elonged to, 37 _n._

NEVET. Forest of, in Leon, 367

NEVEZ. A town in Brittany, 190

NEW CALEDONIA. An island in the Pacific;
markings on the megalithic monuments in, 46-47

NICOLE, THE. A mischievous spirit, 100-101

NIGHTINGALE, THE LAY OF THE. One of the _Lais_ of Marie de France,
302

NIGHT-WASHERS. A race of supernatural beings, 100

NIMUE. A name under which Vivien, the Lady of the Lake, appears in
some romances, 69;
mentioned, 256
_See_ Vivien

NOGENT. Sister of Gugemar, 292

NOGENT-SUR-SEINE. A town in France;
the abbey at, founded by Abelard, and made over by him to Heloise,
249;
Abelard and Heloise buried at, 250

NOLA. A youth;
in the story of the Foster-brother, 170-171

NOMENOE. A Breton chieftain, afterward King of Brittany;
rises against Charles the Bald and defeats him, 23, 337-338;
a story of, 23-25;
and St Convoyon, 335, 336, 337;
sends gifts to Pope Leo IV, 337;
burns the abbey of Saint-Florent, 337

NORMANDY. The duchy;
early relations of Brittany with, 27-30

NORMANS. The Bretons rise against, 196-198;
spread the Arthur legend, 254, 255;
mentioned, 338

NOROUAS. Personification of the north-west wind;
a story of, 163-167

NORTHMEN, NORSEMEN. Invade Brittany, 25;
defeated by Alain Barbe-torte and expelled from Brittany,
25-27;
the battle of Kerlouan between the Bretons and, 225

NORTH-WEST WIND, THE. Personification of;
a story of, 163-167

NORTON, MRS. An English poetess;
her _Lady of La Garaye_, quoted, 194, 195, 196

N'OUN DOARE. A youth;
in the story of the Youth who did not Know, 106-115

NUTT, A. Cited, 99 _n._, 254

O

OBERON. King of the fairies;
mentioned, 74

OEDIPUS. King of Thebes;
mentioned, 357

OGIER THE DANE. One of the paladins of Charlemagne;
entered Fairyland, 326

OLAUS MAGNUS. A sixteenth-century Swedish ecclesiastic and writer;
mentioned, 290

ORIDIAL. Father of Gugemar, 292

ORIGEN. One of the Fathers of the early Church;
and St Barbe, 333

ORLEANS. The city;
the siege of (1428-29), 174;
the play or mystery of, on Jeanne Darc, 175;
mentioned, 229

OSISMII. A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany, 16

OSSIAN. A semi-legendary Celtic bard and warrior;
mentioned, 211

OSSORY. A district in Ireland;
emigration from, t