the head-dress of the women of, [375]

Villemarqué. See [Hersart de la Villemarqué]

Vine, The. Said to have been introduced into Brittany by Gradlon, [189]

Virgin Mary, The. In a Breton legend, [380]

Vitré. A Breton château, [208]

Vivien. An enchantress, in Arthurian legend;

meets Merlin in Broceliande, and afterward enchants him there, [65-69];

as presented in Arthurian legend and in other romances, [69];

may be classed as a water-spirit, [69];

the probable purpose of the story of Merlin and, in Arthurian legend, [70];