the giant of, 275;
mentioned, 103
MOOR, THE. In a story of Morvan;
Morvan's fight with, 218-220;
the character of, probably drawn from Carlovingian legend, 225
MOORS, THE. Mentioned, 225
MOORE, THOMAS. The poet;
quoted, 187
MORAUNT. An Irish ambassador at the English Court;
in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 262-263, 264, 266
MORBIHAN.
I. One of the departments of Brittany, 13, 48, 49;
the nains' inscriptions on the megaliths of, 98;
the Pardon of Notre Dame de la Clarte held in, 378
II. An inland sea or gulf in the south of Brittany, (Gulf of
Morbihan);
naval battle between the Romans and Veneti probably took place in,
16;
mentioned, 48
MORGAN, DUKE. A Cymric chieftain;
in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 258-259, 261-262
MORIN. A priest, 388
MORLAIX. A town in Brittany;
the castle of, haunted by gorics, 99;
the teursts of the district of, 100;
in the story of the Youth who did not Know, 106, 107, 108,
109;
national costume in, 376-377
MORTE D'ARTHUR. Malory's romance;
the presentation of Vivien in, 69;
Arthur's finding of Excalibur related in, 256;
incident in, paralleled in the Lay of Gugemar, 301-302;
mentioned, 257
MORVAN LEZ-BREIZ. A famous Breton hero of the ninth century, 212;
stories of, 212-224;
tradition that he will return to "drive the Franks from the Breton
land," 224
MOURIOCHE, THE. A malicious demon, 101
MUeLLER, W. MAX. Mentioned, 358
MURILLO. A celebrated Spanish painter;
paintings by, in the chateau of Caradeuc, 207
MUT. An Egyptian goddess;
mentioned, 43
MUZILLAC. A town in Brittany;
head-dress of the women of, 376
N
NAINS. A race of demons;
their character, 96-98;
guardians of hidden treasure, 99
NAMNETES. A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany, 16
NANN, THE SEIGNEUR OF. The story of, 57-59
NANTES. A city in Brittany;
in a ballad, represented as the scene of magical exploits of
Abelard and Heloise, 253;
traditionally associated with sorcery, 253;
Equitan the King of, 313;
the scene of the Lay of the Dolorous Knight, 328;
Nomenoe obtains possession of, 338;
mentioned, 17, 30, 168, 169, 170, 180, 337
NANTES. The castle of, 205
NEOLITHIC AGE. The race which built the stone monuments of Brittany
probably b
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