GLOSSARY AND INDEX
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THE PRONUNCIATION OF CELTIC NAMES
To render these names accurately without the living voice is impossible. But with the phonetic renderings given, where required, in the following index, and with attention to the following general rules, the reader will get as near to the correct pronunciation as it is at all necessary for him to do.
I. GAELIC
Vowels are pronounced as in French or German; thus i (long) is like ee, e (long) like a in “date,” u (long) like oo. A stroke over a letter signifies length; thus dūn is pronounced “doon” (not “dewn”).
ch is a guttural, as in the word “loch.” It is never pronounced with a t sound, as in English “chip.”
c is always like k.
gh is silent, as in English.
II. CYMRIC
w, when a consonant, is pronounced as in English; when a vowel, like oc.
y, when long, is like ee; when short, like u in “but.”
ch and c as in Gaelic.
dd is like th in “breathe”.
f is like v; fflike English f.
The sound of ll is perhaps better not attempted by the English reader. It is a thickened l, something between cl and th.
Vowels as in Gaelic, but note that there are strictly no diphthongs in Welsh, in combinations of vowels each is given its own sound.
A
Abred. The innermost of three concentric circles representing the totality of being in the Cymric cosmogony—the stage of struggle and evolution, 333
Abundance. See Stone of Abundance
Æda (ay´da). 1. Dwarf of King Fergus mac Leda, 247.
2. Royal suitor for Vivionn's hand;
Vivionn slain by, 287
Æd´uans. Familiar with plating of copper and tin, 44
Ægira. Custom of the priestess of Earth at, in Achæa, ere prophesying, 167
Æsun. Umbrian deity, 86
Æsus. Deity mentioned by Lucan, 86
Aed the Fair (Aed Finn) (aid). Chief sage of Ireland;
author of “Voyage of Maeldūn,” 331
Aei (ay´ee), Plain of, where Brown Bull of Quelgny meets and slays Bull of Ailell, 225
African Origin. Primitive population of Great Britain and Ireland, evidence of language suggests, 78
Age, Iron. The ship a well-recognised form of sepulchral enclosure in cemeteries of the, 76
Ag´noman. Nemed's father, 98
Aideen. Wife of Oscar, 261;
dies of grief after Oscar's death, 261;
buried on Ben Edar (Howth), 261, 262
Aifa (eefa). Princess of Land of Shadows;
war made upon, by Skatha, 189;
Cuchulain overcomes by a trick, 190;
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life spared conditionally by Cuchulain, 190;
bears a son named Connla, 190
Ailbach (el-yach)
Fortress in Co. Donegal, where Ith hears MacCuill and his brothers are arranging the division of the land, 132
Ailill (el'yill), or Ailell.
1. Son of Laery, treacherously slain by his uncle Covac, 152.
2. Brother of Eochy; his desperate love for Etain, 158-160.
3. King of Connacht, 122;
Angus Ōg seeks aid of, 122;
Fergus seeks aid of, 202;
assists in foray against province of Ulster, 203-251;
White horned Bull of, slain by Brown Bull of Quelgny, 225;
makes seven years' peace with Ulster, 225;
hound of mac Datho pursues chariot of, 244;
slain by Conall, 245
Ailill Edge-of-Battle.
Of the sept of the Owens of Aran;
father of Maeldūn, slain by reavers from Leix, 310
Ailill Olum (el-yill olum)
King of Munster;
ravishes Ainé and is slain by her, 127
Ainé.
A love-goddess, daughter of the Danaan Owel;
Ailill Olum and Fitzgerald her lovers, 127;
mother of Earl Gerald, 128;
still worshipped on Midsummer Eve, 128;
appears on a St. John's Night, among girls on the Hill, 128
Ainlé.
Brother of Naisi, 198
Alexander the Great.
Counter-move of Hellas against the East under, 22;
compact with Celts referred to by Ptolemy Soter, 23
Allen, Mr. Romilly.
On Celtic art, 29, 30
Allen, Hill of.
In Kildare;
Finn's chief fortress, 266, 273
Ama´sis I
Human sacrifices abolished by, 86
Amatha´on.
Son of Dōn;
and the ploughing task, 390
Amer´gin.
Milesian poet, son of Miled, husband of Skena, 133;
his strange lay, sung when his foot first touched Irish soil, 134;
his judgment, delivered as between the Danaans and Milesians, 135;
chants incantations to land of Erin, 136;
the Druid, gives judgment as to claims to sovranty of Eremon and Eber, 148;
Ollav Fōla compared with, 150
Ammia´nus Marcellin´us.
Gauls described by, 42
Amor´gin.
Father of Conall of the Victories, 177
Amyn´tas II.
King of Macedon, defeated and exiled, 23
Anglo-Saxon.
Wace's French translation of “Historia Regum Britaniæ” translated by Layamon into, 338
Angus.
A Danaan deity, 143.
See Angus Ōg
Angus Ōg (Angus the Young).
Son of the Dagda, Irish god of love, 121, 123;
wooes and wins Caer, 121-123;
Dermot of the Love spot bred up with, 123;
Dermot of the Love spot revived by, 123;
father of Maga, 181;
Dermot and Grama rescued by magical devices of, 299;
Dermot's body borne away by, 303
Ankh, The.
Found on Megalithic carvings, 77, 78;
the symbol of vitality or resurrection, 78
An´luan.
Son of Maga;
rallies to Maev's foray against Ulster, 204;
Conall produces the head of, to Ket, 244
Annwn (annoon).
Corresponds with Abyss, or Chaos;
the principle of destruction in Cymric cosmogony, 333
Answerer, The.
Mananan's magical sword, 125
Aoife (eefa).
Lir's second wife;
her jealousy of her step children, 139, 140;
her punishment by Bōv the Red, 140
Aonbarr (ain-barr).
Mananan's magical steed, 125
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Apollo. Celtic equivalent, Lugh.
Magical services in honour of, described by Hecataeus, 58;
regarded by Gauls as deity of medicine, 87, 88
Aquitan´i. One of three peoples inhabiting Gaul when Caesar's conquest began, 58
Arabia. Dolmens found in, 53
Arawn. A king in Annwn;
appeals to Pwyll for help against Havgan, 357;
exchanges kingdoms for a year with Pwyll, 357-359
Ard Macha (Armagh). Emain Macha now represented by grassy ramparts of a hill-fortress close to, 150;
significance, 251
Ard Righ (ard ree) (i.e., High King). Dermot MacKerval, of Ireland, 47
Ardan. Brother of Naisi, 198
Ardcullin. Cuchulain places white round pillar-stone of, 207
Ardee. Significance, 251
Ari´anrod. Sister of Gwydion;
proposed as virgin foot-holder to Māth;
Dylan and Llew sons of. 380, 381
Aristotle. Celts and, 17
Armagh. Invisible dwelling of Lir on Slieve Fuad in County, 125
Arnold, Matthew. Reference to, in connexion with Celtic legendary literature, 419
Arr´ian. Celtic characteristics, evidence of, regarding, 36
Artaius. A god in Celtic mythology who occupies the place of Gwydion, 349
Arthur. Chosen leader against Saxons, whom he finally defeated in battle of Mount Badon, 337;
Geoffrey of Monmouth's “Historia Regum Britaniae” commemorates exploits of, 337;
son of Uther Pendragon and Igerna, 337;
Modred, his nephew, usurps crown of, 337;
Guanhumara, wife of, retires to convent, 337, 338;
genealogy set forth, 352;
tales of, in Welsh literature, 386;
Kilhwch at court of, 387, 388;
the “Dream of Rhonabwy” and, 392, 393;
Owain, son of Urien, plays chess with, 393;
adventure of Kymon, knight of court of, 394-396;
Gwenhwyvar, wife of, 394;
Owain at court of, 396, 397, 399;
Peredur at court of, 401, 402
Arthurian Saga. Mention of early British legend suggests, 336;
the saga in Brittany and Marie de France, 339, 340;
Miss Jessie L. Weston's article on, in the “Encyc. Britann.,” 341;
Chrestien de Troyes influential in bringing into the poetic literature of Europe the, 340, 341;
various sources of, discussed, 342;
the saga in Wales, 343, 344;
never entered Ireland, 343;
why so little is heard of, in accounts of Cymric myths, 344
Asa. Scandinavian deity, 86
Asal. Of the Golden Pillars King, 115
Asura-Masda. Persian deity, 86
Athnurchar (ath-nur´char), or Ardnurchar (The Ford of the Sling-cast). The River-ford where Ket slings Conall's “brain ball” at Conor mac Nessa, 240;
significance, 251
Atlantic, The. Aoife's cruelty to her step-children on waters of, 140, 141
Austria. Discovery of pre-Roman necropolis in, 28;
relics found in, developed into the La Tène culture, 29
Avagddu (avagdhoo). Son of Tegid Voel, 413;
deprived of gift of supernatural insight, 413
A´valon. Land of the Dead;
bears relation with Norse Valhall, 338;
its later identification with Glastonbury, 338
Avon Dia. Duel between Cuchulain and Ferdia causes waters of, to hold back, 121
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B
Babylonia. The ship symbol in, 76
Balkans. Earliest home of mountain Celts was ranges of, 57
Balor. Ancestor of Lugh, 88;
Bres sent to seek aid of, 109;
informed that Danaans refuse tribute, 113;
Fomorian champion, engages Nuada of the Silver Hand, and slain by Lugh, 117;
one of the names of the god of Death, 130;
included in Finn's ancestry, 255
Banba Wife of Danaan king, MacCuill, 132
Bann, The River. Visited by mac Cecht, 175
Barbarossa, Kaiser. Tradition that Finn lies in some enchanted cove spellbound, like, 308
“Barddas.” Compilation enshrining Druidic thought, 332;
Christian persons and episodes figure in, 333;
extract from, in catechism form, 334, 335
Bardic differs from popular conception of Danaan deities, 104
Barrow, The River. Visited by mac Cecht, 175
Bar´uch. A lord of the Red Branch; meets Naisi and Deirdre on landing in Ireland, 199;
persuades Fergus to feast at his house, 199;
dūn, on the Straits of Moyle, 251
Bavb (bayv). Calatin's daughter; puts a spell of straying on Niam, 230
Beälcu (bay'al-koo). A Connacht champion; rescue of Conall by, 244;
slain by sons owing to a stratagem of Conall's, 245;
Conall slays sons of, 245
Bebo. Wife of Iubdan. King of Wee Folk, 247
Bed´wyr (bed-weer). Equivalent, Sir Bedivere. One of Arthur's servitors who accompanies Kilhwch on his quest for Olwen, 388-392
Belgæ. One of three peoples inhabiting Gaul when Cæsar's conquest began, 58
Beli. Cymric god of Death, husband of Dōn;
corresponds with the Irish Bilé, 348, 349;
Lludd and Llevelys, sons of, 385
Bell, Mr. Arthur Reference to a drawing by, showing act of stone-worship, 66
Bel´tené. One of the names of the god of Death;
first of May sacred to, 133
Ben Bulben. Dermot of the Love-spot slain by the wild boar of, 123, 301, 302;
Dermot and the Boar of, 290, 291
Ben´digeid Vran, or “Bran the Blessed.” King of the Isle of the Mighty (Britain);
Manawyddan, his brother, 365;
Branwen, his sister, 366;
gives Branwen as wife to Matholwch, 366;
makes atonement for Evnissyen's outrage by giving Matholwch the magic cauldron, &c., 367, 368;
invades Ireland to succour Branwen, 369, 372;
the wonderful head of, 371, 372
Bertrand, A. See pp. 55, 64, 83
Bilé (bil-ay). One of the names of the god of Death (i.e., of the underworld), 130;
father of Miled, 130;
equivalent, Cymric god Beli, husband of Dōn, 348, 349
Birōg. A Druidess who assists Kian to be avenged on Balor, 111
Black Knight, The. Kymon and, 396;
Owain and, 396-397
Black Sainglend (sen'glend). Cuchulain's last horse; breaks from him, 232
Blai. Oisīn's Danaan mother, 282
Blanid. Wife of Curoi; sets her love on Cuchulain, 228-229;
her death, 229
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Ble´heris.
A Welsh poet identical with Bledhericus, mentioned by Giraldus Cambrensis, and with Bréris, quoted by Thomas of Brittany, 342
“Blerwm, Blerwm” (bleroom).
Sound made by Taliesin by which a spell was put on bards at Arthur's court, 416
Blodeuwedd, or “Flower-Face.”
The flower-wife of Llew, 382, 383
Boanna (the river Boyne).
Mother of Angus Ōg, 121
Book of Armagh.
References to, 104, 147
Book of Caermarthen, Black.
Gwyn ap Nudd figures in poem included in, 353
Book of the Dun Cow.
Reference to, 97;
Cuchulain makes his reappearance legend of Christian origin in, 238;
“Voyage of Maeldūn” is found in, 309
Book of Hergest, The Red.
Forms main source of tales in the “Mabinogion,” 344;
the story of Taliesin not found in, 412
Book of Invasions.
Reference to, 106
Book of Leinster.
References to, 24, 85, 208
Bōv the Red.
King of the Danaans of Munster, brother of the Dagda;
searches for maiden of Angus Ōg's dream, 121-123;
goldsmith of, named Len, 123;
Aoife's journey to, with her step-children, 139, 140
Boyne, The River.
Angus Ōg's palace at, 121;
Angus and Caer at, 122;
Milesians land in estuary of, 136;
Ethné loses her veil of invisibility while bathing in river, 144;
church, Kill Ethné, on banks of, 145
Bran.
See Bendigeid
Branwen.
Sister of Bran, 366;
given in marriage to Matholwch, 366;
mother of Gwern, 368;
degraded because of Evnissyen's outrage, 369;
brought to Britain, 372;
her death and burial on the banks of the Alaw, 372
Brea (bray).
Battle of, reference to Finn's death at, 275
Bregia.
Locality of, 168;
the plains of, viewed by Cuchulain, 193;
St. Patrick and folk of, 282
Breg´on.
Son of Miled, father of Ith, 130;
tower of, perceived by Ith, 132
Brenos (Brian).
Under this form, was the god to whom the Celts attributed their victories at the Allia and at Delphi, 126
Bres.
1. Ambassador sent to Firbolgs, by People of Dana, 106;
slain in battle of Moytura, 107.
2. Son of Danaan woman named Eri, chosen as King of Danaan territory in Ireland, 107;
his ill-government and deposition, 107-108.
3. Son of Balor;
learns that the appearance of the sun is the face of Lugh of the Long Arm, 123
Bri Leith (bree lay).
Fairy palace of Midir the Proud at, in Co. Longford, 124;
Etain carried to, 163
Brian.
One of three sons of Turenn, 114
Brian.
Equivalent, Brenos.
Son of Brigit (Dana), 126
Briccriu of the Poisoned Tongue (bric'roo).
Ulster lord;
causes strife between Cuchulain and Red Branch heroes as to Championship of Ireland, 195;
summons aid of demon named The Terrible, 196;
his suggestion for carving mac Datho's boar, 243
Bridge of the Leaps.
Cuchulain at, 187;
Cuchulain leaps, 188
Brigindo.
Equivalents, Brigit and “Brigantia,” 103
Brigit (g as in “get”).
Irish goddess identical with Dana [pg 426] and “Brigindo,” &c., 103, 126;
daughter of the god Dagda, “The Good,” 103, 126;
Ecne, grandson of, 103
Britain.
See Great Britain.
Carthaginian trade with, broken down by the Greeks, 22;
place-names of, Celtic element in, 27;
under yoke of Rome, 35;
magic indigenous in, 62;
votive inscriptions to Æsus, Teutates, and Taranus found in, 86;
dead carried from Gaul to, 131;
Ingcel, son of King of, 169;
visit of Demetrius to, 355;
Bran, King of, 365;
Caradawc rules over in his father's name, 369;
Caswallan conquers, 372;
the “Third Fatal Disclosure” in, 373
Britan.
Nedimean chief who settled in Great Britain and gave name to that country, 102
British Isles.
Sole relics of Celtic empire, on its downfall, 34;
Maev, Grania, Findabair, Deirdre, and Boadicea, women who figure in myths of, 43
Britons.
Geoffrey of Monmouth, like Nennius, affords a fantastic origin for the, 338
Brittany.
Mané-er-H´oeck, remarkable tumulus in, 63;
tumulus of Locmariaker in, markings on similar to those on tumulus at New Grange, Ireland, 72;
symbol of the feet found in, 77;
book brought from, by Walter, Archdeacon of Oxford, formed basis of Geoffrey of Monmouth's “Historia Regum Britaniæ,” 337;
Arthurian saga in, 339, 340
Brogan.
St. Patrick's scribe, 119, 290
Brown Bull.
See Quelgny
Brugh na Boyna (broo-na-boyna).
Pointed out to Cuchulain, 193
Buddha.
Footprint of, found in India as symbol, 77;
the cross-legged, frequent occurrence in religious art of the East and Mexico, 87
Buic (boo´ik).
Son of Banblai;
slain by Cuchulain, 211
Burney's “History of Music.”
Reference to Egyptian legend in, 118
Bury, Professor.
Remarks of, regarding the Celtic world, 59
C
Caer.
Daughter of Ethal Anubal;
wooed by Angus Ōg, 122, 123;
her dual life, 122;
accepts the love of Angus Ōg, 122
Caerleon-on-Usk.
Arthur's court held at, 337
Cæsar, Julius.
Critical account of Gauls, 37;
religious beliefs of Celts recorded by, 51, 52;
the Belgæ, the Celtæ, and the Aquitani located by, 58;
affirmation that doctrine of immortality fostered by Druids to promote courage, 81, 82;
culture superintended by Druids, recorded by, 84;
gods of Aryan Celts equated with Mercury, Apollo, &c., by, 86
Cair´bry.
Son of Cormac mac Art, father of Light of Beauty, 304;
refuses tribute to the Fianna, 305;
Clan Bascna makes war upon, 305-308
Caliburn (Welsh Caladvwlch).
Magic sword of King Arthur, 338.
See Excalibur, 224, note
Cambren´sis, Giral´dus.
Celts and, 21
Campbell.
Version of battle of Gowra, in his “The Fians,” 305-307
Car´adawc.
Son of Bran;
rules Britain in his father's absence, 369
Carell.
Reputed father of Tuan, 100
Carpathians.
Earliest home of mountain Celts was ranges of the, 57
Carthaginians.
Celts conquered [pg 427] Spain from, 21;
Greeks break monopoly of trade of, with Britain and Spain, 22
Cas´corach. Son of a minstrel of the Danaan Folk;
and St. Patrick, 119
Castle of Wonders. Peredur at, 405, 406
Cas´wallan. Son of Beli;
conquers Britain during Bran's absence, 372
Cathbad. Druid;
wedded to Maga, wife of Ross the Red, 181;
his spell of divination overheard by Cuchulain, 185;
draws Deirdre's horoscope, 197;
casts evil spells over Naisi and Deirdre, 200
Catholic Church. Mediæal interdicts of, 46
Cato, M. Porcius. Observances of, regarding Gauls, 37
Cauldron of Abundance. See equivalent, Stone of Abundance;
also see Grail
Celtæ One of three peoples inhabiting Gaul when Cæar's conquest began, 58
Celtchar (kelt-yar). Son of Hornskin;
under debility curse, 205
Celtdom. The Golden Age of, in Continental Europe, 21
Celtic. Power, diffusion of, in Mid-Europe, 26;
placenames in Europe, 27;
artwork relics, story told by, 28;
Germanic words, Celtic element in, 32;
empire, downfall of, 34;
weak policy of peoples, 44;
religion, the, 46, 47;
High Kings, traditional burial-places of, 69;
doctrine of immortality, origin of so-called “Celtic,” 75, 76;
ideas of immortality, 78-87;
deities, names and attributes of, 86-88;
conception of death, the, 89;
culture, five factors in ancient, 89, 90;
the present-day populations, 91, 92;
cosmogony, the, 94, 95;
things, “Barddas” a work not unworthy the student of, 333
Celtica. Never inhabited by a single pure and homogeneous race, 18;
Greek type of civilisation preserved by, 22;
art of enamelling originated in, 30;
the Druids formed the sovran power in, 46;
Brigit (Dana) most widely worshipped goddess in, 126
Celts. Term first found in Hecatæus;
equivalent, Hyperboreans, 17;
Herodotus and dwelling-place of, 17;
Aristotle and, 17;
Hellanicus of Lesbos and, 17;
Ephorus and, 17;
Plato and, 17;
their attack on Rome, a landmark of ancient history, 18;
described by Dr. T. Rice Holmes, 18, 19;
dominion of, over Mid-Europe, Gaul, Spain, and the British Isles, 20;
their place among these races, 20;
Giraldus Cambrensis and, 21;
Spain conquered from the Carthaginians by, 21;
Northern Italy conquered from the Etruscans by, 21;
Vergil and, 21;
conquer the Illyrians, 21;
alliance with the Greeks, 22;
conquests of, in valleys of Danube and Po, 23;
Alexander makes compact with, 23;
national oath of, 24;
welded into unity by Ambicatus, 25;
defeat Romans, 26;
Germanic peoples and, 26, 33;
decorative motives derived from Greek art, 29;
art of enamelling learnt by classical nations from, 30;
burial rites practised by, 33;
character, elements comprising, 36;
Strabo's description of, 39;
love of splendour and methods of warfare, 40;
Polybius' description of warriors in battle of Clastidium, 41;
their influence on European literature and philosophy, 49, 50;
the Religion of the, 51-93;
ranges of the Balkans and Carpathians earliest home of mountain, 57;
musical services of, described by Hecatæus, [pg 428] 58;
Switzerland, Burgundy, the Palatinate, Northern France, parts of Britain, &c., occupied by mountain, 58;
origin of doctrine of immortality, 75;
idea of immortality and doctrine of transmigration, 80, 81;
the present-day, 91, 92;
no non-Christian conception of origin of things, 94;
victories at the Alba and at Delphi attributed to Brenos (Brian), 126;
true worship of, paid to elemental forces represented by actual natural phenomena, 147
Cenchos.
Otherwise The Footless;
related to Vitra, the God of Evil in Vedantic mythology, 97
Cer´idwen.
Wife of Tegid, 413;
sets Gwion Bach and Morda to attend to the magic cauldron, 413
Ceugant (Infinity).
The outermost of three concentric circles representing the totality of being in the Cymric cosmogony, inhabited by God alone, 334
Chaillu, Du.
His “Viking Age,” 72
Champion of Ireland.
Test at feast of Briccriu, to decide who is the, 195, 196;
Cuchulain proclaimed such by demon The Terrible, 196
Charlemagne.
Tree- and stone-worship denounced by, 66
Children of Lir.
Reference to, 121
Chrestien de Troyes.
French poet, influential in bringing the Arthurian saga into the poetic literature of Europe, 340, 341;
Gautier de Denain the earliest continuator of, 341;
variation of his “Le Chevalier au lion” seen in “The Lady of the Fountain,” 394-399;
the “Tale of Enid and Geraint” based on “Erec” of, 399;
Peredur corresponds to the Perceval of, 400;
his “Conte del Graal,” or “Perceval le Gallois,” 303;
Manessier a continuator of, 408
Christian.
Symbolism, the hand as emblem of power in, 65;
faith, heard of by King Cormac ere preached in Ireland by St. Patrick, 69;
influences in Ireland, and the Milesian myth, 138;
ideas, gathered around Cuchulain and his lord King Conor of Ulster, 239, 240;
pagan ideals contrasted with, in Oisīn dialogues, 288;
Myrddin dwindles under influences, 354
Christianity.
Reference to conversion of Ireland to, 83;
People of Dana in their overthrow, and attitude of, 138;
Cuchulain summoned from Hell by St. Patrick to prove truths of, to High King Laery, 239;
effect of on Irish literature, 295, 296
Chry´sostom, Dion.
Testimony of, to power of the Druids, 83
Clan Bascna.
One of the divisions of the Fianna of Erin, 252;
Cumhal, father of Finn, chief of, 255;
Cairbry causes feud between Clan Morna and, 305-308
Clan Calatin.
Sent by men of Erin against Cuchulain, 215;
Fiacha, son of Firaba, cuts off the eight-and-twenty hands of, 216;
Cuchulain slays, 216;
the widow of, gives birth to six children whom Maev has instructed in magic and then looses against Cuchulain, 228-233;
cause Cuchulain to break his geise, 231
Clan Morna.
One of the divisions of the Fianna of Erin, 252;
Lia becomes treasurer to, 255;
Cairbry causes feud between Clan Bascna and, 305-308
Clastid´ium.
Battle of, Polybius' description of behaviour of the Gæsati in, 41
Cleena.
A Danaan maiden once living in Mananan's country, the story of, 127
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Clus´ium.
Siege of, Romans play Celts false at, 25;
vengeance exacted by Celts, 26
Coffey, George.
His work on the New Grange tumulus, 69
Colloquy of the Ancients.
A collection of tales mentioning St Patrick and Cascorach, 119, 281;
interest of, 284-308
Columba, St.
Symbol of the feet and, 77
Comyn, Michael
Reference to “Lay of Oisīn in the Land of Youth,” by, 253, 276
Conall of the Victories.
Member of Conary's retinue at Red Hostel, 173;
Amorgin, his father, found by him at Teltin, 176, 177;
shrinks from test re the Championship of Ireland, 195, 196;
under the Debility curse, 205;
avenges Cuchulain's death by slaying Lewy, 233;
his “brain ball” causes death of Conor mac Nessa, 240, 241;
mac Datho's boar and, 243, 244;
slays Ket, 244
Conan mac Lia.
Son of Lia, lord of Luachar;
Finn makes a covenant with, 258, 259
Conan mac Morna; otherwise the Bald.
His adventure with the Fairy Folk, 259, 260;
he slays Liagan, 260;
adventure with the Gilla Dacar's steed, 293-295
Conann.
Fomorian king, 101
Con´ary Mōr.
The singing sword of, 121;
the legend-cycle of the High King, 155-177;
descended from Etain Oig, daughter of Etain, 164;
Messbuachalla, his mother, 166, 167;
Desa, his foster-father, 167;
Ferlee, Fergar, and Ferrogan, his foster-brothers, 167;
Nemglan commands him go to Tara, 168;
proclaimed King of Erin, 168;
Nemglan declares his geise, 168;
banishment of his foster-brothers, 169;
lured into breaking his geise, 170;
the three Reds and, at Da Derga's Hostel, 170;
visited by the Morrigan at Da Derga's Hostel, 172;
members of his retinue: Cormac son of Conor, warrior mac Cecht, Conary's three sons, Conall of the Victories, Duftach of Ulster, 173;
perishes of thirst, 175
Condwiramur.
A maiden wedded by Parzival, 408
Conn.
One of the Children of Lir, 142
Connacht.
Ethal Anubal, prince of the Danaans of, 122;
Ailell and Maev, mortal King and Queen of, Angus Ōg seeks their help in efforts to win Caer, 122;
origin of name, 154;
Cuchulain makes a foray upon, 193, 194;
Cuchulain descends upon host of, under Maev, 209;
Ket a champion, 241;
Queen Maev reigned in, for eighty-eight years, 245
Connla.
Son of Cuchulain and Aifa, 190;
his geise, 190;
Aifa sends him to Erin, 190;
his encounters with the men of Ulster, 191;
slain by Cuchulain, 191, 192
Connla's Well.
Equivalent, Well of Knowledge.
Sinend's fatal visit to, 129
Conor mac Nessa.
Son of Fachtna and Nessa, proclaimed King of Ulster in preference to Fergus, 180;
Cuchulain brought up at court of, 183;
grants arms of manhood to Cuchulain, 185;
while at a feast on Strand of the Footprints he descries Connla, 190;
his ruse to put Cuchulain under restraint, 194;
Deirdre and, 195-200;
his guards seize Naisi and Deirdre, 201;
suffers pangs of the Debility curse, 205-221;
the curse lifted from, 222;
summons Ulster to arms, 222;
Christian ideas have gathered about end of, 239, 240;
his death caused by Conall's “brain ball,” 240, 241;
he figures in tale entitled “The Carving [pg 430] of mac Datho's Boar,” 241;
sends to mac Datho for his hound, 241
Constantine. Arthur confers his kingdom on, 338
“Conte del Graal.” See Grail
Coran´ians. A demoniac race called, harass land of Britain, 385
Corcady´na. Landing of Ith and his ninety warriors at, in Ireland, 131-136
Cormac. 1. Son of Art, King of Ireland;
story of burial of, 69;
historical character, 225;
Finn and, feasted at Rath Grania, 300.
2. King of Ulster;
marries Etain Oig, 166;
puts her away owing to her barrenness, 166.
3. Son of Conor mac Nessa;
rallies to Maev's foray against Ulster, 205
Coronation Stone. Now at Westminster Abbey, is the famous Stone of Scone, 105;
the Lia Fail and, 105
Corpre. Poet at court of King Bres, 108
Cosmonogy, 1. The Celtic, 94, 95.
2. The Cymric, 332-335;
God and Cythrawl, standing for life and destruction, in, 333
Cotterill, H. B. Quotation from his hexameter version of the “Odyssey,” 80
Craf´tiny. King Scoriath's harper;
sings Moriath's love-lay before Maon, 153;
discovers Maon's secret deformity, 155
Cred´né. The artificer of the Danaans, 117
Creu´dylad (Creiddylad).
Daughter of Lludd; combat for possession of, every May-day, between Gwythur ap Greidawl and Gwyn ap Nudd, 353, 388
Crimmal. Rescued by his nephew, Finn, 256
Crom Cruach (crom croo´ach).
Gold idol (equivalent, the Bloody Crescent) referred to in “Book of Leinster,” 85;
worship introduced by King Tiernmas, 149
Cromlechs. See Dolmens, 53
Crundchu (crun´hoo). Son of Agnoman;
Macha comes to dwell with, 178
Cualgné. See Quelgny
Cuchulain (Cuchullin) (coo-hoo´lin). Ulster hero in Irish saga, 41;
duel with Ferdia referred to, 121;
Lugh, the father of, by Dectera, 123, 182;
loved and befriended by goddess Morrigan, 126;
his strange birth, 182;
earliest name Setanta, 183;
his inheritance, 183;
his name derived from the hound of Cullan, 183, 184;
claims arms of manhood from Conor, 185;
wooes Emer, 185, 186;
Laeg, charioteer of, 185;
Skatha instructs, in Land of Shadows, 187-189;
overcomes Aifa, 190;
father of Connla by Aifa, 190;
slays Connla, 191, 192;
returns to Erin, 193-194;
slays Foill and his brothers, 194;
met by women of Emania, 194;
leaps “the hero's salmon leap,” 195;
the winning of Emer, 195;
proclaimed by The Terrible the Champion of Ireland, 195, 196;
places Maev's host under geise, 207, 208;
slays Orlam, 209;
the battle-frenzy and rias-tradh of, 209, 210;
compact with Fergus, 211;
the Morrigan offers love to, 212;
threatens to be about his feet in bottom of Ford, 212;
attacked by the Morrigan while engaged with Loch, 213;
slays Loch, 213;
Ferdia consents to go out against, 216;
Ferdia reproached by, 216, 217;
their struggle, 217-221;
slays Ferdia, 220;
severely wounded by Ferdia, 220, 221;
roused from stupor by sword-play of Fergus, 224;
rushes into the battle of Garach, 224;
in Fairyland, 225-228;
loved by Fand, 226;
the vengeance of Maev upon, [pg 431] 228-233;
other enemies of Erc, and Lewy son of Curoi, 228;
Blanid, Curoi's wife, sets her love on, 228;
his madness, 229-231;
Bave personates Niam before, 230;
the Morrigan croaks of war before, 230;
Dectera and Cathbad urge him wait for Conall of the Victories ere setting forth to battle, 230;
the Washer at the Ford seen by, 231;
Clan Calatin cause him to break his geise, 231;
finds his foes at Slieve Fuad, 232;
the Grey of Macha being mortally wounded, he takes farewell of, 232;
mortally wounded by Lewy, 232;
his remaining horse, Black Sainglend, breaks away from, 232;
Lewy slays outright, 233;
his death avenged by Conall of the Victories, 233;
reappears in later legend of Christian origin found in “Book of the Dun Cow,” 238, 239;
St. Patrick's summons from Hell, 238
Cullan. His feast to King Conor in Quelgny, 183;
Cuchulain slays his hound, 183;
Cuchulain named the Hound of, 184;
his daughter declared responsible for Finn's enchantment, 280
Cumhal (coo´al). Chief of the Clan Morna, son of Trenmōr, husband of Murna of the White Neck, the father of Finn, 255, 257;
slain at battle of Knock, 255
Cup-and-ring Markings. Meaning of, in connexion with Megalithic monuments, no light on, 67;
example in Dupaix' “Monuments of New Spain,” 68;
reproduction in Lord Kingsborough's “Antiquities of Mexico,” 68
Cup of the Last Supper Identical with the Grail, 406;
equivalent, the Magic Cauldron, 411
Curoi (coo´roi). Father of Lewy, husband of Blanid, 228;
slain by Cuchulain, 229
Cuscrid. Son of Conor mac Nessa;
under Debility curse, 205;
mac Datho's boar and, 243
Custenn´in. Brother of Yspaddaden;
assists Kilhwch in his quest for Olwen, 389
Cycle-s. The, of Irish legend, 95;
the Mythological, 95-145;
the Ultonian, 178-251;
Ossianic, 241-245;
certain stories of Ultonian, not centred on Cuchulain, 246;
the Ultonian, time of events of the, 252;
the Ossianic and Ultonian contrasted, 253-255
Cymric. 1. Peoples;
effect of legends of, on Continental poets, 50;
2. Myths;
Druidic thought enshrined in Llewellyn Sion's “Barddas,” edited by by J. A. Williams ap Ithel for the Welsh MS. Society, 332;
cosmogony, the, 333-335;
God and Cythrawl in, 333;
why so little of Arthurian saga heard in, 344;
comparison between Gaelic and, 344-368
Cythrawl. God and, two primary existences standing for principles of destruction and life, in Cymric cosmogony, 333;
realised in “Annwn” (the Abyss, or Chaos), 333
D
Da Derga. A Leinster lord at whose hostel Conary seeks hospitality, 170;
Conary's retinue at, 173;
Ingcel and his own sons attack the hostel, 174
Dagda. “The Good,” or possibly = Doctus, “The Wise” God, and supreme head of the People of Dana, father of Brigit (Dana), 103;
the Cauldron of the, one of the treasures of the Danaans, 106;
the [pg 432] magical harp of, 118-119;
father and chief of the People of Dana, 120, 121;
Kings MacCuill, MacCecht, and MacGrené grandsons of, 132;
portions out spiritual Ireland between the Danaans, 136
Dalan. A Druid who discovers to Eochy that Etain has been carried to mound of Bri-Leith, 163
Dalny. Queen of Partholan, 96
Daman. The Firbolg, father of Ferdia, 187
Damayan´ti and Nala. Hindu legend, compared with story of Etain, 163
Dana. The People of, Nemedian survivors who return to Ireland, 102;
literal meaning of Tuatha De Danann, 103;
equivalent Brigit, 103, 126;
name of “gods” given to the People of, by Tuan mac Carell, 104;
Milesians conquer the People of, 104;
origin of People of, according to Tuan mac Carell, 105;
cities of Falias, Gorias, Finias, and Murias, 105;
treasures of the People of, 105, 106;
the Firbolgs and the People of, 106-119;
gift of Faëry (i.e., skill in music) the prerogative of, 119;
daughter of the Dagda and the greatest of Danaan goddesses, 126;
Brian (ancient form Brenos), Iuchar, and Iucharba, her sons, 126;
Firbolgs and the People of, 137;
equivalent Dōn, Cymric mother-goddess, 348, 349
Dan´aan-s. Send to Balor refusing tribute, 113;
their encounter with the Fomorians, 117;
power of, exercised by spell of music, 118;
account of principal gods and attributes of, 119-145;
reference to their displacement in Ireland by Milesians, 130;
kings, Ireland ruled by three, MacCuill, MacCecht, and MacGrené, 132;
the three kings welcome Ith to Ireland, 133;
dwell in spiritual Ireland, 136;
myth, the meaning of, 137;
the, after the Milesian conquest, 146, 147;
Donn son of Midir at war with, 285;
relations of the Church with, very cordial, 286
Danes. Irish monuments plundered by Danes, 69
Danube. Sources of, place of origin of Celts, 19, 56
Dara. Son of Fachtna, owner of Brown Bull of Quelgny, 202;
Maev's request for loan of Brown Bull, 204
Dark, The. Druid;
changes Saba into a fawn, 267;
his further ill-treatment of, 268, 269
Dead, Land of. The Irish Fairyland, 96;
equivalent, “Spain,” 102
Death. The Celtic conception of, 89;
names of Balor and Bilé occur as god of, 130
Debility of the Ultonians, The. Caused by Macha's curse, 179, 180;
manifested on occasion of Maev's famous cattle-raid of Quelgny (Tain Bo Cuailgné), 180
Decies. Son of King of the, wooes Light of Beauty (Sgeimh Solais), 304
Dec´tera. Mother of Cuchulain by Lugh, 123;
daughter of Druid Cathbad, 182;
her appearance to Conor mac Nessa after three years' absence, 182;
her gift of a son to Ulster, Cuchulain, by Lugh, 182
Dee, The River. Now the Ford of Ferdia, 211
Deirdre (deer´dree). Daughter of Felim, 196;
Druid Cathbad draws her horoscope, 197;
Conor decides to wed when of age, 197;
nursed by Levarcam, 197;
her love for Naisi, 198;
carried off by Naisi, 198;
returns with Naisi to Ireland, 198-200;
forced to wed Conor, she dashes herself against a rock and is killed, 201;
the tales of Grania and, compared, 296-304
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Deities. The Celtic, Cæsar on, 87, 88;
popular and bardic conception of Danaan, 104
Demetrius. Visit to Britain of, 355;
mentions island where “Kronos” was imprisoned in sleep while Briareus kept watch over him, 355
Demna. Otherwise Finn.
Birth of, 255
Deo´ca. A princess of Munster;
Children of Lir and, 142
Dermot MacKerval. Rule of, in Ireland, and the cursing of Tara, 47, 48;
arrests and tries Hugh Guairy, 48;
dream of wife of, 48
Dermot of the Love Spot (Dermot O'Dyna). Follower of Finn mac Cumhal, lover of Grania, bred up with Angus at palace on Boyne, 123;
the typical lover of Irish legend, 123;
slain by wild Boar of Ben Bulben, 123, 301, 302;
friend of Finn's, 261;
described as a Gaelic Adonis, 290;
Donn, father of, 290;
Roc and, 290, 291;
how Dermot got the Love Spot, 292;
adventure with Gilla Dacar's steed, 293-295;
fight with the Knight of the Well, 294;
love-story of Grania and, 296-304
Derryvar´agh, Lake. Aoife's cruelty to her step-children at, 139-142
Desa. Foster-father of Conary Mōr, 167
Dewy-Red. Horse of Conall of the Victories, 233
Dialogues. Reference to Oisīn-and-Patrick and Keelta-and-Patrick, 289
Diancecht (dee´an-kecht). Physician to the Danaans, 108
Dineen's Irish Dictionary. Reference to, 164, 165
Dinnsenchus (din-shen´cus). Ancient tract, preserved in the “Book of Leinster,” 85
Din´odig. Cantrev of, over which Llew and Blodeuwedd reigned, 382, 383
Dinrigh (din´ree). Maon slays Covac at, 153
Diodor´us Sic´ulus. A contemporary of Julius Cæsar;
describes Gauls, 41, 42;
Pythagoras and, 80
Dis. Pluto, equivalent, 88
Dithor´ba. Brother of Red Hugh and Kimbay, slain by Macha, 151;
five sons of, taken captive by Macha, 151, 152
Diur´an the Rhymer. Germān and, companions of Maeldūn on his wonderful voyage, 313;
returns with piece of silver net, 331
Dodder, The River, 175
Dolmens Cromlechs, tumuli and, explanation of, 53
Dōn (o as in “bone”).
A Cymric mother-goddess, representing the Gaelic Dana, 348, 349;
Penardun, a daughter of 349;
Gwydion, son of, 349;
genealogy set forth, 350
Donn. 1. Mac Midir, son of Midir the Proud, 285.
2. Father of Dermot;
gives his son to be nurtured by Angus Ōg, 290
Donnybrook. Da Derga's hostel at, 170
Doocloone. Ailill slain in church of, 310;
Maeldūn at, 311
Dowth. Tumulus of, 74
Druidism. Its existence in British Isles, Gaul, &c., 82;
magical rites of, belief in survived in early Irish Christianity, 83
Druids. Doctrines of, 37, 39;
regarded as intermediaries between God and man, 42;
the sovran power in Celtica, 46;
suppressed by Emperor Tiberius, 62;
Aryan root for the word discovered, 82;
testimony of Dion Chrysostom to the power of the, 83;
religious, philosophic and scientific culture superintended by, record of Cæsar regarding, 84;
cosmogonic teaching died with their order, 95
Dublin. Conary goes toward, 167;
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Conary's foster-brothers land at, for raiding purposes, 169
Dupaix. Reference to cup-and-ring markings in book “Monuments of New Spain,” 68
Dyfed. Pryderi and Manawyddan at, 374;
Gwydion and Gilvaethwy at, 379
Dylan (“Son of the Wave”). Son of Arianrod;
his death-groan the roar of the tide at mouth of the river Conway, 380
E
Eagle of Gwern Abwy, The, 392
Eber Donn (Brown Eber). Milesian lord;
his brutal exultation and its sequel, 136;
reference to, as one of Milesian leaders, 148
Eber Finn (Fair Eber). One of the Milesian leaders, 148;
slain by Eremon, 148
Ecne (ec´nay). The god whose grandmother was Dana, 103
Egypt-ian. The ship symbol in the sepulchral art of, 75;
Feet of Osiris, symbol of visitation, in, 77;
ideas of immortality, 78-87;
human sacrifices in, abolished by Amasis I., 86
Eis´irt. Bard to King of Wee Folk, 247;
his visit to King Fergus in Ulster, 247
Elphin. Son of Gwyddno;
finds Taliesin, 414;
his boast of wife and bard at Arthur's court, 415;
the sequel, 415-417
Em´ain Mach´a. The Morrigan passes through, to warn Cuchulain, 127;
founding of, with reign of Kimbay, 150;
equivalent, the Brooch of Macha, 150;
Macha compels five sons of Dithorba to construct ramparts and trenches of, 151, 152;
appearance of Dectera in fields of, 182;
Cuchulain drives back to, 186;
news of Cuchulain's battle-fury brought to, 194;
Fergus returns to, 201;
boy corps at, go forth to help Cuchulain, 214;
Ulster men return to, with great glory, 225;
Conall's “brain ball” laid up at, 240
Ema´nia. Women of, meet Cuchulain, 194;
sacrifice of boy corps of, avenged by Cuchulain, 214;
Cuchulain takes farewell of womenfolk of, 231.
See Emain Macha
Emer. Daughter of Forgall;
wooed by Cuchulain, 185-186;
Cuchulain seeks and carries off, 195;
becomes Cuchulain's wife, 195;
learns of the tryst between Cuchulain and Fand, 226, 228;
Cuchulain sees her corpse in his madness, 230
Enamelling. Celts and art of, 30
Encyclopædia Britannica. Article on Arthurian saga in, 341
Enid. The tale of Geraint and, 399, 400
Eochy (yeo´hee). 1. Son of Erc, Firbolg king, husband of Taltiu, or Telta, 103.
2. King of Ireland;
reference to appearance of Midir the Proud to, on the Hill of Tara, 124;
High King of Ireland, wooes and marries Etain, 157, 158;
Midir appears to, and challenges to play chess, 161, 162
Eph´orus. Celts and, 17, 36
Erc. King of Ireland, Cuchulain's foe, 228-233;
mortally wounds the Grey of Macha, 232
Er´emon. First Milesian king of all Ireland, 143, 144, 148
Eri. Mother of King Bres, 107-108;
reveals father of Bres as Elatha, 108
Erinn (Erin). See Eriu, 132;
reference to High-Kingship of, 152
Eriu. Wife of Danaan king MacGrené, 132;
dative form, Erinn, poetic name applied to Ireland, 132
Erris Bay. The Children of Lir at, 141, 142
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Et´ain.
Second bride of Midir the Proud, 156;
transformed by Fuamnach into a butterfly, 156;
driven by a magic tempest into the fairy palace of Angus, 156;
again the magic tempest drives her forth, 156;
swallowed by Etar, and reappears as a mortal child, 156, 157;
visited by Eochy, the High King, who wooes and makes her his wife, 157, 158;
the desperate love of Ailill for, 158-160;
Midir the Proud comes to claim, as his Danaan wife, 160-163;
recovered by Eochy, 163
Etain Oig.
Daughter of Etain, 163;
King Conary Mōr descended from, 164;
married Cormac, King of Ulster, 165;
put away owing to barrenness, 166;
cowherd of Eterskel cares for her one daughter, 166
Et´ar.
Mother of Etain, 157
Eterskel.
King of Ireland, whose cowherd cares for Messbuachalla, 166;
on his death he is succeeded by Conary Mōr, 167-169
Eth´al A´nubal.
Prince of Danaans of Connacht, father of Caer, 122
Ethlinn, or Ethnea.
Daughter of Balor, 110;
gives her love to Kian, 111;
gives birth to three sons, 111;
one son, Lugh, 112, 182;
belongs to Finn's ancestry, 255
Ethné.
The tale of, 142-145
Etruscans.
Celts conquer Northern Italy from, 21
Europe.
Seeds of freedom and culture in, kept alive by Celtica, 22;
diffusion of Celtic power in Mid-, 26;
Celtic place-names in, 27;
what it owes to Celts, 49;
western lands of, dolmens found in, 53
Evniss´yen.
Son of Eurosswyd and Penardun, 366;
mutilates horses of Matholwch, 367;
atonement made by Bran for his outrage, 367, 368;
slays the warriors hidden in the meal-bags, 370;
dies in the magic cauldron, 371
Evrawc.
Father of Peredur, 401
Evric.
Farmer who befriends Fionuala and her brothers, 141
Excalibur.
See Caliburn, 338, and note, p. 224
F
Fabii.
Romans elect as military tribunes, 25
Fab´ius Ambust´us.
Treachery of three sons of, against Celts, 25
Facht´na.
The giant, King of Ulster, 180;
Nessa, wife of, 180;
father of Conor, 180;
succeeded at death by his half-brother, Fergus, 180
Fair Mane.
Woman who nurtured many of the Fianna, 262
Fairy Folk.
Equivalent, Sidhe (shee). The tumulus at New Grange (Ireland) regarded as dwelling-place of, 69;
the Coulin overheard from, 119;
Conary Mōr lured by, into breaking his geise, 170;
seal all sources of water against mac Cecht, 175, 176;
Fergus mac Leda and, 246-249;
Conan mac Morna and, 259, 260;
Keelta and the, 266;
Gwyn ap Nudd, King of Welsh (Tylwyth Teg), 353
Fairyland.
Land of the Dead, 96;
Cleena swept back to, by a wave, 127;
Connla's Well in, 129;
war carried on against, by Eochy, who at last recovers his wife, Etain, 163;
Cuchulain in, 225-228;
Laeg's visit to, 226;
Fergus mac Leda and, 246-249;
tales of the Fianna concerned with, 252;
Oisīn's journey to, 272;
the rescue of, by Finn and the Fianna, 294, 295;
rescue of, by Pwyll, 357
Fal´ias, The City of (see Dana), 105, 106
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Fand.
The Pearl of Beauty, wife of Mananan;
sets her love on Cuchulain, 226;
returns to her home with Mananan, 227
Faylinn.
The Land of the Wee Folk, 246;
Iubdan, King of, 246
Fedel´ma.
Prophetess from Fairy Mound of Croghan, questioned by Maev, 205, 206;
her vision of Cuchulain, 206
Feet Symbol, The Two. 77
Felim.
Son of Dall, father of Deirdre, 196, 197;
his feast to Conor and Red Branch heroes, 196, 197
Fer´amorc.
The kingdom of, over which Scoriath is king;
Maon taken to, 153
Fercart´na.
The bard of Curoi, 229;
leaps with Blanid to death, 229
Ferdia.
Duel between Cuchulain and, referred to, 121;
son of the Firbolg, Daman, friend of Cuchulain, 187, 188;
rallies to Maev's foray against Ulster, 204;
consents to Maev's entreaty that he should meet and fight his friend Cuchulain, 216;
the struggle, 217-221;
Cuchulain slays, 220;
buried by Maev, 221
Fergus.
Nemedian chief who slays Conann, 102
Fergus the Great.
Son of Erc;
stone of Scone used for crowning, 105;
ancestor of British Royal Family, 105
Fergus mac Leda.
The Wee Folk and, 246-249;
visited by Eisirt, King of Wee Folk's bard, 247;
visited by Iubdan, King of Wee Folk, 247-249;
the blemish of Fergus, 249
Fergus mac Roy.
Son of Roy, Fachtna's half-brother;
succeeds to kingship of Ulster, 180;
loves Nessa, 180;
sent to invite return of Naisi and Deirdre to Ireland, 198-200;
the rebellion of, 201-251;
Maev and, 202;
compact with Cuchulain, 211;
reputed author of the “Tain,” 234;
slain by Ailell, 245
Fergus Truelips.
Rescued from enchanted cave by Goll, 278
Ferguson, Sir Samuel.
Quoted, 46, 234-238;
his description of King Fergus mac Leda's death, 249-251
Feryllt.
Welsh name of Vergil, 413
Fiacha (fee´ach-a).
Son of Firaba;
cuts off eight-and-twenty hands of the Clan Calatin, 216;
gives spear to Finn, 258
Fiachra (fee´ach-ra).
One of the Children of Lir, 142
Fial (fee´al).
Sister of Emer, 186
Fianna (fee´anna) of Erin, The.
Explanation of this Order, 252;
Clan Bascna and Clan Morna, clans comprising the, 252;
Goll, captain of the, 257;
Finn made captain of the, 258;
tests of, 264, 265;
tales of the, told by Keelta, 283;
attempt in vain to throw the wether, 291, 292;
the chase of the Hard Gilly and, 292-295;
rescue of Fairyland by, 294, 295;
tribute refused by Cairbry, 305;
almost all the, slain in battle of Gowra, 306
Fians.
See Fianna
Fin´choom.
Dectera's sister, foster-mother to Cuchulain, 182, 183;
mother of Conall, 243
Finchor´y, Island of. 115, 116
Find´abair of the Fair Eye-Brows.
Daughter of Maev;
offered to Ferdia if he will meet and fight Cuchulain, 216
Fin´egas.
Druid, of whom Finn learns poetry and science, 256
Fingen.
Conor mac Nessa's physician;
his pronouncement re Conall's “brain ball” by which Ket has wounded the king, 240
Fin´ias. The City of (see Dana), 105, 106
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Finn mac Cumhal (fin mac coo´al). Fothad slain in a battle with, 81;
Dermot of the Love Spot a follower of, 123;
Ossianic Cycle clusters round, 252;
Oisīn, son of, 252;
the coming of, 255;
his Danaan ancestry, 255;
Murna of the White Neck his mother, Cumhal his father, 255;
Demna his original name, 255;
put out to nurse, 256;
origin of name Finn (Fair One), 256;
slays Lia, 256;
taught poetry and science by Druid Finegas, 256;
eats of the Salmon of Knowledge, 256;
slays goblin at Slieve Fuad, 258;
made captain of the Fianna of Erin, 258;
makes a covenant with Conan, 258, 259;
Dermot of the Love Spot, friend of, 261;
weds Grania, 261;
Oisīn, son of, 261;
Geena mac Luga, one of the men of, 262;
teaches the maxims of the Fianna to mac Luga, 262, 263;
Murna, the mother of, 266;
Bran and Skolawn, hounds of, 266-269;
weds Saba, 267;
Saba taken from, by enchantment, 268;
Niam of the Golden Hair comes to, 270;
experience in the enchanted cave, 277, 278;
Goll rescues, 277, 278;
gives his daughter Keva to Goll, 278;
“The Chase of Slievegallion” and, 278-280;
“The Masque of,” by Mr. Standish O'Grady, 280, 281;
the Hard Gilly (Gilla Dacar) and, 292-295;
Grania and, 296-304;
bewails Oscar's death, 306;
in all Ossianic literature no complete narrative of death of, 308;
tradition says he lies in trance in enchanted cave, like Kaiser Barbarossa, 308
Fintan. The Salmon of Knowledge, of which Finn eats, 256
Fionuala (fee-un-oo´la). Daughter of Lir and step-daughter of Aoife, 139;
Aoife's transformation into swans of Fionuala and, her brothers, 140-142
Fir-Bolg. See Firbolgs, 103
Firbolgs. Nemedian survivors who return to Ireland, 102;
name signifies “Men of the Bags,” 102, 103;
legend regarding, 102, 103;
the Fir-Bolg, Fir-Domnan, and Galioin races generally designated as the, 103;
the Danaans and the, 106-119, 137
Fir-dom´nan. See Firbolgs, 103
Flegetan´is. A heathen writer, whose Arabic book formed a source for poet Kyot, 408
Fohla (fō´la). Wife of Danaan King mac Cecht, 132
Foill. A son of Nechtan, slain by Cuchulain, 194
Foll´aman. Conor's youngest son;
leads boy corps against Maev, 214
Fomor´ians. A misshapen, violent people representing the powers of evil;
their battle with the Partholanians, 97;
Nemedians in constant warfare with, 101;
their tyranny over country of Ireland, 109;
encounter between the Danaans and, 117, 118, 137
Forbay. Son of Conor mac Nessa;
slays Maev, 245
Ford of Ferdia. Place on the River Dee;
one champion at a time to meet Cuchulain at, 211;
the struggle at, between Cuchulain and Ferdia, 216-220
Forgall the Wily. The lord of Lusca, father of Emer, 185;
meets his death in escaping from Cuchulain, 195
Foth´ad. King, slain in battle with Finn mac Cumhal;
wager as to place of death made by Mongan, 81
Frag´arach (“The Answerer”).
Terrible sword brought by Lugh from the Land of the Living, 113
France. Place-names of, Celtic element in, 27
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Fuamnach (foo´am-nach). Wife of Midir the Proud, 156;
her jealousy of a second bride, Etain, 156;
transforms Etain into a butterfly by magic art, 156-158;
Midir tells of her death, 160
G
Gae Bolg. The thrust of, taught by Skatha to Cuchulain, 188, 189;
Cuchulam slays his son Connla by, 192;
Cuchulain slays Loch by, 213;
Cuchulain slays Ferdia by, 220
Gaelic. Cymric language and, 35;
effect of legends of, on Continental poets, 50;
bards' ideas of chivalric romance anticipated by, 246;
Cymric legend and, compared, 344-419;
Continental romance and, 345
Gaels. Sacrifices of children by, to idol Crom Cruach, 85
Gæsat´i. Celtic warriors, in battle of Clastidium, 41
Galatia. Celtic state of, St. Jerome's attestation re, 34
Gal´ioin. See Firbolgs, 103
Galles, M. René. Tumulus of Mané-er-H´oeck described by, 63
Garach. Mac Roth views Ulster men on Plain of, 223;
the battle of, 223-225
Gaul-s. Under Roman yoke, 35;
Cæsar's account of, 37;
described by Diodorus Siculus, 41, 42;
described by Ammianus Marcellinus, 42;
Dr. Rice Holmes describes, 43;
commerce on Mediterranean, Bay of Biscay, &c., of, 44;
religious beliefs and rites described by Julius Cæsar, 51, 52;
human sacrifices in, 84;
votive inscriptions to Æsus, Teutates, and Taranus, found in, 86, 87;
Dis, or Pluto, a most notable god of, 88;
dead carried from, to Britain, 131;
Maon taken to, 153
“Gaulois, La Religion des.” Reference to, 55, 83
Gauvain (Sir Gawain). Fellow-knight with Perceval, 406
Gavr´inis. Chiromancy at, 64
Geena mac Luga. Son of Luga, one of Finn's men, 262;
Finn teaches the maxims of the Fianna to, 262, 263
Geis-e (singular, gaysh; plural, gaysha). The law of the, 164;
meaning of this Irish word explained, 164;
instances: Dermot of the Love Spot, Conary Mōr, and Fergus mac Roy, 165;
Grania puts Dermot under, 298
Gelon. Defeat of Hamilcar by, at Himera, 22
Genealogy. Of Conary Mōr, from Eochy, 164;
of Conor mac Nessa, from Ross the Red, 181;
of Cuchulain and Conall of the Victories, from Druid Cathbad, 181;
of Dōn, 350;
of Llyr, 351;
of Arthur, 352
Geneir. Knight of Arthur's court, 401
Geoffrey of Monmouth. Bishop of St. Asaph;
his “Historia Regum Britaniæ” written to commemorate Arthur's exploits, 337
Geraint. The tale of Enid and, 399, 400
Gerald, Earl. Son of goddess Ainé, 128
Germān (ghermawn—g hard). Diuran and, companions of Maeldūn on his wonderful voyage, 313
Germanic Words. Many important, traceable to Celtic origin, 32
Germans. Menace to classical civilisation of, under names of Cimbri and Teutones, 31;
de Jubainville's explanation regarding, as a subject people, 31;
overthrow of Celtic supremacy by, 33;
burial rites practised by, 33;
chastity of, 41
Germany. Place-names of, Celtic element in, 27
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Gilla Dacar (The Hard Gilly). Story of, 292-295
Gilvaeth´wy. Son of Dōn, nephew of Māth, 378;
his love for Goewin, and its sequel, 378-380
Giraldus Cambrensis. Testimony to the fairness of the Irish Celt, 21.
See Bleheris
Glen Etive. Dwelling place of Naisi and Deirdre, 198
Gloucester. Mabon released from prison in, 392;
the “nine sorceresses” of, 404
Glower. The strong man of the Wee Folk, 246
Glyn Cuch. Pwyll's hunt in woods of, 357
Goban the Smith. Brother of Kian and Sawan;
corresponds to Wayland Smith in Germanic legend, 110, 117;
Ollav Fōla compared with, 150
God. Cythrawl and, two primary existences in the Cymric cosmogony, standing for principles of life and destruction, 333-335;
the ineffable Name of, pronounced, and the “Manred” formed, 333
Gods. Megalithic People's conception of their, 86, 87;
of Aryan Celts, equated by Cæsar with Mercury, Apollo, Mars, &c , 86;
triad of, Æsus, Teutates, and Taranus, mentioned by Lucan, 86;
Lugh, or Lugus, the god of Light, 88
Goewin (go-ay´win). Daughter of Pebin;
Gilvaethwy's love for, and its sequel, 378-380
Golasecca. A great settlement of the Lowland Celts, in Cisalpine Gaul, 56
Goleuddydd. Wife of Kilydd;
mother of Kilhwch, 386, 387
Goll mac Morna. Son of Morna, captain of the Fianna of Erin, 257;
swears service to Finn, 258;
Finn recalls the great saying of, 267;
rescues Finn from the enchanted cave, 277, 278;
Keva of the White Skin given as wife to, 278;
adventure with the wether, 291, 292
Gonemans. Knight who trains Perceval (Peredur), 405
Gorboduc. “Historia Regum Bntaniæ” furnished subject for, 337 338
Gor´ias, The City of (see Dana), 105, 106
Gowra (Gabhra). References to Oscar's death at, 261-275;
battle of, between Clan Bascna and Clan Morna, 305-309;
Oscar's death at, 305-308;
King of Ireland's death at, 306
Grail. Legends of the, 400;
the tale of Peredur and the 400;
Chrestien de Troyes' story of, 404;
identical with the Cup ot the Last Supper, 406;
Wolfram von Eschenbach's conception of the story of the 407;
preserved in Castle of Munsalväsche, 407;
the, a talisman of abundance, 409;
false derivation of the word, from gréable, 409;
true derivation, 409, note;
combination of Celtic poetry, German mysticism, Christian Chivalry, and ancient sun-myths contained in, 411, 412
Grania. Loved by Dermot of the Love Spot, 123;
elopes with Dermot, 261;
tales of Deirdre and, compared, 296-304;
borne to Hill of Allen as Finn's bride, 304
Great Britain. Western extremity of, is Land of the Dead, 131
Greece. Dolmens found in, 53;
oppression in, of the Firbolgs, 102, 103
Greek-s. Celts and, 17;
wars in alliance with Celts, 22;
break monopoly of Carthaginian trade with Britain and Spain, 22;
secure overland route across France to Britain 22;
type of civilisation, Celtica preserved, 22
Grey of Macha. Cuchulain's horse, ridden by Sualtam to [pg 440] rouse men of Ulster, 221, 222;
resists being harnessed by Laeg, 230;
mortally wounded by Erc, 232;
defends Cuchulain, 233
Gronw Pebyr (gron´oo payber).
Loved by Blodeuwedd, 383;
slain by Llew, 384
Guairy, Hugh (gwai´ry).
Arrested for murder, and tried at Tara by Dermot, 48
Guary (gwar´y).
High King;
taunts Sanchan Torpest about the “Tain,” 234
Guest, Lady Charlotte.
Her collections of tales, 412
See “Mabinogion”
Gwalchmai.
Nephew of King Arthur, 397, 401
Gwawl.
Rival of Pwyll's for Rhiannon's hand, 361, 362
Gwenhwyvar (gwen´hoo-ivar).
Wife of King Arthur, 394
Gwern.
Son of Matholwch and Branwen, 368;
assumes sovranty of Ireland, 370
Gwion Bach. Son of Gwreang;
put to stir magic cauldron by Ceridwen, 413;
similar action to Finn, 413
Gwlwlyd (goo-loo´lid).
The dun oxen of, 390
Gwreang (goo´re-ang).
Father of Gwion Bach, 413
Gwrnach (goor-nach).
Giant;
the sword of the, 390
Gwyddno Gar´anhir.
Horses of, drink of poisoned stream, hence the stream “Poison of the Horses of,” 413;
his son Elphin finds Taliesin, 414
Gwydion.
Son of Dōn;
place in Cymric mythology taken later by the god Artaius, 349;
nephew of Māth, 378;
the swine of Pryderi and, 378-380
Gwyn ap Nudd.
A Cymric deity likened to Finn (Gaelic) and to Odin (Norse), 349;
combat every May-day between Gwythur ap Greidawl and, 353, 388
Gwynedd.
Māth, lord of, 378
Gwynfyd.
Purity;
the second of three concentric circles representing the totality of being in the Cymric cosmogony, in which life is manifested as a pure, rejoicing force triumphant over evil, 334
Gwythur ap Greidawl (Victor, Son of Scorcher).
Combat every May-day between Gwyn ap Nudd and, 353, 388
H
Hades (or Annwn).
The Magic Cauldron part of the spoils of, 410
Ham´ilcar.
Defeat of, at Himera, by Gelon, 22
Hamitic, The.
Preserved in syntax of Celtic languages, 78
Havgan.
Rival of Arawn;
mortally wounded by Pwyll, 357,358
Hecatæ´us of Abdera.
Musical services of Celts (probably of Great Britain) described by, 58
Hecatæus of Miletus.
First extant mention of “Celts” by, 17
Heilyn.
Son of Gwynn, 372
Heinin.
Bard at Arthur's court, 416
Hellan´icus of Lesbos.
Celts and, 17
Hero´dotus.
Celts and, 17, 56
Hevydd Hēn.
Father of Rhiannon, 360
High Kings of Ireland.
Stone of Destiny used for crowning of, 105
Hill of Ainé.
Name of goddess Ainé clings to, 128;
Ainé appears, on a St. John's Night, among girls on, 128
Hill of Allen.
Finn's hounds, while returning to, recognise Saba, 266;
Oisīn returns to, 273;
Finn returns to, 278;
return of the Fianna to, to celebrate the wedding feast of Finn and Tasha, 295;
Finn bears Grania as his bride to, 304
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Hill of Keshcorran. Finn bewitched by hags on, 277
Hill of Macha. Significance, 251
“Historia Britonum.” See Nennius
Historia Regum Britaniæ. See Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Furnished subject for “Gorborduc” and “King Lear,” 338;
wonderful success of, translated by Wace into French, by Layamon into Anglo-Saxon, 338, 339
Homer. His gloomy picture of the departed souls of men conducted to the underworld, 79, 80;
reference to, 147
Horses of Mananan. White-crested waves called, 125
Hound of Ulster. See Cuchulain, 217, 233;
element in Gaelic names, 184
Hugh. One of the Children of Lir, 142
Hull, Miss, referred to, 133, note; 203, note
Hungary. Miled's name as a god in a Celtic inscription from, 130
Hyde, Dr. Douglas. Reference to his folk tale about Dermot of the Love Spot. 291
Hyperbor´eans. Equivalent to Celts, 17
I
Iberians Aquitani and, resemblance between, 58, 59
Ilda´nach (“The All-Craftsman”). Surname conferred upon Lugh, the Sun-god, 113
Illyrians Celts conquer, 22
Immortality. Origin of so-called “Celtic” doctrine of, 75, 76;
Egyptian and “Celtic” ideas of, 78-89
India. Dolmens found in, 53;
symbol of the feet found in, 77;
practice in, of allotting musical modes to seasons of the year, 118
Indra. Hindu sky-deity corresponding to Brown Bull of Quelgny, 203
Ingcel. One-eyed chief, son of King of Great Britain, an exile, 169
Invasion Myths, The, of Ireland. See Myths
Inversken´a Ancient name of Kenmore River, so called after Skena, 133
Ireland Unique historical position of, 35;
Dermot mac Kerval, High King of, 47;
apostolised by St Patrick, 51;
Lowland Celts founders of lake-dwellings in, 56;
holy wells in, 66;
tumulus and symbolic carvings at New Grange in, 69-72;
reference to conversion of, to Christianity, 83;
Lugh, or Lugus, god of Light, in, 88;
history of, as related by Tuan, 98-100;
Nemed takes possession of, 98;
Fomorians establish tyranny over, 101;
Standish O'Grady's “Critical History of,” reference to, 119, 120;
displacement of Danaans in, by Milesians, 130;
Ith's coming to, 130-136;
name of Eriu (dative form Erinn), poetic name applied to, 132;
Amergin's lay, sung on touching soil of, 134;
Milesian host invade, 135;
the Children of Miled enter upon sovranty of, but henceforth there are two Irelands, the spiritual, occupied by the Danaans, and the earthly by the Milesians, 136-145;
Eremon, first Milesian king of all, 143, 144;
reference to Christianity and paganism in, 145;
Milesian settlement of, 148;
Ollav Fōla, most distinguished Ollav of, 149—150;
Maon reigns over, 154;
raid of Conary's foster-brothers in, 169;
The Terrible decides the Championship of, 196;
proclaims Cuchulain Champion of, 196;
Naisi and Deirdre land in, 199;
Cairbry, son of Cormac mac Art, High King of, 304;
Maeldūn and his companions [pg 442] return to, 330;
the Arthurian saga never entered, 343;
invaded by Bran, 369-372;
Matholwch hands over to Gwern the sovranty of, 370
Irish. Element of place-names, found in France, Switzerland, Austria, &c., 28;
Spenser's reference to eagerness of, to receive news, 37;
the Ulster hero, Cuchulain, in saga, 41;
the tumulus at New Grange in, 69;
Christianity, early, magical rites of Druidism survive in, 83;
legend, four main divisions in cycle of, 95;
folk-melodies, the Coulin, one of the most beautiful of, 119;
god of Love, Angus Ōg the, 121;
“Mythological Cycle,” de Jubainville's, reference to, 131;
place-names, significance of, 250;
legend, St. Patrick and, 283;
literature, effect of Christianity on, 295 296
Irnan. Lays Finn under geise to engage in single combat, 278;
slain by Goll, 278
Iron Age. The ship a well-recognised form of sepulchral enclosure in cemeteries of the, 76
Island-s. Strange adventures of Maeldūn and his companions on wonderful, 312-331;
of the Slayer, 313;
of the Ants, 313;
of the Great Birds, 313;
of the Fierce Beast, 314;
of the Giant Horses, 314;
of the Stone Door, 314;
of the Apples, 315;
of the Wondrous Beast, 315;
of the Biting Horses, 315;
of the Fiery Swine, 316;
of the Little Cat, 316;
of the Black and White Sheep, 317;
of the Giant Cattle, 317;
of the Mill, 318;
of the Black Mourners, 318;
of the Four Fences, 318;
of the Glass Bridge, 319;
of the Shouting Birds, 320;
of the Anchorite, 320;
of the Miraculous Fountain, 320;
of the Smithy, 321;
of the Sea of Clear Glass, 321;
of the Undersea, 321;
of the Prophecy, 322;
of the Spouting Water, 322;
of the Silvern Column, 322;
of the Pedestal, 323;
of the Women, 323, 324;
of the Red Berries, 325;
of the Eagle, 325-327;
of the Laughing Folk, 327;
of the Flaming Rampart, 327;
of the Monk of Tory, 327-329;
of the Falcon, 329, 330
Islands of the Dead. See Mananan, 125
Isle of Man. Supposed throne of Mananan, 125
Italy. Northern, Celts conquer from Etruscans, 21, 25;
Murgen and Eimena sent to, by Sanchan Torpest, to discover the “Tain,” 234, 235
Ith. Son of Bregon, grandfather of Miled, 130;
his coming to Ireland, 130-136;
shores of Ireland perceived by, from Tower of Bregon, 132;
learns of Neit's slaying, 132;
welcomed by mac Cuill and his brothers, 133;
put to death by the three Danaan Kings, 133
Iubdan (youb-dan). King of the Wee Folk, 246;
Bebo, wife of, 247;
Bebo and, visit King Fergus in Ulster, 247-249
Iuchar (you´char). One of three sons of Turenn, 114;
Brigit, mother of, 126
Iucharba (you-char´ba). One of three sons of Turenn, 114;
Brigit, mother of, 126
J
Japan. Dolmens found in, 53
Jerome, St. Attestation of, on Celtic State of Galatia, 34
John, Mr. Ivor B. His opinion of Celtic mystical writings, 332
Jones, Brynmor. Findings of, on origin of populations of Great Britain and Ireland, 78
Joyce, Dr. P.W. Reference to his “Old Celtic Romances,” 303, 309, 312
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Jubainville, M. d'Arbois de. Great Celtic scholar, 18, 23, 24;
explanation of, regarding Germans as a subject people, 31;
record regarding Megalithic People, 55;
reference of, to Taranus (? Thor), the god of Lightning, 87;
opinion regarding Dis, or Pluto, as representing darkness, death, and evil, 88;
reference to Gaulish god whom Cæsar identifies with Mercury, 113;
Brigit identical with Dana, according to, 126;
Ith's landing in Ireland described in his “Irish Mythological Cycle,” 131;
his translation of Amergin's strange lay, 134
K
Kai. King Arthur's seneschal, 387, 388;
accompanies Kilhwch on his quest for Olwen, 388-392;
refuses Peredur, 401, 402
Keating. Reference to his “History of Ireland,” 150;
his reference to Maon, 153;
“History” of, tells of Ket's death, 244;
“History” of, tells of Maev's death, 245
Keelta mac Ronan. Summoned from the dead by Mongan, 81;
warrior and reciter, one of Finn's chief men, 261;
St. Patrick and, 265, 266, 289;
Finn whispers the tale of his enchantment to, 280;
Oisīn and, resolve to part, 282;
meets St. Patrick, 282;
assists Oisīn bury Oscar, 307
Keevan of the Curling Locks. Lover of Cleena, 127
Keltchar (kelt´yar). A lord of Ulster;
mac Datho's boar and, 243
Kenmare River. In Co. Kerry;
ancient name “Inverskena,” so called after Skena, 133
Kenverch´yn. The three hundred ravens of, 399
Kerry. Murna marries King of, 256
Kesair (kes´er). Gaulish princess, wife of King Ugainy the Great, 152;
grandmother of Maon, 153
Ket. Son of Maga;
rallies to Maev's foray against Ulster, 204;
slings Conall's “brain ball” at Conor mac Nessa which seven years after leads to his death, 240, 241;
the Boar of mac Datho and, 241-244;
death of, told in Keating's “History of Ireland,” 244
Keva of the White Skin. Daughter of Finn, given in marriage to Goll mac Morna, 278
Kian. Father of Lugh, 109;
brother of Sawan and Goban, 110;
the end of, 114
Kicva. Daughter of Gwynn Gohoyw, wife of Pryderi, 365, 373
Kilhwch (kil´hugh). Son to Kilydd and Goleuddydd;
story of Olwen and, 386-392;
accompanied on his quest (to find Olwen) by Kai, Bedwyr, Kynddelig, Bedwyr (Bedivere), Gwrhyr, Gwalchmai, and Menw, 388-392
Killarney, Lakes of. Ancient name, Locha Lein, given to, by Len, 123
Kilydd. Husband of Goleuddydd, father of Kilhwch, 386, 387
Kimbay (Cimbaoth). Irish king;
reign of, and the founding of Emain Macha, 150;
brother of Red Hugh and Dithorba, 151;
compelled to wed Macha, 151
King Lear. “Historia Regum Britaniæ” furnished the subject of, 337, 338
Kingsborough, Lord. “Antiquities of Mexico,” example of cup-and-ring markings reproduced in his book, 68
Knowledge. Nuts of, 256;
the Salmon of, 256
Kym´ideu Kyme´in-voll. Wife of Llassar Llaesgyvnewid, 368
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Kymon. A knight of Arthur's court;
the adventure of, 394-399
Kyn´ddelig. One of Arthur's servitors;
accompanies Kilhwch on his quest for Olwen, 388-392
Kyot (Guiot). Provençal poet;
and Wolfram von Eschenbach, 408
L
La Tène Culture. Relics found in Austria developed into, 29
Labra the Mariner. See Maon, 154
Laeg (layg). Cuchulain's friend and charioteer, 183;
sent by Cuchulain to rouse men of Ulster, 213;
visits Fairyland to report on Fand, 226;
the Grey of Macha resists being harnessed by, 230;
slain by Lewy, 232
Laery (lay´ry). 1. Son of King Ugainy the Great;
treacherously slain by his brother Covac, 152.
2. The Triumphant;
shrinks from test for the Championship of Ireland, 196;
mac Datho's boar and, 243.
3. Son of Neill;
sees vision of Cuchulain, 239
Lairgnen (lerg-nen). Connacht chief, betrothed to Deoca;
seizes the Children of Lir, 142
Lake of the Cauldron. Place where Matholwch met Llassar Llaesgyvnewid and his wife Kymideu Kymeinvoll, 367, 368
Lake of the Dragon's Mouth. Resort of Caer, 121;
Angus Ōg joins his love, Caer, at, 122
Land of the Dead. “Spain” a synonymous term, 130;
the western extremity of Great Britain is, according to ancient writer cited by Plutarch, and also according to Procopius, 131
Land of the Living. = Land of the Happy Dead, 96;
gifts which Lugh brought from, 113
Land of Shadows. Dwelling-place of Skatha;
Cuchulain at, 187-189
Land of the Wee Folk. See Wee Folk (otherwise, Faylinn), 246, &c.
Land of Youth. Identical with “Land of the Dead,” “Land of the Living,” q.v.;
See Mananan, 113, 125;
Cleena once lived in, 127;
Connla's Well in, visited by Sinend, 129;
still lives in imagination of Irish peasant, 137;
mystic country of People of Dana after their dispossession by Children of Miled, 156;
pagan conception of, referred to, 161;
lover from, visits Messbuachalla, to whom she bears Conary, 166, 167;
Oisīn sees wonders of, 272;
Oisīn returns from, 273;
“The Lady of the Fountain” and the, 395, 396
Layamon. Translator. See “Historia Regum Britaniæ”
Legend. The cycles of Irish, 95
Leicester. See Llyr
Leinster. Book of, and de Jubainville, 24;
ancient tract, the “Dinnsenchus,” preserved in, 85;
traditional derivation of name, 154;
men of, rally to Maev's foray against Ulster, 205;
Mesroda, son of Datho, dwelt in province of, 241
Leix. Reavers from, slay Ailill Edge-of-Battle, 310;
Maeldūn's voyage to, 311-331
Len. Goldsmith of Bōv the Red;
gave ancient name, Locha Lein, to the Lakes of Killarney, 123
Levar´cam. Deirdre's nurse, 197-200;
Conor questions, re sons of Usna, 199
Lewy. Son of Curoi, Cuchulain's foe, 228-233;
slain by Conall of the Victories, 233
Lia (lee´a). Lord of Luachar, treasurer to the Clan Morna, 255;
slain by Finn, 256;
father of Conan, 258
Lia Fail (lee´a fawl), The. The Stone of Destiny, 121
Liagan (lee´a-gan). A pirate, slain by Conan mac Morna, 260
[pg 445]
Light-of-Beauty. See Sgeimh Solais
Lir (leer).
1. Sea-god, father of Mananan, 113, 139;
Mananan and, referred to, 125;
identical with the Greek Oceanus, 125;
father of Lodan and grandparent of Sinend, 129;
Cymric deity Llyr corresponds with, 347.
2. The Children of, the transformation of, 139-142;
their death, 142
Lismore. “The Dean of Lismore's Book,” by James Macgregor.
Dean of, described, 288
Llassar Llaesgyv´newid. Husband of Kymideu Kymeinvoll, giver of magic cauldron to Bran, 368
Llevelys. Son of Beli;
story of Ludd (Nudd) and, 385, 386
Llew Llaw Gyffes. Otherwise “The Lion of the Sure Hand.”
A hero the subject of the tale “Māth Son of Māthonwy,” 347, 348;
identical with the Gaelic deity Lugh of the Long Arm, 347, 348;
how he got his name, 381, 382;
the flower-wife of, named Blodeuwedd, 382, 383;
slays Gronw Pebyr, who had betrayed him, 383, 384
Lludd. See Nudd
Llwyd. Son of Kilcoed, an enchanter;
removes magic spell from seven Cantrevs of Dyfed, and from Pryderi and Rhiannon, 377
Llyr. In Welsh legend, father of Manawyddan;
Irish equivalents, Lir and Mananan, 347;
Llyr-cester (now Leicester) once a centre of the worship of, 347;
house of, corresponds with Gaelic Lir, 348, 349;
Penardun, daughter of Dōn, wife of, 349;
genealogy set forth, 351
Loch. Son of Mofebis, champion sent by Mae against Cuchulain, 212;
wounds Cuchulain, but is slain by him, 212
Loch Gara. Lake in Roscommon;
mac Cecht's visit to, 176
Loch Rory. Fergus mac Leda's adventure in, 249
Loch Ryve. Maev retires to island on, and is slain there by Forbay, 245
Lodan. Son of Lir, father of goddess Sinend, 129
Loherangrain. Knight of the Swan, son of Parzival, 408
Loughcrew. Great tumulus at, supposed burying-place of Ollav Fōla, 150
Lourdes. Cult of waters of, 66, 67
Lucan. Triad of deities mentioned by, 86
Luchad (loo-chad). Father of Luchta, 112
Luchta (looch-ta). Son of Luchad, 112;
the carpenter of the Danaans, 117
Ludgate. For derivation see Nudd
Lugh (loo), or Lugus.
1. See Apollo, 58;
the god of Light, in Gaul and Ireland, as, 88;
2. Son of Kian, the Sun-god par excellence of all Celtica, the coming of, 109-113;
other names, Ildánach (“The All-Craftsman”) and Lugh Lamfada (Lugh of the Long Arm), 113, 123;
his eric from sons of Turenn for murder of his father, Kian, 115-116;
slays Balor and is enthroned in his stead, 117;
fiery spear of, 121;
his worship widely spread over Continental Celtica, 123;
father, by Dectera, of Cuchulain, 123, 182;
Cymric deity Llew Llaw Gyffes corresponds with, 347, 348
Lugh of the Long Arm. See Lugh.
Invincible sword of, 105, 106;
Bres, son of Balor, and, 123;
husband of Dectera and father of Cuchulain, 182;
appears to Cuchulain and protects the Ford while his son rests, 214;
fights by his son's side, 215;
Cymric hero Llew Llaw Gyfles corresponds with, 347, 348
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Luned. Maiden who rescued Owain, 397;
Owain rescues her, 398, 399
M
“Mabinŏg´ion, The” (singular, Mabinogi).
Reference to story of Kilhwch and Olwen in, 343;
“The Red Book of Hergest,” the main source of the tales of, 344;
“Māth Son of Māthonwy,” tale in, 347;
Mr. Alfred Nutt's edition, 356;
Four Branches of the Mabinogi form most important part of, 384;
Peredur's story in, and French version, 406;
the tale of Taliesin and, 412
Mabon. Son of Modron, released by Arthur, 391, 392
Maccecht. Danaan king, husband of Fohla, 132;
member of Conary's retinue at Da Derga's Hostel, 175;
his search for water, 175, 176
Maccuill (quill). Danaan king, husband of Banba, 132;
at fortress of Aileach, 132
Macgrené. Danaan king, husband of Eriu, 132;
mythical name Son of the Sun, 132
Mac Indoc´, The Plain of. Laery and St. Benen on, 239
MacKerval, Dermot. Rule of, in Ireland, and the cursing of Tara, 47, 48.
See Dermot
Macpherson. Pseudo-Ossian poetry of, 238
Mac Roth. Maev's steward, named, and the Brown Bull of Quelgny, 202;
sent to view host of Ulster men, 223
Macedon. Attacked by Thracian and Illyrian hordes, 23
Macha. Daughter of Red Hugh, 151;
slays Dithorba and compels Kimbay to wed her, 151;
captures five sons of Dithorba, 151, 152;
forms an instance of the intermingling of the attributes of the Danaan with the human race, 152;
a super-natural being, 178;
goes to dwell with Crundchu, 178;
her race against Ultonian horses, 179;
gives birth to twins and curses the Ultonians, 180;
her curse on men of Ulster, 203-221;
the curse removed from men of Ulster, 222
Maeldūn. Son of Ailill Edge-of-Battle, 310;
departs to his own kindred, 311;
sets out on his wonderful voyage, 311-331
Maeldūn, Voyage of (mayl'-doon). Found in MS. entitled “Book of the Dun Cow,” 309;
reference to Dr. Whitley Stokes' translation in the “Revue Celtique,” 309;
theme of Tennyson's “Voyage of Maeldune” furnished by Joyce's version in “Old Celtic Romances,” 309;
narrative of, 311-331
Maen Tyriawc (ma'en tyr'i-awc). Burial-place of Pryderi, 379
Maev (mayv). Queen of Connacht, 122;
Angus Ōg seeks aid of, 122;
debility of Ultonians manifested on occasion of Cattle-raid of Quelgny, 180;
Fergus seeks aid of, 202;
her famous bull Finnbenach, 202;
her efforts to secure the Brown Bull of Quelgny, 204-246;
host of, spreads devastation through the territories of Bregia and Murthemney, 209;
offers her daughter Findabair of Fair Eyebrows to Ferdia if he will meet Cuchulain, 216;
Conor summons men of Ulster against, 222;
overtaken but spared by Cuchulain, 225;
makes seven years' peace with Ulster, 225;
vengeance of, against Cuchulain, 228-233;
mac Datho's hound and, 241-244;
retires to island on Loch Ryve, 245;
slain by Forbay, 245
Maga. Daughter of Angus Ōg, wife of Ross the Red, 181;
wedded also to Druid Cathbad, 181
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Magi. Word magic derived from, 60;
treated by Pliny, 61
Magic. The religion of Megalithic People that of, 59;
origin of word, 60;
Pliny on, 61;
religion of, invented in Persia and by Zoroaster, 61;
traces of, in Megalithic monuments, 63;
Clan Calatin learn, in Ireland, Alba, and Babylon, to practise against Cuchulain, 228-233
Maitre, M. Albert. Inspector of Musée des Antiquités Nationales, 64
Malory. Anticipated by Wace, 338, 339;
Cymric myths and, 388
Man´anan. Son of the Sea-god, Lir, 113, 139;
magical Boat of, brought by Lugh, with Horse of, and sword Fragarach, from the Land of the Living, 113, 121;
attributes of Sea-god mostly conferred on, 125;
the most popular deity in Irish mythology, 125;
lord of sea beyond which Land of Youth or Islands of the Dead were supposed to lie, 125;
master of tricks and illusions, owned magical possessions—boat, Ocean-Sweeper; steed, Aonbarr; sword, The Answerer, &c. &c., 125;
reference to daughter of, given to Angus, a Danaan prince, 143;
his wife, Fand, sets her love on Cuchulain, 226;
Fand recovered by, 227;
shakes his cloak between Fand and Cuchulain, 228;
Cymric deity Manawyddan corresponds with, 347, 348
Manawyddan (mana-wudh'en). In Welsh mythology, son of Llyr;
Irish equivalents, Mananan and Lir, 347;
Bendigeid Vran (“Bran the Blessed”), his brother, 365;
the tale of Pryderi and, 373-378;
weds Rhiannon, 373
Mané-er-h´oeck. Remarkable tumulus in Brittany, 63, 64
Manés. Seven outlawed sons of Ailell and Maev, 169;
their rally to Maev's foray against Ulster, 204
Manessier. A continuator of Chrestien de Troyes, 408
Man´etho. Egyptian historian, reference to human sacrifices, 85, 86
Manred. The ineffable Name of God pronounced, and so was formed, 333;
the primal substance of the universe, 333
Maon (may'un). Son of Ailill;
brutal treatment of, by Covac, 152-154;
has revenge on Ailill by slaying him and all his nobles, 153;
weds Moriath, and reigns over Ireland, 154;
equivalent, “Labra the Mariner,” 154
Marcellin´us, Ammian´us. Gauls described by, 42
Marie de France. Anglo-Norman poetess;
sources relating to the Arthurian saga in writings of, 339, 340
Māth son of Māthonwy. Title of tale in the “Mabinogion,” 347;
Llew Llaw Gyffes, a character in tale of, 347, 348;
brother of Penardun, 349;
the tale of, 378-384;
Gwydion and Gilvaethwy, nephews of, 378;
his strange gift of hearing, 386
Matholwch (math'o-law). King of Ireland;
comes seeking Branwen's hand in marriage, 366;
wedding of, and Branwen's, celebrated at Aberffraw, 366;
Evnissyen mutilates his horses, 367;
Bran, among other gifts, gives a magic cauldron to, 367, 368;
father of Gwern, 368;
informed of Bran's invasion, 369;
hands sovranty of Ireland to Gwern, 370
Māthonwy. Ancestor of House of Dōn, 349
Matière de France. Source of Round Table and chivalric institutions ascribed to Arthur's court, 341
Maxen Wledig (oo'le-dig). Emperor of Rome;
the dream of, 384, 385
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May-Day. Sacred to Beltené, day on which Sons of Miled began conquest of Ireland, 133, 134;
combat every, between Gwythur ap Greidawl and Gwyn ap Nudd, 353;
strange scream heard in Britain on eve of, 385
Meath. Fergus in his battle-fury strikes off the tops of the three Maela of, 224;
St. Patrick and the folk of, 282
Medicine. See Magic, 60, 61;
Pliny and, 61
Megalithic People. Builders of dolmens, cromlechs, &c., 52-93;
origin of the, 54-58;
Professor Ridgeway's contention about, 56;
their religion that of magic, 59;
representations of the divine powers under human aspect unknown to, 75;
Druidism imposed on the Celts by the, 82;
human sacrifices, practice a survival from the, 84;
conception of, regarding their deities, 86
Mercury. Regarded as chief of the gods by Gauls, 87;
Lugh Lamfada identified with, 113
Merlin. See Myrddin.
Reference to his magical arts, 337;
equivalent Myrddin, 354;
believed by Geoffrey of Monmouth to have erected Stonehenge, 354;
the abode of, described, 354-356
Mesged´ra. The vengeance of, fulfilled, 241
Mesro´da, mac Datho. Son of Datho, 241;
the carving of the boar of, 241-244;
Conor and Maev both send to purchase his hound, 241
Messbuachalla (mess-boo'hala). Only daughter of Etain Oig, 166;
significance, “the cowherd's foster-child,” 166;
King Eterskel's promised son and, 166;
visited by a Danaan lover, and birth of Conary, 166, 167
Mexico. Cup-and-ring marking in, 68;
symbol of the feet found in, 77;
the cross-legged “Buddha,” frequent occurrence in religious art of, 87
Midir the Proud (mid'eer). A son of the Dagda;
a type of splendour, 124;
his appearance to King Eochy, 124;
Fuamnach, wife of, 156;
Etain, second bride of, 156;
recovers his wife from Eochy, 160-163;
yields up Etain, 163
Miled.
1. Sons of;
conquer the People of Dana, 100;
the coming of, to displace rule in Ireland of Danaans, 130;
Bregon, son of, 130;
Amergin, son of, 133;
begin conquest of Ireland on May-day, 133, 134.
2. A god, represented as, in a Celtic inscription from Hungary, son of Bilé, 130.
3. Children of;
resolve to take vengeance for Ith's slaying, 133;
enter upon the sovranty of Ireland, 136
Milesian-s. See Sons of Miled, 130;
myth, meaning of, 138-145;
the early kings, 146-148
Minorca. Analogous structures (to represent ships) to those in Ireland found in, 76
Mochaen (mo-chayn'). Hill of, and Lugh's eric, 115
Modred. King Arthur's nephew;
usurps his uncle's crown and weds his wife Guanhumara, 337;
Arthur defeats and slays, 337, 338
Mongan. Irish chieftain, reincarnation of Finn;
wager as to place of death of King Fothad, 81
Montel´ius, Dr. Oscar. And the ship symbol, 72
Moonre´mur. A lord of Ulster;
mac Datho's boar and, 243
Morann. Druid;
prophecy of, concerning Cuchulain, 183
Morc. Fomorian king, 101
Morda. A blind man, set by Ceridwen to keep fire under the magic cauldron, 413
Mor´iath. Daughter of Scoriath, the King of Feramore;
her love for Maon and her device [pg 449] to win him back to Ireland, 153, 154;
curious tale regarding his hair, 154
Morna. Father of Goll, 257
Morr´igan, The. Extraordinary goddess, embodying all that is perverse and horrible among supernatural powers, 126;
her love and friendship for Cuchulain, 126;
her visit to Conary Mōr at Hostel of Da Derga, 172;
appears to Cuchulain and offers her love, 212;
her threat to be about his feet in bottom of the Ford, 212;
attacks Cuchulain, and is wounded by him, 213;
croaks of war and slaughter before Cuchulain, 230;
settles on the dead Cuchulain's shoulder as a crow, 233
Mountains of Mourne. Cuchulain on, 193
Moyrath. Battle of, ended resistance of Celtic chiefs to Christianity, 51
Moyslaught (“The Plain of Adoration”).
Idol of Crom Cruach erected on, 85, 149
Moytura, Plain of.
1. Scene of First Battle (Co. Sligo) between Danaans and the Firbolgs, 106, 107.
2. Scene of Second Battle (Co. Mayo) between Danaans and Fomorians, 117, 130;
the Dagda and, 120
Munsalväsche (Montsalvat), The Castle of, where, in W. von Eschenbach's poem, the Grail is preserved, 407
Munster. Ailill Olum, King of, 127;
“Hill of Ainé” and goddess Ainé 128;
origin of name, 154
Mur´ias, The City of (see Dana), 105, 106
Murna of the White Neck. Wife of Cumhal, mother of Finn, 255, 266;
takes refuge in forests of Slieve Bloom, and gives birth to Demna (Finn), 255;
marries King of Kerry, 256
Murtagh mac Erc. King of Ireland, brother of Fergus the Great;
lends famous Stone of Scone to Scotland, 105
Murthem´ney.
Kian killed on Plain of, 114;
Cuchulain of, seen in a vision by prophetess Fedelma, 206;
the carnage of, 214;
host of Ulster assemble on, 229;
Cuchulain at his dūn in, 230
Mycen´æ. Burial chamber of the Atreidæ, ancient dolmen yet stands beside, in, 53
Myrddin. See Merlin.
A deity in Arthur's mythological cycle, corresponds with Sun-god Nudd, 354;
suggestion of Professor Rhys that chief deity worshipped at Stonehenge was, 355;
seizes the “Thirteen Treasures of Britain,” 355
Mythological Cycle, The, 95, 96
Mythology. Comparison between Gaelic and Cymric, 346-348;
compared with folklore, 418
Myths. Danaan, meaning of, 137;
Milesian, meaning of, 138, 139;
Invasion, of Ireland, 138-145
N
Naisi (nay'see). Son of Usna, loved by Deirdre, 198;
abducts Deirdre, 198;
Ardan and Ainlé, his brothers, 198;
Conor invites return of, 198;
his return under care of Fergus, 199;
slain by Owen son of Duracht, 201
Naqada (nak'a-da). Signs on ivory tablets discovered by Flinders Petrie in cemetery at, 78
Narberth. Castle where Pwyll had his court, 359;
Pwyll's adventure on the Mound of Arberth, near, 359-365;
Pryderi and Manawyddan and their wives left desolate at palace of, 373
Natchrantal (na-chran'tal). Famous champion of Maev;
assists to capture Brown Bull, 211
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Nechtan. Dūn of the sons of, 193;
Cuchulain provokes a fight with sons of, 193, 194;
sons of, slain, 194
Neit (nayt).
Danaan king, slain in battle with the Fomorians, 132
Nemed. Son of Agnoman;
takes possession of Ireland, 98;
fights victoriously against Fomorians, his death, 101
Nemedians. Sail for Ireland, 99;
akin to the Partholanians, 101;
revolt of, against Fomorians, 101, 102;
routed by Fomorians, 102
Nemglan. Commands Conary go to Tara, 168;
he declares Conary's geise, 168
Nennius. British historian in whose “Historia Britonum” (A.D. 800) is found first mention of Arthur, 336
Nessa. Daughter of Echid Yellow-heel, wife of Fachtna, mother of Conor, 180;
loved by Fergus, 180
Netherlands. Place-names of, Celtic element in, 27
New Grange. Tumulus at, regarded as dwelling-place of Fairy Folk, 69, 70;
symbolic carvings at, 70, 71;
the ship symbol at, 71-73;
Angus Ōg's palace at, 121;
Angus' fairy palace at Brugh na Boyna identical with, 143
Niam (nee'am).
1. Wife of Conall of the Victories;
tends Cuchulain, 229;
Bave puts a spell of straying on her, 230
2. Of the Golden Hair;
daughter of the King of the Land of Youth, 270;
Oisīn departs with, 271, 272;
permits Oisīn to visit the Land of Erin, 273
Niss´yen. Son of Eurosswyd and Penardun, 366
Nodens. See Nudd
Nuada of the Silver Hand (noo'ada). King of the Danaans, 107-108;
his encounter with Balor, champion of the Fomorians, 117;
belongs to Finn's ancestry, 255;
identical with solar deity in Cymric mythology, viz., Nudd or Lludd, 346, 347
Nudd, or Lludd. Roman equivalent, Nodens.
A solar deity in Cymric mythology, 346, 347;
identical with Danaan deity, Nuada of the Silver Hand, 347;
under name Lludd, said to have had a temple on the site of St. Paul's, 347;
entrance to Lludd's temple called Parth Lludd (British), which Saxons translated Ludes Geat—our present Ludgate, 347;
story of Llevelys and, 385, 386;
Edeyrn, son of, jousts with Geraint for Enid, 399, 400
Nuts of Knowledge. Drop from hazel-boughs into pool where Salmon of Knowledge lived, 256
Nutt, Mr. Alfred. Reference to, in connexion with the “Hill of Ainé,” 128, 129;
reference to, in connexion with Oisīn-and-Patrick dialogues, 288, 289;
reference to object of the tale of Taliesin in his edition of the “Mabinogion,” 412
Nynniaw. Peibaw and, brothers, two Kings of Britain, their quarrel over the stars, 355, 356
O
O'Donovan. A great Irish antiquary;
folk-tale discovered by, 109-119
O'Dyna, Cantred of. Dermot's patrimony, 300
O'Grady.
1. Standish.
References to his “Critical History of Ireland” on the founding of Emain Macha, 119, 120, 151, 152;
his “Masque of Finn” referred to, 280, 281
2. Standish Hayes.
Reference to his “Silva Gadelica,” 250, 276, 281
Ocean-Sweeper. Mananan's magical boat, 125
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Odyssey, The. Mr H.B. Cotterill's hexameter version, quotation from, 79, 80
Ogma. Warrior of Nuada of the Silver Hand, 112, 118
Oisīn (ush'een). Otherwise Little Fawn.
Son of Finn, greatest poet of the Gael, 261;
father of Oscar, 261;
buries Aideen, 261;
birth of, from Saba, 266-270;
loved by Niam of the Golden Hair, 270-272;
returns from Land of Youth, 273;
Keelta and, resolve to part, 282;
assists Keelta bury Oscar, 307
Old Celtic Romances. Reference to Dr. P.W. Joyce's, 303, 309, 312
Ollav. Definition of the term, 149
Ollav Fōla. Eighteenth King of Ireland from Eremon, the most distinguished Ollav of Ireland, 149-150;
compared with Goban the Smith and Amergin the Poet, 150
Olwen. The story of Kilhwch and, 386-392;
daughter of Yspaddaden, 387;
how she got the name “She of the White Track,” 390;
bride of Kilhwch, 392
Orlam. Slain by Cuchulain, 209
Oscar. Son of Oisīn;
slays Linné, 261;
Aideen, wife of, 261;
her death after battle of Gowra, 261;
type of hard strength, 262;
reference to death at battle of Gowra, 275;
his death described, 306, 308
Osi´ris. Feet of, symbol of visitation, in Egypt, 77
Ossianic Society. “Transactions” of, 278-280;
battle of Gowra (Gabhra) described in, 305
Os´thanes. Earliest writer on subject of magic, 62
Other-World. Keelta summoned from, 81;
faith of, held by Celts, 82;
Mercury regarded by Gauls as guide of dead to, 87
Owain. Son of Urien;
plays chess with King Arthur, 393;
the Black Knight and, 396-399;
seen by Peredur, 401
Owel. Foster-son of Mananan and a Druid, father of Ainé, 127
Owen. Son of Duracht;
slays Naisi and other sons of Usna, 201
Owens of Aran. Ailill, of the sept of, 311;
Maeldūn goes to dwell with, 311
Owl of Cwm Cawlwyd (coom cawl´wŭd), The, 392
P
Patrick, St. Ireland apostolised by, 51;
symbol of the feet and, 77
Pasth´olan. His coming into Ireland from the West;
his origin, 96
Partholanians. Battle between the Fomorians and, 97;
end of race by plague on the Old Plain, 97;
Nemedians akin to, 101
Peibaw. Nynniaw and, two brothers, Kings of Britain, their quarrel over the stars, 355, 356
Penar´dun. Daughter of Dōn, wife of Llyr, and also of Eurosswyd, sister of Māth, 349, 366;
mother of Bran, also of Nissyen and Evnissyen, 366
People of the Sidhe (shee).
Danaans dwindle into fairies, otherwise the, 137
Per´diccas II. Son of Amyntas II., killed in battle, 23
Per´edur. The tale of, and the origin of the Grail Legend, 400, 407;
corresponds to Perceval of Chrestien de Troyes, 400
Per´gamos. Black Stone of, subject of embassy from Rome during Second Punic War, 66
Perilous Glen. Cuchulain escapes beasts of, 187
“Peronnik” folk tale, 400, note
Persia. Religion of magic invented in, by Zoroaster, 61
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Petrie, Flinders. Discoveries by, 78;
on Egyptian origin of symbol of mother and child, 79
Philip. Younger brother of Perdiccas, 23
Philo´stratus. Reference of, to enamelling by Britons, 30
Plain of Ill-Luck. Cuchulain crosses, 187
Plato. Celts and, 17;
evidence of, to Celtic characteristics, 36
Pliny. Religion of magic discussed by, 61
Plutarch. Land of the Dead referred to by, as the western extremity of Great Britain, 131
Pluto (Gk. Pluton). Dis, equivalent;
god of the Underworld, 88;
associated with wealth, like Celtic gods of the Underworld, 349
Polyb´ius. Description of the Gæsati in battle of Clastidium, 41
Polynesian, the practice named “tabu” and the Irish geis, similarity between, 165
Portugal. Place-names of, Celtic element in, 27
Posidon´ius. On bardic institution among Celts, 57
Procop´ius. Land of the Dead referred to by as the western extremity of Great Britain, 131
Province of the Spearmen (Irish, Laighin—“Ly-in”). See Leinster, 154
Pryderi (pri-dair'y) (Trouble). Son of Pwyll and Rhiannon;
his loss 363;
his restoration by Teirnyon, 365;
Kicva, the wife of, 365;
the tale of Manawyddan and, 373-378;
Gwydion and the swine of, 378;
his death, 379
Pwyll (poo-till; modern Powell). Prince of Dyfed;
how he got his title Pen Annwn, or “Head of Hades,” 336-359;
his adventure on the Mound of Arberth, near the Castle of Narberth, 359-365;
fixes his choice on Rhiannon for wife, 360;
Gwawl's trick on him, 361;
Rhiannon's plan to save Pwyll from Gwawl's power, 361;
weds Rhiannon, 362;
imposes a penance on his wife, 363;
his son Pryderi (Trouble) found, 365
Pythag´oras. Celtic idea of transmigration and, 80
Pyth´eas. The German tribes about 300 B.C. mentioned by, 31
Q
Quelgny, or Cuailgné. Cattle-raid of, made by Queen Maev, 180;
Brown Bull of, owned by Dara, 202;
the theme of the “Tain Bo Cuailgné” is the Brown Bull of, 203;
Brown Bull of, is Celtic counterpart of Hindu sky-deity, Indra, 203;
Brown Bull of, captured at Slievegallion, Co. Armagh, by Maev, 211;
white-horned Bull of Ailell slain by Brown Bull of, 225;
reputed author of, Fergus mac Roy, 234;
Sanchan Torpest searches for lost lay of, 234-238
R
Rā. Egyptian Sun god;
ship symbol in sepulchral art of Egypt connected with worship of, 74-76
Rath Grania. King Cormac and Finn feasted at, 300
Rath Luachar. Lia keeps the Treasure Bag at, 255
Rathcroghan. Maev's palace in Roscommon, 202
Red Branch. Order of chivalry which had its seat in Emain Macha, 178;
the time of glory of, during Conor's reign, 181;
heroes of, and Cuchulain strive for the Championship of Ireland, 195, 196;
Hostel, Naisi and Deirdre at, 199, 200;
with Cuchulain and Conor passes away the glory of, 241
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Red Hugh. Ulster prince, father of Macha, brother of Dithorba and Kimbay, 151
Red Riders. Conary's journey with, 170, 171
Religion. The Celtic, 46;
Megalithic People's, that of Magic, 58;
of Magic, invented in Persia and by Zoroaster, 61
Revue Celtique. Dr. Whitley Stokes' translation of the “Voyage of Maeldūn” in, 309
Rhiannon (ree'an-non). Daughter of Hevydd Hēn;
sets her love on Pwyll, 360;
marries Pwyll, 362;
her penance for slaying her son, 363;
her son Pryderi (Trouble) found, 365;
wedded to Manawyddan, 373
Rhonabwy (rōne'a-bwee). The dream of, 392, 393
Rhun. Sent from King Arthur's court to Elphin's wife, 415
Rhys ap Tewdwr. South Welsh prince;
brought knowledge of Round Table to Wales, 343
Rhys, Sir J. His views on origin of population of Great Britain and Ireland, 78;
on Myrddin and Merlin, 354, 355
Ridge of the Dead Woman. Vivionn buried at, 287, 288
Roc. Angus' steward, 290;
his son crushed to death by Donn, 291;
then changed into a boar and charged to bring Dermot to death at length, 291
Romance. Gaelic and Continental, 345
Romans. Arthur resists demand for tribute by the, 337
Rome. Celts march on and sack, 25, 26;
Britain and Gaul under yoke of, 35;
the empire of Maxen Wledig in, usurped, 385
Ross the Red. King of Ulster, husband of Maga, a daughter of Angus Ōg, 181;
Roy, his second wife, 181;
originator of the Red Branch, 181
Round Table, The. References to, 338, 339, 341, 343
Roy. Second wife of Ross the Red, 181
Ru´adan, St. Tara cursed by, 47, 49
Russell, Mr. G.W. Irish poet;
fine treatment of myth of Sinend and Connla's Well, 129, 130
S
Saba. Wife of Finn, mother of Oisīn, 266-270
Sacrifices. Practice of human, noted by Cæsar among Celts, 84;
human, in Ireland, 85;
Celtic practice of human, paralleled in Mexico and Carthage, 85;
of children, to idol Crom Cruach, by Gaels, 85;
in Egypt, practice of human, rare, 85, 86
St. Benen. A companion of St. Patrick, 239
St. Finnen. Irish abbot;
legend concernin Tuan mac Carell and, 97
St. Patrick. Record of his mission to Ireland, 51;
Cascorach and, referred to in the “Colloquy of the Ancients,” 119;
Brogan, the scribe of, 119;
Ethné aged fifteen hundred years old at coming of, 144;
Ethné baptized by, 144;
summons Cuchulain from Hell, 238, 239;
name Talkenn given by Irish to, 275;
met by Keelta, 282;
Irish legend and, 283
Salmon of Knowledge. See Fintan
Salmon of Llyn Llyw (lin li-oo'), The, 392
Samnite War, Third. Coincident with breaking up of Celtic Empire, 26
Sanchan Torpest. Chief bard of Ireland;
and the “Tain,” 234-238
Sa´wan. Brother of Kian and Goban, 110
Scandinavia. Dolmens found in, 53;
symbol of the feet found in, 77
Sem´ion. Son of Stariat, settlement [pg 454] in Ireland of;
Firbolgs descended from, 100
Sera. Father of Partholan, 96;
father of Starn, 98
Setan´ta. Earliest name of Cuchulain, 183;
“the little pupil,” harries Maev's hosts, 208
Sgeimh Solais (skayv sulish) (Light of Beauty).
Daughter of Cairbry, wooed by son of King of the Decies, 304
Shannon, The River. Myth of Sinend and the Well of Knowledge accounts for name of, 129;
Dithorba's five sons flee over, 151;
mac Cecht visits, 175;
Dermot and Grania cross Ford of Luan on the, 299
Ship Symbol, The. 71-76
Sic´ulus, Diodorus. A contemporary of Julius Cæsar;
describes Gauls, 41, 42
Sidhe (shee), or Fairy Folk. Tumulus at New Grange (Ireland) regarded as dwelling-place of, 69
Silva Gadelica. Reference to Mr. S.H. O'Grady's work, 250, 276, 281
Sin´end. Goddess, daughter of Lir's son, Lodan;
her fatal visit to Connla's Well, 129
Sign, Llewellyn. Welsh bard, compiler of “Barddas,” 332
Skatha. A mighty woman-warrior of Land of Shadows, 187;
instructs Cuchulain, 187-189;
her two special feats, how to leap the Bridge of the Leaps and to use the Gae Bolg, 188
Skena. Wife of the poet Amergin;
her untimely death, 133
Slayney, The River. Visited by mac Cecht, 175
Slievb Bloom. Murna takes refuge in forests of, and there Demna (Finn) is born, 255
Slieve Fuad (sleeve foo'ad) (afterwards Slievegallion).
Invisible dwelling of Lir on, 125;
Cuchulain finds his foe on, 232;
Finn slays goblin at, 258
Slievegall´ion. A fairy mountain;
the Chase of, 278-280.
See Slieve Fuad
Slievenamon (sleeve-na-mon'). The Brugh of, Finn and Keelta hunt on, 284-286
Sohrab and Rustum. Reference to, 192
Spain. Celts conquer from the Carthaginians, 21;
Carthaginian trade with, broken down by Greeks, 22;
place-names of Celtic element in, 27;
dolmens found round the Mediterranean coast of, 53;
equivalent, Land of the Dead, 102
Squire, Mr. Author of “Mythol. of Brit. Islands,” 348, 353, 411
Sreng. Ambassador sent to People of Dana by Firbolgs, 106
Stag of Redynvre (red-in'vry), The, 392
Starn. Son of Sera, brother of Partholan, 97
Stokes, Dr. Whitley. Reference to, 166, 167;
reference to his translation of the “Voyage of Maeldūn” in “Revue Celtique,” 309
Stone, Coronation. At Westminster Abbey, identical with Stone of Scone, 105
Stone of Abundance. Equivalent, Cauldron of Abundance.
The Grail in Wolfram's poem as a, 409;
similar stone appears in the Welsh “Peredur,” 409;
correspondences, the Celtic Cauldron of the Dagda, 410;
in the Welsh legend Bran obtained the Cauldron, 410;
in a poem by Taliesin the Cauldron forms part of the spoils of Hades, 410
Stone of Destiny. Otherwise Lia Fail.
One of the treasures of the Danaans, 105
Stone of Scone. Fabulous origin of, and present depository, 105
Stone-Worship. Supposed reason of, 65, 66;
denounced by Synod of Arles, 66;
denounced by Charlemagne 66;
black [pg 455] stone of Pergamos and Second Punic War, 66;
the Grail a relic of ancient, 409
Stonehenge. Dressed stones used in megalithic monument at, 54;
Professor Rhys' suggestion that Myrddin was worshipped at, 354;
Geoffrey of Monmouth and, 354
Strabo. Characteristics of Celts, told by, 39, 46
Straits of Moyle (between Ireland and Scotland).
Aoife's cruelty to her step-children on the, 140
Strand of the Footprints. How name derived, 191
Sualtam (soo'al-tam). Father of Cuchulain (see Lugh), 206;
his attempts to arouse Ulster, 221;
his death, 222
Sweden. The ship symbol on rock-sculptures of, 72, 73
Switzerland. Place-names of, Celtic element in, 27;
lake-dwellings in, 56
T
“Tain Bo Cuailgné” (thawn bo quel'gny). Significance, 203;
tale of, all written out by Finn mac Gorman, Bishop of Kildare, in 1150, 225;
the recovery of, 234;
reputed author, Fergus mac Roy, 234;
Sir S. Ferguson treats of recovery of, in “Lays of the Western Gael,” 234;
Sanchan Torpest, taunted by High King Guary, resolves to find the lost, 234-236;
early Celtic MSS. and, 296
Taliesin (tal-i-es'in). A mythical bard;
his prophecy regarding the devotion of the Cymry to their tongue, 385;