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γ

The voiced velar fricative, similar to the more familiar unvoiced velar fricative kh with the voice added. Heard in Spanish
agua
.

gh

The lightly voiced velar fricative, as in German magen.

kh

The voiceless velar fricative found in many European languages, Loch Lomond, Johann Sebastian Bach, Das Buch, etc.

ll

Welsh unvoiced lateral fricative, approximately the l in
antler
, with more aspiration. Put the tip of the tongue behind front teeth and aspirate on the side or sides.

rh

Emphatic h sounded before and eliding with the r sound.

th

The aspirated t heard in some British pronunciations of Antony, about one third the sound of the unvoiced th.

Index

Aarne, Antti,
24

Aarne-Thompson catalogue, motif
index,
xxv
,
24
,
65
,
112
,
113
,
166
,
184
,
201
,
222
,
233
,
240
,
253
,
263
,
268

Abaris the Hyperborean,
4

Aberystwyth,
267

Abhainn na Life
,
14

Abraham, the Patriarch,
131

Acallam na Senórch
,
237–9
,
240

Achilles,
xxvi
,
229

Act of Union, Scotland and England,
290

Adonis,
18
,
96
,
234

Adrian IV, Pope,
49

adultery,
14
,
87
,
121–2
,
131
,
137
,
156
,
157–8
,
166
,
189
,
197
,
206
,
215
,
282–3
,
289

‘ Adventure of Fergus mac Léti, The’,
see
Echtra Fergusa maic Léite

Aeb,
163

Aebhric,
165

Aed (son of Lir),
17
,
163

Áed (son of Miodhchaoin),
155

Aed Abrat,
213

Áedán,
252

Aedui,
4

Aeneas,
192

Aericura,
40

áes sídhe
,
116
,
149

Aesculapius,
34
,
73

Aesir,
144

Afagddu
,
266

Afinidades Culturais entre Galicia e Irlanda
,
303

Africa,
xx
,
xxvi

Agallamh na Seanórch
,
see
Acallam na Senórch

Agricola,
146

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

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