur credited in, in the twelfth century,278;Marie de France lived in,283400II. The State;supports John of Montfort’s claim to Brittany,31

England.

I. The country;

loses its ancient British name, which becomes that of Brittany,17;

Bretons who accompanied William the Conqueror receive land in,232;

Bretons invade, from Wales,234;

claimed as the birthplace of Arthurian romance,254;

King Arthur moves against the Emperor Lucius’ threatened invasion of,275;

the existence of King Arthur credited in, in the twelfth century,278;

Marie de France lived in,283

400

II. The State;

supports John of Montfort’s claim to Brittany,31

Enora.SeeSt Enora

Equitan, The Lay of.One of theLaisof Marie de France,313-317

Erdeven.A town in Brittany;megaliths at,42

Erdeven.A town in Brittany;

megaliths at,42

Ermonie.A mythical kingdom, in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde;Roland Rise, Lord of,258;Duke Morgan becomes Lord of,259;Tristrem returns to,261

Ermonie.A mythical kingdom, in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde;

Roland Rise, Lord of,258;

Duke Morgan becomes Lord of,259;

Tristrem returns to,261

Ernault, E.Cited,16n.

Eryri, Mount.King Arthur slew the giant Ritho upon,277

Escoublac.A town in Brittany,373

Essé.A village in Brittany;the dolmen of,53

Essé.A village in Brittany;

the dolmen of,53

Estaing, Pierre d’.A French alchemist;mentioned,175

Estaing, Pierre d’.A French alchemist;

mentioned,175

Étang de Laval.A lake, supposed to cover the site of the submerged city of Ys,185

Ethwije.Wife of Geoffrey I of Brittany,196,198

Eudo.Count of Brittany, son of Geoffrey I,27,29

Eufuerien.King of Cumbria,357

Even the Great.Breton leader;defeats the Norsemen at the battle of Kerlouan,225,227

Even the Great.Breton leader;

defeats the Norsemen at the battle of Kerlouan,225,227

Ewen.Son of Eufuerien, King of Cumbria,357

Excalibur.King Arthur’s miraculous sword;given to Arthur in Brittany,256-257;Arthur kills the giant of Mont-Saint-Michel with,277;mentioned,280

Excalibur.King Arthur’s miraculous sword;

given to Arthur in Brittany,256-257;

Arthur kills the giant of Mont-Saint-Michel with,277;

mentioned,280

Exeter.The city;mentioned,307

Exeter.The city;

mentioned,307

Fables.Of Marie de France,283Fairies.Credited with the erection of the megalithic monuments,49-52;magically imprisoned in dolmens, trees, and pillars,52;the fairy lore of Brittany bears evidence of Celtic influence,54;the fairies of Brittany hostile to man,54,55-56,85;the Church the enemy of,56;what derived from, in folk-lore,73-74;the varying conceptions of,73;the Bretons’ ideas of,74-75;the fairies of thehoules,75,88;the fairies’ distaste for being recognized, and stories illustrating this,82;bestow magical sight,82-83;and changelings,83;prone to take animal, bird, and fish shapes,83-84;probable reasons for the fairies’ malevolence,85-86;origin of the fairy idea,85-87;may have originally been deities,87;in Brittany, conceived as of average mortal height,87;theMargots la fée, a variety of,88;a story illustrating fairy malevolence,88;the fairy-woman in the Lay of Graelent,322-328Fairyland.Graelent enters,326;identified with the Celtic Otherworld,327;a place of death and remoteness,328Fairy-wife.A folk-loremotif,327Falcon, The.A ballad,196-198Farmer, Captain George.Commander of theQuebec;in a Breton ballad,238Fays.SeeFairiesFebruary.The month;personified in the story of Princess Starbright,128-129Félix.Bishop of Quimper,337Feuillet, Octave.A French novelist;mentioned,206Finette Cendron(‘Cinderella’). Mme d’Aulnoy’s story of;mentioned,144Finistère.One of the departments of Brittany,13;part of the ancient kingdom of Domnonia,19;mentioned,41,49,180Fions.A name sometimes given to the fairies in Brittany, occurring also in Scottish and Irish folk-lore,74Fire-goddess.St Barbe probably represents the survival of a,334Fireplacesin Breton churches,380-381Fisherman and the Fairies, The.The story of,80-83Flamel, Nicolas.A French alchemist;mentioned,175Flanders.The country;Gugemar in,292;mentioned,145401Folk-tales.Of Brittany,156-172Fontenelle, Guy Eder De.A Breton leader, associated with the Catholic League,229-232Förster, Professor Wendelin.And the origin of Arthurian romance,254Forth.A river in Scotland;mentioned,357Forth, Firth of.Mentioned,356,359Foster-brother, The.The story of,167-172Foucault, Jean.A Breton peasant;a story of,244Fougères.A town in Brittany;had a reputation as the dwelling-place of sorcerers,242Fouquet, Nicolas.A French statesman;imprisoned in the castle of Nantes,205Four Sorrows, The Lay of the, orThe Lay of the Dolorous Knight.One of theLaisof Marie de France,328-331Fragan.Governor of Léon, father of St Winwaloe,370France.I. The country;manners and fashions of, spread in Brittany,30;the were-wolf superstition prevalent in,291II. The State;intervenes in the conflict between Brittany and Normandy,30;Brittany annexed by, under Francis I,36Francis I.King of France;annexes Brittany to France,36;and Françoise de Foix, the Countess of Châteaubriant,207;gives the château of Suscino to Françoise de Foix,210Francis I.Duke of Brittany,36Franks.The people;exercised a nominal suzerainty over Brittany,23;Morvan fights with,216-221;“Morvan will return to drive the Franks from the Breton land,”224Franks, King of The.In Villemarqué’sBarzaz-Breiz;and Morvan’s fight with the Moor,218-220;Morvan fights with,220-221;the character drawn in the style of thechansons de gestes,224Fredegonda.Queen of Neustria;mentioned,31Frémiet, Emmanuel.A French sculptor;mentioned,206Frêne.A maiden;in the Lay of the Ash-tree,318-320Fulbert.A canon of Notre-Dame, Paris, uncle of Héloïse,249;mutilated Abélard,250Funeral Customs and Ceremonies.In Brittany,382-384,386-388

Fables.Of Marie de France,283

Fairies.Credited with the erection of the megalithic monuments,49-52;magically imprisoned in dolmens, trees, and pillars,52;the fairy lore of Brittany bears evidence of Celtic influence,54;the fairies of Brittany hostile to man,54,55-56,85;the Church the enemy of,56;what derived from, in folk-lore,73-74;the varying conceptions of,73;the Bretons’ ideas of,74-75;the fairies of thehoules,75,88;the fairies’ distaste for being recognized, and stories illustrating this,82;bestow magical sight,82-83;and changelings,83;prone to take animal, bird, and fish shapes,83-84;probable reasons for the fairies’ malevolence,85-86;origin of the fairy idea,85-87;may have originally been deities,87;in Brittany, conceived as of average mortal height,87;theMargots la fée, a variety of,88;a story illustrating fairy malevolence,88;the fairy-woman in the Lay of Graelent,322-328

Fairies.Credited with the erection of the megalithic monuments,49-52;

magically imprisoned in dolmens, trees, and pillars,52;

the fairy lore of Brittany bears evidence of Celtic influence,54;

the fairies of Brittany hostile to man,54,55-56,85;

the Church the enemy of,56;

what derived from, in folk-lore,73-74;

the varying conceptions of,73;

the Bretons’ ideas of,74-75;

the fairies of thehoules,75,88;

the fairies’ distaste for being recognized, and stories illustrating this,82;

bestow magical sight,82-83;

and changelings,83;

prone to take animal, bird, and fish shapes,83-84;

probable reasons for the fairies’ malevolence,85-86;

origin of the fairy idea,85-87;

may have originally been deities,87;

in Brittany, conceived as of average mortal height,87;

theMargots la fée, a variety of,88;

a story illustrating fairy malevolence,88;

the fairy-woman in the Lay of Graelent,322-328

Fairyland.Graelent enters,326;identified with the Celtic Otherworld,327;a place of death and remoteness,328

Fairyland.Graelent enters,326;

identified with the Celtic Otherworld,327;

a place of death and remoteness,328

Fairy-wife.A folk-loremotif,327

Falcon, The.A ballad,196-198

Farmer, Captain George.Commander of theQuebec;in a Breton ballad,238

Farmer, Captain George.Commander of theQuebec;

in a Breton ballad,238

Fays.SeeFairies

February.The month;personified in the story of Princess Starbright,128-129

February.The month;

personified in the story of Princess Starbright,128-129

Félix.Bishop of Quimper,337

Feuillet, Octave.A French novelist;mentioned,206

Feuillet, Octave.A French novelist;

mentioned,206

Finette Cendron(‘Cinderella’). Mme d’Aulnoy’s story of;mentioned,144

Finette Cendron(‘Cinderella’). Mme d’Aulnoy’s story of;

mentioned,144

Finistère.One of the departments of Brittany,13;part of the ancient kingdom of Domnonia,19;mentioned,41,49,180

Finistère.One of the departments of Brittany,13;

part of the ancient kingdom of Domnonia,19;

mentioned,41,49,180

Fions.A name sometimes given to the fairies in Brittany, occurring also in Scottish and Irish folk-lore,74

Fire-goddess.St Barbe probably represents the survival of a,334

Fireplacesin Breton churches,380-381

Fisherman and the Fairies, The.The story of,80-83

Flamel, Nicolas.A French alchemist;mentioned,175

Flamel, Nicolas.A French alchemist;

mentioned,175

Flanders.The country;Gugemar in,292;mentioned,145

Flanders.The country;

Gugemar in,292;

mentioned,145

401Folk-tales.Of Brittany,156-172

401

Folk-tales.Of Brittany,156-172

Fontenelle, Guy Eder De.A Breton leader, associated with the Catholic League,229-232

Förster, Professor Wendelin.And the origin of Arthurian romance,254

Forth.A river in Scotland;mentioned,357

Forth.A river in Scotland;

mentioned,357

Forth, Firth of.Mentioned,356,359

Foster-brother, The.The story of,167-172

Foucault, Jean.A Breton peasant;a story of,244

Foucault, Jean.A Breton peasant;

a story of,244

Fougères.A town in Brittany;had a reputation as the dwelling-place of sorcerers,242

Fougères.A town in Brittany;

had a reputation as the dwelling-place of sorcerers,242

Fouquet, Nicolas.A French statesman;imprisoned in the castle of Nantes,205

Fouquet, Nicolas.A French statesman;

imprisoned in the castle of Nantes,205

Four Sorrows, The Lay of the, orThe Lay of the Dolorous Knight.One of theLaisof Marie de France,328-331

Fragan.Governor of Léon, father of St Winwaloe,370

France.I. The country;manners and fashions of, spread in Brittany,30;the were-wolf superstition prevalent in,291II. The State;intervenes in the conflict between Brittany and Normandy,30;Brittany annexed by, under Francis I,36

France.

I. The country;

manners and fashions of, spread in Brittany,30;

the were-wolf superstition prevalent in,291

II. The State;

intervenes in the conflict between Brittany and Normandy,30;

Brittany annexed by, under Francis I,36

Francis I.King of France;annexes Brittany to France,36;and Françoise de Foix, the Countess of Châteaubriant,207;gives the château of Suscino to Françoise de Foix,210

Francis I.King of France;

annexes Brittany to France,36;

and Françoise de Foix, the Countess of Châteaubriant,207;

gives the château of Suscino to Françoise de Foix,210

Francis I.Duke of Brittany,36

Franks.The people;exercised a nominal suzerainty over Brittany,23;Morvan fights with,216-221;“Morvan will return to drive the Franks from the Breton land,”224

Franks.The people;

exercised a nominal suzerainty over Brittany,23;

Morvan fights with,216-221;

“Morvan will return to drive the Franks from the Breton land,”224

Franks, King of The.In Villemarqué’sBarzaz-Breiz;and Morvan’s fight with the Moor,218-220;Morvan fights with,220-221;the character drawn in the style of thechansons de gestes,224

Franks, King of The.In Villemarqué’sBarzaz-Breiz;

and Morvan’s fight with the Moor,218-220;

Morvan fights with,220-221;

the character drawn in the style of thechansons de gestes,224

Fredegonda.Queen of Neustria;mentioned,31

Fredegonda.Queen of Neustria;

mentioned,31

Frémiet, Emmanuel.A French sculptor;mentioned,206

Frémiet, Emmanuel.A French sculptor;

mentioned,206

Frêne.A maiden;in the Lay of the Ash-tree,318-320

Frêne.A maiden;

in the Lay of the Ash-tree,318-320

Fulbert.A canon of Notre-Dame, Paris, uncle of Héloïse,249;mutilated Abélard,250

Fulbert.A canon of Notre-Dame, Paris, uncle of Héloïse,249;

mutilated Abélard,250

Funeral Customs and Ceremonies.In Brittany,382-384,386-388

Gaidoz, H.Cited,212n.Ganhardin.Brother of Ysonde of the White Hand;in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,271-272,273Garb of Old Gaul, The.A song;mentioned,237Gargantua.A mythical giant;the erection of the megalithic monuments ascribed to,49Garlon, The Clerk of.In a legend of the Marquis of Guérande,199-202Gavr’inis(‘Goat Island’). An island in the Gulf of Morbihan;the tumulus at,48;nains’ inscriptions on the megaliths of,98Gawaine, Sir.One of King Arthur’s knights;mentioned,357Geber.An Arabian alchemist;mentioned,175Geoffrey I.Duke of Brittany,27;in the legend of the Falcon,196Geoffrey II (Plantagenet).Duke of Brittany,30Geoffrey of Monmouth.An English chronicler;the presentation of Vivien in his work,69;and the presentation of Merlin,70;acknowledged a Breton source for his work,255Gildas.A British chronicler;fellow-pupil with Taliesin at the school of Cattwg,21;St Keenan associated with,343;St Bieuzy a friend and disciple of,345;the bell of, in the chapel at La Roche-sur-Blavet,345;St Bieuzy dies in the presence of,346;St Pol of Léon a fellow-student of,364402Giraldus Cambrensis.A Welsh chronicler;and the legend of the submerged city,187Girdle.Superstition of the,302Glain Neidr.The sea-snake’s egg or adder’s stone, used in Druidic rites,247;Héloïse, represented as a sorceress, said to have possessed,252Glasgow.The city;mentioned,357,359Goelc.A seigneury of Brittany;a Count of, the father of St Budoc of Dol,354,355Goezenou.A village in Brittany;the cheeses petrified by St Goezenou preserved in the church of,369;holy well at,382Goidelic Dialect.A Celtic tongue,15Golden Bell, Château of the.In the story of the Youth who did not Know,111-114Golden Bell, Princess.In the story of the Youth who did not Know,110-115Golden Herb.A plant supposed in Druidical times to possess magical properties,247-248Gomme, Sir G. L.Cited,173,247n.Gorics.A race of gnomes peculiar to Brittany,87,98-99Goulven.A village in Brittany;historical tablet in the church of,225Gouvernayl.Servitor to Tristrem;in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,263,264Gradlon Meur.A ruler of Ys;in the legend of the city,185-186;the statue of, at Quimper,188-189;supposed to have introduced the vine into Brittany,189Graelent, The Lay of.One of theLaisof Marie de France,320-328Grail.Legend of the;a parallel incident in the Lay of Gugemar and,301-302Grallo.King of Brittany;and St Ronan,367Grand Mont.An eminence upon which St Gildas built his abbey,249Grand Troménie.The special celebration of the Pardon of the Mountain held every sixth year,379-380Granville.A town in Brittany;women’s costume in,374Grifescorne.King of the Demons;in the story of the Youth who did not Know,111,114Groabgoard.An image at Quinipily,381Grottes aux Fées.Name given to the megalithic monuments by the Bretons,48,49Guémené.A town in Brittany,334Guérande.A town in Brittany,198Guérande.Louis-François, Marquis of;the story of,199-202Guerech.Count of Vannes;in the story of Comorre the Cursed,180-181,183,184Gugemar, The Lay of.One of theLaisof Marie de France,292-302Guic-sezne.A town in Brittany,370Guildeluec.Wife of Eliduc,306-313Guillardun.A princess;in the Lay of Eliduc,307-313Guillevic, A.Cited,16n.Guimiliau.A town in Brittany;the Calvary at,384-385Guindy.A river in Brittany,167,220Guinevere.King Arthur’s Queen;mentioned,67;comforted by St Keenan after Arthur’s death,344Guingamp.A town in Brittany,229Gwen.Mother of St Winwaloe,370Gwenaloe(‘He that is white’). The Breton name for St Winwaloe,370Gwenn-Estrad.A place in Wales;battle of,22Gwennolaïk.A maiden of Tréguier;in the story of the Foster-brother,167-172Gwénnolé.A holy man;in the legend of the city of Ys,185,186Gwezklen.The Breton name for Du Guesclin,32SeeDu GuesclinGwindeluc.A monk, a disciple of St Convoyon,335403Gwyddno.Twelfth-century Welsh bard;relates the story of the submerged city,188

Gaidoz, H.Cited,212n.

Ganhardin.Brother of Ysonde of the White Hand;in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,271-272,273

Ganhardin.Brother of Ysonde of the White Hand;

in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,271-272,273

Garb of Old Gaul, The.A song;mentioned,237

Garb of Old Gaul, The.A song;

mentioned,237

Gargantua.A mythical giant;the erection of the megalithic monuments ascribed to,49

Gargantua.A mythical giant;

the erection of the megalithic monuments ascribed to,49

Garlon, The Clerk of.In a legend of the Marquis of Guérande,199-202

Gavr’inis(‘Goat Island’). An island in the Gulf of Morbihan;the tumulus at,48;nains’ inscriptions on the megaliths of,98

Gavr’inis(‘Goat Island’). An island in the Gulf of Morbihan;

the tumulus at,48;

nains’ inscriptions on the megaliths of,98

Gawaine, Sir.One of King Arthur’s knights;mentioned,357

Gawaine, Sir.One of King Arthur’s knights;

mentioned,357

Geber.An Arabian alchemist;mentioned,175

Geber.An Arabian alchemist;

mentioned,175

Geoffrey I.Duke of Brittany,27;in the legend of the Falcon,196

Geoffrey I.Duke of Brittany,27;

in the legend of the Falcon,196

Geoffrey II (Plantagenet).Duke of Brittany,30

Geoffrey of Monmouth.An English chronicler;the presentation of Vivien in his work,69;and the presentation of Merlin,70;acknowledged a Breton source for his work,255

Geoffrey of Monmouth.An English chronicler;

the presentation of Vivien in his work,69;

and the presentation of Merlin,70;

acknowledged a Breton source for his work,255

Gildas.A British chronicler;fellow-pupil with Taliesin at the school of Cattwg,21;St Keenan associated with,343;St Bieuzy a friend and disciple of,345;the bell of, in the chapel at La Roche-sur-Blavet,345;St Bieuzy dies in the presence of,346;St Pol of Léon a fellow-student of,364

Gildas.A British chronicler;

fellow-pupil with Taliesin at the school of Cattwg,21;

St Keenan associated with,343;

St Bieuzy a friend and disciple of,345;

the bell of, in the chapel at La Roche-sur-Blavet,345;

St Bieuzy dies in the presence of,346;

St Pol of Léon a fellow-student of,364

402Giraldus Cambrensis.A Welsh chronicler;and the legend of the submerged city,187

402

Giraldus Cambrensis.A Welsh chronicler;

and the legend of the submerged city,187

Girdle.Superstition of the,302

Glain Neidr.The sea-snake’s egg or adder’s stone, used in Druidic rites,247;Héloïse, represented as a sorceress, said to have possessed,252

Glain Neidr.The sea-snake’s egg or adder’s stone, used in Druidic rites,247;

Héloïse, represented as a sorceress, said to have possessed,252

Glasgow.The city;mentioned,357,359

Glasgow.The city;

mentioned,357,359

Goelc.A seigneury of Brittany;a Count of, the father of St Budoc of Dol,354,355

Goelc.A seigneury of Brittany;

a Count of, the father of St Budoc of Dol,354,355

Goezenou.A village in Brittany;the cheeses petrified by St Goezenou preserved in the church of,369;holy well at,382

Goezenou.A village in Brittany;

the cheeses petrified by St Goezenou preserved in the church of,369;

holy well at,382

Goidelic Dialect.A Celtic tongue,15

Golden Bell, Château of the.In the story of the Youth who did not Know,111-114

Golden Bell, Princess.In the story of the Youth who did not Know,110-115

Golden Herb.A plant supposed in Druidical times to possess magical properties,247-248

Gomme, Sir G. L.Cited,173,247n.

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

Goulven.A village in Brittany;historical tablet in the church of,225

Goulven.A village in Brittany;

historical tablet in the church of,225

Gouvernayl.Servitor to Tristrem;in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,263,264

Gouvernayl.Servitor to Tristrem;

in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,263,264

Gradlon Meur.A ruler of Ys;in the legend of the city,185-186;the statue of, at Quimper,188-189;supposed to have introduced the vine into Brittany,189

Gradlon Meur.A ruler of Ys;

in the legend of the city,185-186;

the statue of, at Quimper,188-189;

supposed to have introduced the vine into Brittany,189

Graelent, The Lay of.One of theLaisof Marie de France,320-328

Grail.Legend of the;a parallel incident in the Lay of Gugemar and,301-302

Grail.Legend of the;

a parallel incident in the Lay of Gugemar and,301-302

Grallo.King of Brittany;and St Ronan,367

Grallo.King of Brittany;

and St Ronan,367

Grand Mont.An eminence upon which St Gildas built his abbey,249

Grand Troménie.The special celebration of the Pardon of the Mountain held every sixth year,379-380

Granville.A town in Brittany;women’s costume in,374

Granville.A town in Brittany;

women’s costume in,374

Grifescorne.King of the Demons;in the story of the Youth who did not Know,111,114

Grifescorne.King of the Demons;

in the story of the Youth who did not Know,111,114

Groabgoard.An image at Quinipily,381

Grottes aux Fées.Name given to the megalithic monuments by the Bretons,48,49

Guémené.A town in Brittany,334

Guérande.A town in Brittany,198

Guérande.Louis-François, Marquis of;the story of,199-202

Guérande.Louis-François, Marquis of;

the story of,199-202

Guerech.Count of Vannes;in the story of Comorre the Cursed,180-181,183,184

Guerech.Count of Vannes;

in the story of Comorre the Cursed,180-181,183,184

Gugemar, The Lay of.One of theLaisof Marie de France,292-302

Guic-sezne.A town in Brittany,370

Guildeluec.Wife of Eliduc,306-313

Guillardun.A princess;in the Lay of Eliduc,307-313

Guillardun.A princess;

in the Lay of Eliduc,307-313

Guillevic, A.Cited,16n.

Guimiliau.A town in Brittany;the Calvary at,384-385

Guimiliau.A town in Brittany;

the Calvary at,384-385

Guindy.A river in Brittany,167,220

Guinevere.King Arthur’s Queen;mentioned,67;comforted by St Keenan after Arthur’s death,344

Guinevere.King Arthur’s Queen;

mentioned,67;

comforted by St Keenan after Arthur’s death,344

Guingamp.A town in Brittany,229

Gwen.Mother of St Winwaloe,370

Gwenaloe(‘He that is white’). The Breton name for St Winwaloe,370

Gwenn-Estrad.A place in Wales;battle of,22

Gwenn-Estrad.A place in Wales;

battle of,22

Gwennolaïk.A maiden of Tréguier;in the story of the Foster-brother,167-172

Gwennolaïk.A maiden of Tréguier;

in the story of the Foster-brother,167-172

Gwénnolé.A holy man;in the legend of the city of Ys,185,186

Gwénnolé.A holy man;

in the legend of the city of Ys,185,186

Gwezklen.The Breton name for Du Guesclin,32SeeDu Guesclin

Gwezklen.The Breton name for Du Guesclin,32

SeeDu Guesclin

Gwindeluc.A monk, a disciple of St Convoyon,335

403Gwyddno.Twelfth-century Welsh bard;relates the story of the submerged city,188

403

Gwyddno.Twelfth-century Welsh bard;

relates the story of the submerged city,188

Hainault.A Belgian province;mentioned,328Harp, The.Not now popular in Brittany, but in ancient times one of the national instruments,228-229Hatchet of Brittany, The.An appellation of Morvan,221Haute-Bécherel.A town in Brittany;pagan temple at,342Head-dress.Of the women of the Escoublac district,374;of the women of Ouessant,374;of the women of Villecheret,375;of the men of Brittany, does not vary much,375;headgear of the men of Plougastel,375;of the women of Muzillac,376;of the women of Pont l’Abbé and the Bay of Audierne,376;of the women of Morlaix,376See alsoCOIFFESHeaven.An old Breton conception of,388,390-391Helena, Lady.Niece of Duke Hoel I of Brittany;carried off by the giant of Mont-Saint-Michel,275,276Hell.In the story of the Bride of Satan,144;an old Breton conception of,388-389Helléan, Wood of.A former part of the forest of Broceliande,221,224Heloïse.An abbess, beloved of Abélard;the story of Abélard and,248-253;in a Breton ballad represented as a sorceress,250-253Hénan.Manor of, in Brittany,364Henderson, George.Cited,52Hennebont.A Breton château,206Henry II.King of England,30;identified as the king to whom Marie of France dedicated herLais,284Henry III.King of England;mentioned,284Henry IV.King of France;and Fontenelle,231-232;mentioned,204Henwg.A Welsh bard;said to be the father of Taliesin,21Hersart de la Villemarqué, Vicomte.Writer on Breton legendary lore;his poem on Nomenoë,23;his ballad of Alain Barbe-torte,25-27;and a story of the Clerk of Rohan,190n.;hisBarzaz-Breiz,211-212;stories from hisBarzaz-Breiz,212-237;indications of the source of his matter,224-225;and the story of Fontenelle,230;and the story of the Combat of Saint-Cast,237;on the story of Azénor the Pale,363,364;cited,57n.,65n.,184n.,247Hervé.Son of Kyvarnion;the story of the wolf and,22;mentioned,390Highlanders.Scottish;in the story of the Combat of Saint-Cast,237Highlands.Scottish;beliefs in, respecting stones,52-53;the ‘Washing Woman’ of,100Hildwall.A pious man of Angers;St Convoyon lodges with,336Hodain.A dog;in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,267Hoel I.Duke of Brittany,275,276,278Hoel V.Duke of Brittany,30Holger.A half-mythical Danish hero;mentioned,212Holmes, T. Rice.Cited,245n.Holy Land.SeePalestineHoules.Caverns;the Bretons suppose fairies to inhabit,75Huon de Méry.A thirteenth-century writer;on the fountain of Baranton,71Hurlers, The.A Cornish legend;mentioned,44

Hainault.A Belgian province;mentioned,328

Hainault.A Belgian province;

mentioned,328

Harp, The.Not now popular in Brittany, but in ancient times one of the national instruments,228-229

Hatchet of Brittany, The.An appellation of Morvan,221

Haute-Bécherel.A town in Brittany;pagan temple at,342

Haute-Bécherel.A town in Brittany;

pagan temple at,342

Head-dress.Of the women of the Escoublac district,374;of the women of Ouessant,374;of the women of Villecheret,375;of the men of Brittany, does not vary much,375;headgear of the men of Plougastel,375;of the women of Muzillac,376;of the women of Pont l’Abbé and the Bay of Audierne,376;of the women of Morlaix,376See alsoCOIFFES

Head-dress.Of the women of the Escoublac district,374;

of the women of Ouessant,374;

of the women of Villecheret,375;

of the men of Brittany, does not vary much,375;

headgear of the men of Plougastel,375;

of the women of Muzillac,376;

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

of the women of Morlaix,376