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Mab, Queen, 246. Mabinogi, the Four Branches of the, 14, 15, 355. Mabinogion, 12, 14, 16, 356, 372, 377, 403, 407. See also Guest, Lady Charlotte. Mabon, a British sun-god, 276, 328, 330, 335, 338, 347, 349-352, 387. Macaulay, 22. Mac Cecht, a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, 122, 125, 126, 130. Mac Cuill, a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, 122, 125, 126, 130. Mac Gee, Thomas D’Arcy, 232. Mac Greiné, a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, 122, 125, 126, 130. Mac Kineely, 238-239. Mac Moineanta, a king of the Irish fairies, 242. Mac Nia, an old Irish poet, 138. _Mac Oc_, “Son of the Young”, a title of Angus, 56, 139. MacPherson’s _Ossian_, 203. Mac Samthainn, 238. Macha, a war-goddess of the Gaels, 52, 72, 112; meaning of her name, 52; “Macha’s acorn-crop”, 53; is killed by Balor, 112. Macleod, Miss Fiona, 241. Maelmuiri, scribe of the Book of the Dun Cow, 10. Maelon, 388. Maenor Alun, 310; Maenor Penarth, 310. Maen Tyriawc, the grave of Pryderi, 311. Maglaunus, Duke of Albania, 382, 383. _Mag Mell_, the “Happy Plain”, a name for the Celtic Elysium, 133, 135. _Mag Mon_, the “Plain of Sports”, a name for the Celtic Elysium, 134. Mag Slecht, human sacrifices at, 38-40, 132, 154. Mag Tuireadh, see Moytura. Magog, 229. Malory, Sir Thomas, 323, 328, 330, 333, 354-357, 359-364, 367, 368. Malvasius, king of Iceland, 376. Man, Isle of, 23, 24, 57, 60, 175, 241, 261, 272, 273, 408, 409. Manannán son of Lêr, a Gaelic god, 60-61, 89, 98, 129, 134, 136, 140, 143, 157, 186, 188, 199, 202, 203, 205, 217, 224, 233, 235-237, 239, 240-242, 270, 371, 405; his armour, 60, 88; weapons, 60, 217; horse, 60, 89, 98; mantle, 61, 129, 188, 217, 221; pigs, 61, 98; his “Feast of Age”, 61, 143; lord of the Celtic Paradise, 134; his wife Fand in love with Cuchulainn, 186-188; his friendship with Cormac, king of Ireland, 203; his message to Saint Columba, 240-241; his connection with the Isle of Man, 60, 241-242. Manawyddan son of Llyr, his British analogue, 270, 271, 273, 289, 290, 293, 294, 296, 298-304, 313, 315, 317, 321, 338, 352, 373; his attributes, 270-271; accompanies Brân to Ireland, 289-294; marries Rhiannon, 298; defeats the magic of Llwyd, son of Kilcoed, 301-304; constructs the bone-prison of Oeth and Anoeth, 270; helps Arthur in the chase of Twrch Trwyth, 352. Maponos, a Gallo-British sun-god, 276, 328. March, a British god of the Under World, 316, 327, 329, 335, 338. Mark, King, 327, 328. Mars, 51, 204. “Master of All Arts”, see _Ioldanach_. Mâth, a British god, brother to Dôn, 260, 265, 266, 268, 308, 310, 322, 329, 360, 361, 364; meaning of his name, 260; teaches magic to Gwydion, 260; rules from Caer Dathyl, 308; compared with Merlin, 360, 361, 362. Matholwch, king of Ireland, 289-293. Mâthonwy, father of Mâth, 260, 308. _Matière de Bretagne_, the, 363, 365. Matthew Arnold, 3, 16, 356. May Day, 123, 259, 287, 407. May Eve, 377, 407. Maypole, 408. Meadha, the _sídh_ of, 136, 212, 243. Meath, 179. Medb, queen of Connaught, 147, 154, 164-168, 170, 171, 172, 175, 178, 179, 183, 200, 246; makes war on Ulster to get the Brown Bull of Cualgne, 165-166; becomes a fairy queen, 246; is perhaps the original of “Queen Mab”, 246. Mediterranean race, 19; _Mediterranean Race, The_, Prof. Sergi’s, 20. Medrawt, 315, 323, 332, 333, 334, 337, 360, 364. Meleaus, or Melias, de Lile, Sir, 359. Melga, king of the Picts, 375. Meliagaunce, or Meliagraunce, Sir, 359, 365, 407. Melwas, 329, 332, 359, 365, 407. Menai Straits, the, 262, 264. Menw, 343, 344, 351. Mercurius Artaius, a Gallo-Roman god, 274, 313. Mercury, 274, 313. Merlin, 324, 325, 339, 360, 361, 364. See Myrddin. Mesgegra, king of Leinster, 147, 154. Meyer, Dr. Kuno, 38, 134, 154, 184, 190. Miach, son of Diancecht, 62, 80-82, 232. Midas, the British, 328. Mider, Gaelic god of the Under World, 56, 57, 117, 136, 140, 142, 147-151, 154, 157, 175, 179, 205, 211-213, 224, 243, 331-333; rebels against Bodb the Red, 140; gambles with Eochaid Airem for possession of Etain, 149; is besieged in his _sídh_, and helped by the Fenians, 211-213. Midsummer Day, 75, 406, 407. Midsummer Eve, 242. Milé, the ancestor of the Gaels, 122, 123, 126, 129, 130, 132, 146, 153. Milesians, the, 76, 125-127, 129, 145, 153, 229, 230, 243. “Milky Way”, the, 62, 253, 268. Minerva, 275, 277, 413. Minos, 153. Miodhchaoin, 97, 105, 106. Mistletoe, 18, 33. Mithras, a Persian sun-god worshipped at York, 275. Mochdrev, 310. Mochnant, 310. Modron, wife of Urien and mother of Mabon, 328, 338. Mona, see Anglesey. Mongan, an Ulster prince, a reincarnation of Finn mac Coul, 37. Monmouth, Geoffrey of. See Geoffrey. Morc, son of Dela, a king of the Fomors, 67, 327. Mordred, Sir, 315, 334, 360, 364, 374, 375. Morgawse, sister to Arthur, 323. Morrígú, the, Gaelic goddess of war, 52, 53, 72, 87, 98, 107, 113, 117, 139, 157, 168-170, 323; description of, 52; her dealings with Cuchulainn on the Táin Bó Chuailgne, 168-170. Morte Darthur, Sir Thomas Malory’s, 7, 272, 276, 323, 328, 334, 354, 362, 364-368, 372, 407. “Mound, Lord of the”, 41, 403. Mountains of Ireland, the twelve chief, 87. Mourie, “Saint”, 413. Mouse, Manawyddan and the, 301-304. Moyle, Sea of, 144, 145. Moytura, Northern, Battle of, 11, 107-117, 157, 407; Southern, Battle of, 72-77, 114. Muirthemne, 90, 93, 166, 181. Munster, 69, 164, 218, 244, 245. Murias, a city of the Tuatha Dé Danann, 71, 72. Mur y Castell, Lleu’s palace near Bala Lake, 265, 268. Myrddin, a British Zeus, 323-325, 329, 360, 362, 369; gave its first name to Britain, 323; his wife Elen, 323; his town Carmarthen, 324; appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth and in the Morte Darthur as Merlin, _q.v._ Myrddin, a sixth-century British bard, 11. Mythology, importance of, 1; Greek, 1, 2, 4, 403; Scandinavian, 3; Celtic, its influence on English literature, 6, 7; on mediæval chivalric romance, 184.

Name, ancient British superstitions with regard to, 263. _Names, Choice of_, The. See _Coir Anmann_. Names, early of Britain, 292, 323; of Ireland, 126, 150, 151. Nant Call, 310. Nant y Llew, 267. Naoise, son of Usnach, 191-193, 195-198. Narberth, 279, 281, 282, 283, 288, 298, 300. Navan Fort, 158. Neamhuainn, Clann, 216, 218. Neath, Vale of, 255, 335, 392. Nedd, river, 405. Neevougi, a stone worshipped at Inniskea, 415. Nemed, 67-69, 274; the race of, 229, 230, 327, 406. Nemetona, a war-goddess worshipped at Bath, 275, 276. Nemon, a Gaelic war-goddess, wife of Nuada, 52, 276. Nennius, his _History of the Britons_, 9, 336. Nentres, King, 357, 362. Nereids, 403. Nêt, an Iberian god, 64. New Grange, 137-139. Nia, the Plain of, 73. Niamh of the Golden Hair, daughter of Manannán, 223-225. Nicholson’s _Keltic Researches_, 3. _Niebelungenlied_, 393. Nimue, 358, 361, 362. Nissyen, son of Penardun, 290, 293. Niul, 120. Noah, descent of the Gaelic gods and men from, 329. Nodens, a temple to, at Lydney, 253. “Northern Crown”, constellation of the, 252. _Nos galan-gaeof_, the Welsh winter festival, 408. Nuada of the Silver Hand, a Gaelic Zeus, 51, 52, 74, 75, 78, 80, 81, 83-86, 93, 94, 105, 122, 157, 230, 253, 276, 323; his sword, 51, 71; his wives, 52; his hand cut off in battle, 75; a silver hand made for him by Diancecht, 78; his own hand renewed by Miach and Airmid, 81; his death at the hands of Balor, 112; his tomb at Grianan Aileach, 122, 157. Nudd, British god, 252, 253, 254, 313; to be identified with Lludd, _q.v._ Nutt, Mr. Alfred, 12, 37, 38, 134, 154, 158, 164, 318, 348. Nwyvre, 322, 364. Nynniaw, son of Beli, 268, 269, 313.

Oak, held sacred by the Druids, 33.
Oberon, 7, 392.
“Ocean”, a black-maned heifer called, 80, 240.
Ochall Ochne, king of the Sídhe of Connaught, 164.
Ochren, battle of, 305;
Caer, 320;
see Achren.
Octriallach, son of Indech, 110;
the “Cairn of Octriallach”, 110.
O’Curry, Eugene, 37, 56, 63, 72, 78, 89, 93, 111, 113, 137, 138, 146,
151, 152, 155, 188, 201, 204.
Odin, 260.
O’Donaghue, the, 247.
O’Donovan, 238.
Oeth and Anoeth, the Bone-prison of, 270, 271, 317, 373.
O’Flynn, Eochaid, an old Irish poet, 231.
Ogam, writings in, 58, 93, 151, 189.
Ogma, Gaelic god of Literature and Eloquence, 57-60, 79, 80, 82, 84, 85,
112, 116, 117, 122, 136, 139, 157, 276;
his wife and children, 57;
his epithets of “Cermait” and “Grianainech”, 57, 59;
his great strength, 59;
kills Indech in the battle of Moytura, 112;
inventor of the ogam alphabet, 58.
Ogmios, a Gaulish god, 276.
O’Grady, Standish Hayes, Mr., 28, 159, 201, 203, 205, 207, 213, 215,
222.
Ogyrvran, a British god of the Under World, father of Gwynhwyvar,
329-331, 357, 366.
O’Herlebys, wooden idol of the, 413.
Old Plain, the, 66.
Old Sarum, 29, 386.
Olwen, 340, 341, 343, 345, 353.
Onagh, queen of the Irish fairies, 243, 244.
_Origins of English History_, Mr. Elton’s, 6, 8, 25, 26, 70, 228, 327,
413.
Orkneys, 386;
King Lot of Orkney, 359.
Oscar, son of Ossian, 208, 212, 217, 222, 246, 315.
Osla Big-Knife, 352, 353.
_Ossian_, MacPherson’s, 203.
Ossian, son of Finn mac Coul, 11, 208, 212, 214, 215, 217, 220, 223-227,
246, 318, 337.
“Ossianic ballads”, 205, 208, 213;
Ossianic Society, see _Transactions_.
Other World, the Celtic, 65, 68, 71, 98, 119, 121, 133-136, 150, 151,
175, 176, 201, 202, 203, 224, 252, 255, 270, 271, 272, 273, 278, 279,
281, 305, 307, 316, 317, 318-322, 329, 334, 336, 366, 387, 389, 395;
different names of, 133, 318-320;
descriptions of, 136, 150-151, 224;
variously imagined as upon the sea, 202, 224, 272, 394;
under the sea, 305;
under the earth, 135-136;
upon earth, 271, 272, 273, 278, 279;
original abode of men, 119;
visited by Cuchulainn, 175-176, 186;
Conn, 201;
Connla, 202;
Ossian, 224;
Pwyll, 281;
Gwydion, 305;
Arthur, 317-320.
See also Annwn, Avilion, Happy Plain, Mag Mell, Mag Mon, Land of
Happiness, of the Living, of Promise, of Summer, of the Young.
Ousel of Cilgwri, 349.
Ovid’s _Metamorphoses_, 393.
Owain, son of Urien, 328, 330;
Sir Owain, 363.
Owl, of Cwm Cawlwyd, 349;
Blodeuwedd changed into an, 268.
Ox, the brindled, 320, 321;
oxen, magic, 345.
Oxford, 379.

Paradise, the Celtic. See Other World, Celtic. Parthludd, 254, 376. Partholon, 65-68, 386; race of, 229, 230, 406. Patrick, Saint, 8, 40, 41, 132, 145, 222, 225, 226, 227, 242, 401, 402. Paul’s Cathedral, Saint, 254. Pausanias’s _Description of Greece_, 36. Pedigree of the gods, 229; of Finn mac Coul, 204. Pedryvan, Caer, 319, 356, 367. Peel Castle, 242. Peibaw, son of Beli, 268, 269, 313. Pelasgoi, 20. Peleur, King, 368. Pellam, King, 358, 364. Pellean, King, 358. Pelleas, Sir, 358, 368; _Pelleas and Ettarre_, Tennyson’s Idyll of, 358. Pelles, King, 357, 362, 367. Pellinore, King, 362. _Pembroke, County Guardian_, the, 394. Pembrokeshire, 273, 278, 394. _Pen Annwn_, the “Head of Hades”, a title of Pwyll, 278, 282. Penardun, daughter of Beli and wife of Llyr, 269, 270, 289, 290, 293. Pendaran Dyfed, 288, 295. Pendragon, meaning of the word, 330. Pennant, 409. Percivale, Sir, 359, 363, 368, 369. Peredur, 330, 368, 369. Perilous glens, the, 163. Persephoné, the British, 259, 260. Persia, 274; Pisear, king of, 96, 97, 101-103. Petrie, Dr., 72, 98, 114. Picts, 23, 230, 401, 417. Pigs, in the Celtic Other World, 136; of Manannán, 61, 63; of Easal, king of the Golden Pillars, 96, 97, 103; of Pryderi, 308, 316, 327; of March, 316, 327; of Angus, 214; Cian changed into a pig, 91. Pigskin of King Tuis, the, 96, 99, 100. Pillars, king of the Golden. See Easal. Pisear, king of Persia, 96, 97, 101-103. Pixies, 393. Plain of Ill Luck, 163; of the Sea, 72; of Adoration, 38; the Old, 66. Pliny, 33, 35, 400. Plutarch, 326. Pluto, the Gaelic, 57; the Cambrian, 260. Poetry, the Gaelic goddess of, 56; cauldron of inspiration and, 365-370. Policy of the Christian Church towards objects of pagan worship, 417. Pookas, 247, 248, 393, 403, 405. Porsena, a Roman consul, 385. Poseidon, 52, 260; the Gaelic, 60; the British, 269. Posidonius, 26. Prophecy of Badb, 117-118; of Eriu, 125-126; of the seeress to Queen Medb, 166; of Lugh to Conn the Hundred-Fighter, 201-202; of Cathbad concerning Cuchulainn, 161; concerning Deirdre, 190-191. Pryderi, son of Pwyll and Rhiannon, 273, 286-288, 289, 294, 295, 298-301, 303-305, 308, 309-311, 313, 315, 316, 319, 321, 327, 335, 358, 364, 366, 368, 377, 407; is stolen at birth, 286; meaning of his name, 288; accompanies Brân to Ireland, 289-294; is spirited away by Llwyd and recovered by Manawyddan, 300-304; receives a present of pigs from Annwn, 308; is killed by Gwydion, 311; appears in Arthurian legend, 358. Prydwen, Arthur’s ship, 319, 320, 352. Puck, 393. Puffin Island, 322. _Pursuit of Diarmait and Grainne, The_, 215-221. Pwccas, 393. Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed and “Head of Annwn”, 273, 274, 278-288, 298, 303, 304, 305, 308, 316, 319, 329, 357-358, 366, 367, 380; changes shapes with Arawn, king of Annwn, 281; his wooing of Rhiannon, 282-286; is owner of a magic cauldron in Hades, 321; and keeper of the Holy Grail in the Morte Darthur, 357-358. Pwynt Maen Dulan, 262.

Queen Guinevere, 315, 334, 357, 359, 365, 375, 407. “Queen Mab”, 246. Queen of the Irish fairies, 243, 244; of the fairies of Munster, 244; of the fairies of North Munster, 244; of the fairies of South Munster, 244. _Queene, The Fairie_, Spenser’s, 7. Quicken-tree, the magic, 219.

Races of Britain, the, 19-21. Rathconrath, 69. “Realm of Glamour, The”, a name for Dyfed, 279. Re-birth of Cuchulainn, 37; of Finn mac Coul, 37. Red Book of Hergest, see Hergest. Red Branch Champions of Ulster, the, 4, 147, 157, 167, 183, 191, 192, 204, 227, 314. Red Branch House, the, 29, 196, 197. Red Dragon of Britain, the, 378. Redynvre, the stag of, 349. Regan, daughter of King Leir, 381, 382. Religion, Aryan, 32, 47. Retaliator, the, the sword of Manannán mac Lir, 60, 198. Revelry, the Castle of, 319, 366. Revolving Castle, the, 319, 366. _Revue Celtique_, 40, 53, 78, 107, 117, 142, 158, 184, 190, 201, 241, 246. Rhiannon, a British goddess, 273, 282-288, 298, 300, 301, 303, 304, 358, 361, 362, 407; her three magic birds, 273, 294, 296; her name afterwards corrupted into Nimue and Vivien, 358, 361. Rhinnon Rhin Barnawd, the magic bottles of, 346. Rhonabwy, 336, 337, 338; The _Dream of Rhonabwy_, 312, 337, 338. Rhyd y Groes, a ford on the Severn, 337. Rhys, Professor, 22, 23, 35, 41, 44, 64, 68, 158, 205, 254, 256, 262, 282, 289, 307, 313, 316, 318, 319, 324, 331, 335, 352, 363, 370, 395, 404, 413, 414. See also _Arthurian Legend_ and _Hibbert Lectures_. Ri, Roi, an Iberian god, 64. Ribble, the river, 413, 414. Riches, the Castle of, 367. Rience, King, 357. Rigor, Caer, 319. Rigosamos, a war-god worshipped in Britain, 275. Ritual, remains of Celtic, 405-412. Rivers, the twelve chief, of Ireland, 88. Rivers, the worship of, 413, 414. Rodrubân, the _sídh_ of Lugh, 136. Romans, the, 23, 24, 25, 373, 385, 386, 399, 413. Rome, 5, 155, 274, 315, 317. Ronan, Clann, 218. Round Table, King Arthur’s, 6, 314. “Round Towers”, the, attributed to Goibniu, 233. Rowan-tree, 219, 410. Ruadan, son of Bress and Brigit, 109-110. _Rude Stone Monuments_, Fergusson’s, 76, 114, 137, 138. Ryons, King, 357.

Sacred animals, 406, 416, 417; islands, 326; fish, 416; frogs, 416; stones, 406, 415, 417; trees, 406, 415; wells, 414-416. Sacrifices of animals, 406, 412; human, 18, 37-40, 399; symbolical human sacrifices, 405, 410, 411. Sadb, daughter of Bodb the Red, and mother of Ossian, 208. “Sage’s seat”, the, 85, 86. St. Catherine’s Hill, 29; St. George’s Hill, 29. St. Gall MS., the, 232. Saints, transformation of Celtic gods into, 6, 228, 229, 372, 386, 389. Salisbury Plain, 325. Salmon of Knowledge, the, 55, 210; of Llyn Llyw, 350. Samhain, the Celtic winter festival, 40, 42, 67, 107, 108, 286, 406, 407, 408, 410, 411. _Samhanach_, 408. Sarn Elen, 324. Sarrlog, 386; Caer Sarrlog, 386. Satires, magical, 83, 87, 172, 182. Scathach the Amazon, 163, 164, 172, 173, 176. Scêné, the river, 121. Scot, Eber, a mythical ancestor of the Gaels, 120. Scota, 120. Scotti, 357. Sea, Celtic ideas regarding the, 48, 261, 270. _Second Battle of Moytura, The_, the Harleian MS. called, 50, 54, 72, 78, 107. _Seint Greal_, the, 322, 326, 368. Senchan Torpeist, 14. _Sen Mag_, see Old Plain. Serapis worshipped at York, 275. Setanta, original name of Cuchulainn, 160, 161. Severn, the river, 254, 337, 350, 352, 353. Sgeolan, one of Finn’s hounds, 213. “Shadowy Town, or City”, 175, 366. Shakespeare, 5, 259, 270, 381, 393, 408. Shannon, the river, 88, 165, 292. “Shape-shifting”, 37. Sharvan the Surly, 219. Shield, Conchobar’s magic, 197. Shony, a Hebridean sea-god, 410. Shouts on a hill, the three, 94, 97, 105, 106. Sicily, 96, 102. _Sídh_ Airceltrai, 136; Bodb, 136; Eas Aedha Ruaidh, 136; Fionnachaidh, 136, 140, 142, 146, 222; Meadha, 136, 243; Rodrubân, 136. _Sídhe_, “fairy mounds”, 135, 136, 139, 181. _Sídhe, The_, the Gaelic gods, or fairies, 136, 223, 244, 246. Sidi, Caer, 319, 321, 322, 368. Silures, tribe of the, 22. Silurian race, the, 19. Silver Hand, Nuada’s, 51, 78, 81, 253; Lludd’s, 253. Sinann, goddess of the Shannon, 56. Skene, Dr. W. F., 71, 123, 256, 258, 311, 312, 316, 317, 319, 328, 334. Skye, Isle of, 163. Slecht, Mag. See Mag Slecht. Slieve Bloom, 209; Slieve Fuad, 136; Slieve Mish, 130. Smallpox, goddess of the, 413. Snowdon, 267, 305, 335, 380. Sol Apollo Anicetus, a sun-god worshipped at Bath, 275. Solar festivals of the Celts, 41, 405-412. Solinus, Caius Julius, 228. Somerset, 329. “Son of the Young”, see Mac Oc. Sore, the river, 383. _Sorrowful Stories of Erin, The Three_, 106. Spain, 22, 121; used as an euphemism for the Celtic Other World, 68, 120, 121, 230, 386. Spear of Lugh, 62, 97; of Pisear, king of Persia, 96, 97, 101, 103. “Spearman with the Long Shaft”, 369. Speech, Aryan, 21, 31. Spenser, 7, 389. Spey, the river, 414. “Splendid Mane”, the horse of Manannán mac Lir, 60, 88, 98. _Spoiling of Annwn, The_, a poem of Taliesin, 306, 317-321, 366. “Spring of Health”, the, 110. Sreng, a warrior of the Fir Bolgs, 75. Stag of Redynvre, the, 349. Stokes, Dr. Whitley, 40, 50, 72, 78, 107, 152, 190, 203, 417. Stone, Black, of Arddhu, 305; Coronation, 71; of Destiny, 72; of Kineely, 239. Stones, worship of, 406, 415. Stonehenge, 42, 324, 325. Strabo, 22, 399. Strachey, Sir Edward, 356. _Study of Celtic Literature_, Matthew Arnold’s, 3, 16, 356. Sualtam, the mortal father of Cuchulainn, 159, 160, 173, 174. Suir, the river, 165. Sul, a goddess worshipped at Bath, 228, 275. “Summer, the Land of”, _i.e._ the Celtic Other World, 119, 329. Sun, worship of the, 41, 42; Cuchulainn a personification of the, 158-159. Swans, Caer and Angus take the forms of, 141-142; the children of Lêr changed into, 143; Mider and Etain become, 151. Sword, of Manannán, 60, 198; of Nuada, 51; of Gwrnach the Giant, 346, 348. Swinburne, 6. Swineherds, the rival, 164-165.

Table Round, the, 6, 354, 371. Taboos, Celtic. See Destiny, _Geasa_. Tacitus, 22, 24, 387, 400. Tailtiu, the Gaelic gods defeated by the Milesians at, 130. _Táin Bó Chuailgné_, 10, 14, 28, 159, 164, 175. Taliesin, 11, 123, 124, 261, 271, 273, 294, 296, 306, 317, 318, 320, 321, 328, 356, 366, 367. Taliesin, the Book of, 11, 123, 261, 271, 273, 306, 317, 318, 321, 328. Tallacht, burial-place of Partholon’s people, 66. Tara, 29, 72, 84, 93, 98, 105, 125, 126, 129, 147, 153, 189, 190, 216, 230. Taran, 294. Taranis, 294. _Tathlum_, a sling-stone, 112, 113. Tawë, a river in South Wales, sacred to Gwyn ap Nudd, 257, 279, 392, 405. Tegla’s well, Saint, 415. Teirnyon Twryf Vliant, 287, 288, 358, 407. Teirtu, the harp of, 346. Telltown, see Tailtiu. Temple of Nodens at Lydney, 253-254; St. Paul’s cathedral occupying the site of a, 254; sacrifices of cattle on the site of a, 413; ancient British temples still standing in the sixth century, 400. Tennyson, 6, 133, 260, 274, 297, 312, 354, 355, 358, 361, 362. “Terrace cultivation”, 20. “Terrestrial gods and goddesses”, 156. “Terrible Broom, The”, name of the banner of Oscar’s battalion, 209. Tethra, a king of the Fomors, 83, 90. Teutates, a god of the Gauls, 51, 52. Thames, the river, 254. Theseus, 153. Thirteen Treasures of Britain, the, 313, 326, 339, 340. Three Birds of Rhiannon, the, 273, 94, 296. Three Chief Holy Families of Britain, 386. Three Counselling Knights of Arthur, 312. Three Cows of Mider, 57, 176. Three Cranes of Denial and Churlishness, 57. Three Criminal Resolutions of Britain, 334. Three Etains, 331. Three Frivolous Battles of Britain, 334. Three Generous Heroes of Britain, 253. Three Gwynhwyvars, 333. Three Paramount Prisoners of Britain, 350-351. Three Plagues of Britain, 253, 377-380. Three shouts on a hill, 94, 97, 105, 106. Three Sorrowful Stories of Erin, 106. Three War-knights of Arthur, 312. Three Wicked Uncoverings of Britain, 297. Tiberius, the Emperor, 400. Tigernmas, a mythical Irish king, 153-154. Tighernach, an old Irish chronicler, 204. _Tir nam beo_, see Land of the Living. _Tir nan og_, see Land of the Young. _Tir Tairngiré_, see Land of Promise. Titania, 393. Tomb of the Dagda, 138. Tombs of the Tuatha Dé Danann, 138-139. Torpeist, Senchan. See Senchan. Tory Island, 49, 67, 238. Toutates, a war-god worshipped in Britain, 275. Tower Hill, Brân’s head buried at, 294, 296, 331. _Transactions of the Ossianic Society_, 124, 127, 128, 201, 203, 211, 213, 215, 223, 226. Transmigration of souls, 36; of the swineherds, 164-165. Treasures of Britain, the Thirteen, 313, 326, 339, 340. Trees, the Battle of the, 123, 305-308. Trees, worship of, 406. Triads, 11, 253, 273, 331, 334, 350, 351. Trim, 175. Trinity Well, the source of the Boyne, 55. Trinovantum, _i.e._ New Troy, a mythic name of London, 376, 385. Tristrem, Sir, 6, 327, 363. Trouveres, the, 363. Troy, 374. Tuatha Dé Danann, the gods of the ancient Gaels, 11, 17, 48, 50, 51, 58, 59, 60, 65, 70-79, 82-86, 91, 95, 97, 104, 108-112, 114, 115, 117, 123, 125, 126, 129, 132, 136-138, 140, 141, 145, 153, 154, 156, 157, 205, 211, 214, 217, 219, 222, 225, 228, 229-231, 243, 246, 252, 269, 276, 312, 330, 393, 403, 404, 406, 410; their arrival in Ireland, 71, 72; their battle with the Fomors, 108-117; are conquered by the Milesians, 130; retire into underground palaces, 135, 136; and become the fairies of Irish belief, 137. Tuirenn, son of Ogma, 57, 90, 106. “Tuirenn, the Fate of the Sons of”, 90-106. Tuis, king of Greece, 96, 98, 102. “Turning Castle”, 322. Tweed, the river, 23, 414. Twr Branwen, 289. Twrch Trwyth, the hunting of, 347-353. _Tylwyth Teg_, the Welsh fairies, 255. Tynwald Hill, 412. Tyrian Hercules worshipped at Corbridge, 275.

Uaman, _sídh_ of, 141. Uaran Garad, spring of, 165. Uffern, the “Cold Place”, a name for Annwn, 319. Uisnech, the hill of, 69, 324. Ulster, 29, 57, 64, 69, 76, 158, 164, 165, 166, 171, 174, 175, 180, 183, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 217, 245. “Undry”, the name of the Dagda’s cauldron, 54, 366. Unius, the river, 107. Unsenn, the river, 112. _Urddawl Ben_, see Venerable Head. Urien, an Under World king, 328, 329, 357, 376; Uriens, Urience, King, in the Morte Darthur, 357; Urianus, King, in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s _History_, 376. Usnach, the sons of, 191-200. _Uther Ben_, the “Wonderful Head”, a name for Brân, 296, 330, 356. Uther Pendragon, Arthur’s father, 330, 356.

Val des Fées, in the forest of Brécilien, 361. Vandwy, Caer, 257, 320. Varro, 26. Vedwyd, Caer, 319. “Venerable Head, The”, 296. _Verses of the Graves of the Warriors, The_, 272, 311, 334. “Victor, son of Scorcher”. See Gwyrthur, son of Greidawl. _Vita Columbæ_, Adamnan’s, 401, 417. Vivien, 358, 361.

Wales, the Four Ancient Books of, 11, 15. See Skene. Walgan, 375. Wall, Roman, 25, 273, 274, 400. War-chariots, 27; Cuchulainn’s, 28. Warrefield, 242. “Water-dress”, Brian’s, 104. Waves, the Four, of Britain, 261. “Wave-sweeper”, Manannán’s boat, 60, 98, 104. Weapons of the Celts, 27. Wells, worship of, 414, 415; holy, 414. Welsh fairies, 255, 392-394. Westminster, 407; Westminster Abbey, 71. White Dragon of the Saxons, 378. White-horned Bull of Connaught, 165, 175. White Mount in London, see Tower Hill. White-tusk, king of the Boars, 346, 349. Wild Huntsman, the, 255. Wilde, Sir William, his _Lough Corrib_, 76; Lady Wilde’s _Ancient Legends of Ireland_, 243, 409. Williams, Mr. Edward. See Iolo Morganwg. Wish Hounds, the, 392. Woden, 260. Wolf, the Morrígú takes the shape of a, 170. Women, position of, among the Celts, 30. “Wonderful Head”, the, 296, 330. “Wood of the Two Tents”, the, 216. Wordsworth, 4, 5. Wren, Lleu and the, 263; a bird of augury among the druids, 417. Wydyr, Caer, 320. Wye, the river, 352.

Yeats’, Mr., The _Wanderings of Oisin_, 223. Yell, or Yeth, Hounds, the, 392. Yellow Book of Lecan, the, 10, 164. “Yellow Shaft”, one of Manannán’s spears, 60, 217. Ynys Avallon, 329. See Avilion, Glastonbury. Ynys Branwen, 295. Ynys Wair, 322. See Lundy Island. York, 275. Young, Land of the, 133, 225; Son of the, see Mac Oc. Yspaddaden Penkawr, see Hawthorn, Chief of Giants.

Zeus, 65, 260, 261;
the Gaelic, 41, 51, 253;
the British, 5, 324.
Zimmer, Professor, 152.

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Variations in accented characters have been retained.

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Page 25, ‘Bellico’ changed to ‘Bello,’ “Caesar: De Bello Gallico”

Page 34, ‘l’étude’ changed to ‘l’Étude,’ “Introduction à l’étude de la”

Page 43, full stop inserted after ‘Pantheon”,’ ““The Gaulish Pantheon”.”

Page 76, full stop inserted after ‘VIII,’ “William R. Wilde, chap. VIII.”

Page 84, double quote inserted after ‘Luchtainé,’ “his name is Luchtainé.””

Page 88, double quote inserted after ‘it,’ “not be weary of it.””

Page 90, ‘daugher’ changed to ‘daughter,’ “the son of our daughter Ethniu”

Page 90, comma changed to full stop after ‘Dundalk,’ “Boyne and Dundalk. The heroic”

Page 94, double quote struck before ‘Then,’ “Then Nuada declared that”

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Page 192, double quote inserted after ‘King,’ “race as Conchobar the King.””

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Page 206, ‘happend’ changed to ‘happened,’ “who happened to be assailed”

Page 208, full stop inserted after ‘Cweeltia,’ “Pronounced Kylta or Cweeltia.”

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Page 215, full stop inserted after ‘Society,’ “Transactions of the Ossianic Society.”

Page 238, ‘capure’ changed to ‘capture,’ “managed to capture Mac Kineely”

Page 241, ‘four-score’ changed to ‘fourscore,’ “man of fourscore years would”

Page 262, ‘Lamh-fada’ changed to ‘Lamhfada,’ “of the Gaelic Lugh Lamhfada”

Page 271, full stop inserted after ‘Vol,’ “of Wales, Vol. I”

Page 292, full stop inserted after ‘Britain,’ “A bardic name for Britain.”

Page 304, double quote inserted after ‘Pryderi,’ “I see Rhiannon and Pryderi.””

Page 316, full stop inserted after ‘it,’ “and could not get it.”

Page 323, full stop inserted after ‘p,’ “Rhys: ibid., p. 169.”

Page 366, full stop inserted after ‘Brân,’ “and the Beheading of Brân”.”

Page 366, full stop inserted after ‘Chap,’ “Chap. XXI—“The Mythological”

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Page 415, full stop inserted after ‘St,’ “were offered at St. Tegla’s Well”

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Page 420, ‘a’ changed to ‘à,’ “Introduction à l’Étude de la”

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