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

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

DELANDRE, CAYOT. _See_ Cayot

DEMETER. Greek corn goddess;
mentioned, 59

DEMON LOVER, THE. A Scottish ballad;
mentioned, 144

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

DESONELLE, PRINCESS. Heroine of _Sir Torrent of Portugal_;
mentioned, 358

DEVIL, THE. The erection of the megalithic monuments ascribed to,
49;
the Teus and, 100
_See also_ Satan

DIANA. Roman moon-goddess;
mentioned, 74

DIANCECHT. An Irish god;
mentioned, 247

DINAN.
I. A town in Brittany, 194, 195, 209
II. The chateau of, 209

DOL. 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, 353-358

DOL, BISHOP OF. And St Tivisiau, 338-339

DOL DES MARCHANDS. The name given to a dolmen near Dol, 48

DOLMENS. Derivation and meaning of the term, 38;
purpose of the monuments, 38-39;
the dolmen-chapel at Plouaret, 41;
the dolmen at Tregunc, 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 Esse, 53;
haunted by nains, 96;
cup-hollows on, may have been intended as receptacles for food for
the dead, 383

DOLOROUS KNIGHT, THE LAY OF THE, or THE LAY OF THE FOUR SORROWS. One
of the _Lais_ of Marie de France, 328-331

DOMNONEE. A county of Brittany, 23
_See also_ Domnonia

DOMNONIA. A B