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YALE One of the Queen's Beasts in Heraldry, the yale is antelope- or horselike
with a spotted body, boar's tusks and an elephant's tail. Its horns are unique
as branching in opposite directions and reputed to be movable. The yale
appeared on the arms of John, Duke of Bedford and were later adopted by Lady
Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII. The arms may be seen on the Great
Gate of Christ's College, Cambridge. # 161 YARTHKINS According to Mrs. Balfour in her article 'Legends of the Cars', this was
one name for the fertility spirits of the Lincolnshire Fen Country, who came
from the earth and gave its increase for which they expected tribute. When
neglected they became dangerous. They were also called Tidy People, or
Greencoaties, and most often the Strangers. The Tiddy Mun seems to have been a
benevolent member of the Yarthkins, and Yallery Brown a particularly
malevolent one. # 46 - 100 YDER Son of Nuc and a Knight of the Round Table. He fell in love with Queen
Guenloie who said she would not marry him unless he brought her a knife
belonging to two giants. He slew them to procure it and she married him.
Elsewhere, Yder is said to have married the daughter of Guengasoain whom he
and Gawain had killed to avenge Raguidel. See: BRENT KNOLL. # 30 -
156 YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER (1865-1939) He is chiefly remembered as a great poet, but he is also
central to the renaissance of Irish folklore at the end of the nineteenth
century, the close associate of Douglas Hyde, Lady Wilde and Lady Gregory. His
IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES (1888) is a standard work, and THE CELTIC TWILIGHT
(1893) made Irish traditions fashionable in England. He was himself a firm
believer in fairies, and he dabbled in various forms of spiritualism, but he
also took part in practical matters, was an ardent nationalist and a promoter
of the arts. He was fully aware of the earthly and matter-of-fact quality of
fairy tradition in the country. In the introduction to IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK
TALES he says: 'Have you ever seen a fairy or such like?' I asked an old man
in County Sligo. 'Amn't I annoyed with them,' was the answer. # 100 - 267 -
333 - 728 - 756 - 757 YELL HOUNDS OR YETH HOUNDS See: WISH HOUNDS. YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN Tale of CuChulain and Connla in the Yellow Book of Lecan. #
562 YNWYL See: ENID. YS A legendary city of Brittany, supposed to have been submerged, due to the
agency of Dahut or Ahes, the king's daughter. This Dahut may have contributed
to the legend of Morgan, as the name Morgan was applied to her. According to
Gallet's pedigree the King of Ys, Grallo, was related to Arthur's grandfather,
Constantine. # 55 - 156 YSAIE THE SAD The son of Tristan and Iseult, whom a hermit had raised. In his adventures
he was helped by a dwarf, Tronc, whom the fairies had given him. This dwarf
later became the fairy king, Oberon. Ysaie married Martha, the daughter of
King Irion. Their son was called Marc. # 156 - 198 YSGITHYRWYN A boar which, according to Welsh tradition, was pursued by Arthur and his
hound Cabal. # 156 YSPADADDEN (i-pa-dhad'en - or - uss-path-AD-an) The chief giant (penkawr), father of
Olwen. He needed forks placed under his eyelids before he could see. In
origin, he is possibly a figure from Celtic mythology, analogous to Balor in
Irish lore. In CULHWCH AND OLWEN he is wounded in the knee, stomach and eye by
Culhwch and his companions, but cannot be killed before his daughter is
married. Eventually Yspadadden was killed by Goreu. # 156 - 272 - 346 - 439 -
454 - 562 YVAIN French form of Owain. See: OWAIN, and OWAIN THE BASTARD. #
156