GUINEVERE. King Arthur's Queen;
mentioned, 67;
comforted by St Keenan after Arthur's death, 344
GUINGAMP. A town in Brittany, 229
GWEN. Mother of St Winwaloe, 370
GWENALOE ('He that is white'). The Breton name for St Winwaloe,
370
GWENN-ESTRAD. A place in Wales;
battle of, 22
GWENNOLAIK. A maiden of Treguier;
in the story of the Foster-brother, 167-172
GWENNOLE. A holy man;
in the legend of the city of Ys, 185, 186
GWEZKLEN. The Breton name for Du Guesclin, 32
_See_ Du Guesclin
GWINDELUC. A monk, a disciple of St Convoyon, 335
GWYDDNO. Twelfth-century Welsh bard;
relates the story of the submerged city, 188
H
HAINAULT. A Belgian province;
mentioned, 328
HARP, THE. Not now popular in Brittany, but in ancient times one of
the national instruments, 228-229
HATCHET OF BRITTANY, THE. An appellation of Morvan, 221
HAUTE-BECHEREL. A town in Brittany;
pagan temple at, 342
HEAD-DRESS. Of the women of the Escoublac district, 374;
of the women of Ouessant, 374;
of the women of Villecheret, 375;
of the men of Brittany, does not vary much, 375;
headgear of the men of Plougastel, 375;
of the women of Muzillac, 376;
of the women of Pont l'Abbe and the Bay of Audierne, 376;
of the women of Morlaix, 376
_See also_ COIFFES
HEAVEN. An old Breton conception of, 388, 390-391
HELENA, LADY. Niece of Duke Hoel I of Brittany;
carried off by the giant of Mont-Saint-Michel, 275, 276
HELL. In the story of the Bride of Satan, 144;
an old Breton conception of, 388-389
HELLEAN, WOOD OF. A former part of the forest of Broceliande, 221,
224
HELOISE. An abbess, beloved of Abelard;
the story of Abelard and, 248-253;
in a Breton ballad represented as a sorceress, 250-253
HENAN. Manor of, in Brittany, 364
HENDERSON, GEORGE. Cited, 52
HENNEBONT. A Breton chateau, 206
HENRY II. King of England, 30;
identified as the king to whom Marie of France dedicated her
_Lais_, 284
HENRY III. King of England;
mentioned, 284
HENRY IV. King of France;
and Fontenelle, 231-232;
mentioned, 204
HENWG. A Welsh bard;
said to be the father of Taliesin, 21
HERSART DE LA VILLEMARQUE, VICOMTE. Writer on Breton legendary
lore;
his poem on Nomenoe, 23;
his ballad of Alain Barbe-torte, 25-27;
and
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