Part 51 (1/2)

VIVIONN (BEBHIONN). A young giantess, daughter of Treon, from the Land of Maidens, 287; slain by da, and buried in the place called the Ridge of the Dead, 288

VOYAGE OF MAELDUN. See Maeldun

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WACE. Author of Li Romans de Brut, 338

WALES. Arthurian saga in, 343, 344; prophecy of Taliesin about, 385

WAVE OF CLEENA. See Tonn Cliodhna

WEE FOLK, THE. Fergus mac Leda and, 246-249; Iubdan, King of, 246

WELL OF KESAIR. Mac Cecht visits, 175

WELL OF KNOWLEDGE. Equivalent, Connlas Well.

Sinends fatal visit to, 129

WELSH FAIRIES. See Tylwyth Teg

WELSH LITERATURE. The Arthur in the Arthurian saga wholly different from the Arthur in, 336; compared with Irish, 344; tales of Arthur in, 386

WELSH MS. SOCIETY. Llewellyn Sions Barddas edited by J.A. Williams ap Ithel for, 332

WELSH ROMANCE. The character of, 395, 396

WESTON, MISS JESSIE L. Reference to her studies on the Arthurian saga, 341

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. Reference to, in connexion with Arthurian saga, 343

WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH. His story of the Grail, 407

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YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN. Tale of Cuchulain and Connla in, 192

YOUTH. The maiden who gave the Love Spot to Dermot, 292

YSPADDADEN PENKAWR (is-pa-dhaden). Father of Olwen, 387; the tasks he set Kilhwch, 390-392; slain by Goreu son of Custennin, 392

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ZIMMER, DR. HEINRICH. On the source of the Arthurian saga, 343

ZOROASTER. Religion of magic invented by, 61

1 In reference to the name Freeman, Mr. Nicholson adds: No one was more intensely English in his sympathies than the great historian of that name, and probably no one would have more strenuously resisted the suggestion that he might be of Welsh descent; yet I have met his close physical counterpart in a Welsh farmer (named Evans) living within a few minutes of Pwllheli.

2 He speaks of Nyrax, a Celtic city, and Ma.s.salia [Ma.r.s.eilles], a city of Liguria in the land of the Celts (Fragmenta Hist. Grc.).

3 In his Premiers Habitants de lEurope, vol. ii.