R + 

Rabican + 

(Rabˈi-can), noted horse. + 

Ragnarok + 

(Rag-na-rokˈ), the twilight (or ending) of the gods. + 

Rajputs + 

(Rajˈputs), minor Hindu caste. + 

Regan + 

(Reˈgan), daughter of Leir. + 

Regillus + 

(Re-gilˈlus), lake in Latium, noted for battle fought nearby between the Romans and the Latins. + 

Reggio + 

(Regˈgi-o), family from which Rogero sprang. + 

Remus + 

(Reˈmus), brother of Romulus, founder of Rome. + 

Rhadamanthus + 

(Rhad-a-manˈthus), son of Jupiter and Europa, after his death one of the judges in the lower world. + 

Rhapsodist + 

(Rhapˈso-dist), professional reciter of poems among the Greeks. + 

Rhea + 

(Rheˈa), female Titan, wife of Saturn (Cronos), mother of the chief gods, worshipped in Greece and Rome. + 

Rhine + 

(Rhine), river. + 

Rhinemaidens + 

(Rhine-maidens), or daughters, three water-nymphs, Flosshilda, Woglinda, and Wellgunda, set to guard the Nibelungen Hoard, buried in the Rhine. + 

Rhodes + 

(Rhodes), one of the seven cities claiming to be Homer’s birthplace. + 

Rhodope + 

(Rhoˈdo-pe), mountain in Thrace. + 

Rhongomyant + 

(Rhonˈgom-yant), Arthur’s lance. + 

Rhoecus + 

(Rhoeˈcus), a youth, beloved by a Dryad, but who brushed away a bee sent by her to call him to her, and she punished him with blindness. + 

Rhiannon + 

(Rhi-anˈnon), wife of Pwyll. + 

Rinaldo + 

(Ri-nalˈdo), one of the bravest knights of Charlemagne. + 

River Ocean + 

(River Ocean), flowing around the earth. + 

Robert de Beauvais + 

(Robert de Beau-vaisˈ), Norman poet (1257). + 

Robin Hood + 

(Robˈin Hood), famous outlaw in English legend, about time of Richard Coeur de Lion. + 

Rockingham + 

(Rockˈing-ham), forest of. + 

Rodomont + 

(Roˈdo-mont), king of Algiers. + 

Rogero + 

(Ro-geˈro), noted Saracen knight. + 

Romanus + 

(Ro-maˈnus), legendary great-grandson of Noah. + 

Romulus + 

(Romˈu-lus), founder of Rome. + 

Ron + 

(Ron), Arthur’s lance. + 

Roncesvalles + 

(Ronces-vallesˈ), battle of. + 

Round Table + 

(Round Table), King Arthur’s, instituted by Merlin the Sage for Pendragon, Arthur’s father, as a knightly order, continued and made famous by Arthur and his knights. + 

Runic characters + 

(Ruˈnic characters), or runes, alphabetic signs used by early Teutonic peoples, written or graved on metal or stone. + 

Rutulians + 

(Ru-tuˈli-ans), an ancient people in Italy, subdued at an early period by the Romans. + 

Ryence + 

(Ryˈence), king in Ireland. + 