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Baal
(Baˈal), king of Tyre.
Babylonian River
(Bab-y-loˈni-an River), dried up when Phaëton drove the sun-chariot.
Bacchanalia
(Bacˈcha-naˈli-a), a feast to Bacchus that was permitted to occur but once in three years; attended by most shameless orgies.
Bacchanals
(Bacˈcha-nals), devotees and festal dancers of Bacchus.
Bacchus Dionysus
(Bacˈchus (Dionysus)), god of wine and revelry.
Badon
(Baˈdon), battle of, Arthur’s final victory over the Saxons.
Bagdemagus
(Bag-de-maˈgus), King, a knight of Arthur’s time.
Baldur
(Balˈdur), son of Odin, and representing in Norse mythology the sun-god.
Balisardo
(Bal-i-sarˈdo), Orlando’s sword.
Ban
(Ban), King of Brittany, ally of Arthur, father of Launcelot.
Bards
(Bards), minstrels of Welsh Druids.
Baucis
(Bauˈcis), wife of Philemon, visited by Jupiter and Mercury.
Bayard
(Bayˈard), wild horse subdued by Rinaldo.
Beal
(Beˈal), Druids’ god of life.
Bear
Bear (Constellation of).
Bedivere
(Bedˈi-vere), Arthur’s knight.
Bedver
(Bedˈver), King Arthur’s butler, made governor of Normandy.
Bedwyr
(Bedˈwyr), knightly comrade of Geraint.
Belisarda
(Bel-i-sarˈda), Rogero’s sword.
Bellerophon
(Bel-lerˈo-phon), demigod, conqueror of the Chimaera.
Bellona
(Bel-loˈna), the Roman goddess of war, represented as the sister or wife of Mars.
Beltane
(Belˈtane), Druidical fire-festival.
Belus
(Beˈlus), son of Poseidon (Neptune) and Libya or Eurynome, twin brother of Agenor.
Bendigeid Vran
(Benˈdi-geid Vran), King of Britain.
Beowulf
(Beˈo-wulf), hero and king of the Swedish Geats.
Beroë
(Berˈo-e), nurse of Semele.
Bertha
(Berˈtha), mother of Orlando.
Bifrost
(Biˈfrost), rainbow bridge between the earth and Asgard.
Bladud
(Blaˈdud), inventor, builder of the city of Bath.
Blamor
(Blaˈmor), a knight of Arthur.
Bleoberis
(Ble-obˈer-is), a knight of Arthur.
Boeotia
(Boe-oˈti-a), state in ancient Greece, capital city Thebes.
Bohort
(Bo-hortˈ), King, a knight of Arthur.
Bona Dea
(Boˈna Deˈa), a Roman divinity of fertility.
Boötes
(Bo-oˈtes), also called Arcas, son of Jupiter and Calisto, changed to constellation of Ursa Major.
Boreas
(Boˈre-as), North wind, son of Aeolus and Aurora.
Bosporus (Bosphorus)
(Bosˈpo-rus (Bosphorus)), the Cow-ford, named for Io, when as a heifer she crossed that strait.
Bradamante
(Brad-a-manˈte), sister to Rinaldo; a female warrior.
Brademagus
(Brad-e-maˈgus), King, father of Sir Maleagans.
Bragi
(Bragˈi), Norse god of poetry.
Brahma
(Brahˈma), the Creator, chief god of Hindu religion.
Branwen
(Branˈwen), daughter of Llyr, King of Britain, wife of Matholch.
Brazen Age
Bronze Age.
Breciliande
(Bré-cilˈi-ande), forest of, where Vivian enticed Merlin.
Brengwain
(Brengˈwain), maid of Isoude the Fair.
Brennus
(Brenˈnus), son of Molmutius, went to Gaul, became King of the Allobroges.
Breuse
(Breuse), the Pitiless, a caitiff knight.
Briareus
(Bri-aˈre-us), hundred-armed giant.
Brice
(Brice), Bishop, sustainer of Arthur when elected king.
Brigliadoro
(Brig-li-a-doˈro), Orlando’s horse.
Briseis
(Bri-seˈis), captive maid belonging to Achilles.
Britto
(Britˈto), reputed ancestor of British people.
Bruhier
(Bruhˈier), Sultan of Arabia.
Brunello
(Bru-nelˈlo), dwarf, thief, and king.
Brunhild
(Brunˈhild), leader of the Valkyrie.
Brutus
(Bruˈtus), great-grandson of Aeneas, and founder of city of New Troy (London). See Pandrasus.
Bryan
(Bryˈan), Sir, a knight of Arthur.
Buddha
(Budˈdha), called The Enlightened, reformer of Brahmanism, deified teacher of self-abnegation, virtue, reincarnation, Karma (inevitable sequence of every act), and Nirvana (beatific absorption into the Divine), lived about 562–482 BC.
Bull
(Bull), constellation.
Byblos
(Bybˈlos), in Egypt.
Byrsa
(Byrˈsa), original site of Carthage.