Myths and Legends of the Celts (Penguin Reference) (66 page)

Haakon the Good,
58

Hades,
40
,
108
,
121

Hadrian’s Wall,
12
,
46
,
74

Hafgan,
119–20
,
272–3

Hag of Beare,
see
Cailleach Bhéirre

Hallowe’en,
93–4
,
97–8
;
etymology of,
98
;
see also
Samain

Hallstatt,
xv
,
xviii
,
17
,
22
,
47
,
109

Ham (Biblical),
134

Hamel,
see
van Hamel

Hamp, Eric,
35
,
119

Hanes Taliesin
,
266–7

Harlech,
275
,
276

harp,
35
,
142

‘Harp That Once Through Tara’s Halls, The’,
52

Harrison, William,
xxv
,
294

hazel trees, nuts,
11
,
23
,
138
,
221
,
254

healing,
6
,
12
,
15
,
21
,
27
,
34
,
35
,
36
,
43
,
72
,
73–4
,
90
,
138
,
139
,
154–5
,
157
,
210

heaven (Christian),
111
,
119

Hebrew Bible,
see
Old Testament

Hebrew language,
131

Hebrew mythology,
128
;
see also
Bible

Hebrews (ancient),
129

Hebrides,
xiv
,
xvi
,
xvii
,
8
,
47
,
50
,
121
,
134
,
142
,
198
,
223
,
233
,
287
,
289
,
291
,
293

Hebrides Overture
,
xiii

Hecate,
45

hell (Christian),
41
,
119
,
120
,
270
;
linked to Annwfn,
120
;
Welsh name for,
120

Helvetia, Helvetii,
4

Henkin, Elissa R.,
89

Henry II,
49
,
57

Henry VIII,
xviii
,
48

Hephaestus,
3
,
43–4

Hera,
70
,
71

Heracles, Hercules,
xxvi
,
41–2
,
155
,
192
,
193
,
195
,
224
,
229
;
labours of,
155
,
156
,
269
;
Tower of,
302

Hermes,
41

hero’s portion, the,
see
champion’s portion

Herodotus,
xx

Hesiod,
70
,
127
,
128

Hesperides, Garden of the,
154–5

Hibernia,
145–6
,
148

Hiberno-English,
122
,
230
,
231

Hiberno-Latin,
114

Hiberno-Normans,
49
;
see also
Anglo-Normans, Normans

hierogamy
,
60

high king,
see
ard rí

Highlands,
see
Scottish Highlands

Hippolytus,
246
,
252

Hippolytus
(Euripides),
252

Historia Brittonum
,
262–3

Historia Regnum Britanniae
,
264

Historical Cycle,
see
Cycles of the Kings
,

History of Ireland: The Heroic Period
,
xxiv

‘History of Taliesin’,
see
Ystoria Taliesin

Hochdorf,
xix
,
109
,
113

Hogonange,
20

Holinshed, Raphael,
129

Hollantide,
97
,
99–100

Holy Roman Emperor,
222

Homer,
63
,
202
,
227

homosexuality,
68

horse, imagery and symbolism,
6
,
7
,
12
,
20–22
,
39
,
58
,
62
,
68
,
154–5
,
164
,
170
,
173–4
,
179
,
230
,
242
,
267
,
273
,
274
,
275
,
301
;
mutilated,
275

‘Hostel of the Quicken Trees, The’,
see
Bruidhean Chaorthainn

‘Hosting of the Sidhe, The’,
116

‘How Rónán Killed His Son’,
see
Fingal Rónáin

Howells, William,
xxv

Howth,
161

huestia
,
303

human sacrifice,
xx
,
10
,
26
,
28–9
,
37
,
38
,
51–2
,
97
,
98
,
99
,
228

‘Hundred Battles’,
see
Conn Cétchathach

Hungary,
xiv
,
34
,
67–8

Hunt, Robert,
xxv
,
295

Hurle, Henry,
30

hurling,
195
,
224–5

Hy Brasil,
122
,
123

Hychdwn Hir,
18
,
281

Hyddwn,
281

Hyfaidd Hen,
273

Hyperboreans,
4

Hywel Dda,
xxii
,
68

Ibar Cinn Chon,
176

Iberian Peninsula, Iberia,
xi
,
145–6
,
302

Ibor Cind Trácha,
215

Iceland,
xxvi
,
114
,
127
;
Irish settlement there,
114

Iceni,
5
,
83

Icovellauna,
11

Ilbrec,
16

Iliad
, the,
32
,
44
,
63
,
137
,
168
,
169
,
229

imbas forosnai
,
29
,
226

Imbolc,
40
,
90
,
95
,
100–102
,
105
;
ewes’ lactation and,
100
;
variant forms,
100

Immram
,
109

Imram
,
109
,
151

Imram Brain
,
xxiii
,
109–14
,
124
,
150
,
243
;
Christian intrusions,
110
,
113
;
summarized,
109–12

Imram Curaig Maíle Dúin
,
112–13
,
115

Inanna,
60

Inber Colptha,
147

Inber Domnann,
133

Inber Scéne,
131
,
147

incest,
159
,
194

Inchcleraun,
88

Indech,
98

India,
30
,
40
,
58
,
60
,
166
,
253

Indians (Native Americans),
30
,
115

Indo-European languages, tradition,
xiv
, xxviii,
9
,
13
,
40
,
44
,
60

Industrial Revolution,
285

Ingcél Cáech,
161–2

Inis Clothrand,
88

Inis Fáil,
55
,
130

Inis Fionnchuire (or Findchuire),
154–5

Inishglora,
164
,
165

Inishmore,
133

Inishowen Peninsula,
112

interment,
see
burial customs

International Socialist Congress,
104

interpretatio Celtica
,
32–3

interpretatio Romana
,
xxi
,
31
,
39
,
41

Into the West
,
123

‘Intoxication of the Ulstermen, The’,
see
Mesca Ulad

Inverness,
228
,
289
,
291

inxana
,
303–4

Iolanthe
,
107

Iona,
50
,
288

Ír,
146–7

Iraird Cuillen,
204

Ireland,
xvi
,
xvii
,
xviii
,
xxi–xxii
,
xxiii
,
xxv
,
6
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
16
,
18
,
21
,
24
,
25
,
40
,
43
,
44
,
46
,
61
,
90
,
98
,
108
,
112
,
113
,
121
,
124
,
139
,
143
,
154
,
164
,
166
,
171
,
185
,
223
,
226
,
235
,
239
,
242
,
244
,
249
,
275–7
,
285
,
288
,
293
,
297
,
302
;
chronology of,
50
;
division of,
131
,
133
,
147
,
148
,
185
;
as Éire,
62
;
history, of,
48–50
;
personifications of,
10
,
61–3
,
130
;
poetic names for,
55
,
62
,
147
;
Republic of,
62
,
169
,
203
,
221
;
Spain, links to,
145–6
,
302