Myths and Legends of the Celts (Penguin Reference) (59 page)

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

bull, imagery and symbolism,
xx
,
15
,
16
,
22–3
,
81
,
203

bull-feast, bull-sleep,
22–3
,
56

Bumstead, Dagwood (comic-strip character),
230

Burghead,
22

Burgundy,
36
,
70
,
72

burial customs,
109

‘ burner, the’,
see
Aillén mac Midgna

Byrne, F. J.,
48
,
54
,
55
,
58
,
59

caduceus,
33
,
71

Caer Feddwid,
120

Cáer Ibormeith (lover of Angus Óg),
17
,
99
,
165–7

caer siddi
,
118–19

Cahirconree,
182

Caicer,
146

Cailb,
74–5
,
161–2

Cailitin,
87
,
216–17

Cailleach Bhéirre,
61
,
64
,
76–7
;
Christianized,
76
;
divine origin,
76
;
progeny of,
64
;
Scottish variant,
77
;
sovereignty of,
64

Cailleach Bheur,
77

Caílte mac Rónáin,
219
,
238–9

Cairbre Cinn-Chait,
148

Cairbre Lifechair,
223
,
233
,
253–4

Cairbre Nia Fer,
205
,
217

Cairpre (satirist),
141
,
143

Caitlín, Céthlionn,
135
,
143

Cala’ Mē,
102

Caladbolg,
170
,
199
,
256

Caladhcholg,
256

Calan Awst,
105

Calan Gaeaf,
97

Calan Mai, Dydd Calan Mai,
102
,
267
,
274

Caledonia,
286

Caledonian Canal,
290

calendar,
xix
,
21
,
37
,
40
,
90
,
93–106
;
Jewish,
96
;
lunar,
94–5
;
numbering of,
96
;
solar,
93–4
;
see also
Coligny
, Gregorian

Callow, Edward,
294

Calvary,
171

Cáma,
238

Cambrian Peninsula,
261

Cambrian Superstitions
,
xxv

Cambridgeshire,
7

Camonica Valley,
19

Campbell, Archibald,
xxv
,
288

Campbell, John Francis,
xxv
,
288

Cambridge School,
51

Camel (doorkeeper),
142

Camross,
135

Camulodunum,
36

Canada,
xvii
,
220
,
287
,
291

Candlemas Day,
101

Canterbury Tales, The
,
64–5

Cape Breton Island,
see
Nova Scotia

‘Capers’,
291

Carey, John,
121
,
136