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. 

Vowels are pronounced as in French or German; thus i (long) is like ee, e (long) like a in “date,” u (long) like o. 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. 

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

ABUNDANCE. See Stone of Abundance

ÆDA (ay´da). 1. Dwarf of King Fergus mac Leda,. 2. Royal suitor for Vivionn’s hand; Vivionn slain by

ÆD´UANS. Familiar with plating of copper and tin

ÆGIRA. Custom of the priestess of Earth at, in Achæa, ere prophesying

ÆSUN. Umbrian deity

ÆSUS. Deity mentioned by Lucan

AED THE FAIR (AED FINN) (aid). Chief sage of Ireland; author of “Voyage of Maeldūn”

AEI (ay´ee), PLAIN OF, where Brown Bull of Quelgny meets and slays Bull of Ailell

AFRICAN ORIGIN. Primitive population of Great Britain and Ireland, evidence of language suggests

AGE, IRON. The ship a well-recognised form of sepulchral enclosure in cemeteries of the

AG´NOMAN. Nemed’s father

AIDEEN. Wife of Oscar; dies of grief after Oscar’s death; buried on Ben Edar (Howth)

AIFA (eefa). Princess of Land of Shadows; war made upon, by Skatha; Cuchulain overcomes by a trick; life spared conditionally by Cuchulain; bears a son named Connla

AILBACH (el-yach) Fortress in Co. Donegal, where Ith hears MacCuill and his brothers are arranging the division of the land

AILILL (el’yill), or AILELL.1. Son of Laery, treacherously slain by his uncle Covac. 2. Brother of Eochy; his desperate love for Etain 3. King of Connacht, Angus Ōg seeks aid of, Fergus seeks aid of; assists in foray against province of Ulster; White horned Bull of, slain by Brown Bull of Quelgny; makes seven years’ peace with Ulster; hound of mac Datho pursues chariot of; slain by Conall

AILILL EDGE-OF-BATTLE. Of the sept of the Owens of Aran; father of Maeldūn, slain by reavers from Leix

AILILL OLUM (el-yill olum) King of Munster; ravishes Ainé and is slain by her

AINÉ. A love-goddess, daughter of the Danaan Owel; Ailill Olum and Fitzgerald her lovers; mother of Earl Gerald; still worshipped on Midsummer Eve; appears on a St. John’s Night, among girls on the Hill

AINLÉ. Brother of Naisi

ALEXANDER THE GREAT. Counter-move of Hellas against the East under; compact with Celts referred to by Ptolemy Soter

ALLEN, MR. ROMILLY. On Celtic art

ALLEN, HILL OF. In Kildare; Finn’s chief fortress

AMA´SIS I Human sacrifices abolished by

AMATHA´ON. Son of Dōn; and the ploughing task

AMER´GIN. Milesian poet, son of Miled, husband of Skena; his strange lay, sung when his foot first touched Irish soil; his judgment, delivered as between the Danaans and Milesians; chants incantations to land of Erin; the Druid, gives judgment as to claims to sovranty of Eremon and Eber; Ollav Fōla compared with

AMMIA´NUS MARCELLIN´US. Gauls described by

AMOR´GIN. Father of Conall of the Victories

AMYN´TAS II. King of Macedon, defeated and exiled

ANGLO-SAXON. Wace’s French translation of “Historia Regum Britaniæ” translated by Layamon into

ANGUS. A Danaan deity. See Angus Ōg

ANGUS ŌG (ANGUS THE YOUNG). Son of the Dagda, Irish god of love; wooes and wins Caer; Dermot of the Love spot bred up with; Dermot of the Love spot revived by; father of Maga; Dermot and Grama rescued by magical devices of; Dermot’s body borne away by

ANKH, THE. Found on Megalithic carvings; the symbol of vitality or resurrection

AN´LUAN. Son of Maga; rallies to Maev’s foray against Ulster; Conall produces the head of, to Ket

ANNWN (annoon). Corresponds with Abyss, or Chaos; the principle of destruction in Cymric cosmogony

ANSWERER, THE. Mananan’s magical sword

AOIFE (eefa). Lir’s second wife; her jealousy of her step children; her punishment by Bōv the Red

AONBARR (ain-barr). Mananan’s magical steed

APOLLO. Celtic equivalent, Lugh. Magical services in honour of, described by Hecataeus; regarded by Gauls as deity of medicine

AQUITAN´I. One of three peoples inhabiting Gaul when Caesar’s conquest began

ARABIA. Dolmens found in

ARAWN. A king in Annwn; appeals to Pwyll for help against Havgan; exchanges kingdoms for a year with Pwyll

ARD MACHA (Armagh). Emain Macha now represented by grassy ramparts of a hill-fortress close to; significance

ARD RIGH (ard ree) (i.e., High King). Dermot MacKerval, of Ireland

ARDAN. Brother of Naisi

ARDCULLIN. Cuchulain places white round pillar-stone of

ARDEE. Significance

ARI´ANROD. Sister of Gwydion; proposed as virgin foot-holder to Māth; Dylan and Llew sons of

ARISTOTLE. Celts and

ARMAGH. Invisible dwelling of Lir on Slieve Fuad in County

ARNOLD, MATTHEW. Reference to, in connexion with Celtic legendary literature

ARR´IAN. Celtic characteristics, evidence of, regarding

ARTAIUS. A god in Celtic mythology who occupies the place of Gwydion

ARTHUR. Chosen leader against Saxons, whom he finally defeated in battle of Mount Badon; Geoffrey of Monmouth’s “Historia Regum Britaniae” commemorates exploits of; son of Uther Pendragon and Igerna; Modred, his nephew, usurps crown of; Guanhumara, wife of, retires to convent; genealogy set forth; tales of, in Welsh literature; Kilhwch at court of; the “Dream of Rhonabwy” and; Owain, son of Urien, plays chess with; adventure of Kymon, knight of court of; Gwenhwyvar, wife of; Owain at court of; Peredur at court of

ARTHURIAN SAGA. Mention of early British legend suggests; the saga in Brittany and Marie de France; Miss Jessie L. Weston’s article on, in the “Encyc. Britann.”; Chrestien de Troyes influential in bringing into the poetic literature of Europe the; various sources of, discussed; the saga in Wales; never entered Ireland; why so little is heard of, in accounts of Cymric myths

ASA. Scandinavian deity

ASAL. Of the Golden Pillars King

ASURA-MASDA. Persian deity

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; significance

ATLANTIC, THE. Aoife’s cruelty to her step-children on waters of

AUSTRIA. Discovery of pre-Roman necropolis in; relics found in, developed into the La Tène culture

AVAGDDU (avagdhoo). Son of Tegid Voel; deprived of gift of supernatural insight

A´VALON. Land of the Dead; bears relation with Norse Valhall; its later identification with Glastonbury

AVON DIA. Duel between Cuchulain and Ferdia causes waters of, to hold back

B

BABYLONIA. The ship symbol in

BALKANS. Earliest home of mountain Celts was ranges of

BALOR. Ancestor of Lugh; Bres sent to seek aid of; informed that Danaans refuse tribute; Fomorian champion, engages Nuada of the Silver Hand, and slain by Lugh; one of the names of the god of Death; included in Finn’s ancestry

BANBA Wife of Danaan king, MacCuill

BANN, THE RIVER. Visited by mac Cecht

BARBAROSSA, KAISER. Tradition that Finn lies in some enchanted cove spellbound, like

“BARDDAS.” Compilation enshrining Druidic thought; Christian persons and episodes figure in; extract from, in catechism form

BARDIC differs from popular conception of Danaan deities

BARROW, THE RIVER. Visited by mac Cecht

BAR´UCH. A lord of the Red Branch; meets Naisi and Deirdre on landing in Ireland; persuades Fergus to feast at his house; dūn, on the Straits of Moyle

BAVB (bayv). Calatin’s daughter; puts a spell of straying on Niam

BEÄLCU (bay’al-koo). A Connacht champion; rescue of Conall by; slain by sons owing to a stratagem of Conall’s; Conall slays sons of

BEBO. Wife of Iubdan. King of Wee Folk

BED´WYR (bed-weer). Equivalent, Sir Bedivere. One of Arthur’s servitors who accompanies Kilhwch on his quest for Olwen

BELGÆ. One of three peoples inhabiting Gaul when Cæsar’s conquest began

BELI. Cymric god of Death, husband of Dōn; corresponds with the Irish Bilé; Lludd and Llevelys, sons of

BELL, MR. ARTHUR Reference to a drawing by, showing act of stone-worship

BEL´TENÉ. One of the names of the god of Death; first of May sacred to

BEN BULBEN. Dermot of the Love-spot slain by the wild boar of; Dermot and the Boar of

BEN´DIGEID VRAN, or “BRAN THE BLESSED.” King of the Isle of the Mighty (Britain); Manawyddan, his brother; Branwen, his sister; gives Branwen as wife to Matholwch; makes atonement for Evnissyen’s outrage by giving Matholwch the magic cauldron, &c.; invades Ireland to succour Branwen; the wonderful head of

BILÉ (bil-ay). One of the names of the god of Death (i.e., of the underworld); father of Miled; equivalent, Cymric god Beli, husband of Dōn

BIRŌG. A Druidess who assists Kian to be avenged on Balor

BLACK KNIGHT, THE. Kymon and; Owain and

BLACK SAINGLEND (sen’glend). Cuchulain’s last horse; breaks from him

BLAI. Oisīn’s Danaan mother

BLANID. Wife of Curoi; sets her love on Cuchulain; her death

BLE´HERIS. A Welsh poet identical with Bledhericus, mentioned by Giraldus Cambrensis, and with Bréris, quoted by Thomas of Brittany

“BLERWM, BLERWM” (bleroom). Sound made by Taliesin by which a spell was put on bards at Arthur’s court

BLODEUWEDD, or “FLOWER-FACE.” The flower-wife of Llew

BOANNA (the river Boyne). Mother of Angus Ōg

BOOK OF ARMAGH. References to

BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN, BLACK. Gwyn ap Nudd figures in poem included in

BOOK OF THE DUN COW. Reference to; Cuchulain makes his reappearance legend of Christian origin in; “Voyage of Maeldūn” is found in

BOOK OF HERGEST, THE RED. Forms main source of tales in the “Mabinogion”; the story of Taliesin not found in

BOOK OF INVASIONS. Reference to

BOOK OF LEINSTER. References to

BŌV THE RED. King of the Danaans of Munster, brother of the Dagda; searches for maiden of Angus Ōg’s dream; goldsmith of, named Len; Aoife’s journey to, with her step-children

BOYNE, THE RIVER. Angus Ōg’s palace at; Angus and Caer at; Milesians land in estuary of; Ethné loses her veil of invisibility while bathing in river; church, Kill Ethné, on banks of

BRAN. See Bendigeid

BRANWEN. Sister of Bran; given in marriage to Matholwch; mother of Gwern; degraded because of Evnissyen’s outrage; brought to Britain; her death and burial on the banks of the Alaw

BREA (bray). Battle of, reference to Finn’s death at

BREGIA. Locality of; the plains of, viewed by Cuchulain; St. Patrick and folk of

BREG´ON. Son of Miled, father of Ith; tower of, perceived by Ith

BRENOS (BRIAN). Under this form, was the god to whom the Celts attributed their victories at the Allia and at Delphi

BRES. 1. Ambassador sent to Firbolgs, by People of Dana; slain in battle of Moytura. 2. Son of Danaan woman named Eri, chosen as King of Danaan territory in Ireland; his ill-government and deposition. 3. Son of Balor; learns that the appearance of the sun is the face of Lugh of the Long Arm

BRI LEITH (bree lay). Fairy palace of Midir the Proud at, in Co. Longford; Etain carried to

BRIAN. One of three sons of Turenn

BRIAN. Equivalent, Brenos. Son of Brigit (Dana)

BRICCRIU OF THE POISONED TONGUE (bric’roo). Ulster lord; causes strife between Cuchulain and Red Branch heroes as to Championship of Ireland; summons aid of demon named The Terrible; his suggestion for carving mac Datho’s boar

BRIDGE OF THE LEAPS. Cuchulain at; Cuchulain leaps

BRIGINDO. Equivalents, Brigit and “Brigantia”

BRIGIT (g as in “get”). Irish goddess identical with Dana and “Brigindo,” &c.; daughter of the god Dagda, “The Good”; Ecne, grandson of

BRITAIN. See Great Britain. Carthaginian trade with, broken down by the Greeks; place-names of, Celtic element in; under yoke of Rome; magic indigenous in; votive inscriptions to Æsus, Teutates, and Taranus found in; dead carried from Gaul to; Ingcel, son of King of; visit of Demetrius to; Bran, King of; Caradawc rules over in his father’s name; Caswallan conquers; the “Third Fatal Disclosure” in

BRITAN. Nedimean chief who settled in Great Britain and gave name to that country

BRITISH ISLES. Sole relics of Celtic empire, on its downfall; Maev, Grania, Findabair, Deirdre, and Boadicea, women who figure in myths of

BRITONS. Geoffrey of Monmouth, like Nennius, affords a fantastic origin for the

BRITTANY. Mané-er-H´oeck, remarkable tumulus in; tumulus of Locmariaker in, markings on similar to those on tumulus at New Grange, Ireland; symbol of the feet found in; book brought from, by Walter, Archdeacon of Oxford, formed basis of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s “Historia Regum Britaniæ”; Arthurian saga in

BROGAN. St. Patrick’s scribe

BROWN BULL. See Quelgny

BRUGH NA BOYNA (broo-na-boyna). Pointed out to Cuchulain

BUDDHA. Footprint of, found in India as symbol; the cross-legged, frequent occurrence in religious art of the East and Mexico

BUIC (boo´ik). Son of Banblai; slain by Cuchulain

BURNEY’S “HISTORY OF MUSIC.” Reference to Egyptian legend in

BURY, PROFESSOR. Remarks of, regarding the Celtic world

C

CAER. Daughter of Ethal Anubal; wooed by Angus Ōg; her dual life; accepts the love of Angus Ōg

CAERLEON-ON-USK. Arthur’s court held at

CÆSAR, JULIUS. Critical account of Gauls; religious beliefs of Celts recorded by; the Belgæ, the Celtæ, and the Aquitani located by; affirmation that doctrine of immortality fostered by Druids to promote courage; culture superintended by Druids, recorded by; gods of Aryan Celts equated with Mercury, Apollo, &c.

CAIR´BRY. Son of Cormac mac Art, father of Light of Beauty; refuses tribute to the Fianna; Clan Bascna makes war upon

CALIBURN (Welsh Caladvwlch). Magic sword of King Arthur. See Excalibur

CAMBREN´SIS, GIRAL´DUS. Celts and

CAMPBELL. Version of battle of Gowra, in his “The Fians,”

CAR´ADAWC. Son of Bran; rules Britain in his father’s absence

CARELL. Reputed father of Tuan

CARPATHIANS. Earliest home of mountain Celts was ranges of the

CARTHAGINIANS. Celts conquered Spain from; Greeks break monopoly of trade of, with Britain and Spain

CAS´CORACH. Son of a minstrel of the Danaan Folk; and St. Patrick

CASTLE OF WONDERS. Peredur at

CAS´WALLAN. Son of Beli; conquers Britain during Bran’s absence

CATHBAD. Druid; wedded to Maga, wife of Ross the Red; his spell of divination overheard by Cuchulain; draws Deirdre’s horoscope; casts evil spells over Naisi and Deirdre

CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mediæal interdicts of

CATO, M. PORCIUS. Observances of, regarding Gauls

CAULDRON OF ABUNDANCE. See equivalent, Stone of Abundance; also see Grail

CELTÆ One of three peoples inhabiting Gaul when Cæar’s conquest began

CELTCHAR (kelt-yar). Son of Hornskin; under debility curse

CELTDOM. The Golden Age of, in Continental Europe

CELTIC. Power, diffusion of, in Mid-Europe; placenames in Europe; artwork relics, story told by; Germanic words, Celtic element in; empire, downfall of; weak policy of peoples; religion, the; High Kings, traditional burial-places of; doctrine of immortality, origin of so-called “Celtic”; ideas of immortality; deities, names and attributes of; conception of death, the; culture, five factors in ancient; the present-day populations; cosmogony, the; things, “Barddas” a work not unworthy the student of

CELTICA. Never inhabited by a single pure and homogeneous race; Greek type of civilisation preserved by; art of enamelling originated in; the Druids formed the sovran power in; Brigit (Dana) most widely worshipped goddess in

CELTS. Term first found in Hecatæus; equivalent, Hyperboreans; Herodotus and dwelling-place of; Aristotle and; Hellanicus of Lesbos and; Ephorus and; Plato and; their attack on Rome, a landmark of ancient history; described by Dr. T. Rice Holmes; dominion of, over Mid-Europe, Gaul, Spain, and the British Isles; their place among these races; Giraldus Cambrensis and; Spain conquered from the Carthaginians by; Northern Italy conquered from the Etruscans by; Vergil and; conquer the Illyrians; alliance with the Greeks; conquests of, in valleys of Danube and Po; Alexander makes compact with; national oath of; welded into unity by Ambicatus; defeat Romans; Germanic peoples and; decorative motives derived from Greek art; art of enamelling learnt by classical nations from; burial rites practised by; character, elements comprising; Strabo’s description of; love of splendour and methods of warfare; Polybius’ description of warriors in battle of Clastidium; their influence on European literature and philosophy; the Religion of the; ranges of the Balkans and Carpathians earliest home of mountain; musical services of, described by Hecatæus; Switzerland, Burgundy, the Palatinate, Northern France, parts of Britain, &c., occupied by mountain; origin of doctrine of immortality; idea of immortality and doctrine of transmigration; the present-day; no non-Christian conception of origin of things; victories at the Alba and at Delphi attributed to Brenos (Brian); true worship of, paid to elemental forces represented by actual natural phenomena

CENCHOS. Otherwise The Footless; related to Vitra, the God of Evil in Vedantic mythology

CER´IDWEN. Wife of Tegid; sets Gwion Bach and Morda to attend to the magic cauldron

CEUGANT (Infinity). The outermost of three concentric circles representing the totality of being in the Cymric cosmogony, inhabited by God alone

CHAILLU, DU. His “Viking Age”

CHAMPION OF IRELAND. Test at feast of Briccriu, to decide who is the; Cuchulain proclaimed such by demon The Terrible

CHARLEMAGNE. Tree- and stone-worship denounced by

CHILDREN OF LIR. Reference to

CHRESTIEN DE TROYES. French poet, influential in bringing the Arthurian saga into the poetic literature of Europe; Gautier de Denain the earliest continuator of; variation of his “Le Chevalier au lion” seen in “The Lady of the Fountain”; the “Tale of Enid and Geraint” based on “Erec” of; Peredur corresponds to the Perceval of; his “Conte del Graal,” or “Perceval le Gallois”; Manessier a continuator of

CHRISTIAN. Symbolism, the hand as emblem of power in; faith, heard of by King Cormac ere preached in Ireland by St. Patrick; influences in Ireland, and the Milesian myth; ideas, gathered around Cuchulain and his lord King Conor of Ulster; pagan ideals contrasted with, in Oisīn dialogues; Myrddin dwindles under influences

CHRISTIANITY. Reference to conversion of Ireland to; People of Dana in their overthrow, and attitude of; Cuchulain summoned from Hell by St. Patrick to prove truths of, to High King Laery; effect of on Irish literature

CHRY´SOSTOM, DION. Testimony of, to power of the Druids

CLAN BASCNA. One of the divisions of the Fianna of Erin; Cumhal, father of Finn, chief of; Cairbry causes feud between Clan Morna and

CLAN CALATIN. Sent by men of Erin against Cuchulain; Fiacha, son of Firaba, cuts off the eight-and-twenty hands of; Cuchulain slays; the widow of, gives birth to six children whom Maev has instructed in magic and then looses against Cuchulain; cause Cuchulain to break his geise

CLAN MORNA. One of the divisions of the Fianna of Erin; Lia becomes treasurer to; Cairbry causes feud between Clan Bascna and

CLASTID´IUM. Battle of, Polybius’ description of behaviour of the Gæsati in

CLEENA. A Danaan maiden once living in Mananan’s country, the story of

CLUS´IUM. Siege of, Romans play Celts false at; vengeance exacted by Celts

COFFEY, GEORGE. His work on the New Grange tumulus

COLLOQUY OF THE ANCIENTS. A collection of tales mentioning St Patrick and Cascorach; interest of

COLUMBA, ST. Symbol of the feet and

COMYN, MICHAEL Reference to “Lay of Oisīn in the Land of Youth,” by

CONALL OF THE VICTORIES. Member of Conary’s retinue at Red Hostel; Amorgin, his father, found by him at Teltin; shrinks from test re the Championship of Ireland; under the Debility curse; avenges Cuchulain’s death by slaying Lewy; his “brain ball” causes death of Conor mac Nessa; mac Datho’s boar and; slays Ket

CONAN MAC LIA. Son of Lia, lord of Luachar; Finn makes a covenant with

CONAN MAC MORNA; otherwise THE BALD. His adventure with the Fairy Folk; he slays Liagan; adventure with the Gilla Dacar’s steed

CONANN. Fomorian king

CON´ARY MŌR. The singing sword of; the legend-cycle of the High King; descended from Etain Oig, daughter of Etain; Messbuachalla, his mother; Desa, his foster-father; Ferlee, Fergar, and Ferrogan, his foster-brothers; Nemglan commands him go to Tara; proclaimed King of Erin; Nemglan declares his geise; banishment of his foster-brothers; lured into breaking his geise; the three Reds and, at Da Derga’s Hostel; visited by the Morrigan at Da Derga’s Hostel; members of his retinue: Cormac son of Conor, warrior mac Cecht, Conary’s three sons, Conall of the Victories, Duftach of Ulster; perishes of thirst

CONDWIRAMUR. A maiden wedded by Parzival

CONN. One of the Children of Lir

CONNACHT. Ethal Anubal, prince of the Danaans of; Ailell and Maev, mortal King and Queen of, Angus Ōg seeks their help in efforts to win Caer; origin of name; Cuchulain makes a foray upon; Cuchulain descends upon host of, under Maev; Ket a champion; Queen Maev reigned in, for eighty-eight years

CONNLA. Son of Cuchulain and Aifa; his geise; Aifa sends him to Erin; his encounters with the men of Ulster; slain by Cuchulain

CONNLA’S WELL. Equivalent, Well of Knowledge. Sinend’s fatal visit to

CONOR MAC NESSA. Son of Fachtna and Nessa, proclaimed King of Ulster in preference to Fergus; Cuchulain brought up at court of; grants arms of manhood to Cuchulain; while at a feast on Strand of the Footprints he descries Connla; his ruse to put Cuchulain under restraint; Deirdre and; his guards seize Naisi and Deirdre; suffers pangs of the Debility curse; the curse lifted from; summons Ulster to arms; Christian ideas have gathered about end of; his death caused by Conall’s “brain ball"; he figures in tale entitled “The Carving of mac Datho’s Boar"; sends to mac Datho for his hound

CONSTANTINE. Arthur confers his kingdom on

“CONTE DEL GRAAL.” See Grail

CORAN´IANS. A demoniac race called, harass land of Britain

CORCADY´NA. Landing of Ith and his ninety warriors at, in Ireland

CORMAC. Son of Art, King of Ireland; story of burial of; historical character; Finn and, feasted at Rath Grania, King of Ulster; marries Etain Oig; puts her away owing to her barrenness, Son of Conor mac Nessa; rallies to Maev’s foray against Ulster

CORONATION STONE. Now at Westminster Abbey, is the famous Stone of Scone; the Lia Fail and

CORPRE. Poet at court of King Bres

COSMONOGY. The Celtic, The Cymric; God and Cythrawl, standing for life and destruction, in

COTTERILL, H. B. Quotation from his hexameter version of the “Odyssey,”

CRAF´TINY. King Scoriath’s harper; sings Moriath’s love-lay before Maon; discovers Maon’s secret deformity

CRED´NÉ. The artificer of the Danaans

CREU´DYLAD (CREIDDYLAD). Daughter of Lludd; combat for possession of, every May-day, between Gwythur ap Greidawl and Gwyn ap Nudd

CRIMMAL. Rescued by his nephew, Finn

CROM CRUACH (crom croo´ach). Gold idol (equivalent, the Bloody Crescent) referred to in “Book of Leinster"; worship introduced by King Tiernmas

CROMLECHS. See Dolmens

CRUNDCHU (crun´hoo). Son of Agnoman; Macha comes to dwell with

CUALGNÉ. See Quelgny

CUCHULAIN (CUCHULLIN) (coo-hoo´lin). Ulster hero in Irish saga; duel with Ferdia referred to; Lugh, the father of, by Dectera; loved and befriended by goddess Morrigan; his strange birth; earliest name Setanta; his inheritance; his name derived from the hound of Cullan; claims arms of manhood from Conor; wooes Emer; Laeg, charioteer of; Skatha instructs, in Land of Shadows; overcomes Aifa; father of Connla by Aifa; slays Connla; returns to Erin; slays Foill and his brothers; met by women of Emania; leaps “the hero’s salmon leap"; the winning of Emer; proclaimed by The Terrible the Champion of Ireland; places Maev’s host under geise; slays Orlam; the battle-frenzy and rias-tradh of; compact with Fergus; the Morrigan offers love to; threatens to be about his feet in bottom of Ford; attacked by the Morrigan while engaged with Loch; slays Loch; Ferdia consents to go out against; Ferdia reproached by; their struggle; slays Ferdia; severely wounded by Ferdia; roused from stupor by sword-play of Fergus; rushes into the battle of Garach; in Fairyland; loved by Fand; the vengeance of Maev upon; other enemies of Erc, and Lewy son of Curoi; Blanid, Curoi’s wife, sets her love on; his madness; Bave personates Niam before; the Morrigan croaks of war before; Dectera and Cathbad urge him wait for Conall of the Victories ere setting forth to battle; the Washer at the Ford seen by; Clan Calatin cause him to break his geise; finds his foes at Slieve Fuad; the Grey of Macha being mortally wounded, he takes farewell of; mortally wounded by Lewy; his remaining horse, Black Sainglend, breaks away from; Lewy slays outright; his death avenged by Conall of the Victories; reappears in later legend of Christian origin found in “Book of the Dun Cow"; St. Patrick’s summons from Hell

CULLAN. His feast to King Conor in Quelgny; Cuchulain slays his hound; Cuchulain named the Hound of; his daughter declared responsible for Finn’s enchantment

CUMHAL (coo´al). Chief of the Clan Morna, son of Trenmōr, husband of Murna of the White Neck, the father of Finn; slain at battle of Knock

CUP-AND-RING MARKINGS. Meaning of, in connexion with Megalithic monuments, no light on; example in Dupaix’ “Monuments of New Spain"; reproduction in Lord Kingsborough’s “Antiquities of Mexico,”

CUP OF THE LAST SUPPER Identical with the Grail; equivalent, the Magic Cauldron

CUROI (coo´roi). Father of Lewy, husband of Blanid; slain by Cuchulain

CUSCRID. Son of Conor mac Nessa; under Debility curse; mac Datho’s boar and

CUSTENN´IN. Brother of Yspaddaden; assists Kilhwch in his quest for Olwen

CYCLE-S. The, of Irish legend; the Mythological; the Ultonian; Ossianic; certain stories of Ultonian, not centred on Cuchulain; the Ultonian, time of events of the; the Ossianic and Ultonian contrasted

CYMRIC. Peoples; effect of legends of, on Continental poets; . Myths; Druidic thought enshrined in Llewellyn Sion’s “Barddas,” edited by J. A. Williams ap Ithel for the Welsh MS. Society; cosmogony, the; God and Cythrawl in; why so little of Arthurian saga heard in; comparison between Gaelic and

CYTHRAWL. God and, two primary existences standing for principles of destruction and life, in Cymric cosmogony; realised in “Annwn” (the Abyss, or Chaos)

D

DA DERGA. A Leinster lord at whose hostel Conary seeks hospitality; Conary’s retinue at; Ingcel and his own sons attack the hostel

DAGDA. “The Good,” or possibly = Doctus, “The Wise” God, and supreme head of the People of Dana, father of Brigit (Dana); the Cauldron of the, one of the treasures of the Danaans; the magical harp of; father and chief of the People of Dana; Kings MacCuill, MacCecht, and MacGrené grandsons of; portions out spiritual Ireland between the Danaans

DALAN. A Druid who discovers to Eochy that Etain has been carried to mound of Bri-Leith

DALNY. Queen of Partholan

DAMAN. The Firbolg, father of Ferdia

DAMAYAN´TI AND NALA. Hindu legend, compared with story of Etain

DANA. The People of, Nemedian survivors who return to Ireland; literal meaning of Tuatha De Danann; equivalent Brigit; name of “gods” given to the People of, by Tuan mac Carell; Milesians conquer the People of; origin of People of, according to Tuan mac Carell; cities of Falias, Gorias, Finias, and Murias; treasures of the People of; the Firbolgs and the People of; gift of Faëry (i.e., skill in music) the prerogative of; daughter of the Dagda and the greatest of Danaan goddesses; Brian (ancient form Brenos), Iuchar, and Iucharba, her sons; Firbolgs and the People of; equivalent Dōn, Cymric mother-goddess

DAN´AANS. Send to Balor refusing tribute; their encounter with the Fomorians; power of, exercised by spell of music; account of principal gods and attributes of; reference to their displacement in Ireland by Milesians; kings, Ireland ruled by three, MacCuill, MacCecht, and MacGrené; the three kings welcome Ith to Ireland; dwell in spiritual Ireland; myth, the meaning of; the, after the Milesian conquest; Donn son of Midir at war with; relations of the Church with, very cordial

DANES. Irish monuments plundered by Danes

DANUBE. Sources of, place of origin of Celts

DARA. Son of Fachtna, owner of Brown Bull of Quelgny; Maev’s request for loan of Brown Bull

DARK, THE. Druid; changes Saba into a fawn; his further ill-treatment of

DEAD, LAND OF. The Irish Fairyland; equivalent, “Spain,”

DEATH. The Celtic conception of; names of Balor and Bilé occur as god of

DEBILITY OF THE ULTONIANS, THE. Caused by Macha’s curse; manifested on occasion of Maev’s famous cattle-raid of Quelgny (Tain Bo Cuailgné)

DECIES. Son of King of the, wooes Light of Beauty (Sgeimh Solais)

DEC´TERA. Mother of Cuchulain by Lugh; daughter of Druid Cathbad; her appearance to Conor mac Nessa after three years’ absence; her gift of a son to Ulster, Cuchulain, by Lugh

DEE, THE RIVER. Now the Ford of Ferdia

DEIRDRE (deer´dree). Daughter of Felim; Druid Cathbad draws her horoscope; Conor decides to wed when of age; nursed by Levarcam; her love for Naisi; carried off by Naisi; returns with Naisi to Ireland; forced to wed Conor, she dashes herself against a rock and is killed; the tales of Grania and, compared

DEITIES. The Celtic, Cæsar on; popular and bardic conception of Danaan

DEMETRIUS. Visit to Britain of; mentions island where “Kronos” was imprisoned in sleep while Briareus kept watch over him

DEMNA. Otherwise Finn. Birth of

DEO´CA. A princess of Munster; Children of Lir and

DERMOT MACKERVAL. Rule of, in Ireland, and the cursing of Tara; arrests and tries Hugh Guairy; dream of wife of

DERMOT OF THE LOVE SPOT (DERMOT O’DYNA). Follower of Finn mac Cumhal, lover of Grania, bred up with Angus at palace on Boyne; the typical lover of Irish legend; slain by wild Boar of Ben Bulben, ; friend of Finn’s; described as a Gaelic Adonis; Donn, father of; Roc and; how Dermot got the Love Spot; adventure with Gilla Dacar’s steed; fight with the Knight of the Well; love-story of Grania and

DERRYVAR´AGH, LAKE. Aoife’s cruelty to her step-children at

DESA. Foster-father of Conary Mōr

DEWY-RED. Horse of Conall of the Victories

DIALOGUES. Reference to Oisīn-and-Patrick and Keelta-and-Patrick

DIANCECHT (dee´an-kecht). Physician to the Danaans

DINEEN’S IRISH DICTIONARY. Reference to

DINNSENCHUS (din-shen´cus). Ancient tract, preserved in the “Book of Leinster,”

DIN´ODIG. Cantrev of, over which Llew and Blodeuwedd reigned

DINRIGH (din´ree). Maon slays Covac at

DIODOR´US SIC´ULUS. A contemporary of Julius Cæsar; describes Gauls; Pythagoras and

DIS. Pluto, equivalent

DITHOR´BA. Brother of Red Hugh and Kimbay, slain by Macha; five sons of, taken captive by Macha

DIUR´AN THE RHYMER. Germān and, companions of Maeldūn on his wonderful voyage; returns with piece of silver net

DODDER, THE RIVER

DOLMENS Cromlechs, tumuli and, explanation of

DŌN (o as in “bone”). A Cymric mother-goddess, representing the Gaelic Dana; Penardun, a daughter of ; Gwydion, son of; genealogy set forth

DONN. Mac Midir, son of Midir the Proud, Father of Dermot; gives his son to be nurtured by Angus Ōg

DONNYBROOK. Da Derga’s hostel at

DOOCLOONE. Ailill slain in church of; Maeldūn at

DOWTH. Tumulus of

DRUIDISM. Its existence in British Isles, Gaul, &c.; magical rites of, belief in survived in early Irish Christianity

DRUIDS. Doctrines of; regarded as intermediaries between God and man; the sovran power in Celtica; suppressed by Emperor Tiberius; Aryan root for the word discovered; testimony of Dion Chrysostom to the power of the; religious, philosophic and scientific culture superintended by, record of Cæsar regarding; cosmogonic teaching died with their order

DUBLIN. Conary goes toward; Conary’s foster-brothers land at, for raiding purposes

DUPAIX. Reference to cup-and-ring markings in book “Monuments of New Spain,”

DYFED. Pryderi and Manawyddan at; Gwydion and Gilvaethwy at

DYLAN (“Son of the Wave”). Son of Arianrod; his death-groan the roar of the tide at mouth of the river Conway

E

EAGLE OF GWERN ABWY, THE

EBER DONN (Brown Eber). Milesian lord; his brutal exultation and its sequel; reference to, as one of Milesian leaders

EBER FINN (Fair Eber). One of the Milesian leaders; slain by Eremon

ECNE (ec´nay). The god whose grandmother was Dana

EGYPTIAN. The ship symbol in the sepulchral art of; Feet of Osiris, symbol of visitation, in; ideas of immortality; human sacrifices in, abolished by Amasis I.

EIS´IRT. Bard to King of Wee Folk; his visit to King Fergus in Ulster

ELPHIN. Son of Gwyddno; finds Taliesin; his boast of wife and bard at Arthur’s court; the sequel

EM´AIN MACH´A. The Morrigan passes through, to warn Cuchulain; founding of, with reign of Kimbay; equivalent, the Brooch of Macha; Macha compels five sons of Dithorba to construct ramparts and trenches of; appearance of Dectera in fields of; Cuchulain drives back to; news of Cuchulain’s battle-fury brought to; Fergus returns to; boy corps at, go forth to help Cuchulain; Ulster men return to, with great glory; Conall’s “brain ball” laid up at

EMA´NIA. Women of, meet Cuchulain; sacrifice of boy corps of, avenged by Cuchulain; Cuchulain takes farewell of womenfolk of. See Emain Macha

EMER. Daughter of Forgall; wooed by Cuchulain; Cuchulain seeks and carries off; becomes Cuchulain’s wife; learns of the tryst between Cuchulain and Fand; Cuchulain sees her corpse in his madness

ENAMELLING. Celts and art of

ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA. Article on Arthurian saga in

ENID. The tale of Geraint and

EOCHY (yeo´hee). Son of Erc, Firbolg king, husband of Taltiu, or Telta, King of Ireland; reference to appearance of Midir the Proud to, on the Hill of Tara; High King of Ireland, wooes and marries Etain; Midir appears to, and challenges to play chess

EPH´ORUS. Celts and

ERC. King of Ireland, Cuchulain’s foe; mortally wounds the Grey of Macha

ER´EMON. First Milesian king of all Ireland,  

ERI. Mother of King Bres; reveals father of Bres as Elatha

ERINN (ERIN). See Eriu; reference to High-Kingship of

ERIU. Wife of Danaan king MacGrené; dative form, Erinn, poetic name applied to Ireland

ERRIS BAY. The Children of Lir at

ET´AIN. Second bride of Midir the Proud; transformed by Fuamnach into a butterfly; driven by a magic tempest into the fairy palace of Angus; again the magic tempest drives her forth; swallowed by Etar, and reappears as a mortal child; visited by Eochy, the High King, who wooes and makes her his wife; the desperate love of Ailill for; Midir the Proud comes to claim, as his Danaan wife; recovered by Eochy

ETAIN OIG. Daughter of Etain; King Conary Mōr descended from; married Cormac, King of Ulster; put away owing to barrenness; cowherd of Eterskel cares for her one daughter

ET´AR. Mother of Etain

ETERSKEL. King of Ireland, whose cowherd cares for Messbuachalla; on his death he is succeeded by Conary Mōr

ETH´AL A´NUBAL. Prince of Danaans of Connacht, father of Caer

ETHLINN, or ETHNEA. Daughter of Balor; gives her love to Kian; gives birth to three sons; one son, Lugh; belongs to Finn’s ancestry

ETHNÉ. The tale of

ETRUSCANS. Celts conquer Northern Italy from

EUROPE. Seeds of freedom and culture in, kept alive by Celtica; diffusion of Celtic power in Mid-; Celtic place-names in; what it owes to Celts; western lands of, dolmens found in

EVNISS´YEN. Son of Eurosswyd and Penardun; mutilates horses of Matholwch; atonement made by Bran for his outrage; slays the warriors hidden in the meal-bags; dies in the magic cauldron

EVRAWC. Father of Peredur

EVRIC. Farmer who befriends Fionuala and her brothers

EXCALIBUR. See Caliburn, and note, p.

F

FABII. Romans elect as military tribunes

FAB´IUS AMBUST´US. Treachery of three sons of, against Celts

FACHT´NA. The giant, King of Ulster; Nessa, wife of; father of Conor; succeeded at death by his half-brother, Fergus

FAIR MANE. Woman who nurtured many of the Fianna

FAIRY FOLK. Equivalent, Sidhe (shee). The tumulus at New Grange (Ireland) regarded as dwelling-place of; the Coulin overheard from; Conary Mōr lured by, into breaking his geise; seal all sources of water against mac Cecht; Fergus mac Leda and; Conan mac Morna and; Keelta and the; Gwyn ap Nudd, King of Welsh (Tylwyth Teg)

FAIRYLAND. Land of the Dead; Cleena swept back to, by a wave; Connla’s Well in; war carried on against, by Eochy, who at last recovers his wife, Etain; Cuchulain in; Laeg’s visit to; Fergus mac Leda and; tales of the Fianna concerned with; Oisīn’s journey to; the rescue of, by Finn and the Fianna; rescue of, by Pwyll

FAL´IAS, THE CITY OF (see Dana)

FAND. The Pearl of Beauty, wife of Mananan; sets her love on Cuchulain; returns to her home with Mananan

FAYLINN. The Land of the Wee Folk; Iubdan, King of

FEDEL´MA. Prophetess from Fairy Mound of Croghan, questioned by Maev; her vision of Cuchulain

FEET SYMBOL, THE TWO.

FELIM. Son of Dall, father of Deirdre; his feast to Conor and Red Branch heroes

FER´AMORC. The kingdom of, over which Scoriath is king; Maon taken to

FERCART´NA. The bard of Curoi; leaps with Blanid to death

FERDIA. Duel between Cuchulain and, referred to; son of the Firbolg, Daman, friend of Cuchulain; rallies to Maev’s foray against Ulster; consents to Maev’s entreaty that he should meet and fight his friend Cuchulain; the struggle; Cuchulain slays; buried by Maev

FERGUS. Nemedian chief who slays Conann

FERGUS THE GREAT. Son of Erc; stone of Scone used for crowning; ancestor of British Royal Family

FERGUS MAC LEDA. The Wee Folk and; visited by Eisirt, King of Wee Folk’s bard; visited by Iubdan, King of Wee Folk; the blemish of Fergus

FERGUS MAC ROY. Son of Roy, Fachtna’s half-brother; succeeds to kingship of Ulster; loves Nessa; sent to invite return of Naisi and Deirdre to Ireland; the rebellion of; Maev and; compact with Cuchulain; reputed author of the “Tain"; slain by Ailell

FERGUS TRUELIPS. Rescued from enchanted cave by Goll

FERGUSON, SIR SAMUEL. Quoted; his description of King Fergus mac Leda’s death

FERYLLT. Welsh name of Vergil

FIACHA (fee´ach-a). Son of Firaba; cuts off eight-and-twenty hands of the Clan Calatin; gives spear to Finn

FIACHRA (fee´ach-ra). One of the Children of Lir

FIAL (fee´al). Sister of Emer

FIANNA (fee´anna) OF ERIN, THE. Explanation of this Order; Clan Bascna and Clan Morna, clans comprising the; Goll, captain of the; Finn made captain of the; tests of; tales of the, told by Keelta; attempt in vain to throw the wether; the chase of the Hard Gilly and; rescue of Fairyland by; tribute refused by Cairbry; almost all the, slain in battle of Gowra

FIANS. See Fianna

FIN´CHOOM. Dectera’s sister, foster-mother to Cuchulain; mother of Conall

FINCHOR´Y, ISLAND OF.  

FIND´ABAIR OF THE FAIR EYE-BROWS. Daughter of Maev; offered to Ferdia if he will meet and fight Cuchulain

FIN´EGAS. Druid, of whom Finn learns poetry and science

FINGEN. Conor mac Nessa’s physician; his pronouncement re Conall’s “brain ball” by which Ket has wounded the king

FIN´IAS. THE CITY OF (see Dana)

FINN MAC CUMHAL (fin mac coo´al). Fothad slain in a battle with; Dermot of the Love Spot a follower of; Ossianic Cycle clusters round; Oisīn, son of; the coming of; his Danaan ancestry; Murna of the White Neck his mother, Cumhal his father; Demna his original name; put out to nurse; origin of name Finn (Fair One); slays Lia; taught poetry and science by Druid Finegas; eats of the Salmon of Knowledge; slays goblin at Slieve Fuad; made captain of the Fianna of Erin; makes a covenant with Conan; Dermot of the Love Spot, friend of; weds Grania; Oisīn, son of; Geena mac Luga, one of the men of; teaches the maxims of the Fianna to mac Luga; Murna, the mother of; Bran and Skolawn, hounds of; weds Saba; Saba taken from, by enchantment; Niam of the Golden Hair comes to; experience in the enchanted cave; Goll rescues; gives his daughter Keva to Goll; “The Chase of Slievegallion” and; “The Masque of,” by Mr. Standish O’Grady; the Hard Gilly (Gilla Dacar) and; Grania and; bewails Oscar’s death; in all Ossianic literature no complete narrative of death of; tradition says he lies in trance in enchanted cave, like Kaiser Barbarossa

FINTAN. The Salmon of Knowledge, of which Finn eats

FIONUALA (fee-un-oo´la). Daughter of Lir and step-daughter of Aoife; Aoife’s transformation into swans of Fionuala and, her brothers

FIR-BOLG. See Firbolgs

FIRBOLGS. Nemedian survivors who return to Ireland; name signifies “Men of the Bags"; legend regarding; the Fir-Bolg, Fir-Domnan, and Galioin races generally designated as the; the Danaans and the,

FIR-DOM´NAN. See Firbolgs

FLEGETAN´IS. A heathen writer, whose Arabic book formed a source for poet Kyot

FOHLA (fō´la). Wife of Danaan King mac Cecht

FOILL. A son of Nechtan, slain by Cuchulain

FOLL´AMAN. Conor’s youngest son; leads boy corps against Maev

FOMOR´IANS. A misshapen, violent people representing the powers of evil; their battle with the Partholanians; Nemedians in constant warfare with; their tyranny over country of Ireland; encounter between the Danaans and,  

FORBAY. Son of Conor mac Nessa; slays Maev

FORD OF FERDIA. Place on the River Dee; one champion at a time to meet Cuchulain at; the struggle at, between Cuchulain and Ferdia

FORGALL THE WILY. The lord of Lusca, father of Emer; meets his death in escaping from Cuchulain

FOTH´AD. King, slain in battle with Finn mac Cumhal; wager as to place of death made by Mongan

FRAG´ARACH (“The Answerer”). Terrible sword brought by Lugh from the Land of the Living

FRANCE. Place-names of, Celtic element in

FUAMNACH (foo´am-nach). Wife of Midir the Proud; her jealousy of a second bride, Etain; transforms Etain into a butterfly by magic art; Midir tells of her death

G

GAE BOLG. The thrust of, taught by Skatha to Cuchulain; Cuchulam slays his son Connla by; Cuchulain slays Loch by; Cuchulain slays Ferdia by

GAELIC. Cymric language and; effect of legends of, on Continental poets; bards’ ideas of chivalric romance anticipated by; Cymric legend and, compared; Continental romance and

GAELS. Sacrifices of children by, to idol Crom Cruach

GÆSAT´I. Celtic warriors, in battle of Clastidium

GALATIA. Celtic state of, St. Jerome’s attestation re

GAL´IOIN. See Firbolgs

GALLES, M. RENÉ. Tumulus of Mané-er-H´oeck described by

GARACH. Mac Roth views Ulster men on Plain of; the battle of

GAULS. Under Roman yoke; Cæsar’s account of; described by Diodorus Siculus; described by Ammianus Marcellinus; Dr. Rice Holmes describes; commerce on Mediterranean, Bay of Biscay, &c., of; religious beliefs and rites described by Julius Cæsar; human sacrifices in; votive inscriptions to Æsus, Teutates, and Taranus, found in; Dis, or Pluto, a most notable god of; dead carried from, to Britain; Maon taken to

“GAULOIS, LA RELIGION DES.” Reference to

GAUVAIN (SIR GAWAIN). Fellow-knight with Perceval

GAVR´INIS. Chiromancy at

GEENA MAC LUGA. Son of Luga, one of Finn’s men; Finn teaches the maxims of the Fianna to

GEISE (singular, gaysh; plural, gaysha). The law of the; meaning of this Irish word explained; instances: Dermot of the Love Spot, Conary Mōr, and Fergus mac Roy; Grania puts Dermot under

GELON. Defeat of Hamilcar by, at Himera

GENEALOGY. Of Conary Mōr, from Eochy; of Conor mac Nessa, from Ross the Red; of Cuchulain and Conall of the Victories, from Druid Cathbad; of Dōn; of Llyr; of Arthur

GENEIR. Knight of Arthur’s court

GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH. Bishop of St. Asaph; his “Historia Regum Britaniæ” written to commemorate Arthur’s exploits

GERAINT. The tale of Enid and

GERALD, EARL. Son of goddess Ainé

GERMĀN (ghermawn — g hard). Diuran and, companions of Maeldūn on his wonderful voyage

GERMANIC WORDS. Many important, traceable to Celtic origin

GERMANS. Menace to classical civilisation of, under names of Cimbri and Teutones; de Jubainville’s explanation regarding, as a subject people; overthrow of Celtic supremacy by; burial rites practised by; chastity of

GERMANY. Place-names of, Celtic element in

GILLA DACAR (The Hard Gilly). Story of

GILVAETH´WY. Son of Dōn, nephew of Māth; his love for Goewin, and its sequel

GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS. Testimony to the fairness of the Irish Celt. See Bleheris

GLEN ETIVE. Dwelling place of Naisi and Deirdre

GLOUCESTER. Mabon released from prison in; the “nine sorceresses” of

GLOWER. The strong man of the Wee Folk

GLYN CUCH. Pwyll’s hunt in woods of

GOBAN THE SMITH. Brother of Kian and Sawan; corresponds to Wayland Smith in Germanic legend; Ollav Fōla compared with

GOD. Cythrawl and, two primary existences in the Cymric cosmogony, standing for principles of life and destruction; the ineffable Name of, pronounced, and the “Manred” formed

GODS. Megalithic People’s conception of their; of Aryan Celts, equated by Cæsar with Mercury, Apollo, Mars, &c; triad of, Æsus, Teutates, and Taranus, mentioned by Lucan; Lugh, or Lugus, the god of Light

GOEWIN (go-ay´win). Daughter of Pebin; Gilvaethwy’s love for, and its sequel

GOLASECCA. A great settlement of the Lowland Celts, in Cisalpine Gaul

GOLEUDDYDD. Wife of Kilydd; mother of Kilhwch

GOLL MAC MORNA. Son of Morna, captain of the Fianna of Erin; swears service to Finn; Finn recalls the great saying of; rescues Finn from the enchanted cave; Keva of the White Skin given as wife to; adventure with the wether

GONEMANS. Knight who trains Perceval (Peredur)

GORBODUC. “Historia Regum Bntaniæ” furnished subject for,

GOR´IAS, THE CITY OF (see Dana)

GOWRA (GABHRA). References to Oscar’s death at; battle of, between Clan Bascna and Clan Morna; Oscar’s death at; King of Ireland’s death at

GRAIL. Legends of the; the tale of Peredur and the ; Chrestien de Troyes’ story of; identical with the Cup of the Last Supper; Wolfram von Eschenbach’s conception of the story of the ; preserved in Castle of Munsalväsche; the, a talisman of abundance; false derivation of the word, from gréable; true derivation, note; combination of Celtic poetry, German mysticism, Christian Chivalry, and ancient sun-myths contained in

GRANIA. Loved by Dermot of the Love Spot; elopes with Dermot; tales of Deirdre and, compared; borne to Hill of Allen as Finn’s bride

GREAT BRITAIN. Western extremity of, is Land of the Dead

GREECE. Dolmens found in; oppression in, of the Firbolgs

GREEKS. Celts and; wars in alliance with Celts; break monopoly of Carthaginian trade with Britain and Spain; secure overland route across France to Britain ; type of civilisation, Celtica preserved

GREY OF MACHA. Cuchulain’s horse, ridden by Sualtam to rouse men of Ulster; resists being harnessed by Laeg; mortally wounded by Erc; defends Cuchulain

GRONW PEBYR (gron´oo payber). Loved by Blodeuwedd; slain by Llew

GUAIRY, HUGH (gwai´ry). Arrested for murder, and tried at Tara by Dermot

GUARY (gwar´y). High King; taunts Sanchan Torpest about the “Tain,”

GUEST, LADY CHARLOTTE. Her collections of tales, See “Mabinogion”

GWALCHMAI. Nephew of King Arthur

GWAWL. Rival of Pwyll’s for Rhiannon’s hand

GWENHWYVAR (gwen´hoo-ivar). Wife of King Arthur

GWERN. Son of Matholwch and Branwen; assumes sovranty of Ireland

GWION BACH. Son of Gwreang; put to stir magic cauldron by Ceridwen; similar action to Finn

GWLWLYD (goo-loo´lid). The dun oxen of

GWREANG (goo´re-ang). Father of Gwion Bach

GWRNACH (goor-nach). Giant; the sword of the

GWYDDNO GAR´ANHIR. Horses of, drink of poisoned stream, hence the stream “Poison of the Horses of"; his son Elphin finds Taliesin

GWYDION. Son of Dōn; place in Cymric mythology taken later by the god Artaius; nephew of Māth; the swine of Pryderi and

GWYN AP NUDD. A Cymric deity likened to Finn (Gaelic) and to Odin (Norse); combat every May-day between Gwythur ap Greidawl and

GWYNEDD. Māth, lord of

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

GWYTHUR AP GREIDAWL (VICTOR, SON OF SCORCHER). Combat every May-day between Gwyn ap Nudd and

H

HADES (or ANNWN). The Magic Cauldron part of the spoils of

HAM´ILCAR. Defeat of, at Himera, by Gelon

HAMITIC, THE. Preserved in syntax of Celtic languages

HAVGAN. Rival of Arawn; mortally wounded by Pwyll,

HECATÆ´US OF ABDERA. Musical services of Celts (probably of Great Britain) described by

HECATÆUS OF MILETUS. First extant mention of “Celts” by

HEILYN. Son of Gwynn

HEININ. Bard at Arthur’s court

HELLAN´ICUS OF LESBOS. Celts and

HERO´DOTUS. Celts and

HEVYDD HĒN. Father of Rhiannon

HIGH KINGS OF IRELAND. Stone of Destiny used for crowning of

HILL OF AINÉ. Name of goddess Ainé clings to; Ainé appears, on a St. John’s Night, among girls on

HILL OF ALLEN. Finn’s hounds, while returning to, recognise Saba; Oisīn returns to; Finn returns to; return of the Fianna to, to celebrate the wedding feast of Finn and Tasha; Finn bears Grania as his bride to

HILL OF KESHCORRAN. Finn bewitched by hags on

HILL OF MACHA. Significance

“HISTORIA BRITONUM.” See Nennius

HISTORIA REGUM BRITANIÆ. See Geoffrey of Monmouth. Furnished subject for “Gorborduc” and “King Lear"; wonderful success of, translated by Wace into French, by Layamon into Anglo-Saxon

HOMER. His gloomy picture of the departed souls of men conducted to the underworld; reference to

HORSES OF MANANAN. White-crested waves called

HOUND OF ULSTER. See Cuchulain; element in Gaelic names

HUGH. One of the Children of Lir

HULL, Miss, referred to

HUNGARY. Miled’s name as a god in a Celtic inscription from

HYDE, DR. DOUGLAS. Reference to his folk tale about Dermot of the Love Spot.

HYPERBOR´EANS. Equivalent to Celts

I

IBERIANS Aquitani and, resemblance between

ILDA´NACH (“The All-Craftsman”). Surname conferred upon Lugh, the Sun-god

ILLYRIANS Celts conquer

IMMORTALITY. Origin of so-called “Celtic” doctrine of; Egyptian and “Celtic” ideas of

INDIA. Dolmens found in; symbol of the feet found in; practice in, of allotting musical modes to seasons of the year

INDRA. Hindu sky-deity corresponding to Brown Bull of Quelgny

INGCEL. One-eyed chief, son of King of Great Britain, an exile

INVASION MYTHS, THE, OF IRELAND. See Myths

INVERSKEN´A Ancient name of Kenmore River, so called after Skena

IRELAND Unique historical position of; Dermot mac Kerval, High King of; apostolised by St Patrick; Lowland Celts founders of lake-dwellings in; holy wells in; tumulus and symbolic carvings at New Grange in; reference to conversion of, to Christianity; Lugh, or Lugus, god of Light, in; history of, as related by Tuan; Nemed takes possession of; Fomorians establish tyranny over; Standish O’Grady’s “Critical History of,” reference to; displacement of Danaans in, by Milesians; Ith’s coming to; name of Eriu (dative form Erinn), poetic name applied to; Amergin’s lay, sung on touching soil of; Milesian host invade; 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; Eremon, first Milesian king of all; reference to Christianity and paganism in; Milesian settlement of; Ollav Fōla, most distinguished Ollav of; Maon reigns over; raid of Conary’s foster-brothers in; The Terrible decides the Championship of; proclaims Cuchulain Champion of; Naisi and Deirdre land in; Cairbry, son of Cormac mac Art, High King of; Maeldūn and his companions return to; the Arthurian saga never entered; invaded by Bran; Matholwch hands over to Gwern the sovranty of

IRISH. Element of place-names, found in France, Switzerland, Austria, &c.; Spenser’s reference to eagerness of, to receive news; the Ulster hero, Cuchulain, in saga; the tumulus at New Grange in; Christianity, early, magical rites of Druidism survive in; legend, four main divisions in cycle of; folk-melodies, the Coulin, one of the most beautiful of; god of Love, Angus Ōg the; “Mythological Cycle,” de Jubainville’s, reference to; place-names, significance of; legend, St. Patrick and; literature, effect of Christianity on, IRNAN. Lays Finn under geise to engage in single combat; slain by Goll

IRON AGE. The ship a well-recognised form of sepulchral enclosure in cemeteries of the

ISLANDS. Strange adventures of Maeldūn and his companions on wonderful; of the Slayer; of the Ants; of the Great Birds; of the Fierce Beast; of the Giant Horses; of the Stone Door; of the Apples; of the Wondrous Beast; of the Biting Horses; of the Fiery Swine; of the Little Cat; of the Black and White Sheep; of the Giant Cattle; of the Mill; of the Black Mourners; of the Four Fences; of the Glass Bridge; of the Shouting Birds; of the Anchorite; of the Miraculous Fountain; of the Smithy; of the Sea of Clear Glass; of the Undersea; of the Prophecy; of the Spouting Water; of the Silvern Column; of the Pedestal; of the Women; of the Red Berries; of the Eagle; of the Laughing Folk; of the Flaming Rampart; of the Monk of Tory; of the Falcon

ISLANDS OF THE DEAD. See Mananan

ISLE OF MAN. Supposed throne of Mananan

ITALY. Northern, Celts conquer from Etruscans; Murgen and Eimena sent to, by Sanchan Torpest, to discover the “Tain”  

ITH. Son of Bregon, grandfather of Miled; his coming to Ireland; shores of Ireland perceived by, from Tower of Bregon; learns of Neit’s slaying; welcomed by mac Cuill and his brothers; put to death by the three Danaan Kings

IUBDAN (youb-dan). King of the Wee Folk; Bebo, wife of; Bebo and, visit King Fergus in Ulster

IUCHAR (you´char). One of three sons of Turenn; Brigit, mother of

IUCHARBA (you-char´ba). One of three sons of Turenn; Brigit, mother of

J

JAPAN. Dolmens found in

JEROME, ST. Attestation of, on Celtic State of Galatia

JOHN, MR. IVOR B. His opinion of Celtic mystical writings

JONES, BRYNMOR. Findings of, on origin of populations of Great Britain and Ireland

JOYCE, DR. P.W. Reference to his “Old Celtic Romances,”  

JUBAINVILLE, M. D’ARBOIS DE. Great Celtic scholar; explanation of, regarding Germans as a subject people; record regarding Megalithic People; reference of, to Taranus (? Thor), the god of Lightning; opinion regarding Dis, or Pluto, as representing darkness, death, and evil; reference to Gaulish god whom Cæsar identifies with Mercury; Brigit identical with Dana, according to; Ith’s landing in Ireland described in his “Irish Mythological Cycle"; his translation of Amergin’s strange lay

K

KAI. King Arthur’s seneschal; accompanies Kilhwch on his quest for Olwen; refuses Peredur

KEATING. Reference to his “History of Ireland"; his reference to Maon; “History” of, tells of Ket’s death; “History” of, tells of Maev’s death

KEELTA MAC RONAN. Summoned from the dead by Mongan; warrior and reciter, one of Finn’s chief men; St. Patrick and, ; Finn whispers the tale of his enchantment to; Oisīn and, resolve to part; meets St. Patrick; assists Oisīn bury Oscar

KEEVAN OF THE CURLING LOCKS. Lover of Cleena

KELTCHAR (kelt´yar). A lord of Ulster; mac Datho’s boar and

KENMARE RIVER. In Co. Kerry; ancient name “Inverskena,” so called after Skena

KENVERCH´YN. The three hundred ravens of

KERRY. Murna marries King of

KESAIR (kes´er). Gaulish princess, wife of King Ugainy the Great; grandmother of Maon

KET. Son of Maga; rallies to Maev’s foray against Ulster; slings Conall’s “brain ball” at Conor mac Nessa which seven years after leads to his death; the Boar of mac Datho and; death of, told in Keating’s “History of Ireland,”

KEVA OF THE WHITE SKIN. Daughter of Finn, given in marriage to Goll mac Morna

KIAN. Father of Lugh; brother of Sawan and Goban; the end of

KICVA. Daughter of Gwynn Gohoyw, wife of Pryderi

KILHWCH (kil´hugh). Son to Kilydd and Goleuddydd; story of Olwen and; accompanied on his quest (to find Olwen) by Kai, Bedwyr, Kynddelig, Bedwyr (Bedivere), Gwrhyr, Gwalchmai, and Menw

KILLARNEY, LAKES OF. Ancient name, Locha Lein, given to, by Len

KILYDD. Husband of Goleuddydd, father of Kilhwch

KIMBAY (CIMBAOTH). Irish king; reign of, and the founding of Emain Macha; brother of Red Hugh and Dithorba; compelled to wed Macha

KING LEAR. “Historia Regum Britaniæ” furnished the subject of

KINGSBOROUGH, LORD. “Antiquities of Mexico,” example of cup-and-ring markings reproduced in his book

KNOWLEDGE. Nuts of; the Salmon of

KYM´IDEU KYME´IN-VOLL. Wife of Llassar Llaesgyvnewid

KYMON. A knight of Arthur’s court; the adventure of

KYN´DDELIG. One of Arthur’s servitors; accompanies Kilhwch on his quest for Olwen

KYOT (GUIOT). Provençal poet; and Wolfram von Eschenbach

L

LA TÈNE CULTURE. Relics found in Austria developed into

LABRA THE MARINER. See Maon

LAEG (layg). Cuchulain’s friend and charioteer; sent by Cuchulain to rouse men of Ulster; visits Fairyland to report on Fand; the Grey of Macha resists being harnessed by; slain by Lewy

LAERY (lay´ry). Son of King Ugainy the Great; treacherously slain by his brother Covac, The Triumphant; shrinks from test for the Championship of Ireland; mac Datho’s boar and, Son of Neill; sees vision of Cuchulain

LAIRGNEN (lerg-nen). Connacht chief, betrothed to Deoca; seizes the Children of Lir

LAKE OF THE CAULDRON. Place where Matholwch met Llassar Llaesgyvnewid and his wife Kymideu Kymeinvoll

LAKE OF THE DRAGON’S MOUTH. Resort of Caer; Angus Ōg joins his love, Caer, at

LAND OF THE DEAD. “Spain” a synonymous term; the western extremity of Great Britain is, according to ancient writer cited by Plutarch, and also according to Procopius

LAND OF THE LIVING. = Land of the Happy Dead; gifts which Lugh brought from

LAND OF SHADOWS. Dwelling-place of Skatha; Cuchulain at

LAND OF THE WEE FOLK. See Wee Folk (otherwise, Faylinn), &c.

LAND OF YOUTH. Identical with “Land of the Dead,” “Land of the Living,” q.v.; See Mananan; Cleena once lived in; Connla’s Well in, visited by Sinend; still lives in imagination of Irish peasant; mystic country of People of Dana after their dispossession by Children of Miled; pagan conception of, referred to; lover from, visits Messbuachalla, to whom she bears Conary; Oisīn sees wonders of; Oisīn returns from; “The Lady of the Fountain” and the

LAYAMON. Translator. See “Historia Regum Britaniæ”

LEGEND. The cycles of Irish

LEICESTER. See Llyr

LEINSTER. Book of, and de Jubainville; ancient tract, the “Dinnsenchus,” preserved in; traditional derivation of name; men of, rally to Maev’s foray against Ulster; Mesroda, son of Datho, dwelt in province of

LEIX. Reavers from, slay Ailill Edge-of-Battle; Maeldūn’s voyage to

LEN. Goldsmith of Bōv the Red; gave ancient name, Locha Lein, to the Lakes of Killarney

LEVAR´CAM. Deirdre’s nurse; Conor questions, re sons of Usna

LEWY. Son of Curoi, Cuchulain’s foe; slain by Conall of the Victories

LIA (lee´a). Lord of Luachar, treasurer to the Clan Morna; slain by Finn; father of Conan

LIA FAIL (lee´a fawl), THE. The Stone of Destiny

LIAGAN (lee´a-gan). A pirate, slain by Conan mac Morna

LIGHT-OF-BEAUTY. See Sgeimh Solais

LIR (leer). Sea-god, father of Mananan; Mananan and, referred to; identical with the Greek Oceanus; father of Lodan and grandparent of Sinend; Cymric deity Llyr corresponds with, The Children of, the transformation of; their death

LISMORE. “The Dean of Lismore’s Book,” by James Macgregor. Dean of, described

LLASSAR LLAESGYV´NEWID. Husband of Kymideu Kymeinvoll, giver of magic cauldron to Bran

LLEVELYS. Son of Beli; story of Ludd (Nudd) and

LLEW LLAW GYFFES. Otherwise “The Lion of the Sure Hand.” A hero the subject of the tale “Māth Son of Māthonwy"; identical with the Gaelic deity Lugh of the Long Arm; how he got his name; the flower-wife of, named Blodeuwedd; slays Gronw Pebyr, who had betrayed him

LLUDD. See Nudd

LLWYD. Son of Kilcoed, an enchanter; removes magic spell from seven Cantrevs of Dyfed, and from Pryderi and Rhiannon

LLYR. In Welsh legend, father of Manawyddan; Irish equivalents, Lir and Mananan; Llyr-cester (now Leicester) once a centre of the worship of; house of, corresponds with Gaelic Lir; Penardun, daughter of Dōn, wife of; genealogy set forth

LOCH. Son of Mofebis, champion sent by Mae against Cuchulain; wounds Cuchulain, but is slain by him

LOCH GARA. Lake in Roscommon; mac Cecht’s visit to

LOCH RORY. Fergus mac Leda’s adventure in

LOCH RYVE. Maev retires to island on, and is slain there by Forbay

LODAN. Son of Lir, father of goddess Sinend

LOHERANGRAIN. Knight of the Swan, son of Parzival

LOUGHCREW. Great tumulus at, supposed burying-place of Ollav Fōla

LOURDES. Cult of waters of

LUCAN. Triad of deities mentioned by

LUCHAD (loo-chad). Father of Luchta

LUCHTA (looch-ta). Son of Luchad; the carpenter of the Danaans

LUDGATE. For derivation see Nudd

LUGH (loo), or LUGUS. See Apollo; the god of Light, in Gaul and Ireland, as; . Son of Kian, the Sun-god par excellence of all Celtica, the coming of; other names, Ildánach (“The All-Craftsman”) and Lugh Lamfada (Lugh of the Long Arm);his eric from sons of Turenn for murder of his father, Kian; slays Balor and is enthroned in his stead; fiery spear of; his worship widely spread over Continental Celtica; father, by Dectera, of Cuchulain; Cymric deity Llew Llaw Gyffes corresponds with

LUGH OF THE LONG ARM. See Lugh. Invincible sword of; Bres, son of Balor, and; husband of Dectera and father of Cuchulain; appears to Cuchulain and protects the Ford while his son rests; fights by his son’s side; Cymric hero Llew Llaw Gyfles corresponds with

LUNED. Maiden who rescued Owain; Owain rescues her

M

“MABINŎG´ION, THE” (singular, Mabinogi). Reference to story of Kilhwch and Olwen in; “The Red Book of Hergest,” the main source of the tales of; “Māth Son of Māthonwy,” tale in; Mr. Alfred Nutt’s edition; Four Branches of the Mabinogi form most important part of; Peredur’s story in, and French version; the tale of Taliesin and

MABON. Son of Modron, released by Arthur

MACCECHT. Danaan king, husband of Fohla; member of Conary’s retinue at Da Derga’s Hostel; his search for water

MACCUILL (quill). Danaan king, husband of Banba; at fortress of Aileach

MACGRENÉ. Danaan king, husband of Eriu; mythical name Son of the Sun

MAC INDOC´, THE PLAIN OF. Laery and St. Benen on

MACKERVAL, DERMOT. Rule of, in Ireland, and the cursing of Tara. See Dermot

MACPHERSON. Pseudo-Ossian poetry of, MAC ROTH. Maev’s steward, named, and the Brown Bull of Quelgny; sent to view host of Ulster men

MACEDON. Attacked by Thracian and Illyrian hordes

MACHA. Daughter of Red Hugh; slays Dithorba and compels Kimbay to wed her; captures five sons of Dithorba; forms an instance of the intermingling of the attributes of the Danaan with the human race; a super-natural being; goes to dwell with Crundchu; her race against Ultonian horses; gives birth to twins and curses the Ultonians; her curse on men of Ulster; the curse removed from men of Ulster

MAELDŪN. Son of Ailill Edge-of-Battle; departs to his own kindred; sets out on his wonderful voyage

MAELDŪN, VOYAGE OF (mayl’-doon). Found in MS. entitled “Book of the Dun Cow"; reference to Dr. Whitley Stokes’ translation in the “Revue Celtique"; theme of Tennyson’s “Voyage of Maeldune” furnished by Joyce’s version in “Old Celtic Romances"; narrative of

MAEN TYRIAWC (ma’en tyr’i-awc). Burial-place of Pryderi

MAEV (mayv). Queen of Connacht; Angus Ōg seeks aid of; debility of Ultonians manifested on occasion of Cattle-raid of Quelgny; Fergus seeks aid of; her famous bull Finnbenach; her efforts to secure the Brown Bull of Quelgny; host of, spreads devastation through the territories of Bregia and Murthemney; offers her daughter Findabair of Fair Eyebrows to Ferdia if he will meet Cuchulain; Conor summons men of Ulster against; overtaken but spared by Cuchulain; makes seven years’ peace with Ulster; vengeance of, against Cuchulain; mac Datho’s hound and; retires to island on Loch Ryve; slain by Forbay

MAGA. Daughter of Angus Ōg, wife of Ross the Red; wedded also to Druid Cathbad

MAGI. Word magic derived from; treated by Pliny

MAGIC. The religion of Megalithic People that of; origin of word; Pliny on; religion of, invented in Persia and by Zoroaster; traces of, in Megalithic monuments; Clan Calatin learn, in Ireland, Alba, and Babylon, to practise against Cuchulain

MAITRE, M. ALBERT. Inspector of Musée des Antiquités Nationales

MALORY. Anticipated by Wace; Cymric myths and

MAN´ANAN. Son of the Sea-god, Lir; magical Boat of, brought by Lugh, with Horse of, and sword Fragarach, from the Land of the Living; attributes of Sea-god mostly conferred on; the most popular deity in Irish mythology; lord of sea beyond which Land of Youth or Islands of the Dead were supposed to lie; master of tricks and illusions, owned magical possessions, boat, Ocean-Sweeper; steed, Aonbarr; sword, The Answerer, &c. &c.; reference to daughter of, given to Angus, a Danaan prince; his wife, Fand, sets her love on Cuchulain; Fand recovered by; shakes his cloak between Fand and Cuchulain; Cymric deity Manawyddan corresponds with

MANAWYDDAN (mana-wudh’en). In Welsh mythology, son of Llyr; Irish equivalents, Mananan and Lir; Bendigeid Vran (“Bran the Blessed”), his brother; the tale of Pryderi and; weds Rhiannon

MANÉ-ER-H´OECK. Remarkable tumulus in Brittany

MANÉS. Seven outlawed sons of Ailell and Maev; their rally to Maev’s foray against Ulster

MANESSIER. A continuator of Chrestien de Troyes

MAN´ETHO. Egyptian historian, reference to human sacrifices

MANRED. The ineffable Name of God pronounced, and so was formed; the primal substance of the universe

MAON (may’un). Son of Ailill; brutal treatment of, by Covac; has revenge on Ailill by slaying him and all his nobles; weds Moriath, and reigns over Ireland; equivalent, “Labra the Mariner,”

MARCELLIN´US, AMMIAN´US. Gauls described by

MARIE DE FRANCE. Anglo-Norman poetess; sources relating to the Arthurian saga in writings of

MĀTH SON OF MĀTHONWY. Title of tale in the “Mabinogion"; Llew Llaw Gyffes, a character in tale of; brother of Penardun; the tale of; Gwydion and Gilvaethwy, nephews of; his strange gift of hearing

MATHOLWCH (math’o-law). King of Ireland; comes seeking Branwen’s hand in marriage; wedding of, and Branwen’s, celebrated at Aberffraw; Evnissyen mutilates his horses; Bran, among other gifts, gives a magic cauldron to; father of Gwern; informed of Bran’s invasion; hands sovranty of Ireland to Gwern

MĀTHONWY. Ancestor of House of Dōn

MATIÈRE DE FRANCE. Source of Round Table and chivalric institutions ascribed to Arthur’s court

MAXEN WLEDIG (oo’le-dig). Emperor of Rome; the dream of

MAY-DAY. Sacred to Beltené, day on which Sons of Miled began conquest of Ireland; combat every, between Gwythur ap Greidawl and Gwyn ap Nudd; strange scream heard in Britain on eve of

MEATH. Fergus in his battle-fury strikes off the tops of the three Maela of; St. Patrick and the folk of

MEDICINE. See Magic; Pliny and

MEGALITHIC PEOPLE. Builders of dolmens, cromlechs, &c.; origin of the; Professor Ridgeway’s contention about; their religion that of magic; representations of the divine powers under human aspect unknown to; Druidism imposed on the Celts by the; human sacrifices, practice a survival from the; conception of, regarding their deities

MERCURY. Regarded as chief of the gods by Gauls; Lugh Lamfada identified with

MERLIN. See Myrddin. Reference to his magical arts; equivalent Myrddin; believed by Geoffrey of Monmouth to have erected Stonehenge; the abode of, described

MESGED´RA. The vengeance of, fulfilled

MESRO´DA, MAC DATHO. Son of Datho; the carving of the boar of; Conor and Maev both send to purchase his hound

MESSBUACHALLA (mess-boo’hala). Only daughter of Etain Oig; significance, “the cowherd’s foster-child"; King Eterskel’s promised son and; visited by a Danaan lover, and birth of Conary

MEXICO. Cup-and-ring marking in; symbol of the feet found in; the cross-legged “Buddha,” frequent occurrence in religious art of

MIDIR THE PROUD (mid’eer). A son of the Dagda; a type of splendour; his appearance to King Eochy; Fuamnach, wife of; Etain, second bride of; recovers his wife from Eochy; yields up Etain

MILED. Sons of; conquer the People of Dana; the coming of, to displace rule in Ireland of Danaans; Bregon, son of; Amergin, son of; begin conquest of Ireland on May-day, A god, represented as, in a Celtic inscription from Hungary, son of Bilé, Children of; resolve to take vengeance for Ith’s slaying; enter upon the sovranty of Ireland

MILESIAN-S. See Sons of Miled; myth, meaning of; the early kings

MINORCA. Analogous structures (to represent ships) to those in Ireland found in

MOCHAEN (mo-chayn’). Hill of, and Lugh’s eric

MODRED. King Arthur’s nephew; usurps his uncle’s crown and weds his wife Guanhumara; Arthur defeats and slays

MONGAN. Irish chieftain, reincarnation of Finn; wager as to place of death of King Fothad

MONTEL´IUS, DR. OSCAR. And the ship symbol

MOONRE´MUR. A lord of Ulster; mac Datho’s boar and

MORANN. Druid; prophecy of, concerning Cuchulain

MORC. Fomorian king

MORDA. A blind man, set by Ceridwen to keep fire under the magic cauldron

MOR´IATH. Daughter of Scoriath, the King of Feramore; her love for Maon and her device to win him back to Ireland; curious tale regarding his hair

MORNA. Father of Goll

MORR´IGAN, THE. Extraordinary goddess, embodying all that is perverse and horrible among supernatural powers; her love and friendship for Cuchulain; her visit to Conary Mōr at Hostel of Da Derga; appears to Cuchulain and offers her love; her threat to be about his feet in bottom of the Ford; attacks Cuchulain, and is wounded by him; croaks of war and slaughter before Cuchulain; settles on the dead Cuchulain’s shoulder as a crow

MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE. Cuchulain on

MOYRATH. Battle of, ended resistance of Celtic chiefs to Christianity

MOYSLAUGHT (“The Plain of Adoration”). Idol of Crom Cruach erected on

MOYTURA, PLAIN OF. Scene of First Battle (Co. Sligo) between Danaans and the Firbolgs, Scene of Second Battle (Co. Mayo) between Danaans and Fomorians; the Dagda and

MUNSALVÄSCHE (MONTSALVAT), THE CASTLE OF, where, in W. von Eschenbach’s poem, the Grail is preserved

MUNSTER. Ailill Olum, King of; “Hill of Ainé” and goddess Ainé ; origin of name

MUR´IAS, THE CITY OF (see Dana)

MURNA OF THE WHITE NECK. Wife of Cumhal, mother of Finn; takes refuge in forests of Slieve Bloom, and gives birth to Demna (Finn); marries King of Kerry

MURTAGH MAC ERC. King of Ireland, brother of Fergus the Great; lends famous Stone of Scone to Scotland

MURTHEM´NEY. Kian killed on Plain of; Cuchulain of, seen in a vision by prophetess Fedelma; the carnage of; host of Ulster assemble on; Cuchulain at his dūn in

MYCEN´Æ. Burial chamber of the Atreidæ, ancient dolmen yet stands beside, in

MYRDDIN. See Merlin. A deity in Arthur’s mythological cycle, corresponds with Sun-god Nudd; suggestion of Professor Rhys that chief deity worshipped at Stonehenge was; seizes the “Thirteen Treasures of Britain”

MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE, THE

MYTHOLOGY. Comparison between Gaelic and Cymric; compared with folklore

MYTHS. Danaan, meaning of; Milesian, meaning of; Invasion, of Ireland

N

NAISI (nay’see). Son of Usna, loved by Deirdre; abducts Deirdre; Ardan and Ainlé, his brothers; Conor invites return of; his return under care of Fergus; slain by Owen son of Duracht

NAQADA (nak’a-da). Signs on ivory tablets discovered by Flinders Petrie in cemetery at

NARBERTH. Castle where Pwyll had his court; Pwyll’s adventure on the Mound of Arberth, near; Pryderi and Manawyddan and their wives left desolate at palace of

NATCHRANTAL (na-chran’tal). Famous champion of Maev; assists to capture Brown Bull

NECHTAN. Dūn of the sons of; Cuchulain provokes a fight with sons of; sons of, slain

NEIT (nayt). Danaan king, slain in battle with the Fomorians

NEMED. Son of Agnoman; takes possession of Ireland; fights victoriously against Fomorians, his death

NEMEDIANS. Sail for Ireland; akin to the Partholanians; revolt of, against Fomorians; routed by Fomorians

NEMGLAN. Commands Conary go to Tara; he declares Conary’s geise

NENNIUS. British historian in whose “Historia Britonum” (A.D. ) is found first mention of Arthur

NESSA. Daughter of Echid Yellow-heel, wife of Fachtna, mother of Conor; loved by Fergus

NETHERLANDS. Place-names of, Celtic element in

NEW GRANGE. Tumulus at, regarded as dwelling-place of Fairy Folk; symbolic carvings at; the ship symbol at; Angus Ōg’s palace at; Angus’ fairy palace at Brugh na Boyna identical with

NIAM (nee’am). Wife of Conall of the Victories; tends Cuchulain; Bave puts a spell of straying on her. Of the Golden Hair; daughter of the King of the Land of Youth; Oisīn departs with; permits Oisīn to visit the Land of Erin

NISS´YEN. Son of Eurosswyd and Penardun

NODENS. See Nudd

NUADA OF THE SILVER HAND (noo’ada). King of the Danaans; his encounter with Balor, champion of the Fomorians; belongs to Finn’s ancestry; identical with solar deity in Cymric mythology, viz., Nudd or Lludd

NUDD, or LLUDD. Roman equivalent, Nodens. A solar deity in Cymric mythology; identical with Danaan deity, Nuada of the Silver Hand; under name Lludd, said to have had a temple on the site of St. Paul’s; entrance to Lludd’s temple called Parth Lludd (British), which Saxons translated Ludes Geat — our present Ludgate; story of Llevelys and; Edeyrn, son of, jousts with Geraint for Enid

NUTS OF KNOWLEDGE. Drop from hazel-boughs into pool where Salmon of Knowledge lived

NUTT, MR. ALFRED. Reference to, in connexion with the “Hill of Ainé"; reference to, in connexion with Oisīn-and-Patrick dialogues; reference to object of the tale of Taliesin in his edition of the “Mabinogion,”

NYNNIAW. Peibaw and, brothers, two Kings of Britain, their quarrel over the stars

O

O’DONOVAN. A great Irish antiquary; folk-tale discovered by

O’DYNA, CANTRED OF. Dermot’s patrimony

O’GRADY. STANDISH. References to his “Critical History of Ireland” on the founding of Emain Macha; his “Masque of Finn” referred to. STANDISH HAYES. Reference to his “Silva Gadelica”  

OCEAN-SWEEPER. Mananan’s magical boat

ODYSSEY, THE. Mr H.B. Cotterill’s hexameter version, quotation from

OGMA. Warrior of Nuada of the Silver Hand

OISĪN (ush’een). Otherwise Little Fawn. Son of Finn, greatest poet of the Gael; father of Oscar; buries Aideen; birth of, from Saba; loved by Niam of the Golden Hair; returns from Land of Youth; Keelta and, resolve to part; assists Keelta bury Oscar

OLD CELTIC ROMANCES. Reference to Dr. P.W. Joyce’s

OLLAV. Definition of the term

OLLAV FŌLA. Eighteenth King of Ireland from Eremon, the most distinguished Ollav of Ireland; compared with Goban the Smith and Amergin the Poet

OLWEN. The story of Kilhwch and; daughter of Yspaddaden; how she got the name “She of the White Track"; bride of Kilhwch

ORLAM. Slain by Cuchulain

OSCAR. Son of Oisīn; slays Linné; Aideen, wife of; her death after battle of Gowra; type of hard strength; reference to death at battle of Gowra; his death described

OSI´RIS. Feet of, symbol of visitation, in Egypt

OSSIANIC SOCIETY. “Transactions” of; battle of Gowra (Gabhra) described in

OS´THANES. Earliest writer on subject of magic

OTHER-WORLD. Keelta summoned from; faith of, held by Celts; Mercury regarded by Gauls as guide of dead to

OWAIN. Son of Urien; plays chess with King Arthur; the Black Knight and; seen by Peredur

OWEL. Foster-son of Mananan and a Druid, father of Ainé

OWEN. Son of Duracht; slays Naisi and other sons of Usna

OWENS OF ARAN. Ailill, of the sept of; Maeldūn goes to dwell with

OWL OF CWM CAWLWYD (coom cawl´wŭd), THE

P

PATRICK, ST. Ireland apostolised by; symbol of the feet and

PASTH´OLAN. His coming into Ireland from the West; his origin

PARTHOLANIANS. Battle between the Fomorians and; end of race by plague on the Old Plain; Nemedians akin to

PEIBAW. Nynniaw and, two brothers, Kings of Britain, their quarrel over the stars

PENAR´DUN. Daughter of Dōn, wife of Llyr, and also of Eurosswyd, sister of Māth; mother of Bran, also of Nissyen and Evnissyen

PEOPLE OF THE SIDHE (shee). Danaans dwindle into fairies, otherwise the

PER´DICCAS II. Son of Amyntas II., killed in battle

PER´EDUR. The tale of, and the origin of the Grail Legend; corresponds to Perceval of Chrestien de Troyes

PER´GAMOS. Black Stone of, subject of embassy from Rome during Second Punic War

PERILOUS GLEN. Cuchulain escapes beasts of

“PERONNIK” folk tale, note

PERSIA. Religion of magic invented in, by Zoroaster

PETRIE, FLINDERS. Discoveries by; on Egyptian origin of symbol of mother and child

PHILIP. Younger brother of Perdiccas

PHILO´STRATUS. Reference of, to enamelling by Britons

PLAIN OF ILL-LUCK. Cuchulain crosses

PLATO. Celts and; evidence of, to Celtic characteristics

PLINY. Religion of magic discussed by

PLUTARCH. Land of the Dead referred to by, as the western extremity of Great Britain

PLUTO (Gk. Pluton). Dis, equivalent; god of the Underworld; associated with wealth, like Celtic gods of the Underworld

POLYB´IUS. Description of the Gæsati in battle of Clastidium

POLYNESIAN, the practice named “tabu” and the Irish geis, similarity between

PORTUGAL. Place-names of, Celtic element in

POSIDON´IUS. On bardic institution among Celts

PROCOP´IUS. Land of the Dead referred to by as the western extremity of Great Britain

PROVINCE OF THE SPEARMEN (Irish, Laighin — “Ly-in”). See Leinster

PRYDERI (pri-dair’y) (Trouble). Son of Pwyll and Rhiannon; his loss ; his restoration by Teirnyon; Kicva, the wife of; the tale of Manawyddan and; Gwydion and the swine of; his death

PWYLL (poo-till; modern Powell). Prince of Dyfed; how he got his title Pen Annwn, or “Head of Hades”; his adventure on the Mound of Arberth, near the Castle of Narberth; fixes his choice on Rhiannon for wife; Gwawl’s trick on him; Rhiannon’s plan to save Pwyll from Gwawl’s power; weds Rhiannon; imposes a penance on his wife; his son Pryderi (Trouble) found

PYTHAG´ORAS. Celtic idea of transmigration and

PYTH´EAS. The German tribes about 300 B.C. mentioned by

Q

QUELGNY, or CUAILGNÉ. Cattle-raid of, made by Queen Maev; Brown Bull of, owned by Dara; the theme of the “Tain Bo Cuailgné” is the Brown Bull of; Brown Bull of, is Celtic counterpart of Hindu sky-deity, Indra; Brown Bull of, captured at Slievegallion, Co. Armagh, by Maev; white-horned Bull of Ailell slain by Brown Bull of; reputed author of, Fergus mac Roy; Sanchan Torpest searches for lost lay of

R

RĀ. Egyptian Sun god; ship symbol in sepulchral art of Egypt connected with worship of

RATH GRANIA. King Cormac and Finn feasted at

RATH LUACHAR. Lia keeps the Treasure Bag at

RATHCROGHAN. Maev’s palace in Roscommon

RED BRANCH. Order of chivalry which had its seat in Emain Macha; the time of glory of, during Conor’s reign; heroes of, and Cuchulain strive for the Championship of Ireland; Hostel, Naisi and Deirdre at; with Cuchulain and Conor passes away the glory of

RED HUGH. Ulster prince, father of Macha, brother of Dithorba and Kimbay

RED RIDERS. Conary’s journey with

RELIGION. The Celtic; Megalithic People’s, that of Magic; of Magic, invented in Persia and by Zoroaster

REVUE CELTIQUE. Dr. Whitley Stokes’ translation of the “Voyage of Maeldūn” in

RHIANNON (ree’an-non). Daughter of Hevydd Hēn; sets her love on Pwyll; marries Pwyll; her penance for slaying her son; her son Pryderi (Trouble) found; wedded to Manawyddan

RHONABWY (rōne’a-bwee). The dream of

RHUN. Sent from King Arthur’s court to Elphin’s wife

RHYS AP TEWDWR. South Welsh prince; brought knowledge of Round Table to Wales

RHYS, SIR J. His views on origin of population of Great Britain and Ireland; on Myrddin and Merlin

RIDGE OF THE DEAD WOMAN. Vivionn buried at

ROC. Angus’ steward; his son crushed to death by Donn; then changed into a boar and charged to bring Dermot to death at length

ROMANCE. Gaelic and Continental

ROMANS. Arthur resists demand for tribute by the

ROME. Celts march on and sack; Britain and Gaul under yoke of; the empire of Maxen Wledig in, usurped

ROSS THE RED. King of Ulster, husband of Maga, a daughter of Angus Ōg; Roy, his second wife; originator of the Red Branch

ROUND TABLE, THE. References to,  

ROY. Second wife of Ross the Red

RU´ADAN, ST. Tara cursed by

RUSSELL, MR. G.W. Irish poet; fine treatment of myth of Sinend and Connla’s Well

S

SABA. Wife of Finn, mother of Oisīn

SACRIFICES. Practice of human, noted by Cæsar among Celts; human, in Ireland; Celtic practice of human, paralleled in Mexico and Carthage; of children, to idol Crom Cruach, by Gaels; in Egypt, practice of human, rare

ST. BENEN. A companion of St. Patrick

ST. FINNEN. Irish abbot; legend concernin Tuan mac Carell and

ST. PATRICK. Record of his mission to Ireland; Cascorach and, referred to in the “Colloquy of the Ancients"; Brogan, the scribe of; Ethné aged fifteen hundred years old at coming of; Ethné baptized by; summons Cuchulain from Hell; name Talkenn given by Irish to; met by Keelta; Irish legend and

SALMON OF KNOWLEDGE. See Fintan

SALMON OF LLYN LLYW (lin li-oo’), THE

SAMNITE WAR, THIRD. Coincident with breaking up of Celtic Empire

SANCHAN TORPEST. Chief bard of Ireland; and the “Tain”

SA´WAN. Brother of Kian and Goban

SCANDINAVIA. Dolmens found in; symbol of the feet found in

SEM´ION. Son of Stariat, settlement in Ireland of; Firbolgs descended from

SERA. Father of Partholan; father of Starn

SETAN´TA. Earliest name of Cuchulain; “the little pupil,” harries Maev’s hosts

SGEIMH SOLAIS (skayv sulish) (Light of Beauty). Daughter of Cairbry, wooed by son of King of the Decies

SHANNON, THE RIVER. Myth of Sinend and the Well of Knowledge accounts for name of; Dithorba’s five sons flee over; mac Cecht visits; Dermot and Grania cross Ford of Luan on the

SHIP SYMBOL, THE.

SIC´ULUS, DIODORUS. A contemporary of Julius Cæsar; describes Gauls

SIDHE (shee), or FAIRY FOLK. Tumulus at New Grange (Ireland) regarded as dwelling-place of

SILVA GADELICA. Reference to Mr. S.H. O’Grady’s work,  

SIN´END. Goddess, daughter of Lir’s son, Lodan; her fatal visit to Connla’s Well

SIGN, LLEWELLYN. Welsh bard, compiler of “Barddas”

SKATHA. A mighty woman-warrior of Land of Shadows; instructs Cuchulain; her two special feats, how to leap the Bridge of the Leaps and to use the Gae Bolg

SKENA. Wife of the poet Amergin; her untimely death

SLAYNEY, THE RIVER. Visited by mac Cecht

SLIEVB BLOOM. Murna takes refuge in forests of, and there Demna (Finn) is born

SLIEVE FUAD (sleeve foo’ad) (afterwards Slievegallion). Invisible dwelling of Lir on; Cuchulain finds his foe on; Finn slays goblin at

SLIEVEGALL´ION. A fairy mountain; the Chase of. See Slieve Fuad

SLIEVENAMON (sleeve-na-mon’). The Brugh of, Finn and Keelta hunt on

SOHRAB AND RUSTUM. Reference to

SPAIN. Celts conquer from the Carthaginians; Carthaginian trade with, broken down by Greeks; place-names of Celtic element in; dolmens found round the Mediterranean coast of; equivalent, Land of the Dead

SQUIRE, MR. Author of “Mythol. of Brit. Islands,”  

SRENG. Ambassador sent to People of Dana by Firbolgs

STAG OF REDYNVRE (red-in’vry), THE

STARN. Son of Sera, brother of Partholan

STOKES, DR. WHITLEY. Reference to; reference to his translation of the “Voyage of Maeldūn” in “Revue Celtique,”

STONE, CORONATION. At Westminster Abbey, identical with Stone of Scone

STONE OF ABUNDANCE. Equivalent, Cauldron of Abundance. The Grail in Wolfram’s poem as a; similar stone appears in the Welsh “Peredur"; correspondences, the Celtic Cauldron of the Dagda; in the Welsh legend Bran obtained the Cauldron; in a poem by Taliesin the Cauldron forms part of the spoils of Hades

STONE OF DESTINY. Otherwise Lia Fail. One of the treasures of the Danaans

STONE OF SCONE. Fabulous origin of, and present depository

STONE-WORSHIP. Supposed reason of; denounced by Synod of Arles; denounced by Charlemagne; black stone of Pergamos and Second Punic War; the Grail a relic of ancient

STONEHENGE. Dressed stones used in megalithic monument at; Professor Rhys’ suggestion that Myrddin was worshipped at; Geoffrey of Monmouth and

STRABO. Characteristics of Celts, told by

STRAITS OF MOYLE (between Ireland and Scotland). Aoife’s cruelty to her step-children on the

STRAND OF THE FOOTPRINTS. How name derived

SUALTAM (soo’al-tam). Father of Cuchulain (see Lugh); his attempts to arouse Ulster; his death

SWEDEN. The ship symbol on rock-sculptures of

SWITZERLAND. Place-names of, Celtic element in; lake-dwellings in

T

“TAIN BO CUAILGNÉ” (thawn bo quel’gny). Significance; tale of, all written out by Finn mac Gorman, Bishop of Kildare, in; the recovery of; reputed author, Fergus mac Roy; Sir S. Ferguson treats of recovery of, in “Lays of the Western Gael"; Sanchan Torpest, taunted by High King Guary, resolves to find the lost; early Celtic MSS. and

TALIESIN (tal-i-es’in). A mythical bard; his prophecy regarding the devotion of the Cymry to their tongue; the tale of; found by Elphin, son of Gwyddno; made prime bard of Britain

TALKENN. (Adze-head). Name given by the Irish to St. Patrick

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

TARA. Seat of the High Kings of Ireland; the cursing of; Stone of Scone sent to Scotland from; Lugh accuses sons of Turenn at, of his father’s murder; appearance of Midir the Proud to Eochy on Hill of; Milesian host at; institution of triennial Festival at; bull-feast at, to decide by divination who should be king in Eterskel’s stead; Conary commanded to go to, by Nemglan; proclaimed King of Erin at; pointed out to Cuchulain; Cuchulain’s head and hand buried at; Finn at

TAR´ANUS (? Thor). Deity mentioned by Lucan

TEGID VOEL. A man of Penllyn, husband of Ceridwen, father of Avagddu

TEIRNYON (ter’ny-on). A man of Gwent Is Coed; finds Pryderi; restores Pryderi

TELLTOWN (TELTIN). Palace at, of Telta, Eochy mac Erc’s wife; great battle at, between Danaans and Milesians; Conall of the Victories makes his way to, after Conary’s death; pointed out to Cuchulain

TENNYSON, LORD. Reference to source of his “Voyage of Maeldune"; Cymric myths and; reference to his “Enid”

TEUTAT´ES. Deity mentioned by Lucan

TEUTONIC. Loyalty of races

TEZCATLIPOCA. Sun-god; festival of, in Mexico

THE TERRIBLE. A demon who by strange test decides the Championship of Ireland

THOMAS OF BRITTANY. See Bleheris

TIBERIUS, EMPEROR. Druids, prophets, and medicine-men suppressed by

TIERNA (Teer’na). Abbot of Clonmacnois, eleventh-century historian

TIERNMAS (teern’mas). Fifth Irish king who succeeded Eremon; idol Crom Cruach and; his death

TONN CLIODHNA (thown cleena). Otherwise “Wave of Cleena.” One of the most notable landmarks of Ireland

TOR MŌR. Precipitous headland in Tory Island; Ethlinn imprisoned by Balor in tower built on

TORY ISLAND. Stronghold of Fomorian power; invaded by Nemedians

TRADABAN´, THE WELL OF. Keelta’s praises of

TRANSMIGRATION. The doctrine of, allegation that Celtic idea of immortality embodied Oriental conception of; doctrine of, not held by Celts in same way as by Pythagoras and the Orientals; Welsh Taliessin who became an eagle. See Tuan mac Carell

TRENDORN. Conor’s servant; spies on Deirdre; is blinded in one eye by Naisi; declares Deirdre’s beauty to Conor

TREON (tray’on). Father of Vivionn

TRISTAN AND ISEULT. Tale of Dermot and Grania paralleled in story as told by Heinrich von Freiberg

TROYES. See Chrestien de Troyes

TUAN MAC CARELL. The legend of, recorded in MS. “Book of the Dun Cow"; king of all deer in Ireland; name of “gods” given to the People of Dana by

TUATHA DE DANANN (thoo’a-haw day danawn’). Literal meaning, “the folk of the god whose mother is Dana”

TUMULI. See Dolmens

TURENN. The quest of the Sons of; reference to Lugh in the quest of the Sons of

TWRCH TRWYTH (toorch troo’-with). A king in shape of a monstrous boar

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

TYLWYTH TEG. Welsh fairies; Gwyn ap Nudd, King of the

TYREN. Sister to Murna; Ullan, husband of; changed by a woman of the Fairy Folk into a hound

U

UGAINY THE GREAT (oo’gany). Ruler of Ireland, &c., husband of Kesair, father of Laery and Covac

ULSTER. Kingdom of, founded in reign of Kimbay; Dithorba’s five sons expelled from; Dectera’s gift of Cuchulain to; Conor, King of, ; Felim, son of Dall, a lord of; Maev’s war against province of, to secure Brown Bull of Quelgny; under the Debility curse; passes of, guarded by Cuchulain of Murthemney; aroused by Sualtam; Macha’s curse lifted from men of; Ailell and Maev make a seven years’ peace with; curse of Macha again on the men of; Wee Folk swarm into  

ULTONIANS. Great fair of, visited by Crundchu; his boast of Macha’s swiftness; the debility of, caused by Macha’s curse; the debility of, descends on Ulster; Cycle, events of, supposed to have happened about time of Christ

UNDERWORLD. The cult of, found existing by Celts when they got to Western Europe; Dis, or Pluto, god of; Māth, god of; identical with Land of the Dead

USNA. Father of Naisi; sons of, inquired for by Conor

UTHER PENDRAGON. Father of Arthur

V

VALLEY OF THE THRUSHES. Oisīn’s spell broken in

VEIL OF ILLUSION, THE. Thrown over Caradawc by Caswallan

VERCINGETORIX. Celtic chief; his defeat by Cæsar, his death

VERGIL. Evidence of Celtic ancestry in name. See Feryllt

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

VIVIONN (BEBHIONN). A young giantess, daughter of Treon, from the Land of Maidens; slain by Æda, and buried in the place called the Ridge of the Dead

VOYAGE OF MAELDŪN. See Maeldūn

W

WACE. Author of “Li Romans de Brut”

WALES. Arthurian saga in; prophecy of Taliesin about

WAVE OF CLEENA. See Tonn Cliodhna

WEE FOLK, THE. Fergus mac Leda and; Iubdan, King of

WELL OF KESAIR. Mac Cecht visits

WELL OF KNOWLEDGE. Equivalent, Connla’s Well. Sinend’s fatal visit to

WELSH FAIRIES. See Tylwyth Teg

WELSH LITERATURE. The Arthur in the Arthurian saga wholly different from the Arthur in; compared with Irish; tales of Arthur in

WELSH MS. SOCIETY. Llewellyn Sion’s “Barddas” edited by J.A. Williams ap Ithel for

WELSH ROMANCE. The character of

WESTON, MISS JESSIE L. Reference to her studies on the Arthurian saga

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. Reference to, in connexion with Arthurian saga

WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH. His story of the Grail

Y

YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN. Tale of Cuchulain and Connla in

YOUTH. The maiden who gave the Love Spot to Dermot

YSPADDADEN PENKAWR (is-pa-dhad’en). Father of Olwen; the tasks he set Kilhwch; slain by Goreu son of Custennin

Z

ZIMMER, DR. HEINRICH. On the source of the Arthurian saga

ZOROASTER. Religion of magic invented by