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
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
GÖTALAND. 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
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