tioned, 147

BRITAIN. Celts flee from, to Brittany, before the Saxon invaders,
15, 17;
subject kingdoms of, in Brittany, 19;
immigrants from, in Brittany, form a confederacy and fight against
the Franks, 22-23;
the headquarters of the Druidic cult, 245;
Arthurian romance indigenous to, 255;
St Patern founds religious houses in, 348;
St Samson fled from, to Brittany, 350;
Procopius' story of the ferrying of the Breton dead over to,
383-384

BRITONS. The race;
members of, emigrate to Brittany, 15, 17, 22-23;
carried Arthurian romance to Brittany, 254, 255

BRITTANY. Divisions and character of the country, 13;
Julius Caesar in, 16;
the Latin tongue did not spread over, 17;
the origin of the name, 17;
Nomenoe wins the independence of, 23;
invaded by Northmen, 25;
the Northmen expelled from, 26;
division of, into counties and seigneuries, 27;
relations with Normandy, 27-30;
French influences in, 30;
the War of the Two Joans, 30-31, 35-36;
annexed to France by Francis I, 36;
the prehistoric stone monuments of, 37-53;
the fairies of, 54-95;
the sprites and demons of, 96-105;
'world-tales' in, 106-155;
folk-tales of, 156-172;
popular legends of, 173-202;
the chateaux of, 202-210;
hero-tales of, 211-240;
sends help to Owen Glendower in his conflict with the English,
234;
a British army in, 237;
the black art in, 241-253;
Arthurian romance in, 254-282;
Arthur found Excalibur in, 256;
Tristrem in, 270-271, 272;
the scene of the _Lais_ of Marie de France, 284;
the saints of, 332-371;
many saints in, 350;
costumes of, 372-377;
customs of, 378-388;
religious observance in, 377-378;
holy wells in, 381-382;
observances relating to the dead and interments, 382-384,
386-388;
Calvaries in, 384-385;
wedding ceremonies in, 385-386

BRITTANY, COUNTS AND DUKES OF. _See under_ Alain; Arthur; Blois,
Charles of; Conan; Dreux; Eudo; Francis; Geoffrey; Hoel; John;
_and_ Salomon

BRITTIA. Procopius' name for Britain, 383

BROCELIANDE. A forest in Brittany, 54-73;
the shrine of Arthurian story, 55;
the Korrigan a denizen of, 56;
the scene of the adventures of Merlin and Vivien, 64;
the fountain of Baranton in, 70-71;
lines on, 71;
in the story of Bruno of