ERET. The Breton name for a were-wolf;
in the Lay of the Were-wolf, 287-289, 291

BLACK MOUNTAIN. The name of one of the peaks of the Black Mountains,
197

BLACK MOUNTAINS. A mountain chain in Brittany, 196

BLANCHE OF CASTILE. Mother of Louis IX, 208

BLANCHEFLOUR. Princess, sister of King Mark, mother of Tristrem;
in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 258-259, 261

BLOIS. A famous French chateau;
mentioned, 206

BLOIS, CHARLES OF. Duke of Brittany;
contests the succession to the duchy, 30-32;
taken prisoner by Joan of Flanders, 31;
the marriage of, with Joan of Penthievre, 32;
defeated at Auray, 35;
the chateau of Suscino taken by, 210

BLUEBEARD. The villain in the nursery-tale;
Gilles de Retz identified with, 174, 180;
the story of, identified with the story of Comorre and Triphyna,
180

BLUE CHAMBER. A boudoir in the chateau of Tourlaville, 209

BODMIN. A town in Cornwall;
mentioned, 278

BOITEUX. A fiend;
in the story of the Princess Starbright, 123, 124, 125

BONCOTEST, COLLEGE OF. One of the colleges of the old University of
Paris;
Fontenelle at, 229

BONNY KILMENY. A ballad by James Hogg;
mentioned, 327

BOURDAIS, MARC. A peasant, nicknamed Maraud;
in the story of the Lost Daughter, 75-77

BOUTEVILLE. John of, Seigneur of Faouet;
mentioned, 335

BOY WHO SERVED THE FAIRIES, THE. The story of, 88-95

BRAN ('Crow'). A Breton warrior;
the story of, 225-227;
analogies between the story of, and the poem of _Sir Tristrem_,
227-228

BRENGWAIN. A lady of Ysonde's suite;
in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 267, 269, 271, 272

BRENHA, FATHER JOSE. A Portuguese antiquary;
mentioned, 47

BREOCHAN. A legendary Welsh king, father of St Nennocha, 340

BRERI. A Breton poet, 255

BREST. A town in Brittany, 354, 368, 371

BRETON. The language, 15-16

BRETONS. The race;
their origin and affinities, 13-15, 17, 37 _n._;
Bretons join William of Normandy in his expedition against
England, 29, 232, 233;
send an expedition to help Owen Glendower, 234;
defeat the English in a naval battle, 236

BREVELENZ. A village in Brittany;
a fireplace in the church of, 381

BREZONEK. The language spoken by the Bretons, 15-16

BRIAN. Son of Eudo of Brittany, 29

BRIDE OF SATAN, THE. The story of, 143-144;
men