Lucius Tiberius, Roman procurator in Britain demanding tribute from Arthur
LUD, British king, whose capital was called Lud"s Town (London)
LUDGATE, city gate where Lud was buried, 387
LUNED, maiden who guided Owain to the Lady of the Fountain
LYCAHAS, a turbulent sailor
LYCAON, son of Priam
LYCIA, a district in Southern Asia Minor
LYCOMODES, king of the Dolopians, who treacherously slew Theseus
LYCUS, usurping King of Thebes
LYNCEUS, one of the sons of Aegyptus
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MABINOGEON, plural of Mabinogi, fairy tales and romances of the Welsh
MABON, son of Modron
MACHAON, son of Aesculapius
MADAN, son of Guendolen
MADOC, a forester of King Arthur
MADOR, Scottish knight
MAELGAN, king who imprisoned Elphin
MAEONIA, ancient Lydia
MAGI, Persian priests
MAHADEVA, same as Siva
MAHOMET, great prophet of Arabia, born in Mecca, 571 AD, proclaimed worship of G.o.d instead of idols, spread his religion through disciples and then by force till it prevailed, with Arabian dominion, over vast regions in Asia, Africa, and Spain in Europe
MAIA, daughter of Atlas and Pleione, eldest and most beautiful of the Pleiades
MALAGIGI the Enchanter, one of Charlemagne"s knights
MALEAGANS, false knight
MALVASIUS, King of Iceland
MAMBRINO, with invisible helmet
MANAWYD DAN, brother of King Vran, of London
MANDRICARDO, son of Agrican
MANTUA, in Italy, birthplace of Virgil
MANU, ancestor of mankind
MARATHON, where Theseus and Pirithous met
MARK, King of Cornwall, husband of Isoude the Fair
MARO See VIRGIL
MARPHISA, sister of Rogero
MARSILIUS, Spanish king, treacherous foe of Charlemagne
MARSYAS, inventor of the flute, who challenged Apollo to musical compet.i.tion, and, defeated, was flayed alive
MATSYA, the Fish, first avatar of Vishnu
MEANDER, Grecian river
MEDE, A, princess and sorceress who aided Jason
MEDORO, a young Moor, who wins Angelica
MEDUSA, one of the Gorgons
MEGAERA, one of the Furies
MELAMPUS, a Spartan dog, the first mortal endowed with prophetic powers
MELANTHUS, steersman for Bacchus
MELEAGER, one of the Argonauts (See Althaea)
MELIADUS, King of Lionesse, near Cornwall
MELICERTES, infant son of Ino. changed to Palaemon (See Ino, Leucothea, and Palasmon)
MELISSA, priestess at Merlin"s tomb
MELISSEUS, a Cretan king