Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Part 35

BRIGINDO.

Equivalents, Brigit and Brigantia, 103

BRIGIT (g as in get).

Irish G.o.ddess identical with Dana and Brigindo, &c., 103, 126; daughter of the G.o.d Dagda, The Good, 103, 126; Ecne, grandson of, 103

BRITAIN.

See Great Britain.

Carthaginian trade with, broken down by the Greeks, 22; place-names of, Celtic element in, 27; under yoke of Rome, 35; magic indigenous in, 62; votive inscriptions to sus, Teutates, and Tara.n.u.s found in, 86; dead carried from Gaul to, 131; Ingcel, son of King of, 169; visit of Demetrius to, 355; Bran, King of, 365; Caradawc rules over in his fathers name, 369; Caswallan conquers, 372; the Third Fatal Disclosure in, 373

BRITAN.

Nedimean chief who settled in Great Britain and gave name to that country, 102

BRITISH ISLES.

Sole relics of Celtic empire, on its downfall, 34; Maev, Grania, Findabair, Deirdre, and Boadicea, women who figure in myths of, 43

BRITONS.

Geoffrey of Monmouth, like Nennius, affords a fantastic origin for the, 338

BRITTANY.

Man-er-Hoeck, remarkable tumulus in, 63; tumulus of Locmariaker in, markings on similar to those on tumulus at New Grange, Ireland, 72; symbol of the feet found in, 77; book brought from, by Walter, Archdeacon of Oxford, formed basis of Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia Regum Britani, 337; Arthurian saga in, 339, 340

BROGAN.

St. Patricks scribe, 119, 290

BROWN BULL.

See Quelgny

BRUGH NA BOYNA (broo-na-boyna).

Pointed out to Cuchulain, 193

BUDDHA.

Footprint of, found in India as symbol, 77; the cross-legged, frequent occurrence in religious art of the East and Mexico, 87

BUIC (booik).

Son of Banblai; slain by Cuchulain, 211

BURNEYS HISTORY OF MUSIC.

Reference to Egyptian legend in, 118

BURY, PROFESSOR.

Remarks of, regarding the Celtic world, 59

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CAER.

Daughter of Ethal Anubal; wooed by Angus Og, 122, 123; her dual life, 122; accepts the love of Angus Og, 122

CAERLEON-ON-USK.

Arthurs court held at, 337

CSAR, JULIUS.

Critical account of Gauls, 37; religious beliefs of Celts recorded by, 51, 52; the Belg, the Celt, and the Aquitani located by, 58; affirmation that doctrine of immortality fostered by Druids to promote courage, 81, 82; culture superintended by Druids, recorded by, 84; G.o.ds of Aryan Celts equated with Mercury, Apollo, &c., by, 86

CAIRBRY.

Son of Cormac mac Art, father of Light of Beauty, 304; refuses tribute to the Fianna, 305; Clan Bascna makes war upon, 305-308

CALIBURN (Welsh _Caladvwlch_).

Magic sword of King Arthur, 338.

See Excalibur, 224, _note_

CAMBRENSIS, GIRALDUS.

Celts and, 21

CAMPBELL.

Version of battle of Gowra, in his The Fians, 305-307

CARADAWC.

Son of Bran; rules Britain in his fathers absence, 369

CARELL.

Reputed father of Tuan, 100

CARPATHIANS.

Earliest home of mountain Celts was ranges of the, 57

CARTHAGINIANS.

Celts conquered Spain from, 21; Greeks break monopoly of trade of, with Britain and Spain, 22

CASCORACH. Son of a minstrel of the Danaan Folk; and St. Patrick, 119

CASTLE OF WONDERS. Peredur at, 405, 406

CASWALLAN. Son of Beli; conquers Britain during Brans absence, 372

CATHBAD. Druid; wedded to Maga, wife of Ross the Red, 181; his spell of divination overheard by Cuchulain, 185; draws Deirdres horoscope, 197; casts evil spells over Naisi and Deirdre, 200

CATHOLIC CHURCH. Medial interdicts of, 46

CATO, M. PORCIUS. Observances of, regarding Gauls, 37

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

CELT One of three peoples inhabiting Gaul when Cars conquest began, 58

CELTCHAR (kelt-yar). Son of Hornskin; under debility curse, 205

CELTDOM. The Golden Age of, in Continental Europe, 21

CELTIC. Power, diffusion of, in Mid-Europe, 26; placenames in Europe, 27; artwork relics, story told by, 28; Germanic words, Celtic element in, 32; empire, downfall of, 34; weak policy of peoples, 44; religion, the, 46, 47; High Kings, traditional burial-places of, 69; doctrine of immortality, origin of so-called Celtic, 75, 76; ideas of immortality, 78-87; deities, names and attributes of, 86-88; conception of death, the, 89; culture, five factors in ancient, 89, 90; the present-day populations, 91, 92; cosmogony, the, 94, 95; things, Barddas a work not unworthy the student of, 333