Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Part 36

CELTICA. Never inhabited by a single pure and h.o.m.ogeneous race, 18; Greek type of civilisation preserved by, 22; art of enamelling originated in, 30; the Druids formed the sovran power in, 46; Brigit (Dana) most widely wors.h.i.+pped G.o.ddess in, 126

CELTS. Term first found in Hecatus; equivalent, Hyperboreans, 17; Herodotus and dwelling-place of, 17; Aristotle and, 17; h.e.l.lanicus of Lesbos and, 17; Ephorus and, 17; Plato and, 17; their attack on Rome, a landmark of ancient history, 18; described by Dr. T. Rice Holmes, 18, 19; dominion of, over Mid-Europe, Gaul, Spain, and the British Isles, 20; their place among these races, 20; Giraldus Cambrensis and, 21; Spain conquered from the Carthaginians by, 21; Northern Italy conquered from the Etruscans by, 21; Vergil and, 21; conquer the Illyrians, 21; alliance with the Greeks, 22; conquests of, in valleys of Danube and Po, 23; Alexander makes compact with, 23; national oath of, 24; welded into unity by Ambicatus, 25; defeat Romans, 26; Germanic peoples and, 26, 33; decorative motives derived from Greek art, 29; art of enamelling learnt by cla.s.sical nations from, 30; burial rites practised by, 33; character, elements comprising, 36; Strabos description of, 39; love of splendour and methods of warfare, 40; Polybius description of warriors in battle of Clastidium, 41; their influence on European literature and philosophy, 49, 50; the Religion of the, 51-93; ranges of the Balkans and Carpathians earliest home of mountain, 57; musical services of, described by Hecatus, 58; Switzerland, Burgundy, the Palatinate, Northern France, parts of Britain, &c., occupied by mountain, 58; origin of doctrine of immortality, 75; idea of immortality and doctrine of transmigration, 80, 81; the present-day, 91, 92; no non-Christian conception of origin of things, 94; victories at the Alba and at Delphi attributed to Brenos (Brian), 126; true wors.h.i.+p of, paid to elemental forces represented by actual natural phenomena, 147

CENCHOS.

Otherwise The Footless; related to Vitra, the G.o.d of Evil in Vedantic mythology, 97

CERIDWEN.

Wife of Tegid, 413; sets Gwion Bach and Morda to attend to the magic cauldron, 413

CEUGANT (Infinity).

The outermost of three concentric circles representing the totality of being in the Cymric cosmogony, inhabited by G.o.d alone, 334

CHAILLU, DU.

His Viking Age, 72

CHAMPION OF IRELAND.

Test at feast of Briccriu, to decide who is the, 195, 196; Cuchulain proclaimed such by demon The Terrible, 196

CHARLEMAGNE.

Tree- and stone-wors.h.i.+p denounced by, 66

CHILDREN OF LIR.

Reference to, 121

CHRESTIEN DE TROYES.

French poet, influential in bringing the Arthurian saga into the poetic literature of Europe, 340, 341; Gautier de Denain the earliest continuator of, 341; variation of his Le Chevalier au lion seen in The Lady of the Fountain, 394-399; the Tale of Enid and Geraint based on Erec of, 399; Peredur corresponds to the Perceval of, 400; his Conte del Graal, or Perceval le Gallois, 303; Manessier a continuator of, 408

CHRISTIAN.

Symbolism, the hand as emblem of power in, 65; faith, heard of by King Cormac ere preached in Ireland by St. Patrick, 69; influences in Ireland, and the Milesian myth, 138; ideas, gathered around Cuchulain and his lord King Conor of Ulster, 239, 240; pagan ideals contrasted with, in Oisin dialogues, 288; Myrddin dwindles under influences, 354

CHRISTIANITY.

Reference to conversion of Ireland to, 83; People of Dana in their overthrow, and att.i.tude of, 138; Cuchulain summoned from h.e.l.l by St. Patrick to prove truths of, to High King Laery, 239; effect of on Irish literature, 295, 296

CHRYSOSTOM, DION.

Testimony of, to power of the Druids, 83

CLAN BASCNA.

One of the divisions of the Fianna of Erin, 252; c.u.mhal, father of Finn, chief of, 255; Cairbry causes feud between Clan Morna and, 305-308

CLAN CALATIN.

Sent by men of Erin against Cuchulain, 215; Fiacha, son of Firaba, cuts off the eight-and-twenty hands of, 216; Cuchulain slays, 216; the widow of, gives birth to six children whom Maev has instructed in magic and then looses against Cuchulain, 228-233; cause Cuchulain to break his _geise_, 231

CLAN MORNA.

One of the divisions of the Fianna of Erin, 252; Lia becomes treasurer to, 255; Cairbry causes feud between Clan Bascna and, 305-308

CLASTIDIUM.

Battle of, Polybius description of behaviour of the Gsati in, 41

CLEENA.

A Danaan maiden once living in Mananans country, the story of, 127

CLUSIUM.

Siege of, Romans play Celts false at, 25; vengeance exacted by Celts, 26

COFFEY, GEORGE.

His work on the New Grange tumulus, 69

COLLOQUY OF THE ANCIENTS.

A collection of tales mentioning St Patrick and Cascorach, 119, 281; interest of, 284-308

COLUMBA, ST.

Symbol of the feet and, 77

COMYN, MICHAEL Reference to Lay of Oisin in the Land of Youth, by, 253, 276

CONALL OF THE VICTORIES.

Member of Conarys retinue at Red Hostel, 173; Amorgin, his father, found by him at Teltin, 176, 177; shrinks from test _re_ the Champions.h.i.+p of Ireland, 195, 196; under the Debility curse, 205; avenges Cuchulains death by slaying Lewy, 233; his brain ball causes death of Conor mac Nessa, 240, 241; mac Dathos boar and, 243, 244; slays Ket, 244

CONAN MAC LIA.

Son of Lia, lord of Luachar; Finn makes a covenant with, 258, 259

CONAN MAC MORNA; otherwise THE BALD.

His adventure with the Fairy Folk, 259, 260; he slays Liagan, 260; adventure with the Gilla Dacars steed, 293-295

CONANN.

Fomorian king, 101

CONARY MOR.

The singing sword of, 121; the legend-cycle of the High King, 155-177; descended from Etain Oig, daughter of Etain, 164; Messbuachalla, his mother, 166, 167; Desa, his foster-father, 167; Ferlee, Fergar, and Ferrogan, his foster-brothers, 167; Nemglan commands him go to Tara, 168; proclaimed King of Erin, 168; Nemglan declares his _geise_, 168; banishment of his foster-brothers, 169; lured into breaking his _geise_, 170; the three Reds and, at Da Dergas Hostel, 170; visited by the Morrigan at Da Dergas Hostel, 172; members of his retinue: Cormac son of Conor, warrior mac Cecht, Conarys three sons, Conall of the Victories, Duftach of Ulster, 173; perishes of thirst, 175

CONDWIRAMUR.

A maiden wedded by Parzival, 408

CONN.

One of the Children of Lir, 142

CONNACHT.

Ethal Anubal, prince of the Danaans of, 122; Ailell and Maev, mortal King and Queen of, Angus Og seeks their help in efforts to win Caer, 122; origin of name, 154; Cuchulain makes a foray upon, 193, 194; Cuchulain descends upon host of, under Maev, 209; Ket a champion, 241; Queen Maev reigned in, for eighty-eight years, 245

CONNLA.

Son of Cuchulain and Aifa, 190; his _geise_, 190; Aifa sends him to Erin, 190; his encounters with the men of Ulster, 191; slain by Cuchulain, 191, 192

CONNLAS WELL.

Equivalent, Well of Knowledge.

Sinends fatal visit to, 129

CONOR MAC NESSA.

Son of Fachtna and Nessa, proclaimed King of Ulster in preference to Fergus, 180; Cuchulain brought up at court of, 183; grants arms of manhood to Cuchulain, 185; while at a feast on Strand of the Footprints he descries Connla, 190; his ruse to put Cuchulain under restraint, 194; Deirdre and, 195-200; his guards seize Naisi and Deirdre, 201; suffers pangs of the Debility curse, 205-221; the curse lifted from, 222; summons Ulster to arms, 222; Christian ideas have gathered about end of, 239, 240; his death caused by Conalls brain ball, 240, 241; he figures in tale ent.i.tled The Carving of mac Dathos Boar, 241; sends to mac Datho for his hound, 241