Myths and Legends of the Celts (Penguin Reference) (60 page)

Carleton, William,
231–3

Carlow, County,
249

Carn Froích,
59

Carnfree,
59

Carnac,
25

Carney, James,
234

Carnutes,
27

Carrawborough,
12
,
74

Carré Alvarellos, Leandro,
303

Cashel,
10
,
61
,
245

Caspian Sea,
145

Castille,
47

castration,
232

castros
,
146
,
302–3
,
304

Cath
(classification of narrative),
151

Cath Fionntrágha
,
222

Cath Maige Rátha
,
246

Cath Maige Tuired
,
43
,
90
,
128
,
134
,
148
,
152
,
268
;
summarized,
140–44

Cathach,
199

Cathbad,
81
,
193
,
210
,
216

Cathédrale engloutie, La
,
302

Catholicism, Roman,
xxiii
,
40
,
49
,
69
,
89
,
98
,
103
,
231
,
246
,
249
,
303
;
St Brigid, explanation for,
89–90
,
91

Catobodua,
84

cattle,
13
,
22
,
81
,
90
,
100
,
101
,
102
,
114
,
124
,
131
,
157
,
175
,
251
;
see also
bull

‘ Cattle Raid of Cooley’,
see
Táin Bó Cuailnge

Caturis,
36

cauldron, cauldrons,
xix
,
7
,
17
,
75–6
,
120
,
121
,
136
,
137
,
173
,
266
;
of regeneration,
275–7

Cauth Bova,
84

Cavan, County,
40
,
44
,
90
,
98
,
169

cave, caves,
8
,
123
,
134
,
151

Caw of Britain,
270

Céadach,
230

Cei,
269

Céis Chorrain,
236

Celt, Celtic,
xii
,
xiii
,
93
;
etymology of,
xi
;
pronunciation of,
xi

Celtae
,
xi

Celtchair mac Uithechair,
186

Celtic art,
xv–xvi
,
10
,
15
,
22

Celtic Christianity,
see
Christianity

Celtic deities (general),
xix
,
10

Celtic fringe,
xiii
,
286

Celtic Heathendum
,
xxvii

Celtic Heritage
, xxix,
144

Celtic Ireland
(MacNeill),
50–51
,
52

Celtic languages (general),
xi
,
xiv
,
xvi
,
xvii
,
xviii
,
6
,
47
,
146
;
P-Q split,
xvi

Celtic Mythology
(MacCana),
66

‘Celtic Olympus, the’,
303

Celtic religion,
xiii
,
17
,
19
,
25–46

Celtic Religion in Pre-Christian Times
,
31

Celtic Revival (eighteenth century),
xiii

Celtic society,
4

Celtic Twilight, The
,
122

Céltigo,
303

Celts (people),
xi
,
xii
,
xiv
,
xviii
,
xix
,
xx
;
3–4
,
8
,
12
,
44
,
96
;
character of,
xx
;
dress,
xx
;
physical appearance,
xiv

Celyddon Wledig,
268

Cenél Conaill,
58

ceo sídhe, ceol sídhe
,
118

Cerberus,
40
,
41

Ceridwen,
75–6
,
266–7

Cerna,
161

Cernenus,
38

Cernunnos,
xx
,
18–19
,
38
,
41

ces noínden Ulad
,
21
,
85
,
172

Cesair,
130–31

Cet mac Mágach,
175–6

Cethern mac Fintain,
209–10
,
226

Céthlionn,
135

cétmuinter
,
50

Cétshamain,
102

Ceylon,
108

champion’s portion, hero’s portion,
xxi
,
18
,
174
,
177
,
178–9
,
180
,
181
,
183–4
,
200

changelings,
303–4

Channel Islands,
44

Chants populaire de la Basse-Bretagne
,
xxv

Charlemagne,
233
,
245

Charles Edward Stuart, Prince,
287

Chaucer, Geoffrey,
64–5

China,
xiv
,
108

Chrétien de Troyes,
264

Christian (literary character),
113

Christian fundamentalism,
93
;
creation of bogus deity Samhan,
98–9

Christianity,
xvi
,
xvii
,
xviii
,
xxii
,
xxiii
,
xxvi
,
xxvii
, xxviii,
7
,
11
,
16
,
19
,
24
,
29
,
30
,
32
,
33
,
41
,
46
,
49
,
50
,
55
,
56
,
57
,
67
,
82
,
88
,
93
,
94
,
97
,
103
,
105
,
117
,
119
,
134
,
137
,
146
,
149
,
167
,
171
,
219
,
228
,
237
,
266
,
288
,
299–300
;
Celtic Christianity,
49
,
69
,
237
;
Christian legends,
57
,
82
,
89
;
didacticism,
110
,
111
;
Lughnasa, adaptations of,
106
;
otherworld, beliefs of,
108
;
pilgrimage,
146
;
women, attitudes towards,
68–9
;
see also
Catholicism
,
Eastern Orthodox
,
Irish monasticism
,
monasticism
,
Protestantism
,
sainthood

Christmas,
262

Christopher, St,
89

Chronicles
(Holinshed),
129

Chyndonax,
30

Cian (father of Banba),
62

Cian (father of Lug Lámfhota),
153

Cian (son of Dian Cécht),
141

Ciar,
87

Ciarraí,
87

Ciarán, St,
xxiii

Cichol,
134

Cigfa,
277–80

Cil Coed,
279

Cill Dara,
91

Cilydd,
268

Cimbáeth,
85
,
173

Cimbri,
28

Cináed mac Alpín,
286

circular time,
96

Cistercians,
xxii
,
49

Citharoedus,
34

Civil War, America,
104
,
220

cláenmíla
,
160
,
161

Claidheamh Soluis,
199

clairvoyance,
288

Clare, County,
107
,
123
,
164
,
244

classical commentators,
xi
,
xiii
,
xviii
,
xx
,
20
,
22
,
25–7
,
28
,
31
,
39
,
42
,
67
,
83
,
97

classical mythology,
3
,
31
,
96
,
136–7
,
155
,
169
,
170
,
269
,
294

‘Clay’ (James Joyce),
99

Clearances of Highlanders,
287
,
289
,
291

Clettig,
118

Cliffs of Moher, the,
123

Cloch nan Tarbh,
23

Clocharfarmore,
218

Clonfert,
114

Clonmacnoise,
xxii
,
xxiii
,
248

Clontarf, Battle of,
49
,
244
,
245

Clothra,
86
,
87–8

Clud,
273

Cnoc Aine,
9

Cnámros,
135

Cogitosus,
91

Cóelrind, Well of,
11

Cóic Conairi Fuigill
,
50

Coimín (also Comyn), Micheál,
20
,
123
,
240

Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche, Scottish Gaelic phrase for the Brahan Seer (q.v.)

coins, coinage,
7
,
10
,
12

Colchester,
5
,
36

Coligny calendar,
xix
,
95
,
104

Collas, Three – Fo Chrith, Menn and Uais,
46

Collbran,
112

collective unconscious, xxviii

‘Colloquy of the Elders, The’,
see
Acallam na Senórch