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Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race

GLOSSARY AND INDEX (continued 2)

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the tale of, 412-417;

found by Elphin, son of Gwyddno, 414;

made prime bard of Britain, 415-417

Talkenn. (Adze-head). Name given by the Irish to St. Patrick, 275

Taltiu, or Telta. Daughter of the King of the “Great Plain” (the Land of the Dead), wedded by Eochy mac Erc, 103

Tara. Seat of the High Kings of Ireland;

the cursing of, 47, 48-49;

Stone of Scone sent to Scotland from, 105;

Lugh accuses sons of Turenn at, of his father's murder, 115;

appearance of Midir the Proud to Eochy on Hill of, 124, 161;

Milesian host at, 135;

institution of triennial Festival at, 149-150;

bull-feast at, to decide by divination who should be king in Eterskel's stead, 167, 168;

Conary commanded to go to, by Nemglan, 168;

proclaimed King of Erin at, 168;

pointed out to Cuchulain, 193;

Cuchulain's head and hand buried at, 233;

Finn at, 257, 258

Tar´anus (? Thor). Deity mentioned by Lucan, 86, 87

Tegid Voel. A man of Penllyn, husband of Ceridwen, father of Avagddu, 413

Teirnyon (ter'ny-on). A man of Gwent Is Coed;

finds Pryderi, 364;

restores Pryderi, 365

Telltown (Teltin). Palace at, of Telta, Eochy mac Erc's wife, 103;

great battle at, between Danaans and Milesians, 136;

Conall of the Victories makes his way to, after Conary's death, 176;

pointed out to Cuchulain, 193

Tennyson, Lord. Reference to source of his “Voyage of Maeldune,” 309;

Cymric myths and, 388;

reference to his “Enid,” 400

Teutat´es. Deity mentioned by Lucan, 86

Teutonic. Loyalty of races, 45, 46

Tezcatlipoca. Sun-god;

festival of, in Mexico, 77

The Terrible. A demon who by strange test decides the Championship of Ireland, 196

[pg 456]

Thomas of Brittany. See Bleheris

Tiberius, Emperor. Druids, prophets, and medicine-men suppressed by, 62

Tierna (Teer'na). Abbot of Clonmacnois, eleventh-century historian, 150

Tiernmas (teern'mas). Fifth Irish king who succeeded Eremon, 148;

idol Crom Cruach and, 148, 149;

his death, 149

Tonn Cliodhna (thown cleena). Otherwise “Wave of Cleena.”

One of the most notable landmarks of Ireland, 127

Tor Mōr. Precipitous headland in Tory Island;

Ethlinn imprisoned by Balor in tower built on, 110

Tory Island. Stronghold of Fomorian power, 101;

invaded by Nemedians, 101

Tradaban´, The Well of. Keelta's praises of, 282, 283

Transmigration. The doctrine of, allegation that Celtic idea of immortality embodied Oriental conception of, 80;

doctrine of, not held by Celts in same way as by Pythagoras and the Orientals, 81;

Welsh Taliessin who became an eagle, 100.

See Tuan mac Carell

Trendorn. Conor's servant, 199;

spies on Deirdre, 200;

is blinded in one eye by Naisi, 200;

declares Deirdre's beauty to Conor, 200

Treon (tray'on). Father of Vivionn, 287

Tristan and Iseult. Tale of Dermot and Grania paralleled in story as told by Heinrich von Freiberg, 299

Troyes. See Chrestien de Troyes

Tuan mac Carell. The legend of, recorded in MS. “Book of the Dun Cow,” 97;

king of all deer in Ireland, 99;

name of “gods” given to the People of Dana by, 104

Tuatha De Danann (thoo'a-haw day danawn'). Literal meaning, “the folk of the god whose mother is Dana,” 103

Tumuli. See Dolmens, 53

Turenn. The quest of the Sons of, 113-116;

reference to Lugh in the quest of the Sons of, 123

Twrch Trwyth (toorch troo'-with). A king in shape of a monstrous boar, 391

Tyler. Reference of, in his “Primitive Culture,” to festival of Sun-god, Tezcatlipoca, 77

Tylwyth Teg. Welsh fairies;

Gwyn ap Nudd, King of the, 353

Tyren. Sister to Murna, 266;

Ullan, husband of, 266;

changed by a woman of the Fairy Folk into a hound, 266

U

Ugainy the Great (oo'gany). Ruler of Ireland, &c., husband of Kesair, father of Laery and Covac, 152

Ulster. Kingdom of, founded in reign of Kimbay, 150;

Dithorba's five sons expelled from, 151;

Dectera's gift of Cuchulain to, 182;

Conor, King of, 180, 190, 191;

Felim, son of Dall, a lord of, 196;

Maev's war against province of, to secure Brown Bull of Quelgny, 202-251;

under the Debility curse, 205;

passes of, guarded by Cuchulain of Murthemney, 206;

aroused by Sualtam, 221, 222;

Macha's curse lifted from men of, 222;

Ailell and Maev make a seven years' peace with, 225;

curse of Macha again on the men of, 229;

Wee Folk swarm into 248, 249

Ultonian-s. Great fair of, visited by Crundchu, 178;

his boast of Macha's swiftness, 179;

the debility of, caused by Macha's curse, 179, 180;

the debility of, descends [pg 457] on Ulster, 205;

Cycle, events of, supposed to have happened about time of Christ, 252

Underworld. The cult of, found existing by Celts when they got to Western Europe, 82;

Dis, or Pluto, god of, 88;

Māth, god of, 349;

identical with Land of the Dead, 130

Usna. Father of Naisi, 198;

sons of, inquired for by Conor, 199

Uther Pendragon. Father of Arthur, 337

V

Valley of the Thrushes. Oisīn's spell broken in, 274

Veil of Illusion, The. Thrown over Caradawc by Caswallan, 372

Vercingetorix. Celtic chief;

his defeat by Cæsar, his death, 40

Vergil. Evidence of Celtic ancestry in name, 21.

See Feryllt, 413

Vitra. The God of Evil in Vedantic mythology, related to Cenchos, the Footless, 97

Vivionn (Bebhionn). A young giantess, daughter of Treon, from the Land of Maidens, 287;

slain by Æda, and buried in the place called the Ridge of the Dead, 288

Voyage of Maeldūn. See Maeldūn

W

Wace. Author of “Li Romans de Brut,” 338

Wales. Arthurian saga in, 343, 344;

prophecy of Taliesin about, 385

Wave of Cleena. See Tonn Cliodhna

Wee Folk, The. Fergus mac Leda and, 246-249;

Iubdan, King of, 246

Well of Kesair. Mac Cecht visits, 175

Well of Knowledge. Equivalent, Connla's Well.

Sinend's fatal visit to, 129

Welsh Fairies. See Tylwyth Teg

Welsh Literature. The Arthur in the Arthurian saga wholly different from the Arthur in, 336;

compared with Irish, 344;

tales of Arthur in, 386

Welsh MS. Society. Llewellyn Sion's “Barddas” edited by J.A. Williams ap Ithel for, 332

Welsh Romance. The character of, 395, 396

Weston, Miss Jessie L. Reference to her studies on the Arthurian saga, 341

William the Conqueror. Reference to, in connexion with Arthurian saga, 343

Wolfram von Eschenbach. His story of the Grail, 407

Y

Yellow Book of Lecan. Tale of Cuchulain and Connla in, 192

Youth. The maiden who gave the Love Spot to Dermot, 292

Yspaddaden Penkawr (is-pa-dhad'en). Father of Olwen, 387;

the tasks he set Kilhwch, 390-392;

slain by Goreu son of Custennin, 392

Z

Zimmer, Dr. Heinrich. On the source of the Arthurian saga, 343

Zoroaster. Religion of magic invented by, 61

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