ARTHUR (Artus, Arcturus), King-- his widespread fame, 2, 3; Saxon opponents of, 4; an allegorical figure, 6, 27, 61; Caxton on his identity, 9; bardic chroniclers, 9-18, 62; Geoffrey’s history of, 18; the elemental hero, 29, 33, 149; his domain, 31, 38, 39, 46-59, 64; Scotch references, 52, 68; his birth, 90; his coronation, 115; his Round Table, 130-58; as warrior, 149; as national hero, 150, 151; his battle at Badon, 155-6; in Italy, 157; his marriage, 160; at Camelot, 159 _et seq._; battle at Slaughter Bridge, 200; his death-wound, 205; his tomb, 207-9; in Avalon, 238-47; supposed remains, 241, 249
Avalon (Avilion), 43, 51; described 216 _et seq._ _See_ “Glastonbury”
Battles, King Arthur’s, 4, 29, 62, 125, 151; the last at Camelford, 198, 200-1, 204, 208; with Melvas, 240
Borrow, George, quoted, 90 _n._, 188, 230
Brécéliande (Broceliand, Brocelinde), forest of, 79, 81
Camelford, 55-7, 101; described, 194 _et seq._
Caxton, his testimony to Arthur, 8, 9, 26
Celts, the, and their influence on history and legend, 3, 23, 31, 35, 66, 176, 213, 230, 231
Freeman, Professor, quoted, 153, 218, 236
Gawaine, 79, 81, 161; his character, 161-3, 166, 204
Geoffrey of Monmouth, 18-21, 95, 115, 118, 131, 251
Gildas the historian, 10, 12, 13-16, 153, 246
Glastonbury, Gildas at, 15; history and description of, 216-56
Guenevere (Guinevere, Gwenhwyvar), Queen, 62, 114, 132, 175-82, 240
Holy Grail, the, 23, 133, 145; the quest of, 186; legend of, 187-93, 230
Holy Thorn, in Scotland, 52; legend of, 223-28
Inis vitrea (Ynyswytryn). _See_ “Glastonbury”
Iseult (Isoud). _See_ “Tristram and Iseult”
Joseph of Arimathæa, 186, 188, 193; at Glastonbury, 221-33 _passim_
Knights, the, 37; their Round Table, 131 _et seq._; adventures at Camelot, 161, 166; the last, 200
Lancelot, Sir, 44, 45, 55, 160, 166, 174, 178, 191
Leland, quoted, 14, 94, 95, 126, 142, 168, 171, 182, 245
Lytton, Lord, quoted, 30, 111, 128, 158, 163 _n._
Malory, Sir Thomas, 25, 26, 27, 106, 191, 212
Merlin, 25, 43, 66, 132; his history, 67-71; drama of, 72-5; his doom, 75-8; his influence, 83; his prophecies, 246
Percivale (Parzifal, Perceval), 134, 186, 189
Round Table, the, 119; history of, 130-58; supposed localities, 141 _et seq._; its symbolism, 145