The Mammoth Book of King Arthur

by Mike Ashley

  Crusades ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6 passim, ref 7

  Cú Chulainn ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Culhwch and Olwen ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15

  Cunedda ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12

  Cuneglasus (Cynlas Goch) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Cunomorus see Conmor

  Cunorix ref 1

  Custennin Fendigiad ref 1, ref 2

  Cutha ref 1, ref 2

  Cuthwulf ref 1, ref 2

  Cynan (son of Eudaf) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Cynan Garwyn (“of the White Chariot” or “the Cruel”) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Cynan Meriadoc ref 1, ref 2

  Cynan Wledig ref 1

  Cynddylan ref 1, ref 2

  Cyndyrn Garthwys see Kentigern

  Cyndrwyn ref 1

  Cynfor ap Tudwal ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Cynfor Host–Protector ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Cyngen the Famous ref 1, ref 2

  Cynlas Goch see Cuneglasus

  Cynric ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Dál Riata ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Damnonii (tribe) ref 1, ref 2

  Daniel of the Flowering Valley ref 1, ref 2

  dates, problems with ref 1, ref 2 passim, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8; suggested chronology ref 1; chronology based on Geoffrey of Monmouth ref 1

  David, St ref 1, ref 2

  De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae see Gildas

  Deganwy ref 1, ref 2

  Degsastan (Dawston), battle, ref 1, ref 2

  Deira ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Demetae (tribe) ref 1, ref 2; Demetia see Dyfed

  Dere Street ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4; see also Ermine Street

  Derguentid (Derwent) ref 1

  Devil’s Brook and Devil’s Water ref 1, ref 2

  Dewi, bishop, ref 1, ref 2

  Didot–Perceval ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Dinarth ref 1

  Dinas Emrys ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Dinas Powys ref 1

  Diocletian (emperor) ref 1, ref 2

  Dobunni (tribe) ref 1, ref 2

  Dolorous Blow or Stroke ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Doncaster ref 1, ref 2

  Douglas (Dubglas) or Dulas (river), battle site, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Douglas, Glen ref 1, ref 2

  Dream of Macsen Wledig, The ref 1

  Dream of Rhonabwy, The ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  Drust or Drest ref 1, ref 2

  Dryden, John ref 1; King Arthur ref 1

  Dubglas see Douglas

  Dubricius ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Dumbarton xv, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4; see also Alclud

  Dumnagual Hen see Dyfnwal Hen

  Dumnonia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Dunipace ref 1, ref 2

  Dunod or Dunaut ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Dunoding ref 1, ref 2

  Dunstan, abbot, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Durmart le Gallois ref 1, ref 2

  Durocornovium ref 1

  Durotriges tribe) ref 1

  dux, title of, ref 1, ref 2; dux Britanniarum ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6; dux bellorum ref 1, ref 2

  Dwrnach, Cauldron of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Dyfed (Demetia) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17

  Dyfnwal or Dumnagual Hen ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Dyfrig see Dubricius

  Dyrham, battle of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Dyrstan ap Tallwch see Tristan

  Ebissa ref 1, ref 2

  Ector or Hector, half–brother of Lancelot, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Edinburgh (Din Eityn) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Edward I of England, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Edward III of England, ref 1, ref 2

  Edward IV of England ref 1

  Edwin of Northumbria ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Eildon Hills ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Eilhart von Oberge ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Eiludd ref 1, ref 2

  Elafius ref 1

  Eldol ref 1, ref 2

  Eleanor of Aquitaine ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11

  Elen (wife of Magnus Maximus) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Elesa and Esla or Osla ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Elidir the Wealthy ref 1, ref 2

  Eliffer or Eleutherius of the Great Host ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11

  Elisedd or Eliseg ref 1, ref 2

  Elmet ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Emrys Wledig see Ambrosius Aurelianus

  Emyr Llydaw ref 1, ref 2

  Eochaid of Deisi ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Eochaid Buide (“the Fair”) ref 1, ref 2

  Eopa ref 1, ref 2

  Episford ref 1

  Erb ref 1, ref 2

  Erec et Enide ref 1, ref 2, ref 3; as Erek ref 1, ref 2

  Ergyng ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11

  Ermine Street ref 1, ref 2, ref 3; see also Dere Street

  Escanor ref 1, ref 2

  Eudaf Hen ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  Eugenius ref 1, ref 2

  Evelake or Evalach (also Mordrain) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4; see also Amalech

  Excalibur ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8; as Caledvwlch ref 1, ref 2, ref 3; as Calibum ref 1

  Faddon, Caer see Caer Faddon

  Fair Unknown motif ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6; Le Bel Inconnu ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Falkirk ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Farinmail ref 1

  Faustus ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Fergus of Galloway ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Ferriby, North and South, ref 1

  Ffernfael ap Ithel ref 1

  Fisher King, The ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5 passim, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Floriant et Florete ref 1, ref 2

  Forth, Firth of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Frederick I, Holy Roman emperor, ref 1

  Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, ref 1, ref 2

  Frew, Fords of ref 1, ref 2

  Froissart, Jehan ref 1, ref 2

  Frollo ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Fulk V of Anjou ref 1

  Gabran or Gabhran ref 1, ref 2

  Gadeon ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Gaimar, Geffrei ref 1, ref 2

  Galahad ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Galashiels (Trimontium) ref 1, ref 2

  Galerius ref 1

  Galeron ref 1

  Gallic Chronicle ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Galloway ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Galtres, Forest of ref 1, ref 2

  Ganarew or Genoreu ref 1, ref 2

  Ganieda or Gwenddydd (Merlin’s sister) ref 1

  Garbanion see Germanianus

  Gareth, Sir, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Garmon, St ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Gartbuir see Vortipor

  Gautier de Montbéliard ref 1, ref 2

  Gawain or Gwalchmai, in Welsh legend ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6; in Arthurian romance ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15 passim, ref 16, ref 17 passim; his Grail quest ref 1, ref 2 passim, ref 3; The Rise of Gawain, ref 1; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5f; Syre Gawene and the Carle of Carlyle ref 1, ref 2, ref 3; Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4; grave ref 1
r />   Gelliwig or Celliwic ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Geoffrey of Anjou ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Geoffrey of Monmouth, cited ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20; History of the Kings of Britain analysed ref 1; life ref 1; Prophecies of Merlin, The ref 1, ref 2, ref 3; Life of Merlin, The ref 1, ref 2

  Geraint (or Gereint) ab Erbin ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Geraint ab Erbin ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Gerbert de Montreuil ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Germanianus or Garbanion ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Germanus of Auxerre ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Gerontius ref 1, ref 2

  Gewis ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Gewisse ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Gildas xi, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12; De Excidio quoted ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5; De Excidio analysed ref 1 passim, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7; in Welsh legend ref 1, ref 2

  Gillomanius ref 1, ref 2

  Gilmaurius ref 1, ref 2

  Gismirante ref 1

  Glastonbury ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  Glein or Glen (river), battle site, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Gleiniant ref 1, ref 2

  Glen Water ref 1

  Glewlwyd ref 1, ref 2

  Gliglois ref 1, ref 2

  Gloucester (Glevum) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13

  Glynde Reach ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Glywyddyn ref 1

  Glywys ref 1, ref 2, ref 3;

  Glywysing ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Gododdin xv, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5; Y Gododdin ref 1, ref 2; see also Votadini

  Godred Crovan ref 1

  Goeznovius, St ref 1

  Golagros and Gawane ref 1

  Gorlois ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Gorre ref 1

  Gottfried von Strassburg ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Grail, Holy ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6 passim, ref 7, ref 8 passim, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11; first use of phrase ref 1; see also relics, religious

  Grail Castle and Knights ref 1

  Gratian, emperor, ref 1; usurper ref 1

  Griflet, Girflet or Jaufre ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4; as Cynwyl ref 1

  Gruffydd ap Cynan ref 1, ref 2

  Guenevere or Guinevere ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18; ref 1, ref 2, ref 3 passim, ref 4, ref 5 passim, ref 6; as Gwenhwyfar ref 1, ref 2; the false Guenevere ref 1, ref 2

  Guignier ref 1

  Guillaume le Clerc ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Guilsfield ref 1, ref 2

  Guinnion, fortress and battle, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Gwallawg ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Gwawrddur ref 1

  Gwenddoleu or Guendoleu ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Gwenhwyfach ref 1, ref 2

  Gwent xv, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Gwenwynwyn ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Gwrfoddw Hen ref 1, ref 2

  Gwrgan the Freckled ref 1

  Gwrgi ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Gwri ref 1, ref 2

  Gwrtheyrnion ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5; see also Vortigern

  Gwrwst ref 1

  Gwyar ref 1

  Gwyddno ref 1

  Gwyddno Garanhir ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Gwydion ref 1, ref 2

  Gwydre ref 1

  Gwynedd ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7; rulers of ref 1, ref 2

  Gwynion ref 1, ref 2

  Gwynllyw ref 1, ref 2

  Gyrthmwl Wledig ref 1

  Hadrian’s Wall ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16

  Hardyng, John ref 1, ref 2

  Hart Fell ref 1, ref 2

  Hartman von Aue ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Havelok the Dane ref 1

  Heinrich von dem Türlin and Diu Krône ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Heledd ref 1, ref 2

  Helena ref 1

  Hengist xii, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14

  Henri I of Champagne, ref 1

  Henri II of Champagne ref 1, ref 2

  Henri de Blois ref 1

  Henry I of England, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  Henry II of England, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  Henry VI of England ref 1, ref 2

  Henry VII of England, ref 1, ref 2

  Henry VIII of England, ref 1

  Henry de Sully ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Henry, the “Young King”, ref 1

  Herin son of Hussa ref 1

  Hermann of Thuringia ref 1, ref 2

  Higden, Ranulf,

  Polychronicon quoted ref 1

  High History of the Holy Grail (Perlesvaus) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  High Rochester (Bremenium) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Historia Brittonum see Nennius

  Historia Regum Britanniae (istory of the Kings of Britain) see Geoffrey of Monmouth

  Hoel of Brittany ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Hoel of Cornwall ref 1

  Holy Grail see Grail, Holy

  Holy Roman Empire ref 1, ref 2

  Honorius ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Horncastle ref 1

  Horsa ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5 passim, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Huail, brother of Gildas, ref 1, ref 2

  Hunbaut ref 1, ref 2

  Hussa ref 1, ref 2

  Hwicce ref 1, ref 2

  Iaen ref 1, ref 2

  Iahann Reeth ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Icel ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Iceni (tribe) ref 1, ref 2

  Ida ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Idris ref 1, ref 2

  Igraine see Ygraine

  Ilchester (Lindinis) ref 1, ref 2

  Illtud ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Ionas Riotham ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Irish Annals ref 1

  Iseult or Isolde see Tristan

  Islay ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Iudwal or Judhael ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Jacob van Maerlant ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Jaufré ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Jean d’Ibelin ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Jerusalem ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8; kings of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  John, king of England, ref 1, ref 2

  Judhael see Iudwal

  Kay or Cei, in Welsh legend ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5; in Arthurian romance ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15 passim

  Kellwic or Kelliwik see Gelliwig

  Kentigern (Cyndyrn) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Kerniw see Cernyw

  Ketil Flatnose ref 1

  King Arthur, play, ref 1

  Knight of the Parrot, The ref 1

  Knight of the Two Swords, The ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Knight with the Sleeve, The ref 1, ref 2

  Knight with the Sword, The ref 1

  Knights Templar ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Lady of the Fountain, The ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Lady of the Lake ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10 passim

  Lailoken or Llallogan ref 1

  Lancaster ref 1

  Lancelot
ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15; origins of ref 1; in works by Chretien ref 1, ref 2; in Lanzelet ref 1, ref 2; Lancelot do Lac ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5; in Vulgate Cycle ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4; Dolorous/Joyeuse Garde ref 1, ref 2, ref 3; later counterparts ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4; see also Llwch Llawwynniog

  Langport ref 1

  “Lay of the Short Mantel” ref 1; “Lay of Tyolet” ref 1

  Layamon ref 1, ref 2

  legions, Roman ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5; see also City of the Legion(s)

  Leintwardine (Bravonium) ref 1, ref 2

  Leland, John ref 1

  Lennox ref 1, ref 2

  Leudast ref 1

  Lichfield ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Liddington Castle ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Life of Merlin, The see Geoffrey of Monmouth

  Limbury ref 1, ref 2

  Lincoln (Lindum) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Lindisfarne ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Lindsey ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Linlithgow ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Linnuis ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Lionel, brother of Bors, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Llacheu, son of Arthur, ref 1, ref 2; see also Loholt

  Llamporth ref 1

  Llan, Cwm ref 1

  Llanarmon ref 1

  Llandulas ref 1, ref 2

  Llanmelin ref 1

  Llemenig or Lleminawc ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Llenlleawc or Llenlleog ref 1, ref 2

  Lleyn Peninsula ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Llongborth, battle site, ref 1

  Llwch (or Llwych) Llawwynniog (“of the Striking Hand”) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Llydaw ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Llydaw, Llyn ref 1, ref 2

  Llywarch Hen ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Lohengrin ref 1, ref 2;

  Wagner’s opera ref 1

  Loholt, son of Arthur, ref 1, ref 2; see also Llacheu

  Lomond, Loch ref 1

  Londesborough ref 1

  London ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11

  Lot or Loth ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Louis VI of France ref 1

  Louis VII of France ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Louis IX of France ref 1

  Lucius Hiberius, ref 1, ref 2

  Luguvalium see Carlisle

  Lundenbyrg see Londesborough

  Lune, River ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Lupus(bishop) ref 1, ref 2

  Lusignan, de, family ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Lyonesse ref 1

  Mabinogion ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Mabon ap Modron ref 1, ref 2

  Macliau ref 1, ref 2, ref 3