Hero-Myths & Legends of the British RaceEbbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel)
General
Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race
Ebbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel)
Heroes; Romances, English
In the following Index no attempt is made to indicate the exact
pronunciation of foreign names; but in the case of those from the
Anglo-Saxon a rough approximation is given, as being often essential
to the reading of the metrical versions. In these indications the
letters have their ordinary English values; ĕ indicates the very
light, obscure sound heard in the indefinite article in such a phrase
as "with a rush."
A
ABLOEC. See Anlaf
ACHILLES. His sulks, 184;
Cuchulain, "the Irish," 184
ADEON. Son of Eudav; grandson of Caradoc, 49
AGE. See Golden Age
AILILL. King of Connaught, husband of Queen Meave; to decide claims
to title of Chief Champion, 189;
seeks aid of Fairy People of the Hills, 193
AILMAR. King of Westernesse, 290;
welcomes and adopts Childe Horn, 291;
Princess Rymenhild, daughter of, 292;
dubs Horn knight, 297;
hears of Horn's first exploit, 299;
Fikenhild betrays Horn and Rymenhild to, 300;
Horn returns to, 304;
reluctantly gives his daughter to Horn, 308;
Horn leaves Rymenhild to his care, 308, 309
AIX-LA-CHAPELLE. Wondrous springs of, 125;
Charlemagne at, 155
ALEF. King of Cornwall; Hereward at court of, 343;
casts Hereward into prison, 343;
his daughter releases Hereward, 344, 345;
Sigtryg sends forty Danes to, 348
ALFTRUDA. Ward of Edward the Confessor, 339;
Hereward's first meeting with, 339;
rescues from Fairy Bear, 340, 341;
Hereward takes farewell of, 342
ALICE OF CLOUDESLEE. Wife of William of Cloudeslee, 227;
outlaw husband visits, 227, 228;
rescued from burning house, 232;
thanks Adam Bell and Clym for delivering her husband, 240;
appointed chief woman of bedchamber to the royal children, 246
ALL-FATHER. Praised for Beowulf's victory over Grendel, 18
ALTO-BIS-CA´R. Song of (a forgery), 120
ANGLESEY. Same as Mona, 47
ANGLO-SAXON NOBILITY. Hereward the ideal of, 334, 335
ANGLO-SAXON TIMES. Legends regarding Constantine during, 42
ÆNGUS THE EVER-YOUNG. Irish people and wrath of, 158
ANLAF. Same as Olaf, or Sihtricson; known to Welsh as Abloec or
Habloc; romantic stories concerning, 73
ANSEIS, DUKE OF. Mortally wounded, 143
ARABIA. Physicians from, with remedies for Constantine's leprosy, 65
ARMAGH. Capital of Ulster; Cuchulain and Emer dwell at, 186;
King Conor and heroes return to, 190;
heroes return to, 195
ARNOLDIN, SIR. Cousin of Athulf; helps to save Rymenhild, 312;
King Ailmar nominates as his heir, 313
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