ARS, ABBE DE. A French priest and writer;
cited, 64

VILLECHERET. A village in Brittany;
the head-dress of the women of, 375

VILLEMARQUE. _See_ Hersart de la Villemarque

VINE, THE. Said to have been introduced into Brittany by Gradlon,
189

VIRGIN MARY, THE. In a Breton legend, 380

VITRE. A Breton chateau, 208

VIVIEN. An enchantress, in Arthurian legend;
meets Merlin in Broceliande, and afterward enchants him there,
65-69;
as presented in Arthurian legend and in other romances, 69;
may be classed as a water-spirit, 69;
the probable purpose of the story of Merlin and, in Arthurian
legend, 70;
of Breton origin, and does not appear in British myth, 256;
gives Arthur the sword Excalibur, 256-257;
Sir Lancelot stolen and brought up by, 257

W

WACE. A twelfth-century Anglo-Norman poet;
quoted, 54;
and the fountain of Baranton, 71

WAGNER, RICHARD. The composer;
mentioned, 258

WALES. Legend of the submerged city in, 187, 188;
the harp anciently the national instrument of, 229;
Bretons send an expedition to, to help Glendower, 234;
claimed as the birthplace of Arthurian romance, 254;
helped the development of Arthurian romance, 255;
Tristrem sojourns in, and wins fame there, 270;
mentioned, 59, 343

WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, AMERICAN. Bretons take part in, against
England, 238

WAR OF THE TWO JOANS, THE. A war waged for the succession to the
Dukedom of Brittany, 31-32, 35-36

WARD OF DU GUESCLIN, THE. A Du Guesclin legend, 33-35

WASHING WOMAN, THE. An evil spirit of the Scottish Highlands, 100

WEDDING CUSTOMS. In Brittany, 385-386
_See also_ Marriage

WELLS, HOLY. In Brittany, 381-382

WELSH. The language;
the Breton tongue akin to, 15

WERE-WOLF. A man transformed into a wolf;
the prevalence, origin, and forms of the superstition, 289-292;
a were-wolf story, 284-289

WESTMINSTER. The city;
in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, Ysonde carried to, for trial,
270

WEXFORD. A county of Ireland;
emigration from, to Brittany, 22

WHEEL OF FORTUNE, THE. A name wrongly given to part of the apparatus
of the sacring bell, 380

WHITE CHURCH. A church in Treguier;
in the story of the Foster-brother, 170, 171

WILLIAM II. Duke of Normandy (William the Conqueror);
Conan II of Brittany and, 27, 2