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
NAILS, THE HOLY. Obtained by Elene, 61;
given to Constantine, 62
NAIMES, DUKE. One of Charlemagne's Twelve Peers, 126, 136, 137;
urges Charlemagne to hasten to rescue of Roland, 146
NORMAN ENGLAND. Royal authority in, how asserted, 314
NORMANS. Or Flemings; Hereward enrolled among, to qualify for
knighthood, 339;
Hereward's trick on, with Fairy Bear, 341, 342
NORSE influence in connection with story of "King Horn," 286
NORSEMEN. Firm hold of blood-feud on imagination of, 96
NORTH COUNTRY. Equivalent, Ulster, 165
NORTH SEA. Forefathers who dwelt on shores of, 1;
ambassadors of Maxen Wledig reach, 47
NORTHUMBRIA. Inheritance of Anlaf, 73;
writ of outlawry against Hereward only of nominal weight in, 339;
Earl Siward ruler in, 339;
Hereward leaves, 342
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. The Sheriff of, and Robin Hood, 315
O
ODIN. The raven, the bird of, 115
OISIN. Scotch embodiment of Ossian, 248
OLAF.
1. Same as Anlaf, &c., 73.
2. Son of famous Viking, Howard the Halt, 97;
finds Thorbiorn's lost sheep, 98-100;
kills a wizard, 101;
second fight with the wizard's ghost, 102;
wooes Sigrid, 99, 103;
meets Thorbiorn, 103-106;
his death, 106;
Howard claims wergild for, 106-111;
wergild awarded for, 118
OLIFANT. Roland's horn, 138;
blown by Roland, 145, 146;
Roland's dying blast on, 149
OLIVER. One of Charlemagne's Twelve Peers, 125, 136;
descries the Saracens and proclaims Ganelon's treason, 138;
appeals to Roland to blow his horn, 138;
Hauteclaire, sword of, 141;
objects to Roland blowing his horn, 144;
mortally wounded by Marsile's uncle, 148;
under misapprehension, strikes Roland with Hauteclaire, 148;
his death, 148, 149;
avenged by Charlemagne, 153, 154
OONA. Cathleen's foster-mother, 178;
her vision, 182
ORCHY. River, running through Glenurchy, 249
ORESTES. Reference to Electra and, 95
ORLANDO, ETC. Italy claims Roland in guise of, 121
OSSIAN. Hero in Gaelic Highland poems, 248;
Scotch embodiment of Oisin, 248
OTHO. Son of Sir John of the Marshes, 205;
becomes surety for Gamelyn, 221;
arrested owing to failure of Gamelyn to appear at court, 223;
released by Gamelyn, 223;
sits on judge's seat with Gamelyn and condemns Sir John, 224;
appointed sheriff by King Edward I., 224;
makes Gamelyn his heir, 224
OUR LADY. Robin Hood accepts her surety for four hundred pounds lent
to stranger guest, 322;
the Black Monk and the suretyship, 331-333
OUTLAWS. Famous: Hereward, Robin Hood, William of Cloudeslee, 226;
pardoned by king, 243;
rules of, in case of Robin Hood, 316;
their feast, 317, 318, 330
P
PAMPELUNA. Taken by Charlemagne, 119
PARADISE. Cathleen's soul in, 182
PATTERSON. Name of foster-parents of Black Colin, 250
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