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of Jupiter and Europa after his death one of the judges in the lower world RHAPSODIST, professional reciter of poems among the Greeks RHEA, female Titan, wife of Saturn (Cronos), mother of the chief gods, worshipped in Greece and Rome RHINE, river RHINE MAIDENS, OR DAUGHTERS, three water nymphs, Flosshilda, Woglinda, and Wellgunda, set to guard the Nibelungen Hoard, buried in the Rhine RHODES, one of the seven cities claiming to be Homer's birthplace RHODOPE, mountain in Thrace RHONGOMYANT, Arthur's lance RHOECUS, a youth, beloved by a Dryad, but who brushed away a bee sent by her to call him to her, and she punished him with blindness RHIANNON, wife of Pwyll RINALDO, one of the bravest knights of Charlemagne RIVER OCEAN, flowing around the earth ROBERT DE BEAUVAIS', Norman poet (1257) ROBIN HOOD, famous outlaw in English legend, about time of Richard Coeur de Lion ROCKINGHAM, forest of RODOMONT, king of Algiers ROGERO, noted Saracen knight ROLAND (Orlando), See Orlando ROMANCES ROMANUS, legendary great grandson of Noah ROME ROMULUS, founder of Rome RON, Arthur's lance RONCES VALLES', battle of ROUND TABLE King Arthur's instituted by Merlin the Sage for Pendragon, Arthur's father, as a knightly order, continued and made famous by Arthur and his knights RUNIC CHARACTERS, or runes, alphabetic signs used by early Teutonic peoples, written or graved on metal or stone RUTULIANS, an ancient people in Italy, subdued at an early period by the Romans RYENCE, king in Ireland S SABRA, maiden for whom Severn River was named, daughter of Locrine and Estrildis thrown into river Severn by Locrine's wife, transformed to a river nymph, poetically named Sabrina SACRIPANT, king of Circassia SAFFIRE, Sir, knight of Arthur SAGAS, Norse tales of heroism, composed by the Skalds SAGRAMOUR, knight of Arthur St. MICHAEL'S MOUNT, precipitous pointed rock hill on the coast of Brittany, opposite Cornwall SAKYASINHA, the Lion, epithet applied to Buddha SALAMANDER, a lizard like animal, fabled to be able to live in fire SALAMIS, Grecian city SALMONEUS, son of Aeolus and Enarete and brother of Sisyphus SALOMON, king of Brittany, at Charlemagne's court SAMHIN, or "fire of peace," a Druidical festival SAMIAN SAGE (Pythagoras) SAMOS, island in the Aegean Sea SAMOTHRACIAN GODS, a group of agricultural divinities, worshipped in Samothrace SAMSON,
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