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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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