' markings, 46-48;
the gallery of Gavr'inis, 48;
the megaliths of the Ile aux Moines and the Ile d'Arz, 48;
folk-beliefs associated with the monuments, 48-53;
tales connected with them, 52;
the question of the date of their erection, 53;
the nains' inscriptions upon, 97-98;
the megaliths of Carnac supposed to have been built by the gorics,
98
_See also_ Menhir _and_ Dolmens

MELUSINE. A fairy, in French folk-lore;
mentioned, 327

MENAO. A place in Wales;
battle of, 22

MENEAC. A town in Brittany;
megaliths at, 42

MENHIR. A megalithic monument, 18;
the menhir of Dol, 18, 39-40;
probably connected with pillar-worship and Irminsul-worship, 18
_n._;
derivation and meaning of the term, 38;
purpose of the monuments, 38-39

MERIADOK. A Cornish knight;
in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 269, 272

MERIADUS. A Breton chieftain;
in the Lay of Gugemar, 299-301

MERLIN. An enchanter, in Arthurian legend;
meets Vivien in Broceliande, and is afterward enchanted by her
there, 65-69;
his relationship with Vivien as presented in Arthurian legend,
69;
the varying conceptions of, 70;
the typical Druid or wise man of Celtic tradition, 70;
protects Arthur in his combat with Sir Pellinore, 256;
and Arthur's finding of Excalibur, 256-257

MEZLEAN. A place in Brittany, 362, 363;
the Clerk of, in the ballad of Azenor the Pale, 361-363

MILTON OF COLQUHOUN. A district in Scotland;
inscribed stones found in, 47

MINIHY. A town in Brittany;
St Yves' will and breviary preserved in the church of, 353

MODRED, SIR. Nephew of King Arthur;
his contest with the King, 344

MONCONTOUR. A village in Brittany, 242

MONEDUC. Mother of St Nennocha, 340

MONTAGNES D'ARREE, or AREZ. A mountain chain in Brittany;
the Yeun in, 102;
mentioned, 235

MONTALEMBERT, COMTE DE. His _Moines d'Occident_, cited, 19

MONTFORT, JOHN OF. Duke of Brittany (John IV);
disputes the succession to the Dukedom, 30-32, 35-36;
captures the chateau of Suscino, 210;
mentioned, 204

MONTMORENCY. The house of;
mentioned, 174

MONTREUIL-SUR-MER. A town in the Pas-de-Calais, France;
St Winwaloe's body preserved at, 371

MONT-SAINT-MICHEL.
I. A tumulus, 45-46
II. An island off the coast of Brittany, 45 _n._;
King Arthur's fight with