Note 4 — Chapter I · SAXON AND WELSH TRADITIONS.

It is uncertain from the MSS. whether this lady is to be called Rouwen or Ronwen. The usual English tradition gives her name as Rowena; if this be accurate, I presume our pagan forefathers knew something of a divine personage—Hróðwén—possibly a dialectical form of the great and glorious goddess Hréðe; for whom refer to Chapter X. of this Book.