Myths and Legends of the Celts (Penguin Reference) (68 page)

Le Châtelet,
8
,
38

Lebor Gabála Érenn, Leabhar Gabhála
,
xxiii
,
10
,
18
,
24
,
29
,
41
,
55
,
57
,
61
,
85
,
102
,
127–49
,
151
,
152
,
155
,
163
,
166
,
173
,
192
,
302
;
historicity of,
128
;
summarized,
129–40
,
144–9
;
title translations,
127

Lebor na hUidre
,
xxii

Leborcham,
81
,
185

legal systems,
see
law

legend, legends,
xxvi
;
definition and etymology of,
245

‘Legend of Knockmany, The’,
231–2

‘Legend of Fin-Mac-Cool, The’,
232

‘Legend of the City of Ys’,
285
;
summarized,
299–302

Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts
,
231

legende
,
245

Leiden,
34

Leinster,
50
,
56
,
62
,
90
,
160
,
174
,
204
,
224
,
242
,
250
,
251
,
252
,
254
,
293

Leitrim, County,
107
,
169

Lendabair,
179

Lenihan, Eddie,
107

Lenus,
36

leopard, leopard imagery,
xx

leprechaun,
246
,
256–7
,
258
,
304
;
etymology of,
256
;
Galician equivalent,
304

Lévi-Strauss, Claude, xxix

Lewis, Isle of,
289

Lhuyd, Edward,
xii
,
295

Lí Ban,
24
,
79
,
124
,
213–15

Lia Fáil,
53
,
55
,
136
,
170
,
244

Liath Macha [Grey of Macha],
21
,
179
,
199
,
218

Libyans,
xx

Liegnitz,
34

Life of Brigid
,
91

Liffey, River,
14
,
89–90
,
148
,
160
,
161
,
224
,
238

Lilliputians,
258

Limerick, City and County,
9
,
13
,
49
,
62
,
123
,
245

Lincolnshire,
33

Lindow Man,
xix
,
28
,
37

linear time,
96

Linn Féic,
11
,
23
,
225

Lir (father of swan children),
118
,
137
,
163

Lir (patronym of Manannán),
137
,
163

Lisconner Bay,
123

L’Isola Brazil
,
122

literacy,
285–6

‘Little Britain’,
297

Living, Land of the,
see
Tír na mBéo

Livy,
xx

Llanes,
304

Llassar Llaes Gyfnewid,
76
,
275

Lleu Llaw Gyffes,
xxvii
,
7–8
,
34
,
47
,
80
,
140
,
280
,
281–2
;
name explained,
282

Lloegyr (Welsh name for England),
278

Llwyd,
80
,
279

Llyn Llyw,
24

Llyn Tegid,
266

Llŷr,
275

Llŷr, Children of,
71
,
275–7

Labor Day,
104

Loch Lomond,
23

Loch Ness,
290

Loch Rudraige,
257–8

Lochaber,
19

Lochlainn,
16
,
154
,
155
,
227
,
228

Lóegaire Búadach,
177
,
178
,
179
,
180–81
,
182
,
183
,
186
,
198

Loingsechan,
248–9

Loire, River, Valley,
21
,
27
,
67

Loki,
24

Lomna,
162

lón láith
,
197

London,
5
,
10
,
90
,
277

Longas
(or
Longes
)
mac nUislenn
,
81–2
,
171

Longford, County,
118
,
156

‘lost tribe of Israel’,
129

Loucetious,
36

Loudon,
34

Lough Arrow,
140
.

Lough Derraveragh,
164

Lough Foyle,
244

Lough Gur,
9
,
123

Lough Lein,
240

Lough Neagh,
24
,
293

Lough Ree,
88
,
212

Louis XIV,
8
,
48

Louth, County,
46
,
53
,
91
,
187
,
192
,
200
,
203
,
209

Louvain,
xxiii

‘love spot’,
see
ball seirce

Low Countries,
xix
,
61
;
see also
Belgium
, Spanish Netherlands

Lowlands,
see
Scottish Lowlands

Lucan,
8
,
32
,
37
,
38
,
46
,
108
,
119

Luchta mac Luachada,
43
,
46
,
139
,
142
,
143

Lucian,
41–2

Lucifer,
267

Lug Lámfhota,
xxvii
,
7–8
,
16
,
34
,
40
,
41
,
43
,
47
,
62–3
,
105
,
106
,
122
,
136
,
138
,
139–44
,
151
,
153–5
,
174
,
191
,
192
,
193–4
,
207–8
,
246
,
268
,
296
,
297
;
Christian linkage to Michael,
106
;
epithet of,
139

Lugaid (son of Cú Roí),
217–18

Lughnasa,
34
,
95
,
104–6
,
133
,
296
;
alternative forms,
105
;
celebrations,
105
;
Christianization of,
106
;
dates of,
105–6
;
Feast of Lughnasa, The
,
105

Lugnasad
,
105

Lugos, Lugus,
xxvii
,
34
,
47
,
104
,
139

Lug(u) dunum,
34
,
104

lunar calendar,
see
calendar

Lúnasa,
see
Lughnasa

Lunasduinn,
105

Lupercalia,
101

Luzel, François Marie,
xxv

Lydney Park,
36
,
138

Lyon,
34
,
43
,
104

Mab, Queen,
88

Mabinogi
,
xxiii
,
9
,
18
,
21–2
,
35
,
38
,
46
,
66
,
71
,
76
,
79–80
,
119
,
120
,
262
,
263
,
266
,
271–83
,
284
,
303
;
critique of,
271
;
preferred to spelling
Mabinogion
,
264
;
summarized,
271–83
;
texts included in,
264
;
themes of,
271
;
title, significance,
264
,
271
;
see also
branches:
Branwen
,
Manawydan
,
Math
,
Pwyll

Mabinogion
, Lady Guest’s,
xxiv
,
xxvi
,
264
,
267
,
299
;
bogus etymology of,
264

Mabon,
24
,
35
,
70
,
262
,
268
,
269

mac –: family names with the lower case patronymic mac signal that the figure is alphabetized under the given name, e.g. Fionn mac Cumhaill

MacAlpin, Kenneth,
286

Mac an Lúin,
226

MacCana, Proinsias,
66
,
90–91
,
115–16
,
271

Mac Cécht (of Tuatha Dé Danann),
10
,
147

Mac Cécht (ally of Conaire Mór),
162

McCone, Kim, xxviii

Mac Da Thó,
174–6
,
177

MacDonell, Margaret,
291

MacGregor, James,
xxiv

Mac Gréine,
8
,
147

Macha (general),
32
,
45
,
140
;
parentage of,
83–5
,
173
;
triad, identifying,
85
,
173

Macha (Ulster queen),
85
,
173

Macha (Nemedian queen),
85
,
132
,
173

Macha (wife of Crunniuc),
21
,
32
,
45
,
83–5
,
172–4
;
cursing with birth pangs,
85
,
173–4
,
202
,
204
,
206
;
parentage of,
85
,
173

Mac Cuill,
62
,
147

Mac Glass,
252

Macgnímartha Find
,
224–5

Mac-ind-Óc,
35

MacKenzie, Kenneth,
289