Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race

by M. I. Ebbutt

J
Jerusalem. The place where Christ suffered, [54];
Elene’s quest in, to find the sacred Cross, [54-62];
Constantine and Elene build a glorious church in, [61];
Cyriacus (Judas) Bishop of, [61];
messenger to Black Colin familiar with all holy places in, [250];
Black Colin as a pilgrim at, [253]
Jesus Christ. The Cross the sign of, [53];
the Resurrection and Ascension of, preached to Constantine, [53]
Jews. Elene’s quest to land of, to find sacred Cross, [55-58];
the Chosen People, [56];
summoned, but dismissed in peace, by Elene, [58]
John.
1. Son of Sir John of the Marshes, [205];
Gamelyn left in charge of, [206];
Gamelyn resists, [207], [208];
his great feast, [216];
put in chains by Gamelyn, [217];
proclaims Gamelyn a wolf’s-head, [220];
his death by hanging, [224].
2. Little. See [Little John]
Joseph and his brethren, “Gamelyn,” a version of story of, [204]
Judæa. See [Jerusalem]
Judas. Grandson of Zacchæus; confesses to knowledge of secret truth of Holy Tree, [57];
refuses at first to disclose the secret place of the Holy Cross, but is prevailed upon by starvation, [58], [59];
baptismal name Cyriacus, [61];
Ganelon compared with, [121]
Judgment, Day of, [71]
Julius Cæsar and early Britons, [184]

K
Kay, Sir. Steward of King Arthur’s household, [266];
jeers at loathly lady, [277]
Kent. Earldom of, held by Godwin, [335]
Kerry. Champions drive to, [196]
Kilchurn Castle. New castle built with rents of Glenurchy, [264]
Knight of Courtesy. The true, is Sir Gawayne, King Arthur’s nephew, [265]
Knight of Loch Awe. Equivalent, Black Colin Campbell, [249]
Kynon. Son of Eudav, grandson of Caradoc, [49]

L
Lady of Glenurchy. Grief of, [251];
the gold ring token, [252];
wooed by Baron MacCorquodale, [254-257];
receives forged letter, [255];
her stratagem to delay her marriage, [256];
builds a castle on ruins of White House on Innis Eoalan, [256], [257];
recognises and welcomes her husband, [262]
Lady of Loch Awe. Same as Lady of Glenurchy, [251]
Lae-gai´re. Bricriu urged to claim title of, [187];
Fedelm, wife of, [189];
awarded Champion’s Portion by Queen Meave, [195];
claim tested by Curoi, [196-203];
disgraced by Uath, [201]
Lancelot, Sir. A Knight of the Round Table, [266]
Lea, Sir Richard of the. Stranger guest of Robin Hood’s, [323]
Leith. Black Colin takes ship at, for Holy Land, [253]
Lendabair. Conall’s wife, [189]
Leofric. Earl of Mercia, [335];
Lady Godiva, wife of, [335];
Hereward, second son of, [336];
Hall of Bourne, home of, [336];
his wrath kindled against Hereward, [337];
asks for writ of outlawry against Hereward, [338];
Hereward bids farewell to, [339]
Leofricsson, Hereward. See [Hereward]
Leve (lāvĕ). Wife of Grim the fisherman, [78]
Lightfoot, Martin. Hereward’s follower who accompanied him into exile, [339];
assists Hereward in his trick on Norman knights, [341], [342];
cast into prison by King Alef, [343];
released by King Alef’s daughter, [344], [345]
Lincoln. Grim carries fish to, [81];
Havelok goes to, [82];
Havelok becomes porter, [82];
Havelok’s fame in, [83];
Godrich summons his army to, against Havelok, [93];
Godrich’s trial and death at, [94]
Little John. One of Robin Hood’s followers, [315];
searches the stranger knight’s coffer, [319];
counts out four hundred pounds to stranger guest, [322], [323];
acts as squire to Sir Richard of the Lea, [323-327]
Loathly Lady, The, and King Arthur, [271-274];
demands of King Arthur a young and handsome knight for husband, as price of her help, [274];
Sir Gawayne offers to wed, [275];
Sir Kay jeers at, [277];
her betrothal to Sir Gawayne, [279];
her marriage with Sir Gawayne, [280];
set free from magic spells, [281-285]
Loch Awe. See [Awe, Loch]
London. Visit to, of William of Cloudeslee and fellow outlaws, [241]
Louis. Charlemagne’s son, Count of the Marshes, promised to Aude the Fair, [155]
Lugh of the Long Hand. Great god, reputed father of Cuchulain, [185]

M
Mabinogion. A series of Welsh legends; glorifies marriage of British princess Helena and Constantine, [42]
MacCorquodale, Baron. Wooes the Lady of Loch Awe, [254-257];
his stratagem of a forged letter, [255];
hears of Black Colin’s return, [263]
MacGregors. Expelled from Glenurchy, [249]
Mahomet. Saracens declare determination to win land of Suddene according to law of, [287];
faith of, thrown off by Saracens for the true faith, [310]
Mairi. Old widow in whose house the demon traders lived, [173]
Marsile. King of Moors; defies Charlemagne, [122];
idols of, [122];
Blancandrin’s advice to, [123];
sends an embassage to Charlemagne, [124];
offers to become a Christian, [124-126];
Ganelon sent to, with Charlemagne’s terms, [130];
Ganelon’s reception by, [131], [132];
takes counsel with leaders, [132];
swears on the book of Law of Mahomet the treacherous death of Roland, [134];
pursues the Frankish army, [137];
Roland slays only son of, [147];
mortally wounded, he returns to Saragossa, [147];
his death, [154]
Martin. See [Lightfoot]
Masses. Of the Father, of the Holy Spirit, of Our Lady, heard daily by Robin Hood, [315]
Maxen Wledig. “The Dream of,” preserved in the “Mabinogion,” [42-49];
Emperor of Rome, [43];
expedition down the Tiber, [43];
his vision near Rome, [43];
his vision declared, [44-47];
ambassadors sent out to find the maiden of his dream, [47], [48];
journeys himself to land of Arvon, [48], [49];
conquers Britain from Beli, son of Manogan, [48];
weds Helena, daughter of Eudav, [49];
Constantine, son of, the only British-born Emperor of Rome, [49]
Maxentius. Emperor; hero of Welsh saga “Mabinogion,” [42]
Maximian. The Emperor; father of Fausta, who became Constantine’s wife, [64]
Mead. Dwelling-place of Guest the Wise, [103]
Meave. Queen of Connaught, wife of King Ailill; to decide claims to title of Chief Champion, [189];
pronounces judgment, [195]
Mercia. Earldom of, held by Leofric, [335]
Modi. King of Reynes; wooes Rymenhild, [303];
slain by Horn, [308];
land of, committed to care of Sir Athelbrus, [313]
Mona. Sacred isle of; same as Anglesey; ambassadors of Maxen Wledig view, [47]
“Montjoie! Montjoie!” Battle cry of Franks, under Roland, [140], [142], [148]
Moors. Rulers of, and Charlemagne, [119];
and Franks meet in battle, [140]
Mordred, Sir. One of King Arthur’s nephews, [266]
Most High. Grendel outcast from mercy of, [4]
Much. One of Robin Hood’s followers, [315];
assists to count out gold for stranger guest, [323]
Murry. King of Suddene, [286];
Queen Godhild consort of, [286];
Horn, son of, [286];
attacked and slain by Saracens, [287], [288]

N
Naesi. Irish hero, [156]
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]
Peers. Of France, [125], [136];
the champions of the Moors challenge the Twelve, of France, [137];
of Charlemagne, triumph over Marsile’s twelve champions, [141];
their death, [143-153];
avenged by Charlemagne, [153], [154]
Penelope. Lady of Loch Awe turns to guile, as did, [256]
People of the Hills. Cuchulain’s friends among, [198], [199]
Persia. Constantine’s valour in wars in, [64];
physicians from, with remedies for Constantine’s leprosy, [65]
Peter and Paul. The Apostles; appear in a vision to Constantine, [70], [71]
Pictish Giant. King Alef’s daughter betrothed to, [343];
slain by Hereward, [343]
Plantagenets. England under, [314]
Pope. Head of Holy Catholic Church, [119];
proclaims Holy War at Rome, [251];
sees Black Colin, [253];
regarded by Black Colin as Vicar of Christ on earth, [253]
Priam. Reference to lament of, [95]
Pyrenees. Charlemagne’s march through passes of, [119];
Frankish army marches toward, [134]

R
Ranald. King of Waterford, [345], [346];
Prince Sigtryg, son of, [345];
Hereward at feast of, [346], [347]
Ranaldsson, Sigtryg. See [Sigtryg]
Red Branch. Heroes of, invited to feast by Bricriu, [186];
heroes return to, [199];
Uath, the Stranger, comes to, [199];
heroes of, and Uath, the Stranger, [199-203];
champions of, identical with Highland Gaelic heroes, [248]
Reynes. Modi, King of, [303];
wooes Rymenhild, [303], [304]
Reynild. Daughter of King Thurston; offered to Horn, [302];
weds Sir Athulf, [313]
Rhine. Black Colin’s journey up, [253]
Rhodes. Black Colin journeys to, [253];
supposed news from, by man of Black Colin’s band, [255]
Richard, Sir, of the Lea, Robin Hood’s stranger-guest, [317-324];
Robin Hood’s loan to, [322-324];
his land in Uterysdale, [323];
redeems his land from Abbot of St. Mary’s, [324-327];
sets out to repay loan, [328];
defends the right at a wrestling contest, [328];
arrives before Robin Hood to repay loan, but is exempt, [333];
returns to Uterysdale, [333];
his power used to protect the outlaws, [333]
Robert the Red. Eldest son of Grim; accompanies Havelok to Denmark, [87]
Robin Hood. Romantic sympathy with, [225];
one of the famous outlaws, [226];
the original, [314];
forest of Barnesdale at one time his dwelling-place, [314], [315];
Sherwood Forest, headquarters of, [315];
Little John, Will Scarlet, and Much, his three most loyal followers, [315];
three Masses heard by, [315];
sends his followers to Watling Street, [316];
his outlaw rules, [316];
stranger guest brought to, [317];
lends stranger guest four hundred pounds, [322];
sends his followers again to Watling Street, [329];
his followers capture and bring to greenwood, as guest, the Black Monk, [330];
appropriates gold of the Black Monk as payment of loan to Sir Richard of the Lea, [331], [332];
exempts Sir Richard from repayment of four hundred pounds, [333];
dwells securely in the greenwood under Sir Richard’s protection, [333]
Roland. Charlemagne’s nephew; fame of, in romance, [119];
historical basis of legend of, [120];
in Spanish legend, [121];
“Saga” in French literature, [121];
“Chanson de Roland” and, [121];
one of the Twelve Peers, [125];
destruction plotted by Blancandrin and Ganelon, [131], [134];
plants his banner on topmost summit of Pyrenees, [134];
appointed to command rearguard, [135];
appealed to by Oliver to blow his horn, [138];
his army defeats Saracens, [141];
defeats second Saracen army, [143];
attacked by third Saracen army, [144];
willing to blow horn, but Oliver objects, [144];
blows Olifant, [145], [146];
Charlemagne hastens to rescue of, but arrives too late, [146];
slays only son of Marsile, [147];
smitten by Oliver in mistake, [148];
set upon by four hundred Saracens, [150];
realising death near, he tries to destroy sword Durendala, [152];
his death, [153];
avenged by Charlemagne, [153], [154]
Roman Empire. Charlemagne head of, [119]
Romans. Conquer Huns by the Cross standard, [52]
Rome. Church of, Constantine’s generosity to, [42];
Maxen Wledig seeks rest near, [43], [46];
Princess Helena hailed Empress of, [48], [49];
Constantine calls a council of all wisest men in, [53];
Black Colin’s messenger just home from, [251];
Holy War proclaimed by Pope at, [251];
Black Colin reaches, [253];
Black Colin’s supposed letter from, [255]
Roncesvalles. Roland’s glory from, [119];
celebrated in “Song of Altobiscar,” [120];
Spain claims part of honour of, [120];
the battle of, [140-153]
Roncevaux. Same as Roncesvalles, [122]
Round Table. Knights of, [266]
Rymenhild. Princess, daughter of King Ailmar;
loves Horn, [292];
Athulf personates Horn before, [293];
welcomes Horn in her bower and declares her love, [294];
wishes Horn good success as knight, [298];
gives token to Horn, [298];
spied on by Fikenhild, [299], [300];
wooed by King Modi, [303];
writes to Horn through Athulf, [303];
Horn at wedding-feast of, [305];
Horn’s stratagem to test her love, [306], [307];
her knight and lover, Horn, restored, [307];
wedded to Horn, [308];
left to her father’s care, [309];
demanded in marriage by traitor, Fikenhild, [311];
delivered by Horn, [313];
dwells at Suddene as queen, [313]

S
Samson. Peer of Charlemagne; mortally wounded, [143]
Saracen-s. Host, encamps near Franks, [134];
pursue the Frankish army, [137];
chiefs vow to slay Roland, [137];
defeat of, by Roland’s army, [141];
second army attacks Roland, [142];
defeated once more, [143];
third army attacks Roland, [144];
their rule in the Holy Land, [251];
Horn’s hatred of, typical of romance of Crusades, [286];
attack and slay King Murry, [287], [288];
Horn’s victory over, [298];
Suddene purged of, by Horn, [310]
Saragossa. Charlemagne repulsed at, [119];
decided to send Ganelon to, as ambassador, [128];
Charlemagne’s threat to take, [132];
Charlemagne receives through Ganelon the keys of, [134];
captured by Charlemagne, [154]
“Sarn Helen.” Roman roads in Wales connecting Helena’s three castles known as, [49]
Saxon England. The maintenance of justice in, [314]
Saxon-s. Hereward the, [334];
the darling hero of the, [334];
Anglo-, chivalry, Hereward the ideal of, [334], [335];
Hereward the, known as the Champion of Women, [351]
Scarlet, Will. Cousin to and one of Robin Hood’s followers, [315]
Scotland. Hero-myths of, [248];
national heroes of Lowland, actual, not mythical, [248];
war between England and, [249]
Scottish Independence. Sir Nigel Campbell one of leaders in cause of, [249]
Scyld Scefing (skild ske´f-ing). Founder of Scyldings dynasty, [2];
coming to and passing from Denmark, [2];
Hrothgar, great-grandson of, [2]
Seven Hills. Rome, the City of, [43];
Maxen Wledig, emperor, rules Europe from, [43]
Sherwood, Forest of. Headquarters of Robin Hood, [315]
Siegfried. Gudrun and, in “Nibelungenlied,” [95]
Sigmund. Father of Fitela; glory of, chanted by Danish bard, [18]
Sigrid. Thorbiorn’s housekeeper, [97];
loved by Olaf, [99];
quits Thorbiorn’s service, [103];
disappearance of, [106]
Sigt-ryg Ranaldsson. Prince of Waterford; his troth-plight with King Alef’s daughter, [343];
son of King Ranald, [345];
Hereward’s mission to, [345-347];
sails for Cornwall to rescue his love, [347];
sends forty Danes to demand fulfilment of troth-plight, [348];
Sigtryg and Danes plan ambush for Haco, [350];
rescues, and marries, Cornish princess, [350], [351]
Si´ht-ric-son. Same as Anlaf, Abloec, &c., [73]
Sir John of the Marshes. Noble gentleman who lived in Lincolnshire, in reign of Edward I., [204], [205];
father of John, Otho, and Gamelyn, [205];
his death, [206]
Si-ward, Earl. Ruler in Northumbria, [339];
reputed kinship to Fairy Bear, [340], [342]
Snowdon. Mountainous land of, reached by ambassadors of Maxen Wledig, [47]
Socach. Black Colin’s foster-parents’ dwelling-place, [250]
Souls. The traffic in, during Irish famine, [170-183];
Cathleen tries to check traffic in, [174]
Spain. Charlemagne’s expedition into, [119];
begins to quit, [134];
returns to, to rescue Roland, [146]
Spanish Legend. Bernardo del Carpio and Roland in, [121]
Spencer.
1. Adam, steward in household of Sir John, releases Gamelyn, [214], [215].
2. Edmund, reference to his Red Cross Knight, [265]
Steinthor of Ere. Great chieftain who shelters Howard, [108], [109], [117];
speaks on Howard’s behalf at the Thing, [118]
St. John, Knights of. Black Colin takes service with, [253];
Grand Master of, [253]
St. Mary. Abbey of, in York, lands of stranger knight in pledge to Abbot of, [321];
land redeemed by Sir Richard of the Lea, [324-327];
the Black Monk high cellarer in Abbey of, [331]
St. Patrick. Preached Gospel to people of Ireland, [157]
Suddene. King Murry and Queen Godhild, and son Horn, the royal family of, [286];
Horn sails for, to wrest from Saracens, [309];
Athulf’s father found at, [309], [310];
Horn reconquers, [310];
a Christian realm once more, [311];
Horn crowned king of, [311]
Swanborow. Daughter of King Birkabeyn, [74];
slain by Godard, [76]
Sweden. Götaland, realm of Geats in south of, [5]
Swedes. Slay Hathcyn, son of King Hrethel, [35]
Switzerland. Black Colin and Highland clansmen pass through, [253]
Sylvester. Bishop of Rome; and Constantine, [42];
Constantine told in a vision to send for, [70];
preaches the Christian faith to Constantine, [71]

T
Taillefer. “Song of Roland” and, [122]
Tara. Black stone of, [157]
Tarn Wathelan. Giant in castle near, ill-treats maiden, [267];
King Arthur’s journey to, and fight with giant who lived in Castle of, [269], [270];
King Arthur summons court to hunt near, [276];
the churlish knight of, set free from magic spells, [284]
Teutonic North. Beowulf famous throughout, [5]
Thersites. Compared with Bricriu of the Bitter Tongue, [186]
Thing. Howard at the, [107], [108], [117], [118]
Thor-biorn. Mighty chief on shores of Icefirth, [97];
Vakr, nephew of, [97];
Olaf and sheep of, [98-100];
whale unjustly adjudged to, [102];
marries sister of Guest, [103];
Sigrid leaves, [103];
meets Olaf, [103-106];
Warflame, magic sword of, [104-106];
thrusts Olaf with Warflame, [106];
Howard claims wergild from, [106-111];
Guest’s judgment against, [110], [111];
hailed by Biargey while out fishing, [112];
slain by Howard, [116]
Thor-brand. Brother of Biargey, [113];
helps Howard against Thorbiorn, [115]
Thor-dis. Mother of Vakr; sends second son to assist in fight against Olaf, [105]
Thor-kel. Lawman and arbitrator of Icefirth, [97];
his false decree concerning a whale, [102]
Thor-old. Same as Turoldus; author of “Song of Roland,” [122]
Thurston. King of Ireland; served by Horn, [301];
Harold and Berild, sons of, [302];
offers kingdom and his daughter Reynild to Horn, [302];
Horn discloses his identity to, [304]
Tiber. Hunting expedition down, by Maxen Wledig, [43]
Tir-nan-og. The land of never-dying youth, [163]
Tree, The Holy. See [Holy Cross]
Trinity. Truth of, demonstrated by shamrock-leaf, [157]
Trojan War. An ancient story, yet well known, [58]
Tuck, Friar. Masses sung by, for Robin Hood, [318]
Turpin. Archbishop of Charlemagne, one of Twelve Peers, [125], [136];
blesses the knights, [139], [140];
mediates between Roland and Oliver, [145];
mortally wounded, [149];
his death, [150], [151]