The Book of the Epic: The World's Great Epics Told in Story

In 1819 appeared Washington Irving's Sketch-Book, which contains the two classics, Legend of the Sleepy Hollow, and Rip Van Winkle, which are sometimes quoted as inimitable samples of local epics in prose. Cooper's Leather-stocking series of novels, including the Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, and The Prairie, are also often designated as "prose epics of the Indian as he was in Cooper's imagination," while some of his sea-stories, such as The Pirate, have been dubbed "epics of the sea." Bryant, first-born of our famous group of nineteenth-century American poets, made use of many of the Indian myths and legends in his verse. But he rendered his greatest service to epic poetry by his translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey, accomplished when already eighty years of age.

There are sundry famous American heroic odes or poems which contain epic lines, such as Halleck's Marco Bozzaris, Dana's Buccaneers, Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal, and Biglow Papers, Whittier's Mogg Megone, Holmes's Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle, Taylor's Amram's Wooing, Emerson's Concord Hymn, etc., etc. Then, too, some critics rank as prose epics Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, Poe's Fall of the House of Usher, Hale's Man Without a Country, Bret Harte's Luck of Roaring Camp, Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona, etc., etc.

It is, however, Longfellow, America's most popular poet, who has written the nearest approach to a real epic, and the poems most likely to live, in his Wreck of the Hesperus, Skeleton in Armor, Golden Legend, Hiawatha, Tales of a Wayside Inn, Courtship of Miles Standish, and Evangeline, besides translating Dante's grand epic The Divine Comedy.

In Longfellow's Wreck of the Hesperus we have a miniature nautical epic, in the Skeleton in Armor our only epic relating to the Norse discovery, in the Golden Legend, and in many of the Tales of a Wayside Inn, happy adaptations of mediaeval epics or romances.

Hiawatha, often termed "the Indian Edda," is written in the metre of the old Finnish Kalevala, and contains the essence of many Indian legends, together with charming descriptions of the woods, the waters, and their furry, feathered, and finny denizens. Every one has followed entranced the career of Hiawatha, from birth to childhood and boyhood, watched with awe his painful initiation to manhood and with tender sympathy his idyllic wooing of Minnehaha and their characteristic wedding festivities. Innumerable youthful hearts have swelled at his anguish during the Famine, and countless tears have silently dropped at the death of the sweet little Indian squaw. After connecting this Indian legend with the coming of the White Man from the East, the poet, knowing the Red man had to withdraw before the new-comer skilfully made use of a sun-myth, and allowed us to witness Hiawatha's departure, full of allegorical significance:

  Thus departed Hiawatha,  Hiawatha the Beloved,  In the glory of the sunset,  In the purple mists of evening,  To the regions of the home-wind,  Of the Northwest-wind Keewaydin,  To the Islands of the Blessed,  To the kingdom of Ponemah,  To the land of the Hereafter!

The Courtship of Miles Standish brings us to the time of the Pilgrim's settlement in the New World and has inspired many painters.

The next poem, which some authorities consider Longfellow's masterpiece, is connected with another historical event, of a later date, the conquest of Acadia by the English. It is a matter of history that in 1755 the peaceful French farmers of Acadia, without adequate notice or proper regard for family ties, were hurried aboard waiting British vessels and arbitrarily deported to various ports, where they were turned adrift to join the scattered members of their families and earn their living as best they could. The outline of the story of Evangeline, and of her long, faithful search for her lover Gabriel, is too well known to need mention. There are besides few who cannot vividly recall the reunion of the long-parted lovers just as Gabriel's life is about to end. All through this hopeless search we are vouchsafed enchanting descriptions of places and people, and fascinating glimpses of scenery in various sections of our country, visiting in imagination the bayous of the South and the primeval forests, drifting along the great rivers, and revelling in the beauties of nature so exquisitely delineated for our pleasure. But, as is fitting in regard to the theme, an atmosphere of gentle melancholy hovers over the whole poem and holds the listener in thrall long as its musical verses fall upon the ear.

  Still stands the forest primeval; but under the shade of its branches  Dwells another race, with other customs and language.  Only along the shore of the mournful and misty Atlantic  Linger a few Acadian peasants, whose fathers from exile  Wandered back to their native land to die in its bosom.  In the fisherman's cot the wheel and the loom are still busy;  Maidens still wear their Norman caps and their kirtles of homespun,  And by the evening fire repeat Evangeline's story,  While from its rocky caverns the deep-voiced, neighboring ocean  Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.

INDEX OF NAMES

A

Abbasides, 398

Abdiel, 298, 299

Abduction of Persephone, 64

Abel, 142, 311

Abeniaf, 116, 118

Abenteuerbuch, 326

Abraham, 311

Abstinence, 263

Abul Kasin Mansur, 398

Abu Zaid, 398

Acadia, 468

Achan, 170

Achates, 64-66

Acheron, 141

Achilleis, 63, 69

Achilles, 17, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 30-40, 42, 46, 53, 61, 88, 143, 269

Acrasia, 264, 265, 267-269

Active Virtues, 354

Açvaghosha, 415

Adam, 142, 179, 186, 293-298, 302-313, 317, 322

Adamastor, 134, 135

Adonais, 221

Adone, 139

Adonis, 139

Adrian V., Pope, 170

Adventurous Band, 202, 204

Adversary, 292, 395

Aegistheus, 43

Aeneas, 23, 25-27, 37, 64-74, 76-80, 142, 146

Aeneid, 63, 64-80, 83, 108

Aeolus, 50, 51, 64

Aeschere, 226

Aesculapius, 258

Aethiopia, 17

Aetna, Mt., 70

Afrasiab, 404, 408, 412

Africa, 64, 65, 116, 120, 126, 194

African, 71

Agamemnon, 18, 21, 26, 29-33, 36, 42, 53, 178

Age of Gold, 400, 417, 429

Agias of Troezene, 18

Agnani, 170

Agnello, 154

Ahab, 316

Ahasuerus, 394, 396

Aino, 377, 378

Aix, 87, 99

Aix la Chapelle, 99

Ajax, 18, 24, 28, 29, 31, 33-35, 53, 61

Akitoshi, 458

Aladine, 199, 200-202, 206, 213

Alamanni, 139

Alaric, 84

Al Asmai, 398

Alastor, 221

Alba, 283

Alba Longa, 64

Alban, 80

Albany, Duke of, 193

Albion's England, 220

Alborz, Mt., 402

Al-Bukhari, 394

Alcazar, 120

Alcinous, 46, 47, 55

Alcocer, 115

Alda, 89

Alethes, 201

Alexander, 19, 63, 107, 148, 218, 219, 233, 324, 361, 398

Alexanderlied, 324

Alexandra, 19

Alexandreid, 83

Alexandras, 392

Alexandria, 20

Alfonso, 111-113, 115, 116, 119-124

Alfonso V., 133

Alfred, King, 222

Aliscans, 81

Allah, 200

Allahabad, 436

Allan a Dale, 247-249, 251, 254

Allemaine, 100

Almesbury, 242

Alonzo, 132

Alphonso the Brave, 132

Alphonsos, 131

Alpine fog, 169

Alps, 233

Alsatian Chronicle, 327

Al-Tirmidhi, 394

Alvar Fanez, 109, 113, 118, 119, 123

Amadis de Gaule, 107, 127, 221

Amalung, 339

Amata, 79, 80

Amazons, 18, 199, 269, 281, 408

Ambrosius, Aurelianus, 230

America, 464

American Epics, 464-467

American-Indian Epic, 464

Americans, 464

Amfortas, 349, 351, 353-355

Aminta, 197

Amis et Amiles, 82, 83

Amoret, 273-278

Amram's Wooing, 467

Amrita, 420

Ananias, 154

Anarchiad, 467

Anastasius, Pope, 147

Anchises, 23, 68, 69, 72, 74

Ancient Mariner, 221

André, Major, 465

Andreas, 218

Andrew, 316

Andromache, 27, 28, 38

Andvari, 365

Aneurin, 216

Angel of Absolution, 165

Angel of Pity, 411

Angelica, 190-194, 196

Angels, 177, 187

Anglo-Norman, 229, 346

Anglo-Saxon, 222

Anlaf, 217

Anna, 70, 71

Anna, St., 188

Annales, 63

Annunciation, 166

Antaeus, 156

Antenora, 157

Antinous, 44, 57, 59, 60

Antioch, 83, 198, 207

Apocalypse, 396

Apollo, 18, 21, 25, 28, 28, 33, 34, 38, 39, 60, 177

Apollonius Rhodius, 20

Apollonius of Tyre, 218

Apostle of India, 136

Aquinas, St. Thomas of, 179, 180

Aquitania, 324

Arab, 397

Arab Days, 397

Arabia, 397, 401

Arabian and Persian Epics, 397-414

Arabian Conquest, 399

Arabian Nights, 327, 398

Arabians, 394

Arabian Tales, 394

Arabic, 393, 397, 398

Arab Iliad, 398

Arab Literature, 394

Arachne, 167

Aragon, 109, 125, 126

Arany, 393

Archangels, 177, 178, 187

Archimago, 256, 259-261, 264, 267

Arctinus of Miletus, 17, 18

Arden, 190, 191

Ardennes, 324

Argalio, 190

Argantes, 201, 204-206, 208

Argenti, 145

Argentina, 108

Argonautica, 20, 63, 139

Ariolant, 193

Ariosto, 85, 138, 189, 192, 197, 220

Aristotle, 218

Arjasp, 413

Arjuna, 435, 437, 439-444, 446

Ark, 166

Armida, 203, 204, 206, 207, 210-213

Arminius, 323

Armorica, 216

Arno, 168

Arnold, Edwin, 452

Arnold, Matthew, 221, 230, 408

Arrebo, 360

Artegall, Sir, 269, 270, 275, 276, 279, 280-284

Arthur, 82, 107, 137, 216, 218-220, 229-235, 239, 241, 242, 261, 281-283,

285, 286, 326, 349, 351-353

Arthur a Bland, 247

Arthuriana, 230

Arthurian Cycle, 216, 229-243, 346

Arthurian Legend, 219, 221, 222, 240

Arthurian Romances, 127

Asbjörnsen, 362

Ascanius, 66

Asia, 21, 75, 319

Asiatic, 394

Aso, Mt., 456

Assyria, 319

Assyrian, 465

Astolat, 236

Astolfo, 190, 194, 195, 196

Asvatmedha, 417

Aswathaman, 441, 442

Athens, 321

Atli, 370, 371

Attila, 323, 324, 328

Atridae, 18

Aucassin, 82,101-106

Aucassin et Nicolette, 82, 101-106

Aude, 99, 324

Augustan Age, 63

Augustine, St., 188

Augustus, 74

Aulis, 21

Auracana, 108

Aurora, 36, 44, 200

Austria, 392

Austriada, 108

Austrian, 392

Austro-Gothic, 328

Austro-Hungarian Empire, 392, 393

Automedon, 35

Avalon, Isle of, 242

Avarchide, 189

Avarice, 257

Ave Maria, 178

Awe, 282

Ayodhya, 416

Azevedo, 108

B

Babylonia, 319

Bacchus, 129, 130, 135

Bactrachomyomachia, 20

Badajoz, 131

Bagdad, 399

Balaam, 397

Baldwin, 372

Balin and Balan, 240

Balkan Peninsula, 392, 393

Ballads of Robin Hood, 220

Balmung, 329, 362, 363

Baptist, John The, 213, 316

Bards, 214

Barlaam, 361

Barlaamssaga ok Josaphats, 361

Barlow, 466, 467

Barons' Wars, The, 220

Battle of Frogs and Mice, 20

Battle of the Kegs, 465

Battle of Maldon, 217

Batyushkoff, 372

Bavaria, 100, 192, 325

Bavieca, 120, 126

Beatrice, 133, 140, 147, 164, 168, 173-189

Bedevere, 229, 241, 242

Beelzebub, 289, 291, 298

Belacqua, 163

Belgard, 288

Beige, 282, 283

Belgium, 214, 282

Belgrade, 196

Belial, 290, 317

Belisarius, 138, 179

Bellicent, 82

Bellona, 26

Bellum Punicum, 63

Belphebe, 277, 278

Benedict, St., 184, 188

Benoit de St. Maur, 19, 219, 230

Beowulf, 217, 222-229

Béranger, Raymond, 179, 206

Bern (Verona), 323

Bernard, St., 188

Bernardo del Carpio, 107

Berni, 85, 138

Bertha, 324

Bertrand de Born, 155

Besançon, 92

Bethlehem, 315

Beves of Hamdoun, 317

Bhagavad-gita, 440

Bharata, 418, 423, 431, 432

Bhartruhari, 415

Bhima, 434, 436, 442

Bhishma, 433, 434, 438, 441, 443

Biaucaire, Count of, 102, 104-106

Bible, 217, 360, 415

Biglow Papers, 467

Bildad, 396

Bira, 101

Bird of God, 402

Blanchefleur, Lady, 354

Blatant Beast, 278, 283-288

Blaye, 99

Blue Sea, 378

Boccaccio, 138

Bodleian Library, 84

Bogovitch, 393

Bohemians, 392

Boiardo, 85, 138, 189, 192, 197

Boniface, Pope, 152, 170

Book of the Dun Cow, 215

Book of Heroes, 326

Book of Leinster, 215

Book of Taliessin, 216

Bordeaux, 99

Born, Bertrand de, 155

Bornier, 85

Bors, 229, 355

Bors, Sir, 352

Bosphorus, 186

Boston Library, 355

Bower of Bliss, 264, 268

Brabant, 351

Bradamant, 192, 196

Bradstreet, Anne, 465

Braggadocchio, 280

Bragi, 361

Brahma, 416-419, 447

Brahfans, 436, 437, 450

Bramimonde, 101

Branstock, 362, 369

Brengwain, 239

Breton, 100

Breton Cycle, 82

Briareus, 167

Bridal of Triermain, The, 221

Bride's Choice, 436, 447, 448, 450

Britain, 84, 216, 218, 219, 231, 232

British, 214, 267, 469

British Isles, 214

British Museum, 222

Britomart, 269, 270, 273-276, 279, 281

Brittany, 193, 216, 241

Broceliande, 241

Brons, 347, 348

Brown the Bear, 357-359

Brunetto, Sir, 149

Brunhild, 330-334, 337, 339

Brut, 218, 220

Brutus, 84, 139

Bryant, 467

Bryhtnoth's Death, 217

Brynhild, 367-371

Buccaneers, 467

Buddha, 415, 457, 458

Bulgarians, 196, 197, 393

Buonaventura, St., 180

Buovo d'Antona, 137

Burgos, 112, 114, 119

Burgundian, 127, 323, 328, 329, 334, 338-344

Burgundian-Hunnish Cycle, 324

Burgundy, 331-333, 339, 340, 367

Busirane, 273, 274

Butler, 466

Bylinas, 372

Byron, 221

Byrsa, 65

C

Cabra, 110

Cacciaguida, 182.

Cacus, 154

Caecilius, 171

Caedmon, 217

Caesar, 65, 318, 320

Caiaphas, 154

Cain, 223, 311

Caina, 157

Calahorra, 109

Calespine, Sir, 285, 287

Calicut, 135

Calidore, Sir, 283-285, 287, 288

Caliphs, 398

Callisthenes, 19

Calypso, 40, 44, 45

Camelot, 235, 241, 352

Camilla, 76, 79, 142

Camoëns, Luis de, 127, 128, 136

Campeador, 110, 126

Can Grande, 182

Canterbury, 232

Canterbury Tales, 138, 220

Capaneus, 149

Cape of Good Hope, 134

Cape of Tempests, 134

Capitol, 320

Care, 266

Carlemaine, 85, 100

Carleon, 234, 241

Carthage, 65, 71, 106

Carthaginians, 70-72

Cary, 140

Casella, 161

Cassandra, 67, 68

Cassius, 159

Castile, 108, 110, 112, 116, 131

Castilian, 115

Castle of the Maidens, 354

Catalogue of Beotian Heroines, 20

Cathay, 190, 191

Cato, 160, 161

Cattle of Cooly, 215

Celestine V., Pope, 141

Celt, 214

Celtic, 214, 215, 217

Centenera, 108

Central Europe, 392

Cerberus, 143, 284

Cervantes, 107

Ceuta, 133

Ceylon, 415, 424, 426-428

Champion of Purity, 354

Chancery, 265

Chanson de geste, 81, 82

Chanson de Roland, 81-101

Chaos, 290-293, 302

Chapelain, 84

Charity, 165, 174, 183, 262

Charlemagne, 81, 82, 85-90, 92, 94-100, 127, 137, 183, 189, 190, 192,

193, 195, 196, 218, 323-325, 360, 361

Charles the Great (see Charlemagne), 326

Charles Martel, 179

Charon, 73, 141

Charybdis, 53, 54, 70

Chastity, 269

Chateaubriand, 84

Chaucer, 220

Chernubles, 91

Cherubim, 177, 184, 187

Chimera, 284

China, 456

Chinese, 415, 456

Chiron, 147

Chivalry, 261

Chosen People, 311, 321

Chrestien de Troyes, 82, 219

Christ, 81, 142, 145, 147, 154, 169, 178, 179, 181, 183, 184, 186,

188, 213, 293, 301, 312-315, 318-322, 327, 347, 393, 465

Christabel, 221

Christiad, 393

Christian Church, 174

Christian Epic, 64

Christian Era, 179

Christianity, 64, 81, 214, 360

Christians, 107, 178, 183, 191, 195, 198-200, 203, 205-208, 210-212,

217

Chrysa, 21

Church, 176

Ciacco, 144

Cid, the, 107, 108-146, 221

Cimmerian Shore, 52

Circassia, 192

Circassian, 205

Circe, 18, 51-54, 74

Citra-Kuta, 423

Civil Wars, 220

Claudianus, 64

Cleopatra, 143

Cloelia, 76

Clorinda, 199-202, 204-206, 208, 209

Clovis, 84

Clytemnestra, 43

Cocles, 76

Coimbra, 110, 127

Colada, 115, 122

Coleridge, 221

Colin Clout, 287

College of New Jersey, 464

Cologne, 92

Columbia, 464

Columbiad, 466

Columbus, 210

Combat des Trente, 84

Combel, 275

Comforter, 312

Concord Hymn, 467

Conington, 65

Conquest of Canaan, 466

Conrad von Kürenberg, 328

Constance, 230, 231

Constantine, 183, 230

Contemplation, 262

Cooper, 467

Cordova, 86

Coridon, 287, 288

Corineus, 219

Corneille, 107

Cornwall, 216, 237, 239

Corpes Woods, 124

Cortes, 123, 124

Courage, 259

Court Epics, 415

Courtesy, 283

Courtship of Miles Standish, 467, 468

Cow Chase, 465

Cowley, Abraham, 220

Crassus, 170

Crawford, 374

Creacion del Munde, 108

Creation of the Maize, 464

Crete, 69, 73, 149

Crist, 217

Croatian, 393

Cronica rimada, 107

Cross, 212

Crucifixions, 347

Crusade, 198, 199, 208

Crusade epics, 83

Crusaders, 198, 201-204, 206, 208, 209, 212, 213

Cuchulaind, 215

Cumae, 73, 146

Cumaean Sibyl, 70

Cunizza, 180

Cupid, 66, 286

Curse of Kehama, 221

Cycle of Brittany, 82

Cycle of France, 81

Cyclops, 36, 48-50, 70

Cyllenius, 61

Cymbeline, 219

Cymochles, 265

Cynewulf, 217

Cypria, 17

Cyprian Iliad, 63

Czechs, 392

Czuczor, 392

D

Daedalus, 73, 179

Dagobert, 85

Dalian Frogaell, 215

Damascus, 203, 206

Damayanti, 447-451

Damian, 184

Dana, 467

Dandaka, 421

Danes, 227, 343

Danger, 84

Daniel, 171, 217, 318

Daniel, Samuel, 220

Danish, 217, 360

Dankwart, 342, 343

Dante, 137-189

Danube, 338, 339

Dasaratha, 417

Dauphin, 19

David, 166, 183, 220, 312, 318, 320

Davideis, 220

Day of Doom, 465

Dead Sea, 207

Death, 34, 291, 307, 308, 312, 314, 381, 382

Decameron, 138

Deceit, 265, 266

Deerslayer, 467

Deev, 400

Defense of Guinevere, 221

Delhi, 432, 438

Delos, 69

Deluge, 311, 439, 447

Demodocus, 46

Denmark, 222-225, 329, 371

Destiny, 195

Detraction, 283

Dharma, 446

Dhritarashtra, 433

Diana, 172

Diaz, 134

Dido, 65-67, 70-72, 74, 143, 170

Dietrich von Bern, 323, 328, 338, 340-343, 345, 346, 361

Diomedes, 25, 26, 29-33, 155

Dionysius, 148

Dis, 72, 145, 146, 159

Discord, 31, 75, 76, 193, 194

Disdain, 286

Divina Commedia, 137, 139-189

Divine Comedy, 139-189, 467

Divine Essence, 177

Divine Majesty, 188

Divine Song, 440

Doctors of the Church, 174

Doctor Patience, 262

Dog of Montargis, 83

Dolon, 31

Dominations, 177, 183, 187

Dominic, St., 180

Don Garcia, 109, 110

Don Gomez, 108

Don John, 133

Don Juan, 221

Don Pedro, 132

Don Quixote, 107

Don Ramon, 115

Don Sancho, 110, 111

Doomsday, 341

Dragontine, 191

Draupadi, 436-439, 442, 443, 445, 446

Drayton, 220

Drepanum, 70, 72, 74

Drona, 434, 435, 441, 442

Druidic cult, 214

Drunkenness, 444

Dryden, 220

Dublin, 255

Dudon, 202

Duessa, 257-259, 261, 264, 282

Du Guesclin, 84

Dumby, 124

Dunstan, St., 250

Durendal, 90, 91, 96, 97

Durindana, 90, 91

Dushyanta, 431, 432

Dutch, 356

Dwight, Timothy, 466

E

Eagle, 183

Early Christian Epics, 395

Earthly Paradise, The, 221

Easter Day, 145

Ebro, 98

Ebuda, 193

Ecclesiastes, 396

Ector, Sir, 232, 234, 242

Edda, 215, 361, 362

Eden, 165, 186, 210, 294, 303, 314

Edward, 199

Egas Moniz, 131

Egilssaga, 361

Eginhart, 85

Egypt, 18, 43, 44, 161, 201, 204, 207, 289, 290, 317, 398

Egyptian, 19, 211, 212

Ekkehard, 324

Ekkewart, 333, 338, 340

Elaine, 229, 236, 352

Elder Edda, 361

Eleanor, Queen, 250, 251

Eleanora, 132

Elene, 218

Eleonora, 197

Elijah, 316, 317, 318

Eliphaz, 396

Elizabeth, 255, 281

Eljubarota, 133

Ellen, 247, 248

Elsa of Brabant, 351, 352

Elysian Fields, 44, 72, 741

Emerson, 467

Emmanuel, 133

Emmet, Prior of, 249

Empire, 176, 183

Empyrean, 176, 187

Enchanted Castle, 355

Endymion, 221

Enfances de Godefroi, 83

England, 192, 214, 217-220, 222, 230-232, 348, 465

English, 217, 243

Enid, 229

Ennius, 63

Enoch Arden, 222

Envy, 283

Eoiae, 20

Ephialtes, 156

Epic of Commerce, 128

Epic of the Gypsies, 393

Epic of Hades, 221

Epic of Kings, 398

Epics of the Netherlands, 356-359

Epic of Patriotism, 128

Epic Poetry, 17

Epic of the Volsungs, 362-371

Epigoni, 19

Epirus, 69

Epopée galante, 221

Erato, 75

Erec et Enide, 82

Ermanrich the Goth, 323

Erminia, 202, 205, 212

Ernst, Herzog, 325

Error, 256

Erse Poetry, 215

Erzilla, 108

Esau, 179

Eschenbach, Wolfram von, 219, 230, 326, 328, 352

Esther, 394, 396

Eternal City, 320

Eternal Rose, 187

Etruria, 76, 79

Etruscan, 76, 78

Ettarre, 229

Etzel, 328, 337-344, 346

Eugammon of Cyrene, 18

Eunoe, 174

Euphemia, Queen, 360

Euphemiaviser, 360

Europe, 127, 133, 137, 194, 198, 230, 372

European, 137, 216, 356

Europeans, 464

Euryalus, 77

Eurycleia, 42, 58

Eustace, 204

Evander, 76

Evangeline, 467, 469

Evangelists, 174

Eve, 188, 294-297, 302-310

Evelake, 348

Evil Pits, 151

Exact Epitome of the three first Monarchies, etc., 465

Excalibure, 283, 241, 242

Exodus, 217, 323, 395

Eyrbyggjasaga, 361

F

Faerie Queene, 220, 255-288

Fafnir, 365, 366, 371

Fairy Queen, 261, 269

Faith, 165, 174, 183, 185, 262

Faithlessness, 257

Fame, 465

Famine, 468

Famine Tower, 157

Far East, 356

Farinata, 146

Faroese, 360

Fata Morgana, 194

Fate, 75, 77, 78

Fates, 170, 195

Faust, 327

Faustus, Dr., 327

Felez Munos, 122

Fénelon, 19, 84

Fennian, 215

Feridoun, 401, 402

Fernando, 132

Fernan Gonzales, 107

Ferrando, King, 108, 110

Ferrara, 192, 197, 211

Ferrau, 190, 191, 192

Fiance (bishop), 215

Fidessa, 257, 258

Fingal, 215

Finland, 372

Finn, 215

Finnish, 468

Finnish Epics, 372

Finns, 372, 373

Finnsburgh, 217, 225

Firdusi, 398, 399

First Crusade, 197

Fixed Stars, 176, 184

Flamença, 81

Flanders, 356

Florence, 140, 144, 146, 154, 163, 168, 182, 197

Florentine, 144

Flores and Blancheflour, 219

Florimell, Lady, 271, 272, 275, 276, 278, 280

Flourdelis, 283

Folco, 180

Folengo, 138

Force, 266

Forese, 171, 172, 177

Forest Book, 439

Fortiguerra, 139, 197

Fortitude, 160

Fortunate Isles, 210

Fortune, 144

Fountain of Youth, 83

Fountains Abbey, 250

Four sons of Aymon, 219

France, 84, 86, 88, 89, 92, 97, 99, 107, 127, 140, 191, 193, 214,

219, 283, 347

Francesca da Rimini, 143

Franciade, 84

Francis of Assisi, St., 180, 188

Franciscans, 180

Francus, 84

Frankish, 328

Franks, 84, 88, 89, 90, 100

Fraud, 266

Frederick II., 137, 148

Frederick of Telramund, 351

French, 85, 87, 89, 90, 170, 392, 393

French Classic, 18

French Epics, 81-106