Myths and Legends of the Celts (Penguin Reference) (58 page)

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 Mawr,
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