Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Part 33

ANLUAN.

Son of Maga; rallies to Maevs foray against Ulster, 204; Conall produces the head of, to Ket, 244

ANNWN (annoon).

Corresponds with Abyss, or Chaos; the principle of destruction in Cymric cosmogony, 333

ANSWERER, THE.

Mananans magical sword, 125

AOIFE (eefa).

Lirs second wife; her jealousy of her step children, 139, 140; her punishment by Bov the Red, 140

AONBARR (ain-barr).

Mananans magical steed, 125

APOLLO. Celtic equivalent, Lugh.

Magical services in honour of, described by Hecataeus, 58; regarded by Gauls as deity of medicine, 87, 88

AQUITANI. One of three peoples inhabiting Gaul when Caesars conquest began, 58

ARABIA. Dolmens found in, 53

ARAWN. A king in Annwn; appeals to Pwyll for help against Havgan, 357; exchanges kingdoms for a year with Pwyll, 357-359

ARD MACHA (Armagh). Emain Macha now represented by gra.s.sy ramparts of a hill-fortress close to, 150; significance, 251

ARD RIGH (ard ree) (_i.e._, High King). Dermot MacKerval, of Ireland, 47

ARDAN. Brother of Naisi, 198

ARDCULLIN. Cuchulain places white round pillar-stone of, 207

ARDEE. Significance, 251

ARIANROD. Sister of Gwydion; proposed as virgin foot-holder to Math; Dylan and Llew sons of. 380, 381

ARISTOTLE. Celts and, 17

ARMAGH. Invisible dwelling of Lir on Slieve Fuad in County, 125

ARNOLD, MATTHEW. Reference to, in connexion with Celtic legendary literature, 419

ARRIAN. Celtic characteristics, evidence of, regarding, 36

ARTAIUS. A G.o.d in Celtic mythology who occupies the place of Gwydion, 349

ARTHUR. Chosen leader against Saxons, whom he finally defeated in battle of Mount Badon, 337; Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia Regum Britaniae commemorates exploits of, 337; son of Uther Pendragon and Igerna, 337; Modred, his nephew, usurps crown of, 337; Guanhumara, wife of, retires to convent, 337, 338; genealogy set forth, 352; tales of, in Welsh literature, 386; Kilhwch at court of, 387, 388; the Dream of Rhonabwy and, 392, 393; Owain, son of Urien, plays chess with, 393; adventure of Kymon, knight of court of, 394-396; Gwenhwyvar, wife of, 394; Owain at court of, 396, 397, 399; Peredur at court of, 401, 402

ARTHURIAN SAGA. Mention of early British legend suggests, 336; the saga in Brittany and Marie de France, 339, 340; Miss Jessie L. Westons article on, in the Encyc. Britann., 341; Chrestien de Troyes influential in bringing into the poetic literature of Europe the, 340, 341; various sources of, discussed, 342; the saga in Wales, 343, 344; never entered Ireland, 343; why so little is heard of, in accounts of Cymric myths, 344

ASA. Scandinavian deity, 86

ASAL. Of the Golden Pillars King, 115

ASURA-MASDA. Persian deity, 86

ATHNURCHAR (ath-nurchar), or ARDNURCHAR (The Ford of the Sling-cast). The River-ford where Ket slings Conalls brain ball at Conor mac Nessa, 240; significance, 251

ATLANTIC, THE. Aoifes cruelty to her step-children on waters of, 140, 141

AUSTRIA. Discovery of pre-Roman necropolis in, 28; relics found in, developed into the La Tne culture, 29

AVAGDDU (avagdhoo). Son of Tegid Voel, 413; deprived of gift of supernatural insight, 413

AVALON. Land of the Dead; bears relation with Norse _Valhall_, 338; its later identification with Glas...o...b..ry, 338

AVON DIA. Duel between Cuchulain and Ferdia causes waters of, to hold back, 121

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BABYLONIA. The s.h.i.+p symbol in, 76

BALKANS. Earliest home of mountain Celts was ranges of, 57

BALOR. Ancestor of Lugh, 88; Bres sent to seek aid of, 109; informed that Danaans refuse tribute, 113; Fomorian champion, engages Nuada of the Silver Hand, and slain by Lugh, 117; one of the names of the G.o.d of Death, 130; included in Finns ancestry, 255

BANBA Wife of Danaan king, MacCuill, 132

BANN, THE RIVER. Visited by mac Cecht, 175

BARBAROSSA, KAISER. Tradition that Finn lies in some enchanted cove spellbound, like, 308

BARDDAS. Compilation enshrining Druidic thought, 332; Christian persons and episodes figure in, 333; extract from, in catechism form, 334, 335

BARDIC differs from popular conception of Danaan deities, 104

BARROW, THE RIVER. Visited by mac Cecht, 175

BARUCH. A lord of the Red Branch; meets Naisi and Deirdre on landing in Ireland, 199; persuades Fergus to feast at his house, 199; dun, on the Straits of Moyle, 251

BAVB (bayv). Calatins daughter; puts a spell of straying on Niam, 230

BELCU (bayal-koo). A Connacht champion; rescue of Conall by, 244; slain by sons owing to a stratagem of Conalls, 245; Conall slays sons of, 245

BEBO. Wife of Iubdan. King of Wee Folk, 247

BEDWYR (bed-weer). Equivalent, Sir Bedivere. One of Arthurs servitors who accompanies Kilhwch on his quest for Olwen, 388-392

BELG. One of three peoples inhabiting Gaul when Csars conquest began, 58