, 23, 211
MACRITCHIE, D. Cited, 74
MAC-TIERNS ('Sons of the Chief'). A name given to Brian and Alain,
sons of Count Eudo, 29
MAGEEN. Mother of St Tivisiau, 338
MAGIC. _See_ Sorcery
MAGIC ROSE, THE. The story of, 156-162
MAH[=A]BH[=A]RATA. A Hindu epic;
mentioned, 52
MAISON DES FOLLETS. A name given to a megalithic structure at
Cancoet, 49
MAMAU, Y. Welsh deities, 87
MAN OF HONOUR, THE. The story of, 147-155
MARAUD. A peasant;
in the story of the Lost Daughter, 75-77
MARCH. The month;
personified in the story of Princess Starbright, 128-129
MARGAWSE. Sister of King Arthur, wife of King Lot of Lothian, 357
MARGOTS LA FEE, LES. Fairies which inhabit large rocks and the
moorlands, 88
MARGUERITE. A maiden, avenged by Du Guesclin, 33-35
MARIE DE FRANCE. A twelfth-century French poetess;
acknowledged Breton sources for her work, 255, 283;
the _Lais_ and _Fables_ of, 283-284;
personal history, 283;
stories from the _Lais_, 284-331;
and the Lay of Laustic, 302;
and the Lay of Eliduc, 305-306;
and the Lay of the Dolorous Knight, 328, 330-331
MARK. King of Cornwall;
in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 258-274
MARK. King of Vannes;
and St Pol of Leon, 364
MAROT, CLAUDE TOUSSAINT. Count of La Garaye;
the story of, 194-196
MARRIAGE. Costume of the bride in the Escoublac district, 374;
the Pardon of Notre Dame de la Clarte made the occasion of
betrothals, 378;
wedding customs, 385-386
MARRIAGE-GIRDLE, THE. The ballad of, 234-236
MARSEILLES. The city;
mentioned, 195
MATSYS, QUENTIN. A Flemish painter;
the well of, at Antwerp, 205
MATTHEW. Seigneur of Beauvau;
in the story of the Clerk of Rohan, 189-193
MAUNOIR. A Jesuit Father, 388
MAURON. A town in Brittany;
battle at, 31
MAY, ISLE OF. An island in the Firth of Forth, 357
MAYENNE. Charles de Lorraine, Duke of;
one of the leaders of the Catholic League, 229
MEGALITHS. The derivation and meaning of the terms 'menhir' and
'dolmen,' 37-38;
nature and purpose of the monuments, 38-39;
the menhir of Dol, and its legend, 39-41;
the chapel-dolmen at Plouaret, 41;
the megaliths at Camaret, 41;
at Penmarch, 41;
at Carnac, 42-45;
the tumulus at Mont-Saint-Michel, 45;
the dolmen at Rocenaud, 46;
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