MAN´ANAN. Son of the Sea-god, Lir, 113, 139; magical Boat of, brought by Lugh, with Horse of, and sword _Fragarach_, from the Land of the Living, 113, 121; attributes of Sea-god mostly conferred on, 125; the most popular deity in Irish mythology, 125; lord of sea beyond which Land of Youth or Islands of the Dead were supposed to lie, 125; master of tricks and illusions, owned magical possessions—boat, Ocean-Sweeper; steed, Aonbarr; sword, The Answerer, &c. &c., 125; reference to daughter of, given to Angus, a Danaan prince, 143; his wife, Fand, sets her love on Cuchulain, 226; Fand recovered by, 227; shakes his cloak between Fand and Cuchulain, 228; Cymric deity Manawyddan corresponds with, 347, 348 MANAWYDDAN (mana-wudh’en). In Welsh mythology, son of Llyr; Irish equivalents, Mananan and Lir, 347; Bendigeid Vran (“Bran the Blessed”), his brother, 365; the tale of Pryderi and, 373-378; weds Rhiannon, 373 MANÉ-ER-H´OECK. Remarkable tumulus in Brittany, 63, 64 MANÉS. Seven outlawed sons of Ailell and Maev, 169; their rally to Maev’s foray against Ulster, 204 MANESSIER. A continuator of Chrestien de Troyes, 408 MAN´ETHO. Egyptian historian, reference to human sacrifices, 85, 86 MANRED. The ineffable Name of God pronounced, and so was formed, 333; the primal substance of the universe, 333 MAON (may’un). Son of Ailill; brutal treatment of, by Covac, 152-154; has revenge on Ailill by slaying him and all his nobles, 153; weds Moriath, and reigns over Ireland, 154; equivalent, “Labra the Mariner,” 154 MARCELLIN´US, AMMIAN´US. Gauls described by, 42 MARIE DE FRANCE. Anglo-Norman poetess; sources relating to the Arthurian saga in writings of, 339, 340 MĀTH SON OF MĀTHONWY. Title of tale in the “Mabinogion,” 347; Llew Llaw Gyffes, a character in tale of, 347, 348; brother of Penardun, 349; the tale of, 378-384; Gwydion and Gilvaethwy, nephews of, 378; his strange gift of hearing, 386 MATHOLWCH (math’o-law). King of Ireland; comes seeking Branwen’s hand in marriage, 366; wedding of, and Branwen’s, celebrated at Aberffraw, 366; Evnissyen mutilates his horses, 367; Bran, among other gifts, gives a magic cauldron to, 367, 368; father of Gwern, 368; informed of Bran’s invasion, 369; hands sovranty of Ireland to Gwern, 370 MĀTHONWY. Ancestor of House of Dōn, 349 MATIÈRE DE FRANCE. Source of Round Table and chivalric institutions ascribed to Arthur’s court, 341 MAXEN WLEDIG (oo’le-dig). Emperor of Rome; the dream of, 384, 385 MAY-DAY. Sacred to Beltené, day on which Sons of Miled began conquest of Ireland, 133, 134; combat every, between Gwythur ap Greidawl and Gwyn ap Nudd, 353; strange scream heard in Britain on eve of, 385 MEATH. Fergus in his battle-fury strikes off the tops of the three _Maela_ of, 224; St. Patrick and the folk of, 282