Mag Tuired, 84, 149, 153; etymology of, 140; locations of, 140; see also Cath Maige Tuired, First Battle of Mag Tuired
magic, magicians, 14, 16, 18, 25–6, 43, 75, 80, 111, 118, 136, 137, 142, 146, 152, 154–5, 156, 182, 215, 245, 246, 247, 263, 266, 267, 273, 281, 283, 300–301
Magog, 131, 132
Maia, 34
Maiden Castle, xviii, 22
Maignis, 234
Maine (seven sons), 87, 161
Maistre Pierre Pathelin, 232
Malachy I, 55
Malahide Bay, 133
Malaliach, 131
‘male gaze’, 77
Mamers, 36
Man, Isle of, xvi, xxv, 7, 43, 44, 64, 76, 105, 121, 124, 171, 226, 284; Manannán mac Lir, links to, 137, 293; Manx names for, 293; traditions of, 293–4
‘Man Who Dreamed of Faeryland, The’, 107
Manapii, 192
Manannán mac Lir, 16, 110–11, 122, 124, 137, 141, 151, 163, 166, 213, 215, 255, 263, 293; etymology of name, 137, 293; Manawydan, compared with, 263
Manavia, 293
Manawydan fab Llŷr, 22, 80, 263, 275, 277–9; Manannán mac Lir, compared with, 263
Manawydan, Son of Llŷr, 18, 263, 264; summarized, 277–80
Manching, 4
Mannin, 293
manteis, 26
Manx language, xi, xvi, xvii, xxiv, 97, 105, 230, 293–4, 295
Maponos, 35, 270
Marie de France, 298
Mark, King of Cornwall, 234, 295
Marne, 8, 35, 38, 70, 262
marriage, practice, customs, law, 67, 68–9, 101, 103, 156, 165, 272, 273–4; sacral, ceremonial, 60–61, 71, 98, 280
Marryat, Frederick, 232, 233
Mars, 31, 33, 38, 83, 97, 234; Camulos, 36; Corotiacus, 36; Lenus, 36; Loucetious, 36; Mullo, 36; Nabelcus, 36; Olloudius, 33; Rigonemetis, 33; Teutates, 33, 37, 97; Toutatis, 37; Vesontius, 33; Vorocius, 36; see also Gaulish Mars
Marseilles, xi
Mary, Blessed Virgin, 101, 103
‘Mary of the Gael’, 90
Masons, Masonic Order, 30
materialism, xiv
Math, Son of Mathonwy (Branch Four), 18, 264; summarized, 280–83; critique of, 280
Math Vab Mathonwy (character), 80, 280–83
Math Vab Mathonwy (Gruffydd), xxvii
Matholwch, 38, 76, 275–7
Mathonwy, 280
Matres, 46
Matrona, Dea, 8, 262
Matoniae Aufuniae, 70
Mavers, Mavors, 36
May Day/Eve (non-Celtic), 103–4; see also Beltaine, Calan Mai
Mayo, County, 106, 140, 164, 169
maypoles, 103
Meath, County, 6, 13, 29, 46, 53, 62, 105, 116, 133, 147, 161, 166, 204, 234, 239
Medb, Queen, xix, xx, 56, 59, 61, 66, 85–8, 124, 156, 161, 169, 170, 174–5, 180–81, 188, 194, 197, 203, 204–12, 216, 245, 246; appearance of, 86; character, 86; death of, 87–8; etymology of, 85; lineage of, 86–7; cf. Medb Lethderg, 86; ‘pillow talk with Ailill’, 203
Medb Lethderg, 56, 86
Medb’s Lump, 88
Medb’s Sun Porch, 88
Mediterranean culture, peoples, 12, 39, 51, 67, 73, 192
Mediterranean Sea, xiv, 12
Mellifont Abbey, 238
Melor, St, 11
Men-an-Tol, 296
Mendelssohn, Felix, xii–xiii
Menw, 269
Mercia, 261
Mercier, Vivian, 258
Mercury, xxi, 18, 31, 33, 28, 41, 71–2
Mercury Moccus, 34
Merlin, 246, 249, 263, 298
mermaid, 301
Mes Buachalla, 160
Mesca Ulad, summarized, 184–90; translations of, 185
metalwork, 4
metempsychosis, 27
Metz, 11, 72, 73
Mexico, 96
Miach, 138
Michael, Archangel, St, 106, 120
Michaelmas, 106
Midac, 228
Midchain, see Miodhchaoín
Middle East, 60, 130
Mide (druid), 29, 132, 292
Mide (province, petty kingdom), 29, 132
Midir, 17, 78, 118, 155–9, 160, 165
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A, 107
Mil Espáine, 41, 145–6, 148
Milesians, 10, 24, 41, 57, 61–2, 102, 122, 128, 130, 135, 144–9, 157, 163, 170, 185; origins of, 144–5
Miletus, 145
Milky Way Galaxy, 127, 292
Milladoiro, 303
Milton, John, xii
Minerva 12, 13, 31, 33, 39–40, 73, 90
Minotaur, 245
Miodhchaoin, Midchaín, 154–5
Mioscgán Méabha, 88
Miscaun Maeve, 88
mistletoe, 27–8, 262
Mitchell, Margaret, 52–3
Mo Cháemóc, 165
Moccus, 18
mòd, xiii
Modron, 70, 262, 270
Modrun, Saint, 70–71
Moher, Cliffs of, 123
Moira, Battle of, see Mag Rath, battle of
Moling, Mo Ling, St, 249–50
Moloch, 98
Mona, 293
Mona Miscellany, xxv, 294
Monaghan, County, 46, 169
monasticism, xvii, xviii, 46, 88, 109, 242, 249, 285–6, 299; see also Irish monks, monasticism
Mong Ruadh, 85, 173
Mongán, 17, 111, 233
monogamy, 228
monster, monsters, 19, 39, 59, 99, 249, 257–8; see also Fomorians
Monte Pindo, 303
moon, 93–5
Moore, Arthur, 294
Moore, Thomas, 52
Mór Muman, 9, 61, 83–4, 85
Morann, Testament of, 51
Morann (son of Cairbre Cinn-Chait), 148
Morfran, 76, 266
Morganwg, Iolo, xiii, 30, 299
Moritasgus, 34, 72
Morna, Clan, 224
Mórrígan, 10, 19, 44, 61, 83–4, 85, 98, 140, 143, 152, 206, 207, 210, 218, 246, 303
Mórrígna, 32, 44, 83
Morvah, 105, 296–7
Morvarc’h, 301
Moselle River, Valley, 11, 20, 36, 39
Moses, 129, 145
mother-goddesses, 8, 9, 12, 33, 46, 70–71, 73, 85–6
motif index, see Aarne-Thompson catalogue
Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, 112; see also Aarne-Thompson catalogue
Mound of the Hostages, 53
Mourne Mountains, 216
mouros, 304
Moville, 18
Movilly, 36
Moyle, Strait of, Sea of, 148, 164
Moynalty, see Mag nElta
Moytura, see Cath Maige Tuired, Mag Tuired
Mugain, 78
Muileartach, 77
muirdris, 257–8
Muirenn Muncháem, 224
Mull of Kintyre, 164
Mullingar, 210
Mullo, 36
Mummers’ May Day, 104
Munremur mac Gerrcind, 183
Munster, 9, 41, 61, 118, 165, 182, 187, 215
Murias, 136
Murphy, Gerard, xxvii, 229–30
music, 226–7, 253, 254, 303
Myrddin (G) wyllt, 249, 263
mystery plays, 295
Mythological Cycle, 128, 136, 150–67, 228, 243, 245; characteristics of, 152; naming of, 152
mythology, xxv, xxvi; definition, xxvi-xxvii, 152
mythos, xxvi
na trí dé dána, 43
Nabelcus, 36
Nagy, Joseph, 238
Nantosuelta, 41, 72
Narbonensis, 42
Narbonne, 12
National Museum of Ireland, 98
Natural History (Pliny), 22, 27
Navan, 53
Navan Fort, 85, 168
Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis, 114–15
Nechta Scéne, 197
Nechtan (Boand’s husband), 14, 118, 137, 166
Nechtan mac Collbrain, 112, 113
Néit
, 83
Nemain, 83
Nemausicae, Nemausus, 9
Nemed, 85, 132–3; lineage of, 132
Nemedians, 130, 132–3, 135, 136, 145
nemeton, 28, 33
Nemetona, 83
Neptune, 14
Nera, 87
Ness, 169, 170
Neuchâtel, Lake, xv
New Catholic Encyclopedia, The (quoted), 89–90
New Comparative Mythology, xxix
New Testament, xxii; see also Gospels
New World, xvii, 292; see also North America
New Year’s Day, 60, 95; see also Samain
Newell, Mike, 123
Newgrange, 6–7, 13, 93, 94, 137, 156, 166
Newman, Conor, 54
Newry, 215
Niall Noígiallach, 40, 48, 63–4, 185, 244, 245; name, meaning of, 244
Niam, Niamh (of the golden hair), 20, 78, 113, 123, 216, 222; described, 241; narrative of, 241–2
Niam (often seen as wife of Conall), 216
Ni Dhomhnaill, Nuala, 108
‘Nine Hostages’, see Niall Noígiallach
Nisein, 275
Niúl, 145
Noah, 128, 130, 134, 145
Nodons, 23, 36, 138
noínden, see ces noínden Ulad
Noise, 45, 81, 151, 170, 186; as Nois in Nova Scotia, 292
Normandy, 36, 38
Normans, xvi, 50, 116, 221, 239, 262, 264, 271; see also Anglo-Normans, Hiberno-Normans
Norse language, 169, 286, 290, 293
Norse religion, mythology, 24, 137, 144, 290
Norsemen, 49, 50, 114, 134, 221, 244, 245, 286, 290, 293
North America, 6, 27, 30, 115, 146, 265, 291; see also New World
North Carolina, 291
North Channel, 164
Northern Ireland, 24, 133, 220, 244, 246
Norway, 58
Nostradamus, 290
Nova Scotia, xvii, 115, 127, 223, 230, 284, 291–2; traditions of, 291–2
Nuadu Airgetlám, 136, 137, 140, 141–3, 153, 224, 268; sword of, 136
Nuadu Necht, 224
Nudd Llaw Erient, 138
numerology, 44–5, 110–11
numinosity, 8
nymph, nymphs, 12, 20
oak, 27, 28, 29, 38, 39, 80, 91, 164, 204, 216, 282, 301
O’Brien (literary character), 232
Ochall Ochne, 203
Ó Cléirigh, Micheál, 128
Ó Conchobhair family, 59
O’Connell, Daniel, 57
O’Connell Street, 14, 191
O’Connor, Rory, 55
O’Conor, Charles, 128–9
Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, xxviii
Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí, 52
Ó Duibhgeannáin, Dáibhi, 234
Odysseus, 227, 233
Odyssey, 227
Oedipus, xxvi, 230, 232
O’Faolain, Sean, 222
Offa, King, 261
Offaly, County, 13
O’Flaherty, Roderick, 128
ogham, xvii, 16, 29, 42, 115, 138–9, 154, 205
Ogma, 42, 138–9, 141, 143
Ogmios, 42, 47, 139
O’Grady, Standish James, xxiv, 168, 229
O’Hara family (fictional), 52–3
Ohio River, 115
Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí, 193, 224
Ó hUiginn, Tadhg Dall, 10
Oided Mac nUisnig, 82, 171
Oidheadh Chlainne Lir, 17, 83, 113, 118, 152, 155; dating of, 152, 163; summarized, 163–5
Oidheadh Chlainne Tuireann, xxiii, 83, 163; summarized, 153–5
Oisín, 20, 78, 123, 216, 219, 220, 221, 222, 229, 230, 232, 234, 235, 236, 238–9; etymology of name, 20, 229; as Manx hero Oshin, 293; narrative of, 240–42
Old English, see Anglo-Saxons
‘Old English’ in Ireland, 49
Old Irish, xi, xiii, xxiv, 37, 45, 48, 51, 74, 128, 130, 150, 165–6, 220, 233, 287, 293
‘Old North, the’, 261, 265
Old Testament, Hebrew Bible, 96, 98, 300; see also Gospels
Old Welsh, xi, 74
Olimpo Celta, 303
ollam, 226
Olloudius, 33
Olmstead, Garrett, xx
Olwen, 77, 267, 268, 269
Olympians, Olympian deities, xxvi, 3, 70, 136–7, 149
omphalos, 62, 292
Ong, Walter J., 285
‘Only Jealousy of Emer, the’, see Serglige Con Culainn
Ontario, 291
Oonagh, 231–2
O’Rahilly, Thomas, F., xxviii, 8, 117, 144, 244
oral tradition, xviii, xxv, 7, 8, 10, 19, 32, 76, 88, 102–3, 122, 123, 134, 149, 166, 171, 191, 232–3, 237, 238, 249, 256, 263, 284–6, 295–6, 299, 302, 303; see also folklore
Orality and Literacy, 285
Orange (France), 9
Orastie (Romania), 17
orbe alio, alius orbis, 108, 117, 119
Orc Triath, 18
Orci, 17
Orlám, 205–6
Orosius, 128
Orpheus, xxvi
Oscans, 36
Oscar, xiii, 221, 229, 236, 240–41, 292
Oshin, 293
Ossian, xii, xiii, 20, 220, 288
Ossianic Cycle, see Fenian Cycle
Ossianic fashion, xii
Ossianic Society, xxiv
otherworld, otherworlds, 11, 17, 18, 20, 43, 79, 99, 107–24, 139, 152, 157, 207, 213, 225, 240, 256, 263, 272, 293; names for, 119–24; sídh and, 116–19; voyages to, 109–16
Owain ap Urien, 265
owl, imagery and symbolism, 80, 283
Oxford University, xii
P-Celtic, xvi, 97, 102, 133
Pagan Celtic Britain, 8, 17, 41, 66
Pagan Past and Christian Present in Early Irish Literature, xxviii
‘pagan survival’ theories, xxvii-xxviii, 192, 262
Palace Beautiful, 113
Palila, 102
Pallas, 32
Pantheon (Rome), the, 97
papacy, 49, 58, 91, 97, 237
Paps of Ana, the, 9, 71, 117
par Ys, 302
Paradise Lost, xii
Paraguay, 108
‘Parallel Roads’, 228
Parilia, 102
Paris, xiv, 22, 38, 302
Partholón, 131
Partholonians, 102, 130, 131–2, 134–5
passage-graves, tombs, 6, 13, 116, 166
Passover, 95
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