Ahé, Ahés, alternative forms for Dahut (q.v.)
Aichlech mac Dubdrenn, 233
Aided Mail Fhothartaig Maic Rónáin, 250
Aided Óenfhir Aífe, 200–201
Aífe (stepmother of swan children), 17, 163–4, 165
Aífe (Amazonian teacher), 198–9, 200, 201
Aífe (lover of llbrec), 16
Ailbe (Cormac’s daughter), 253, 255
Ailbe (Mac Da Thó’s hound), 174–5, 176–7
Ailbe, St, 114
Ailech, 146
Ailill (father of Étaín), 156
Ailill (ring-thrower), 24
Ailill Anglonnach, 157–8
Ailill mac Máta (husband of Medb), 86, 87, 170–71, 174–5, 180–81, 188, 189, 194, 203, 205, 208, 211; ‘pillow talk with Medb’, 203
Aillén mac Midgna, 56, 99, 226–7
Aillén Tréchenn, 99
Áine (deity of Cnoc Áine), 9
Áine (lover of Fionn), 228
Ainnle, 45, 81, 186
Airgialla, 46, 244
Airmid, 138
Aislinge Meic Con Glinne, 100, 184
Aislinge Oenguso, 17, 166–7
Aitheachthuatha, 148
Alba, 286
Alcides, 195, 224
Alcmene, 42
Alésia, xix, 4, 5, 7, 20, 72
Alexander III of Scotland, 290
Alise-Sainte Reine, 5
alius orbis, see orbe alio
All Saints’ Day, 97–8
All Souls’ Day, 98
Allantide, 97
allegory, 228
Allen, Hill of, 192, 223, 228, 229, 242
Alps, xiv, 4, 19, 39
Amaethon, 44, 71
Amairgin, 24, 62, 99, 147, 170, 194
amazonians, 67, 68, 75, 121, 197–8, 226
Amen (Welsh cauldron), 266
American Federation of Labor, 104
amhrán, 240
Ammianus Marcellinus, 67, 83
Ana, Anu, xiv, 8–9, 14, 71, 136, 153
anaon, 119
Anatolia, see Asia Minor
Ancient Celts, The, 302
Ancient Irish Tales, 243
Ancient Order of Druids, 30
Andraste, 83
Aneirin, xxiv, 261, 262–3, 265
Angles, 265, 286
Anglesey, 26, 29
Anglo-Normans, 49, 52, 57, 68, 116, 148, 298; see also Hiberno-Normans, Normans
Anglo-Saxons, 49, 129; see also Saxons
Anglo-Welsh literary tradition, xiii, 265
Angus (son of Áed Abrat), 213
Angus Óg, 7, 14, 17, 35, 99, 118, 137, 138, 152, 156, 165–7, 188, 194, 235, 236, 288; conception and birth, 166; epithets of, 138; narrative of, 165–7; variant forms for, 138
Angus Óg agus Cáer, 166–7
animal, imagery and symbolism, see individual animals
Anluan, 176
Anlwdd Wledig, 268
Anna Livia Plurabelle, 14
Annals (Irish), 115, 128
Annals (Tacitus), 26
Anno Mundi, 129
Annwfn, 79, 119, 266, 271, 272–3; etymology of, 119; ‘king’ of, 119–20, 272, 273
antiquarianism, xiii
Antiquité de la nation et la Langue des Celtes, xii
Antrim, County, 123, 132, 133, 169, 207, 231, 246, 247, 249, 250
Anu see Ana
Anwyl, Edward, 31
aos, áes sídhe, 116
Aphrodite, 3, 96, 137
apple, apples, 97, 123, 154, 253; see also Emain Ablach, Ynys Afallon
Apollo, xxi, 21, 31, 32, 33, 34–5, 72, 102, 262
Apollo Citharoedus, 35
Apollo Grannus, 33, 72
Apollo Moritasgus, 34, 72
Aquae Sulis, 12–13, 39
Arabian Nights, 115; see also Sinbad
Aran Islands, 47, 122, 133
Arausio, 9
Arawn, 119, 271, 272–3
Arberth, 273, 278, 279
Arca Dubh, 227
archaeology, xiii, xv–xvi, xviii, xix, 7, 33, 42, 133, 169, 223, 296, 302
Archaeologia Britannica, 295
Ardan, 44, 81, 186
Ardennes Forest, 18
Ardfert, 114
ard rí, 13, 50, 52–7, 157, 159, 221, 226, 245; alternative names for, 54; ceremonies of, 55–6; origin of term, 54–5
Ardagh, 156
Ardee, 209
Arduinna, 18
Ares, 36
Argyll, Argyllshire, 129, 148, 291
Arianrhod, 71, 80, 281–2
Aristophanes, 185, 229
Aristotle, xx
Arizona, 265
Armagh, County, town of, 17, 46, 85, 118, 132, 163, 168, 169
Armorica, 297
Arnold, Matthew, xxvi
Arrée mountains, 120
Artemis 3, 45
Arthur, King, 56, 120, 199, 200, 233, 234, 245, 246, 264, 268–9
Arthuriana, Arthurian legends, tradition, 75, 123, 149, 168, 184, 239, 249, 253, 263, 264, 295, 298
Arvernii, 5
Asclepius, 34, 73
Ashmolean Museum, xii
Asia, 6, 27; central Asia, xiv; Asia Minor, Anatolia, xi, 145
Assal, Easal, 16, 154–5
Assaroe, 11, 22, 131, 225
Asturias, 302–4
Áth Fhirdiad, 209
Ath Luain, 212
Áth Tolam Sét, 207
Athena, 32, 39
Athlone, 13, 177, 212
Atholl, 10
Atlantic Ocean, 119, 303
Atlantis, 122
Aubrey, John, 30
Audacht Morainn, 51
Augusta (epithet), 12
Augustinians, 49
Augustus, 105
Australia, 287
Austria, xiv, xv, xviii, 39, 42, 46, 68, 109
Avalon, 123, 149
Aztecs, 96
Baal, 102
Babel, Tower of, 128, 130, 145
Babylonians, 47, 96
Badb, 32, 44, 75, 83, 84, 140, 218, 303; crow, linked with, 84; etymology of, 84
‘ badger-in-the-bag’, 274, 279
badhbh chainte, 84
Baile in Scáil, 62–3
Baile’s Strand, 200
Baíscne, Clan, 224, 227
Bala Lake, 75–6, 266–7
Balkans, the, 37, 40
Ballyjamesduff, 98
Ballymagauran, 98
Ballynascorney, 232
Balor, Balor of the Evil Eye, xxvii, 8, 43, 135, 138, 140–42, 246, 269
ball seirce, 235
banais ríghe, 59–60
Banba, 10, 46, 61–2, 130, 147
Bann, River, 164, 248
Bannockburn, Battle of, 290
bannocks, 103
Banqueting Hall, 53
banshee, 84, 149
Bantry Bay, 61, 76, 130
baptism, 113, 165
barbarians, xx, 3, 58
Barbarossa, 233
Barc Bresail 122
bard, bards, xxi, 23–4, 26, 81, 267
‘Bard, The’ (Gray), xiii
bardi, 26
Barkway, 37, 42
Barra, Isle of, 123
Barrow, River, 176
Bartholomew, St, 131
Barzaz Breiz, xiii, 298–9
Bath, 12, 31, 36, 39, 73, 83
Battersea Shield, 10
battle frenzy, fury [ríastrad], see Cúchulainn
Bavay, 44
Bé Chuma, 121–2, 124
bean nighe, 303
bean sídhe, 149
Beare Peninsula, 41, 61, 64, 76, 118, 139
Bebo, 258
Bébinn, 13–14
Bede the Venerable, 129
‘beds of Diarmait and Gráinne’, 234
Bedwyr, 269
beheading contest, 177, 183–4
Belenus, 21, 34, 35, 102
Belgae, 4, 133, 192
Belgium, Belgians, the, xxiii, 4; see also Low Countries, Spanish Netherlands
Beli Ma
wr, 71
Belisama, 39
Beltaine, May Day/Eve, xix, 35, 59, 93, 95, 100, 101–104, 131, 135, 146; alternative forms, 102; cakes/bannocks, 103; customs of, 102; etymology of, 102
Ben Bulben, 229, 236
Bendigeidfran, 38, 76, 120, 275–7
Benedict of Nursia, St, xvii
Benedictines, 49
Benén, 19
Beowulf, 168
Berkert, Walter, xxix
Berne Commentaries, 37, 40–41
Besançon, 33
Bettystown, 53
Bhreathnach, Edel, 54
Bible, 24, 128, 129–31, 134, 136, 145, 171, 252–3; see also Hebrew mythology, New Testament, Old Testament
Biblical exegesis, 127–8
Bibracte, 4
Binchy, D. A., 54
bird, birds, symbolism, 15–17, 160, 181, 194, 200, 203, 206, 212, 247, 276; see also cormorant, crane, crow, duck, eagle, egret, owl, raven, swan
Birog, 141
Birren, 130
bishop, 279, 300
Bith, 130
Black Book of Carmarthen, The, xxiv
‘black Irish’, 145–6
Black Isle, 289
Black Sea, 37
Blai, see Sadb
Blái Briuga, 194
Bláithíne, 182, 189–90, 199
Bleiddwn, 281
Blessed Virgin and All Martyrs, church of the, 97
Blodeuedd, 74, 79, 80, 264, 282–3
Boadach, 124
Boaldyn, 102
Boand, 13–14, 98, 137, 138, 156, 166
boar, imagery and symbolism, xix, 15, 17–19, 96, 170, 226, 235, 236–7, 270, 278, 281; see also pig
Bod Fheargais, 170
Bód fo Bregaigh, 170 n.
Bodb Derg, 118, 149, 163–4, 167, 203
Bodhmall, 224
Bodua, 84
Bohernabreena, 161
‘Bold Fenian Men, The’, 220
Bolg, Bolga, 133
Bolivia, 47
Bollard, J. K., 271
Bolsheviks, 104
Boniface IV, Pope, 97
Bonn, 70
‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’, 287
Book of Aneirin, The, xxiv
Book of Armagh, The, xxiii
Book of Ballymore, The, xxiii
Book of Common Prayer, The, 293–4
Book of Deer, The, 288
Book of Durrow, The, xxii
Book of Fermoy, The, xxiii
‘Book of Invasions’, see Lebor Gabála Érenn
Book of Kells, The, xxii, 50
Book of Lecan, The, xxiii
Book of Leinster, The, xxiii, 128, 185, 189, 202, 250
Book of Taliesin, 265
Book of the Dean of Lismore, The, xxiv, 288
Book of the Dun Cow, The, xviii, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, 185, 189, 202
Book of Uí Maine, The, xxiii
Borba, 227
Bormo, 35, 72
Bormana, 72
Bormanus, 35, 72
Boswell, James, 287
Borvo, 35, 72
Bottrell, William, 295
Boudicca, 5, 66–7, 83
Bourbonne-les-Bains, 35
Boyne River, Valley, 6, 11, 13–14, 19, 23, 86, 118, 137, 147, 148, 160, 166, 167, 169, 192, 194, 224, 225, 233, 236, 238
Boys’ Own Paper, 219
Brahan Castle, 289
Brahan Seer, 285, 289–91
Bran, 76
Bran (Fionn’s dog), 226, 229
Bran mac Febail, 110–13, 117, 122, 124
‘Bran’s Journey to the Land of Women’, see Imram Brain
Bran the Blessed, see Bendigeidfran
Branwen (character), 46, 275–7
Branwen, Daughter of Llŷr, 76, 120, 264, 266; summarized, 275–7
Brazil, naming of, 122
Breaga, 148
Brega, 105, 148, 160, 161, 170
Bregenz, 42
Brehon Laws, xxii, 49, 54, 68, 69, 220–21
breithem, xxii, 54, 68
Breizh, 298
Brendan, St, 114–15, 121
Brendan Voyage, The, 115
Brent, River, 12
Brentford, 12
Breogan, 146, 302
Bres, 90, 140, 141–4
Bresail, 122
Bresal Etairláim, 156
‘ Breton Bards,’ xiii
Breton language, xi, xvi, xxiv, 15, 32, 97, 102, 119, 285, 295, 298, 304
Breton literature, 299
Breton people, xii, 297–8
Brí Léith, 118, 156, 157, 158, 159
Brian (son of Tuireann), 153–5
Brian Bórama (Boru), 48, 50, 244, 245
Briccriu Neimthenga, 175, 177–82, 189, 211
‘Briccriu’s Feast’, see Fled Bricrenn
Brigando, 12, 90
Brigantes, 12
Brigantia (deity), 12, 39–40, 90
Brigantia (place name), 146
Brigid, St, 11, 40, 89–92, 101; biographies of, 91; cross of, 92
Brigidine Sisters, 91
Brigit (fire goddess), 12, 40, 46, 89–92, 101, 140, 153
Bristol, 12
Britán Máel, 132
Britain, xvi, xvii, xx, 4–5, 12, 13, 20, 25, 31, 35, 36, 37, 39, 45, 60, 61, 71, 72, 73, 83, 132, 146, 154, 168, 192, 246, 249, 261, 270, 275, 286, 293, 297, 298
British Isles, xi, xii, xvi, 8, 21, 93, 102
British language, 261
Britons, 4–5, 161, 244, 261–2, 286, 297, 298
Brittany, xvii, xxv, 6, 8, 11, 15, 18, 25, 32, 34, 36, 44, 68, 94, 108, 120, 261, 284; history of, 297–8; traditions of, 297–302
Broccan, 91
Brocéliande, 298
Brocolitia, 12
Bronze Age, xiv, xv, 6, 10, 22, 96, 168, 293
Brooke, Charlotte, xiii
Brown Bull of Ulster, see Donn Cuailnge
brownie, 294
Bruford, Alan, 245
Brug na Bóinne, 7, 137, 156, 166, 167, 194, 236
Bruidhean tale type, 228
Bruidhean Chaorthainn, 228
bruidne, 78
Brythonic, xvi, 262, 295, 297
Búanann, 226
Buchanan, George, xii
Buide mac Báin, 207
Buile Suibhne, 243; summarized, 246–50
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