Hero-Myths & Legends of the British RaceEbbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel)
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Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race
Ebbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel)
Heroes; Romances, English
CATHBAD. Druid; Cuchulain's tutor, 185
CATHLEEN. Irish countess; legend concerning, 156;
antiquity of the legend, 156;
the story, 156-183;
her grief because of her people's famine, 161;
prays to Virgin Mary, 163;
Fergus, steward of, 163;
value of her wealth, 164;
commands Fergus to provide food for sufferers from famine, 165;
her goodness extolled by the demons, 169;
hears of demon traders, 172;
tries to check traffic in souls, 174;
visits demons, 176;
Oona, foster-mother to, 178;
revisits demons, 179;
sells her soul, 179, 180;
her death, 182
CATHOLIC CHURCH. Pope, head of, 119
CELION. Constantine to send to, for Bishop Sylvester, 71
CELTIC LITERATURE. Spirit of mysticism in all, 156
CELTS. Gospel preached to, by St. Patrick, 157;
Irish, early Britons, and Greeks of Homer, racial affinity between,
184
CHAMPION.
1. Of Erin: compared with Achilles, 184;
Cuchulain the, his fame at age of seventeen, 185;
Bricriu urges Laegaire to claim title of, 187;
title to go to warrior who obtains Champion's Bit, 187;
tests to decide claims to title of, 193, 194, 196-203;
Uath the Stranger challenges the heroes to a test to decide
claims to title, 199-203.
2. Of Women: Hereward known as, 351
CHAMPION OF IRELAND. See Champion of Erin.
CHAMPION'S BIT, THE, 187, 188;
claimed by chariot-drivers of Laegaire, Conall, and Cuchulain,
188, 189;
awarded by Queen Meave to Laegaire, 195;
heroes severally claim, 195, 196;
tests to decide claims to, 196-203
CHANSON DE ROLAND. Roland and, 121;
late version of Anglo-Norman poem, 122;
Thorold, author of, 122
CHARLEMAGNE. World-famed equivalent, 119;
head of Roman Empire, 119;
Roland, nephew of, 119;
expedition into Spain, 119;
receives an embassage from Marsile, 124;
calls his Twelve Peers to council, 125;
sends Ganelon to Saragossa, 128-130;
receives through Ganelon the keys of Saragossa, 134;
his evil dream, 134, 137;
hears Roland's horn, 145, 146;
hastens to the rescue, 146;
avenges death of Roland and the Peers, 153, 154;
his return to Aix, 155;
his son, Louis, promised to Aude the Fair, 155
CHARLES THE GREAT. King of the Franks, world-famed as Charlemagne,
119.
See Charlemagne
CHILDE HORN. See Horn
CHOSEN PEOPLE. The Jews the, 56
CHRIST. The Cross the sign of, 53;
the Resurrection of, preached to Constantine, 53;
Constantine's desire to find the sacred Cross, 54;
inhabitants of Suddene who believe on, threatened with death, 287
CHRISTENDOM. Enriched by treasures of the True Cross and Holy Nails,
62
CHRISTIAN-S. Preach the way of life to Constantine, 53;
the Lord of, 57;
faith, in Iceland, 96, 97;
law, to be driven out of Suddene by law of Mahomet, 287
CHURCH OF ROME. Constantine's generosity to, 42
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