her rage she smote Morda with a billet of firewood and struck out his eye,
and she then pursued after Gwion Bach. He saw her and changed himself into
a hare. She became a greyhound. He leaped into a river and became a fish,
and she chased him as an otter. He became a bird and she a hawk. Then he
turned himself into a grain of wheat and dropped among the other grains on
a threshing-floor, and she became a black hen and swallowed him. Nine
months afterwards she bore him as an infant; and she would have killed
him, but could not on account of his beauty, “so she wrapped him in a
leathern bag, and cast him into the sea to the mercy of God.”
*The Luck of Elphin*
Now Gwyddno, of the poisoned horses, had a salmon weir on the strand
between Dyvi and Aberystwyth. And his son Elphin, a needy and luckless
lad, one day fished out the leathern bag as it stuck on the weir. They
opened it, and found the infant within. “Behold a radiant brow!”(252) said
Gwyddno. “Taliesin be he called,” said Elphin. And they brought the child
home very carefully and reared it as their own. And this was Taliesin,
prime bard of the Cymry; and the first of the poems he made was a lay of
praise to Elphin and promise of good fortune for the future. And this was
fulfilled, for Elphin grew in riches and honour day after day, and in love
and favour with King Arthur.
But one day as men praised King Arthur and all his belongings above
measure, Elphin boasted that he had a wife as virtuous as any at Arthur’s
Court and a bard more skilful than any of the King’s; and they flung him
into prison until they should see if he could make good his boast. And as
he lay there with a silver chain about his feet, a graceless fellow named
Rhun was sent to court the wife of Elphin and to bring back proofs of her
folly; and it was said that neither maid nor matron with whom Rhun
conversed but was evil-spoken of.
Taliesin then bade his mistress conceal herself, and she gave her raiment
and jewels to one of the kitchenmaids, who received Rhun as if she were
mistress of the household. And after supper Rhun plied the maid with
drink, and she became intoxicated and fell in a deep sleep; whereupon Rhun
cut off one of her fingers, on which was the signet-ring of Elphin that he
had sent his wife a little while before. Rhun brought the finger and the
ring on it to Arthur’s Court.
Next day Elphin was fetched out of prison and shown the finger and the
ring. Whereupon he said: “With thy leave, mighty king, I cannot deny the
ring, but the finger it is on was never my wife’s. For this is the little
finger, and the ring fits tightly on it, but my wife could barely keep it
on her thumb. And my wife, moreover, is wont to pare her nails every
Saturday night, but this nail hath not been pared for a month. And
thirdly, the hand to which this finger belonged was kneading rye-dough
within three days past, but my wife has never kneaded rye-dough since my
wife she has been.”
Then the King was angry because his test had failed, and he ordered Elphin
back to prison till he could prove what he had affirmed about his bard.
*Taliesin, Prime Bard of Britain*
Then Taliesin went to court, and one high day when the King’s bards and
minstrels should sing and play before him, Taliesin, as they passed him
sitting quietly in a corner, pouted his lips and played “Blerwm, blerwm”
with his finger on his mouth. And when the bards came to perform before
the King, lo ! a spell was on them, and they could do nothing but bow
before him and play “Blerwm, blerwm” with their fingers on their lips. And
the chief of them, Heinin, said: “O king, we be not drunken with wine, but
are dumb through the influence of the spirit that sits in yon corner under
the form of a child.” Then Taliesin was brought forth, and they asked him
who he was and whence he came. And he sang as follows:
“Primary chief bard am I to Elphin,
And my original country is the region of the summer stars;
Idno and Heinin called me Merddin,
At length every being will call me Taliesin.
“I was with my Lord in the highest sphere,
On the fall of Lucifer into the depth of hell;
I have borne a banner before Alexander;
I know the names of the stars from north to south
“I was in Canaan when Absalom was slain,
I was in the court of Dōn before the birth of Gwydion.
I was at the place of the crucifixion of the merciful Son of God;
I have been three periods in the prison of Arianrod.
“I have been in Asia with Noah in the ark,
I have seen the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
I have been in India when Roma was built.
I am now come here to the remnant of Troia.(253)
“I have been with my Lord in the ass’s manger,
I strengthened Moses through the waters of Jordan;
I have been in the firmament with Mary Magdalene;
I have obtained the Muse from the cauldron of Ceridwen.
“I shall be until the day of doom on the face of the earth;
And it is not known whether my body is flesh or fish.
“Then was I for nine months
In the womb of the witch Ceridwen;
I was originally little Gwion,
And at length I am Taliesin.”(254)
While Taliesin sang a great storm of wind arose, and the castle shook with
the force of it. Then the King bade Elphin be brought in before him, and
when he came, at the music of Taliesin’s voice and harp the chains fell
open of themselves and he was free. And many other poems concerning secret
things of the past and future did Taliesin sing before the King and his
lords, and he foretold the coming of the Saxon into the land, and his
oppression of the Cymry, and foretold also his passing away when the day
of his destiny should come.
*Conclusion*
Here we end this long survey of the legendary literature of the Celt. The
material is very abundant, and it is, of course, not practicable in a
volume of this size to do more than trace the main current of the
development of the legendary literature down to the time when the mythical
and legendary element entirely faded out and free literary invention took
its place. The reader of these pages will, however, it is hoped, have
gained a general conception of the subject which will enable him to
understand the significance of such tales as we have not been able to
touch on here, and to fit them into their proper places in one or other of
the great cycles of Celtic legend. It will be noticed that we have not
entered upon the vast region of Celtic folk-lore. Folk-lore has not been
regarded as falling within the scope of the present work. Folk-lore may
sometimes represent degraded mythology, and sometimes mythology in the
making. In either case, it is its special characteristic that it belongs
to and issues from a class whose daily life lies close to the earth,
toilers in the field and in the forest, who render with simple directness,
in tales or charms, their impressions of natural or supernatural forces
with which their own lives are environed. Mythology, in the proper sense
of the word, appears only where the intellect and the imagination have
reached a point of development above that which is ordinarily possible to
the peasant mind—when men have begun to co-ordinate their scattered
impressions and have felt the impulse to shape them into poetic creations
embodying universal ideas. It is not, of course, pretended that a
hard-and-fast line can always be drawn between mythology and folk-lore;
still, the distinction seems to me a valid one, and I have tried to
observe it in these pages.
After the two historical chapters with which our study has begun, the
object of the book has been literary rather than scientific. I have,
however, endeavoured to give, as the opportunity arose, such results of
recent critical work on the relics of Celtic myth and legend as may at
least serve to indicate to the reader the nature of the critical problems
connected therewith. I hope that this may have added somewhat to the value
of the work for students, while not impairing its interest for the general
reader. Furthermore, I may claim that the book is in this sense
scientific, that as far as possible it avoids any adaptation of its
material for the popular taste. Such adaptation, when done for an avowed
artistic purpose, is of course entirely legitimate; if it were not, we
should have to condemn half the great poetry of the world. But here the
object has been to present the myths and legends of the Celt as they
actually are. Crudities have not been refined away, things painful or
monstrous have not been suppressed, except in some few instances, where it
has been necessary to bear in mind that this volume appeals to a wider
audience than that of scientific students alone. The reader may, I think,
rely upon it that he has here a substantially fair and not over-idealised
account of the Celtic outlook upon life and the world at a time when the
Celt still had a free, independent, natural life, working out his
conceptions in the Celtic tongue, and taking no more from foreign sources
than he could assimilate and make his own. The legendary literature thus
presented is the oldest non-classical literature of Europe. This alone is
sufficient, I think, to give it a strong claim on our attention. As to
what other claims it may have, many pages might be filled with quotations
from the discerning praises given to it by critics not of Celtic
nationality, from Matthew Arnold downwards. But here let it speak for
itself. It will tell us, I believe, that, as Maeldūn said of one of the
marvels he met with in his voyage into Fairyland: “What we see here was a
work of mighty men.”
GLOSSARY AND INDEX
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; ff_like 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;
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
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
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
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 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 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, 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
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 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, 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 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
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;
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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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