Chapter 19

Nains.A race of demons;their character,96-98;guardians of hidden treasure,99Namnetes.A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany,16Nann, The Seigneur of.The story of,57-59Nantes.A city in Brittany;in a ballad, represented as the scene of magical exploits of Abélard and Héloïse,253;traditionally associated with sorcery,253;Equitan the King of,313;the scene of the Lay of the Dolorous Knight,328;Nomenoë obtains possession of,338;mentioned,17,30,168,169,170,180,337Nantes.The castle of,205Neolithic Age.The race which built the stone monuments of Brittany probably belonged to,37n.Névet.Forest of, in Léon,367Névez.A town in Brittany,190New Caledonia.An island in the Pacific;markings on the megalithic monuments in,46-47Nicole, The.A mischievous spirit,100-101Nightingale, The Lay of the.One of theLaisof Marie de France,302Night-washers.A race of supernatural beings,100Nimue.A name under which Vivien, the Lady of the Lake, appears in some romances,69;mentioned,256SeeVivienNogent.Sister of Gugemar,292Nogent-sur-Seine.A town in France;the abbey at, founded by Abélard, and made over by him to Héloïse,249;Abélard and Héloïse buried at,250Nola.A youth;in the story of the Foster-brother,170-171Nomenoë.A Breton chieftain, afterward King of Brittany;rises against Charles the Bald and defeats him,23,337-338;a story of,23-25;and St Convoyon,335,336,337;sends gifts to Pope Leo IV,337;burns the abbey of Saint-Florent,337Normandy.The duchy;early relations of Brittany with,27-30Normans.The Bretons rise against,196-198;spread the Arthur legend,254,255;mentioned,338Norouas.Personification of the north-west wind;a story of,163-167Northmen, Norsemen.Invade Brittany,25;defeated by Alain Barbe-torte and expelled from Brittany,25-27;the battle of Kerlouan between the Bretons and,225North-west Wind, The.Personification of;a story of,163-167410Norton, Mrs.An English poetess;herLady of La Garaye, quoted,194,195,196N’Oun Doare.A youth;in the story of the Youth who did not Know,106-115Nutt, A.Cited,99n.,254

Nains.A race of demons;their character,96-98;guardians of hidden treasure,99

Nains.A race of demons;

their character,96-98;

guardians of hidden treasure,99

Namnetes.A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany,16

Nann, The Seigneur of.The story of,57-59

Nantes.A city in Brittany;in a ballad, represented as the scene of magical exploits of Abélard and Héloïse,253;traditionally associated with sorcery,253;Equitan the King of,313;the scene of the Lay of the Dolorous Knight,328;Nomenoë obtains possession of,338;mentioned,17,30,168,169,170,180,337

Nantes.A city in Brittany;

in a ballad, represented as the scene of magical exploits of Abélard and Héloïse,253;

traditionally associated with sorcery,253;

Equitan the King of,313;

the scene of the Lay of the Dolorous Knight,328;

Nomenoë obtains possession of,338;

mentioned,17,30,168,169,170,180,337

Nantes.The castle of,205

Neolithic Age.The race which built the stone monuments of Brittany probably belonged to,37n.

Névet.Forest of, in Léon,367

Névez.A town in Brittany,190

New Caledonia.An island in the Pacific;markings on the megalithic monuments in,46-47

New Caledonia.An island in the Pacific;

markings on the megalithic monuments in,46-47

Nicole, The.A mischievous spirit,100-101

Nightingale, The Lay of the.One of theLaisof Marie de France,302

Night-washers.A race of supernatural beings,100

Nimue.A name under which Vivien, the Lady of the Lake, appears in some romances,69;mentioned,256SeeVivien

Nimue.A name under which Vivien, the Lady of the Lake, appears in some romances,69;

mentioned,256

SeeVivien

Nogent.Sister of Gugemar,292

Nogent-sur-Seine.A town in France;the abbey at, founded by Abélard, and made over by him to Héloïse,249;Abélard and Héloïse buried at,250

Nogent-sur-Seine.A town in France;

the abbey at, founded by Abélard, and made over by him to Héloïse,249;

Abélard and Héloïse buried at,250

Nola.A youth;in the story of the Foster-brother,170-171

Nola.A youth;

in the story of the Foster-brother,170-171

Nomenoë.A Breton chieftain, afterward King of Brittany;rises against Charles the Bald and defeats him,23,337-338;a story of,23-25;and St Convoyon,335,336,337;sends gifts to Pope Leo IV,337;burns the abbey of Saint-Florent,337

Nomenoë.A Breton chieftain, afterward King of Brittany;

rises against Charles the Bald and defeats him,23,337-338;

a story of,23-25;

and St Convoyon,335,336,337;

sends gifts to Pope Leo IV,337;

burns the abbey of Saint-Florent,337

Normandy.The duchy;early relations of Brittany with,27-30

Normandy.The duchy;

early relations of Brittany with,27-30

Normans.The Bretons rise against,196-198;spread the Arthur legend,254,255;mentioned,338

Normans.The Bretons rise against,196-198;

spread the Arthur legend,254,255;

mentioned,338

Norouas.Personification of the north-west wind;a story of,163-167

Norouas.Personification of the north-west wind;

a story of,163-167

Northmen, Norsemen.Invade Brittany,25;defeated by Alain Barbe-torte and expelled from Brittany,25-27;the battle of Kerlouan between the Bretons and,225

Northmen, Norsemen.Invade Brittany,25;

defeated by Alain Barbe-torte and expelled from Brittany,25-27;

the battle of Kerlouan between the Bretons and,225

North-west Wind, The.Personification of;a story of,163-167

North-west Wind, The.Personification of;

a story of,163-167

410Norton, Mrs.An English poetess;herLady of La Garaye, quoted,194,195,196

410

Norton, Mrs.An English poetess;

herLady of La Garaye, quoted,194,195,196

N’Oun Doare.A youth;in the story of the Youth who did not Know,106-115

N’Oun Doare.A youth;

in the story of the Youth who did not Know,106-115

Nutt, A.Cited,99n.,254

Oberon.King of the fairies;mentioned,74Œdipus.King of Thebes;mentioned,357Ogier the Dane.One of the paladins of Charlemagne;entered Fairyland,326Olaus Magnus.A sixteenth-century Swedish ecclesiastic and writer;mentioned,290Oridial.Father of Gugemar,292Origen.One of the Fathers of the early Church;and St Barbe,333Orléans.The city;the siege of (1428-29),174;the play or mystery of, on Jeanne Darc,175;mentioned,229Osismii.A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany,16Ossian.A semi-legendary Celtic bard and warrior;mentioned,211Ossory.A district in Ireland;emigration from, to Brittany,22Otherworld.The Celtic,171-172;Fairyland identified with,327Ouessant.An island off the coast of Brittany;St Pol in,365;the costume of the women of,374-375Oust.A river in Brittany,205Owain.A Welsh chieftain, son of Urien;Taliesin the bard of,22Owen Glendower.A Welsh chieftain;the Bretons send an expedition to help, in his conflict with the English,234

Oberon.King of the fairies;mentioned,74

Oberon.King of the fairies;

mentioned,74

Œdipus.King of Thebes;mentioned,357

Œdipus.King of Thebes;

mentioned,357

Ogier the Dane.One of the paladins of Charlemagne;entered Fairyland,326

Ogier the Dane.One of the paladins of Charlemagne;

entered Fairyland,326

Olaus Magnus.A sixteenth-century Swedish ecclesiastic and writer;mentioned,290

Olaus Magnus.A sixteenth-century Swedish ecclesiastic and writer;

mentioned,290

Oridial.Father of Gugemar,292

Origen.One of the Fathers of the early Church;and St Barbe,333

Origen.One of the Fathers of the early Church;

and St Barbe,333

Orléans.The city;the siege of (1428-29),174;the play or mystery of, on Jeanne Darc,175;mentioned,229

Orléans.The city;

the siege of (1428-29),174;

the play or mystery of, on Jeanne Darc,175;

mentioned,229

Osismii.A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany,16

Ossian.A semi-legendary Celtic bard and warrior;mentioned,211

Ossian.A semi-legendary Celtic bard and warrior;

mentioned,211

Ossory.A district in Ireland;emigration from, to Brittany,22

Ossory.A district in Ireland;

emigration from, to Brittany,22

Otherworld.The Celtic,171-172;Fairyland identified with,327

Otherworld.The Celtic,171-172;

Fairyland identified with,327

Ouessant.An island off the coast of Brittany;St Pol in,365;the costume of the women of,374-375

Ouessant.An island off the coast of Brittany;

St Pol in,365;

the costume of the women of,374-375

Oust.A river in Brittany,205

Owain.A Welsh chieftain, son of Urien;Taliesin the bard of,22

Owain.A Welsh chieftain, son of Urien;

Taliesin the bard of,22

Owen Glendower.A Welsh chieftain;the Bretons send an expedition to help, in his conflict with the English,234

Owen Glendower.A Welsh chieftain;

the Bretons send an expedition to help, in his conflict with the English,234

Palestine.Mentioned,145,190,269,302Paraclete(‘Comforter’). Name given by Abélard to his abbey at Nogent,249;Abélard and Héloïse buried at,250Pardons.Religious pilgrimage festivals of the Bretons,378-380Paris.The city;mentioned,108,109,112,113,114,116,117,118,119,120-121,156,157,158,195,208,229,230-231,351Paris, Gaston.A noted French philologist;claims that Arthurian romance originated in Wales,254;identifies the persons to whom Marie de France dedicated herLaisandFables,284Passage de l’Enfer.An arm of the sea over which the Breton dead were supposed to be ferried,383Patay.A village in Loiret, France;the battle of,174Pavia.A city in Italy;Francis I of France taken prisoner at,207Pellinore, Sir.One of the Knights of the Round Table;Arthur broke his sword in combat with,256Pembrokeshire.Welsh county;St Samson a native of,17Penates.Household gods of the Romans;mentioned,53Pen-bas.A cudgel carried by the men of Cornouaille,372;rarely carried by the men of St Pol,375Penhapp.A village in the Ile aux Moines;dolmen at,48Penmarch.A town in Brittany;megaliths at,41;Ty C’harriquet near,49;a fireplace in the church of St Non at,381Penraz.A village in the Isle of Arz;megaliths at,48Pentecost.A Jewish festival;mentioned,324Penthièvre.A former county of Brittany,27,205Penthièvre.Joan of;wife of Charles of Blois,30;in the War of the Two Joans,31;her marriage to Charles,32Penthièvre.Stephen, Count of,208Percival.Hero ofPercival le Gallois;analogy between his flight and that of Morvan,224411Percival le Gallois.Arthurian saga;mentioned,224Père La Chique.An old man;in the story of the Magic Rose,159-160,162Perguet.A village in Brittany;the fireplace in the church of St Bridget at,381Perseus.A mythical Greek hero;mentioned,357,358Perthshire.Scottish county;the ‘Washing Woman’ in,100Petranus.Father of St Patern,347Philip VI.King of France;mentioned,30Picts.The race;Celts flee from Britain to Brittany, to escape,17;the legend that they built the original church of Corstorphine, near Edinburgh,51;“wee fouk but unco’ strang,”99Pigs.St Pol taught the people to keep,366Pillar-worship.Probable connexion of the menhir with,18n.Pillars.Tales of spirits enclosed in,52Place of Skulls, The.In the story of the Bride of Satan,144Plélan.A town in Brittany;St Convoyon removes to, from Redon,338Plestin-les-Grèves.A town in Brittany;St Efflam buried in the church of,281Ploermel.A town in Brittany;St Nennocha founded her monastery at,340Plouaret.A town in Brittany;the dolmen-chapel at,41Ploubalay.A town in Brittany;in the story of the Fisherman and the Fairies,81Plouber.A town in Brittany,199,202Plougastel.A town in Brittany;the costume of the men of,375;the Calvary of,384Plouharnel.A village in Brittany;megaliths at,42Plourin.A village in Brittany;St Budoc lived at,356Poitou.A former county of France;ravaged by Nomenoë,337;mentioned,176Pomponius Mela.A Roman geographer;quoted,63Pont l’Abbé.A town in Brittany;national costume in,376Pont-Aven.A village in Brittany,364Pontivy.A town in Brittany;chapel to St Noyola at,360Pontorson.A town in Brittany,275Poor, The.Regard paid to, at Breton festivals and ceremonies,387Porspoder.A town in Brittany;St Budoc lands at, and dwells in,356Pouldergat, Mannaïk de.The bride-to-be of Silvestik,232Prague.Capital of Bohemia;mentioned,203Prelati.An alchemist of Padua, employed by Gilles de Retz,176,178-179Princess Starbright, The.The story of,121-131;mentioned,153Princess of Tronkolaine, The.The story of,115-121Procopius.A Byzantine historian;on a Breton burial custom,383-384Prop of Brittany, The.Name given to Morvan, chieftain of Léon,212;stories of,212-224

Palestine.Mentioned,145,190,269,302

Paraclete(‘Comforter’). Name given by Abélard to his abbey at Nogent,249;Abélard and Héloïse buried at,250

Paraclete(‘Comforter’). Name given by Abélard to his abbey at Nogent,249;

Abélard and Héloïse buried at,250

Pardons.Religious pilgrimage festivals of the Bretons,378-380

Paris.The city;mentioned,108,109,112,113,114,116,117,118,119,120-121,156,157,158,195,208,229,230-231,351

Paris.The city;

mentioned,108,109,112,113,114,116,117,118,119,120-121,156,157,158,195,208,229,230-231,351

Paris, Gaston.A noted French philologist;claims that Arthurian romance originated in Wales,254;identifies the persons to whom Marie de France dedicated herLaisandFables,284

Paris, Gaston.A noted French philologist;

claims that Arthurian romance originated in Wales,254;

identifies the persons to whom Marie de France dedicated herLaisandFables,284

Passage de l’Enfer.An arm of the sea over which the Breton dead were supposed to be ferried,383

Patay.A village in Loiret, France;the battle of,174

Patay.A village in Loiret, France;

the battle of,174

Pavia.A city in Italy;Francis I of France taken prisoner at,207

Pavia.A city in Italy;

Francis I of France taken prisoner at,207

Pellinore, Sir.One of the Knights of the Round Table;Arthur broke his sword in combat with,256

Pellinore, Sir.One of the Knights of the Round Table;

Arthur broke his sword in combat with,256

Pembrokeshire.Welsh county;St Samson a native of,17

Pembrokeshire.Welsh county;

St Samson a native of,17

Penates.Household gods of the Romans;mentioned,53

Penates.Household gods of the Romans;

mentioned,53

Pen-bas.A cudgel carried by the men of Cornouaille,372;rarely carried by the men of St Pol,375

Pen-bas.A cudgel carried by the men of Cornouaille,372;

rarely carried by the men of St Pol,375

Penhapp.A village in the Ile aux Moines;dolmen at,48

Penhapp.A village in the Ile aux Moines;

dolmen at,48

Penmarch.A town in Brittany;megaliths at,41;Ty C’harriquet near,49;a fireplace in the church of St Non at,381

Penmarch.A town in Brittany;

megaliths at,41;

Ty C’harriquet near,49;

a fireplace in the church of St Non at,381

Penraz.A village in the Isle of Arz;megaliths at,48

Penraz.A village in the Isle of Arz;

megaliths at,48

Pentecost.A Jewish festival;mentioned,324

Pentecost.A Jewish festival;

mentioned,324

Penthièvre.A former county of Brittany,27,205

Penthièvre.Joan of;wife of Charles of Blois,30;in the War of the Two Joans,31;her marriage to Charles,32

Penthièvre.Joan of;

wife of Charles of Blois,30;

in the War of the Two Joans,31;

her marriage to Charles,32

Penthièvre.Stephen, Count of,208

Percival.Hero ofPercival le Gallois;analogy between his flight and that of Morvan,224

Percival.Hero ofPercival le Gallois;

analogy between his flight and that of Morvan,224

411Percival le Gallois.Arthurian saga;mentioned,224

411

Percival le Gallois.Arthurian saga;

mentioned,224

Père La Chique.An old man;in the story of the Magic Rose,159-160,162

Père La Chique.An old man;

in the story of the Magic Rose,159-160,162

Perguet.A village in Brittany;the fireplace in the church of St Bridget at,381

Perguet.A village in Brittany;

the fireplace in the church of St Bridget at,381

Perseus.A mythical Greek hero;mentioned,357,358

Perseus.A mythical Greek hero;

mentioned,357,358

Perthshire.Scottish county;the ‘Washing Woman’ in,100

Perthshire.Scottish county;

the ‘Washing Woman’ in,100

Petranus.Father of St Patern,347

Philip VI.King of France;mentioned,30

Philip VI.King of France;

mentioned,30

Picts.The race;Celts flee from Britain to Brittany, to escape,17;the legend that they built the original church of Corstorphine, near Edinburgh,51;“wee fouk but unco’ strang,”99

Picts.The race;

Celts flee from Britain to Brittany, to escape,17;

the legend that they built the original church of Corstorphine, near Edinburgh,51;

“wee fouk but unco’ strang,”99

Pigs.St Pol taught the people to keep,366

Pillar-worship.Probable connexion of the menhir with,18n.

Pillars.Tales of spirits enclosed in,52

Place of Skulls, The.In the story of the Bride of Satan,144

Plélan.A town in Brittany;St Convoyon removes to, from Redon,338

Plélan.A town in Brittany;

St Convoyon removes to, from Redon,338

Plestin-les-Grèves.A town in Brittany;St Efflam buried in the church of,281

Plestin-les-Grèves.A town in Brittany;

St Efflam buried in the church of,281

Ploermel.A town in Brittany;St Nennocha founded her monastery at,340

Ploermel.A town in Brittany;

St Nennocha founded her monastery at,340

Plouaret.A town in Brittany;the dolmen-chapel at,41

Plouaret.A town in Brittany;

the dolmen-chapel at,41

Ploubalay.A town in Brittany;in the story of the Fisherman and the Fairies,81

Ploubalay.A town in Brittany;

in the story of the Fisherman and the Fairies,81

Plouber.A town in Brittany,199,202

Plougastel.A town in Brittany;the costume of the men of,375;the Calvary of,384

Plougastel.A town in Brittany;

the costume of the men of,375;

the Calvary of,384

Plouharnel.A village in Brittany;megaliths at,42

Plouharnel.A village in Brittany;

megaliths at,42

Plourin.A village in Brittany;St Budoc lived at,356

Plourin.A village in Brittany;

St Budoc lived at,356

Poitou.A former county of France;ravaged by Nomenoë,337;mentioned,176

Poitou.A former county of France;

ravaged by Nomenoë,337;

mentioned,176

Pomponius Mela.A Roman geographer;quoted,63

Pomponius Mela.A Roman geographer;

quoted,63

Pont l’Abbé.A town in Brittany;national costume in,376

Pont l’Abbé.A town in Brittany;

national costume in,376

Pont-Aven.A village in Brittany,364

Pontivy.A town in Brittany;chapel to St Noyola at,360

Pontivy.A town in Brittany;

chapel to St Noyola at,360

Pontorson.A town in Brittany,275

Poor, The.Regard paid to, at Breton festivals and ceremonies,387

Porspoder.A town in Brittany;St Budoc lands at, and dwells in,356

Porspoder.A town in Brittany;

St Budoc lands at, and dwells in,356

Pouldergat, Mannaïk de.The bride-to-be of Silvestik,232

Prague.Capital of Bohemia;mentioned,203

Prague.Capital of Bohemia;

mentioned,203

Prelati.An alchemist of Padua, employed by Gilles de Retz,176,178-179

Princess Starbright, The.The story of,121-131;mentioned,153

Princess Starbright, The.The story of,121-131;

mentioned,153

Princess of Tronkolaine, The.The story of,115-121

Procopius.A Byzantine historian;on a Breton burial custom,383-384

Procopius.A Byzantine historian;

on a Breton burial custom,383-384

Prop of Brittany, The.Name given to Morvan, chieftain of Léon,212;stories of,212-224

Prop of Brittany, The.Name given to Morvan, chieftain of Léon,212;

stories of,212-224

Queban.Wife of King Grallo;St Ronan discovers her fault,368Quebec, The.A British vessel;her fight with theSurveillante,238-240Queen Anne’s Tower.Name of the keep of the château of Dinan,209Questembert.A town in Brittany;the Château des Paulpiquets at,49Quiberon.A town in Brittany,46Quimper.A city in Brittany;St Convoyon Bishop of,335;national costume in,372-373;mentioned,186,188Quimper, Count of.In a story of Morvan,213,216412Quimperlé. A town in Brittany;the château of Rustefan near,208;St Goezenou killed at the building of the monastery at,370

Queban.Wife of King Grallo;St Ronan discovers her fault,368

Queban.Wife of King Grallo;

St Ronan discovers her fault,368

Quebec, The.A British vessel;her fight with theSurveillante,238-240

Quebec, The.A British vessel;

her fight with theSurveillante,238-240

Queen Anne’s Tower.Name of the keep of the château of Dinan,209

Questembert.A town in Brittany;the Château des Paulpiquets at,49

Questembert.A town in Brittany;

the Château des Paulpiquets at,49

Quiberon.A town in Brittany,46

Quimper.A city in Brittany;St Convoyon Bishop of,335;national costume in,372-373;mentioned,186,188

Quimper.A city in Brittany;

St Convoyon Bishop of,335;

national costume in,372-373;

mentioned,186,188

Quimper, Count of.In a story of Morvan,213,216

412Quimperlé. A town in Brittany;the château of Rustefan near,208;St Goezenou killed at the building of the monastery at,370

412

Quimperlé. A town in Brittany;

the château of Rustefan near,208;

St Goezenou killed at the building of the monastery at,370

Rama.A hero in Hindu mythology;mentioned,52Rāmāyana.A Hindu epic;mentioned,52Raoul le Gael.A Breton knight,29Ravelston Quarry.A quarry near Edinburgh;mentioned,51RedonorRodon.A town in Brittany;the abbey of: founded by St Convoyon,335-336;the bones of St Apothemius carried to,336;the bones of St Marcellinus carried to,337;Nomenoë takes spoil from the Abbey of Saint-Florent to,337;St Convoyon removes from,338;St Convoyon buried at,338Redones.A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany,16Reginald.Bishop of Vannes,335,336Reid, General John.The composer ofThe Garb of Old Gaul,238Reinach, Salomon.Cited,53Religion.Brittany the most religious of the French provinces,377;the religious element in the Breton character,377-378Reliquaries.In Brittany,382Remus.In Roman legend, brother of Romulus;mentioned,358Renaissance Architecture.References to,205,206,209René.Constable of Naples,190Rennes.A city in Brittany;the scene of Nomenoë’s vengeance,23-25;the Counts of, gain ascendancy in Brittany,27;the marriage of Charles of Blois and Joan of Penthièvre at,32;Robert the sorcerer dwelt in,242;Nomenoë obtains possession of,338;mentioned,17,181,195Restalrig.A village near Edinburgh;the well of St Triduana at,59-60Retiers.A town in Brittany the Roches aux Fées at,51Retz, orRais.A district in Brittany,23,174Retz, Cardinal de.A French politician and writer;imprisoned in the castle of Nantes,205Retz, Gilles de.A Breton nobleman;a story of,173-180;the identification of, with Bluebeard,174,180Revolution, French.Of 1789;mentioned,188,195,338,353,369Revue Celtique.Cited,212n.Rheinstein.A famous castle on the Rhine;mentioned,203Rhine.The river;mentioned,203Rhuys.SeeSt Gildas de RhuysRhys, Sir John.And the origin of Druidism,245;mentioned,70Richard II.Duke of Normandy;mentioned,196Richelieu, Cardinal.A famous French statesman;the château of Tonquédec demolished by order of,204Rieux, Jean de.Marshal of Brittany;leader of the expedition to help Owen Glendower,234Ritho.A giant whom King Arthur slew,277Road of St Pol, The.Name given by Breton peasants to a megalithic avenue,365Robert I.Duke of Normandy,28Robert.A sorcerer who dwelt in Rennes,242-243Robert de Vitry.A Breton knight,29Rocenaud.A village in Brittany;dolmen at,46Rocey.The house of,174Roche-Marche-Bran.A rocky hill;the chapel of St Barbebuilton,335Rocher, The Wood of.The dolmen near,50Rochers.A Breton château;Mme Sévigné associated with,208Roches aux Fées.Name given to the megalithic monuments by the Bretons,49;413near Saint-Didier-et-Marpire,50;in Rhetiers,51;supposed to be the meeting-place of sorcerers,243Rockflower.A fairy maiden;in a tale from Saint-Cast,83Rodriguez, Father.Mentioned,47Roe.A river in Ireland;Druidic ritual associated with,246Roger.An English knight;in the legend of the Ward of Du Guesclin,33-35Rohan.The house of,206Rohan.Alain, Viscount of,189Rohan.Jeanne de, daughter of Alain de Rohan;in the story of the Clerk of Rohan,189-193Rohand.A vassal of Roland;in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,258-259,260-261,262Roland, Sir.A knight;in the story of the Unbroken Vow,60-63Roland Rise.A Cymric chieftain, Lord of Ermonie;in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,258-259,261Rolleston, T. W.Cited,246Rollo.A famous Norse leader, first Duke of Normandy;mentioned,28Romans, The.In Brittany,16Rome.The city;mentioned,196,337Romulus.In Roman legend, the founder of Rome;mentioned,357,358Ron.The name of King Arthur’s lance,280Rond.A dance performed at weddings,385-386Rosamond.Mistress of Henry II of England (Rosamond Clifford, ‘the Fair Rosamond’);mentioned,284Ros-ynys.A place in Wales, afterward St David’s;a story of St Keenan and,343-344Round Tower.At Ardmore, Ireland,51;at Abernethy, Perthshire,52Rumengol.A village in Brittany;the Pardon of the Singers held at,378

Rama.A hero in Hindu mythology;mentioned,52

Rama.A hero in Hindu mythology;

mentioned,52

Rāmāyana.A Hindu epic;mentioned,52

Rāmāyana.A Hindu epic;

mentioned,52

Raoul le Gael.A Breton knight,29

Ravelston Quarry.A quarry near Edinburgh;mentioned,51

Ravelston Quarry.A quarry near Edinburgh;

mentioned,51

RedonorRodon.A town in Brittany;the abbey of: founded by St Convoyon,335-336;the bones of St Apothemius carried to,336;the bones of St Marcellinus carried to,337;Nomenoë takes spoil from the Abbey of Saint-Florent to,337;St Convoyon removes from,338;St Convoyon buried at,338

RedonorRodon.A town in Brittany;

the abbey of: founded by St Convoyon,335-336;

the bones of St Apothemius carried to,336;

the bones of St Marcellinus carried to,337;

Nomenoë takes spoil from the Abbey of Saint-Florent to,337;

St Convoyon removes from,338;

St Convoyon buried at,338

Redones.A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany,16

Reginald.Bishop of Vannes,335,336

Reid, General John.The composer ofThe Garb of Old Gaul,238

Reinach, Salomon.Cited,53

Religion.Brittany the most religious of the French provinces,377;the religious element in the Breton character,377-378

Religion.Brittany the most religious of the French provinces,377;

the religious element in the Breton character,377-378

Reliquaries.In Brittany,382

Remus.In Roman legend, brother of Romulus;mentioned,358

Remus.In Roman legend, brother of Romulus;

mentioned,358

Renaissance Architecture.References to,205,206,209

René.Constable of Naples,190

Rennes.A city in Brittany;the scene of Nomenoë’s vengeance,23-25;the Counts of, gain ascendancy in Brittany,27;the marriage of Charles of Blois and Joan of Penthièvre at,32;Robert the sorcerer dwelt in,242;Nomenoë obtains possession of,338;mentioned,17,181,195

Rennes.A city in Brittany;

the scene of Nomenoë’s vengeance,23-25;

the Counts of, gain ascendancy in Brittany,27;

the marriage of Charles of Blois and Joan of Penthièvre at,32;

Robert the sorcerer dwelt in,242;

Nomenoë obtains possession of,338;

mentioned,17,181,195

Restalrig.A village near Edinburgh;the well of St Triduana at,59-60

Restalrig.A village near Edinburgh;

the well of St Triduana at,59-60

Retiers.A town in Brittany the Roches aux Fées at,51

Retz, orRais.A district in Brittany,23,174

Retz, Cardinal de.A French politician and writer;imprisoned in the castle of Nantes,205

Retz, Cardinal de.A French politician and writer;

imprisoned in the castle of Nantes,205

Retz, Gilles de.A Breton nobleman;a story of,173-180;the identification of, with Bluebeard,174,180

Retz, Gilles de.A Breton nobleman;

a story of,173-180;

the identification of, with Bluebeard,174,180

Revolution, French.Of 1789;mentioned,188,195,338,353,369

Revolution, French.Of 1789;

mentioned,188,195,338,353,369

Revue Celtique.Cited,212n.

Rheinstein.A famous castle on the Rhine;mentioned,203

Rheinstein.A famous castle on the Rhine;

mentioned,203

Rhine.The river;mentioned,203

Rhine.The river;

mentioned,203

Rhuys.SeeSt Gildas de Rhuys

Rhys, Sir John.And the origin of Druidism,245;mentioned,70

Rhys, Sir John.And the origin of Druidism,245;

mentioned,70

Richard II.Duke of Normandy;mentioned,196

Richard II.Duke of Normandy;

mentioned,196

Richelieu, Cardinal.A famous French statesman;the château of Tonquédec demolished by order of,204

Richelieu, Cardinal.A famous French statesman;

the château of Tonquédec demolished by order of,204

Rieux, Jean de.Marshal of Brittany;leader of the expedition to help Owen Glendower,234

Rieux, Jean de.Marshal of Brittany;

leader of the expedition to help Owen Glendower,234

Ritho.A giant whom King Arthur slew,277

Road of St Pol, The.Name given by Breton peasants to a megalithic avenue,365

Robert I.Duke of Normandy,28

Robert.A sorcerer who dwelt in Rennes,242-243

Robert de Vitry.A Breton knight,29

Rocenaud.A village in Brittany;dolmen at,46

Rocenaud.A village in Brittany;

dolmen at,46

Rocey.The house of,174

Roche-Marche-Bran.A rocky hill;the chapel of St Barbebuilton,335

Roche-Marche-Bran.A rocky hill;

the chapel of St Barbebuilton,335

Rocher, The Wood of.The dolmen near,50

Rochers.A Breton château;Mme Sévigné associated with,208

Rochers.A Breton château;

Mme Sévigné associated with,208

Roches aux Fées.Name given to the megalithic monuments by the Bretons,49;413near Saint-Didier-et-Marpire,50;in Rhetiers,51;supposed to be the meeting-place of sorcerers,243

Roches aux Fées.Name given to the megalithic monuments by the Bretons,49;

413

near Saint-Didier-et-Marpire,50;

in Rhetiers,51;

supposed to be the meeting-place of sorcerers,243

Rockflower.A fairy maiden;in a tale from Saint-Cast,83

Rockflower.A fairy maiden;

in a tale from Saint-Cast,83

Rodriguez, Father.Mentioned,47

Roe.A river in Ireland;Druidic ritual associated with,246

Roe.A river in Ireland;

Druidic ritual associated with,246

Roger.An English knight;in the legend of the Ward of Du Guesclin,33-35

Roger.An English knight;

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

Rohan.The house of,206

Rohan.Alain, Viscount of,189

Rohan.Jeanne de, daughter of Alain de Rohan;in the story of the Clerk of Rohan,189-193

Rohan.Jeanne de, daughter of Alain de Rohan;

in the story of the Clerk of Rohan,189-193

Rohand.A vassal of Roland;in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,258-259,260-261,262

Rohand.A vassal of Roland;

in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,258-259,260-261,262

Roland, Sir.A knight;in the story of the Unbroken Vow,60-63

Roland, Sir.A knight;

in the story of the Unbroken Vow,60-63

Roland Rise.A Cymric chieftain, Lord of Ermonie;in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,258-259,261

Roland Rise.A Cymric chieftain, Lord of Ermonie;

in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde,258-259,261

Rolleston, T. W.Cited,246

Rollo.A famous Norse leader, first Duke of Normandy;mentioned,28

Rollo.A famous Norse leader, first Duke of Normandy;

mentioned,28

Romans, The.In Brittany,16

Rome.The city;mentioned,196,337

Rome.The city;

mentioned,196,337

Romulus.In Roman legend, the founder of Rome;mentioned,357,358

Romulus.In Roman legend, the founder of Rome;

mentioned,357,358

Ron.The name of King Arthur’s lance,280

Rond.A dance performed at weddings,385-386

Rosamond.Mistress of Henry II of England (Rosamond Clifford, ‘the Fair Rosamond’);mentioned,284

Rosamond.Mistress of Henry II of England (Rosamond Clifford, ‘the Fair Rosamond’);

mentioned,284

Ros-ynys.A place in Wales, afterward St David’s;a story of St Keenan and,343-344

Ros-ynys.A place in Wales, afterward St David’s;

a story of St Keenan and,343-344

Round Tower.At Ardmore, Ireland,51;at Abernethy, Perthshire,52

Round Tower.At Ardmore, Ireland,51;

at Abernethy, Perthshire,52

Rumengol.A village in Brittany;the Pardon of the Singers held at,378

Rumengol.A village in Brittany;

the Pardon of the Singers held at,378

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