Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race
ENGELIER THE GASCON. Mortally wounded, 143
ENGLAND. Mediaeval, and Constantine the Great, 42;
influence on language by Danish occupation, 73;
Athelstan, King of, 73;
Athelwold, King of, 80;
Grim sails from Denmark to, 80;
arrives at, in Humber (Grimsby), 81;
Havelok's dream concerning, 86;
Fergus journeys to, 165;
the outlaw of mediaeval, 225;
King of, pardons outlaws, William of Cloudeslee, &c., 243;
war between Scotland and, 249;
government of, during twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth
centuries, 314;
division of, under Edward the Confessor, 335;
cause of being laid at Conqueror's feet, 338
ENGLEWOOD. Outlaws in forest of, under Adam Bell, William of
Cloudeslee, and Clym of the Cleugh, 226;
outlaw band broken up, 247
ERCOL. Ailill's foster-father; heroes sent to, 194
ERIN. See Ireland, 157;
demons appear in, 168;
Champion of, compared with Achilles, 184;
land of, searched for bride for Cuchulain, 186
EUDAV. Son of Caradoc, father of Princess Helena, 49;
Kynon and Adeon, sons of, 49
EUROPE. Ruled from City of Seven Hills (Rome) by Emperor Maxen
Wledig, 43;
Constantine granted rule over Western, 64;
relation between Greek and Irish literature among literatures of,
184
EVIL ONE. Tales relating dealings with, reference to, 157;
demons buy souls for, 168-182
EXCALIBUR. King Arthur's sword, 269
F
FAIRY BEAR, THE. A white Polar bear owned by Gilbert of Ghent, 340;
reputed kinship of, to Earl Siward, 340, 342;
slain by Hereward, 341;
Hereward's trick on Norman knights with, 341, 342
FAIRY PEOPLE OF THE HILLS. King Ailill seeks aid of, 193
FAITH. Bishop Sylvester preaches the Christian, to Constantine, 71;
Charlemagne fights for, 119;
Marsile to embrace the Christian, 131;
the true, English knowledge of, 165;
Irish sufferers tempted to revolt from, 167
FALL, THE, OF MAN, 71
FAUST. Legends, trend of, 157
FAUSTA. Daughter of Emperor Maximian and wife of Constantine, 64
FEDELM. Wife of Laegaire, 189
FEN COUNTRY. Hereward, the terror of the, 336
FENIANS. Champions of the, identical with Highland Gaelic heroes, 248
FERGUS THE WHITE. Cathleen's steward, 163;
foster-brother to Cathleen's grandfather, 164;
declares value of Cathleen's wealth, 164;
sends servant to buy food at Ulster, 165;
journeys to England, 165;
returns with help, 182
FIKENHILD. Horn's companion next in favour to Athulf, 287;
spies on Horn and Rymenhild, 299, 300;
demands Rymenhild in marriage, 311;
slain by Horn, 313
FINGAL. Hero in Gaelic Highland poems, 248;
Scotch embodiment of Finn, 248
FINN. Fingal Scotch embodiment, 248
FINN OF THE FRISIANS. Victory of Danes over, chanted in Heorot, 19
FINNSBURG. Fight in, sung of in Heorot, 19
FITELA. Son of Sigmund; glory of, chanted by Danish bard, 18
FLEMINGS. Or Normans; Hereward enrolled among, to qualify for
knighthood, 339;
Hereward's trick on, with Fairy Bear, 341, 342
FOREFATHERS. Feelings of our, embodied in "Beowulf," 1
FORGALL THE WILY. Cuchulain wooes Emer, daughter of, 186
FRANCE. Victories of Charlemagne for, 119;
Charlemagne sets out for, 134
FRANKISH.
1. Warrior, Daghrefn, slays Hygelac, and is slain by Beowulf, 35.
2. Army marches towards Pyrenees, 134;
arrives too late to rescue Roland, 146
FRANKS. Charles the Great (Charlemagne), King of, 119;
Saracen host encamps near, 134;
and Moors meet in battle, 140;
defeat the Saracens, 141;
attacked by second Saracen army, 142;
defeat the heathens once more, 143;
attacked by third Saracen army, 144
FRENCH LITERATURE, developing "Roland Saga," 121
FRIAR TUCK. See Tuck
G
GALERIUS. Constantine evades hatred of, 63;
grants Constantine title of "Caesar," 63
GAMELYN. Tale of, a variant of fairy-tale "Wicked Elder Brothers,"
204;
ultimate source, through Lodge's "Euphues' Golden Legacy," of
_As You Like It_, 204;
literary ancestor of "Robin Hood," 204;
Sir John of the Marshes, father of, 205;
left in charge of eldest brother, John, 206;
resists him, 207, 208;
victorious at wrestling match, 210, 211;
overcomes his brother's servants, 212;
allows himself to be chained, 213;
released by Adam Spencer, 214, 215;
batters the Churchmen, 217;
puts his brother John in chains, 217;
puts sheriff's men to flight, 218;
goes to the greenwood, 219;
joins the outlaws, 220;
proclaimed a wolf's-head, 220;
arrested, 221;
Otho offers himself as surety, 221;
fails to appear at court, 222, 223;
releases Otho, 223;
sits on judge's seat and condemns Sir John, 224;
made chief forester by King Edward, 224;
made Otho's heir, 224
GANELON. Romance version of Danilo or Nanilo, 121;
compared with Judas, 121;
one of Charlemagne's Twelve Peers, 125;
his hostility to Roland, 126;
plots with Blancandrin the destruction of Roland, 131;
delivers to Marsile the message of Charlemagne, 131, 132;
swears on sacred relics the treacherous death of Roland, 134;
delivers keys of Saragossa to Charlemagne, 134;
deceives Charlemagne concerning sound of Roland's horn, 145, 146;
arrested for treason, 146;
his death as a traitor, 155;
his name a byword in France for treachery, 155
GARETH, SIR. One of King Arthur's nephews, 266
GASCONS. Attack Charlemagne, 119
GAUTIER, COUNT. Roland's vassal, 136
GAWAYNE, SIR. King Arthur's nephew, the true Knight of Courtesy, 265;
learns of King Arthur's adventure with the giant, 274;
learns the price to be paid for the loathly lady's secret, 275;
offers to pay it by marrying the loathly lady, 275;
betroths the loathly lady, 279, 280;
weds the loathly lady, 280;
his choice frees the loathly lady from magic spells, 281, 283;
the beauty of his bride, 281-285
GEATISH COURT. Beowulf brought up at, 6
GEATLAND. Same as Goetaland; news of Grendel's ravages reaches, 6;
Beowulf sails to, 29;
welcomed to shores of, 29, 30
GEATS. Hygelac, King of, 1;
Goetaland, realm of, 5;
arrival with Beowulf at Danish shores, 7;
friendship with Danes, 30;
forsake Beowulf in his encounter with the fire-dragon, 36;
their sorrow over Beowulf's death, 40-41
GERIER. Peer of Charlemagne; mortally wounded, 143
GERIN. Peer of Charlemagne; mortally wounded, 143
GERMANY. Forefathers who dwelt in North, 1;
Hygelac seeks conquest of his neighbours on mainland of, 5
GHENT. See Gilbert
GILBERT OF GHENT. Hereward's godfather, 339;
Hereward received by, 339;
his Fairy Bear, slain by Hereward, 340, 341;
Hereward quits his castle, 342;
Hereward takes farewell of, 343
GLENURCHY. Glen belonging to MacGregors, given to Sir Nigel Campbell,
249;
Black Colin inherits, 250;
Lady of, grieves over her husband's departure on crusade, 251;
Baron MacCorquodale's land borders, 256;
Black Colin's return to, 258;
new castle built with rents of, 264
GOD. The Unknown, reverenced by Constantine, 51;
the people awed by the token of the Unknown, 53;
worship of the True, 157;
famine cools love for, 167
GODARD, JARL. Counsellor and friend of King Birkabeyn, 75;
Havelok committed to care of, 75;
regency over Denmark, 75;
his cruelty, 76-78;
his treachery disclosed and punished by death, 91-92
GODHILD. Queen of Suddene, King Murry's consort, the mother of Horn,
286;
hears of husband's death and flees, 288
GODIVA, LADY. Wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, 335;
her famous ride through Coventry, 335;
Hereward, second son of, 336
GODRICH. Earl of Cornwall, regent for Princess Goldborough, 80;
his rule, 81;
imprisons Princess Goldborough out of jealousy, 81;
attends sports at Lincoln, 83;
hears of Havelok's skill and strength, 83;
enforces a marriage between Havelok and Goldborough, 84;
captured, tried as a traitor, and burnt at the stake, 93-94
GODWIN. Earl of Kent, 335;
Lady Gytha, wife of, 335;
intercedes on behalf of Hereward, 338;
Hereward bids farewell to, 339
GOLDBOROUGH. English princess, daughter of King Athelwold; orphaned,
80;
Earl Godrich regent for, 80;
imprisoned in Dover Castle, 81;
forced to wed Havelok, 84;
learns in a dream of Havelok's royal birth, 86;
crowned Queen of England, 94
GOLDEN AGE. Forefathers cherished lifetime of ancestors as, 1
GOeTALAND. Realm of Geats, in south of Sweden, 5.
See Geatland, 7
GOTHS. Form a confederation with the Huns, Franks, and Hugas to
overthrow Constantine, 50
GOWER, "THE MORAL." Early English poet; his poem "Confessio Amantis"
and Constantine's conversion, 42;
story told in "Confessio Amantis" of Constantine's true charity, 64
GREECE. Philosophers from, with remedies for Constantine's leprosy,
65
GREEK-S. Elene touches at land of, 56;
literature, relation of, to Irish literature, 184;
of Homer, early Britons, and Irish Celts, racial affinity between,
184
GRENDEL. A loathsome fen-monster, 3;
enmity aroused by the feasting at Heorot, 4;
slays and devours Danes in Heorot, 4;
master of Heorot, 5;
Beowulf determines to attack, 6;
struggles with Beowulf in Heorot, 16;
worsted by Beowulf, 17;
mother of, avenges his death, 21
GREY OF MACHA. Cuchulain's best-beloved horse, 191
GRIM. Legendary hero whose loyalty secured privileges to Grimsby,
74;
Godard's thrall, 77;
ordered to drown Havelok, 77;
saves and maintains Havelok, 79-82;
sails from Denmark to England, 80;
sends Havelok to Lincoln, 82;
his death, 85;
his three sons, Robert the Red, William Wendut, and Hugh the
Raven, 87
GRIMSBY. The town of Grim, 74;
Havelok at fish-market of, 82;
battle near, between Havelok and Godrich, 93
GUDRUN. Reference to Siegfried and, 95
GUENEVER, QUEEN. Wife of King Arthur, 266;
dreads magic arts during husband's absence, 274;
learns of King Arthur's adventure with the giant, 274;
welcomes the loathly lady at court, 280
GUEST, THE WISE. Sister of, marries Thorbiorn, 103;
Howard seeks at the Thing, 108, 109, 110;
his judgment against Thorbiorn, 110, 111;
removes his sister from Thorbiorn, 111;
gives judgment at Thing against Howard, 118
GYTHA, LADY. Wife of Godwin, Earl of Kent, 335
H
HABLOC. Welsh name for Havelok, 73
HACO. Cornish leader; betrothed to the Cornish princess, 347;
Cornish princess reveals plans of, to Hereward, 349;
ambush planned for, 350;
slain by Hereward, 350
HAROLD. Son of King Thurston, 301;
slain by the Saracens, 302
HART, THE. See Heorot, 3
HASTINGS. Battle of, and "Song of Roland," 122
HATHCYN. Son of King Hrethel, brought up with Beowulf; slays his
brother, Herebeald, 34;
slain himself by Swedes, 35
HAUTECLAIRE. Oliver's sword, 141
HAVELOK THE DANE. Legend of, 73;
Anlaf, equivalent, 73;
hero of the strong arm, in mediaeval England, 74;
son of King Birkabeyn of Denmark, 74;
committed to care of Jarl Godard, 75;
imprisoned by Godard, 76-77;
saved and maintained by Grim, 78-82;
brought by Grim to England, 80;
his feats of strength, 82-84;
Goldborough forced to wed, 84-85;
Grim's three sons accompany to Denmark, 87;