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
II. The State;
supports John of Montfort's claim to Brittany, 31

ENORA. _See_ St Enora

EQUITAN, THE LAY OF. One of the _Lais_ of Marie de France,
313-317

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

ERNAULT, E. Cited, 16 _n._

ERYRI, MOUNT. King Arthur slew the giant Ritho upon, 277

ESCOUBLAC. A town in Brittany, 373

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

ESTAING, PIERRE D'. A French alchemist;
mentioned, 175

ETANG 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

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

EXETER. The city;
mentioned, 307

F

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 the _houles_, 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' malevolen