K. The letter "K" has been adopted in Breton and Cornish but not by the other Celtic languages. The letter "C" (always a hard "C") is the form used. However, in some renditions, Anglicisers tend to use "K" for easier pronunciation.

Kae Hir. [W] See Cae Hir.

Kay. [W] See Kei.

Kei. [W] Appears in Arthurian legend as Sir Kay.

Kenverchyn. [W] See Cenferchyn.

Kernow. [W] See Cornwall. In Welsh, this is given as Cernyw.

Kigva. [W] See Cigfa.

Kilydd. [W] SeeCildydd.

Knights. While the tales of Arthurian knights and their code of chivalry clearly belong to the medieval concept of an armed and mounted warrior of the nobility or landholding class, with knight- hood only being conferred by the king, the basis for the "Knights of the Round Table" does have a foundation in Celtic culture. It is argued that the tales of Arthur and his knights have more parallels with Fionn Mac Cumhail and his Fianna, the Fianna being the elite bodyguard of the High Kings. Irish myths not only have the Fianna but the warriors of the Red Branch, the Ulster military elite. Simi- larly, in Connacht, there were the Gamhanrhide, while we find the Degad as the elite warriors of Munster. So the idea of elite bands of warriors was well established in Celtic myth when the medieval Round Table knights began to adorn the tales of Arthur. Among the ancient Celts, Polybius refers to what he thinks was a tribe called the Gaesetae, who threw themselves naked into battle against the Romans at the Battle of Telamon in 225 B.C., a major defeat of the Celts under Concolitanos and Aneroestos. Polybius did not realise that the word meant "spearmen," and the fact that they fought naked, for religious reasons, and were thus marked out from the rest of the Celtic warriors, would indicate they were a military elite-a band of "knights" in the same manner as the Red Branch or Fianna.

Kulhwch. [W] See Culhwch.

Kymideu Kymeinvoll. [W] See Cymidei Cymeinfoll.

Kymon. [W] See Cymon.

Kynddelig. [W] See Cynddelig.