Myths and Legends of the Celts (Penguin Reference) (73 page)

Saône,
8

Sarrebourg,
72

satyr,
294

Saxons,
xiii
,
244
,
261
,
298

scaltae
,
114

Scandinavia,
xiii
,
6
,
227
,
290

Scáthach,
68
,
75
,
121
,
197–9
,
200
,
201
,
202
,
208
,
212

Scéla mucce Meic Dathó
,
87
;
summarized,
174–7

Sceolang,
226
,
229

Scholia Berensia
,
37

Scota, Scotia,
129
,
145
,
147–8

Scoti,
129
;
Lebor Gabála
name for Irish people,
148

Scotia (person),
see
Scota

Scotia (place),
148

Scotland,
16
,
19
,
22
,
35
,
43
,
44
,
56
,
81
,
82
,
98
,
102
,
115
,
120
,
124
,
129
,
133
,
164
,
197–9
,
200
,
216
,
235
,
246
,
251
,
291
;
history of,
286–8
;
traditions of,
286–91

Scots language,
xvi
,
xxiv
,
287

Scotti (people),
xvi
,
129
,
148
,
286
;
origin of term,
148

Scottish Gaelic,
xi
,
xii
,
xvi
,
xvii
,
xxiv
,
15
,
19
,
22
,
23
,
44
,
62
,
97
,
98
,
99
,
127
,
134
,
219
,
223
,
230
,
240
,
284
,
285
,
293
,
295
,
304
;
links to Old Irish,
286–7
;
traditions in Nova Scotia,
291–2
;
traditions in Scotland,
286–91

Scottish Highlands,
xii
,
xvi
,
xvii
,
xxv
,
8
,
10
,
18
,
40
,
43
,
76
,
148
,
192
,
222
,
226
,
228
,
233
,
284
,
287
;
Clearances of,
287
,
289
,
291
;
history of,
287–8

Scottish Lowlands,
xvi
,
xxiv
,
261
,
287

Scottish Parliament,
291

Scottish people,
148
,
244

Scythia,
129
,
132
,
144
,
182

Scythian Diana,
37

Scythians,
xx
,
37

sea deities,
14
,
137
,
255
,
275
;
see also
Lir
,
Manannán mac Lir
,
Neptune

Seaforth, Earl of,
289
,
290

Sean-bhean Bhocht,
64

Searbhán,
235

Sechnesach,
10
,
61

‘second sight’,
285
,
288

Ségda Sárlbraid,
121

Segais, Well of,
11
,
14

Segomo,
36

seideán sídhe
,
118

Sein, isle of,
300

Seine,
8
,
27
,
72

Selene,
45

Semion,
133

Semitic peoples,
60

Sencha mac Ailella,
178–9
,
181
,
185–6
,
187
,
188
,
194

Senchán Torpéist,
90
,
170
,
202

Senach Siaborthe,
213
,
214

Sennett, Mack,
187

Septuagints,
129

Sequana,
see
Dea Sequana

Serglige Con Culainn
,
78–9
,
124
;
summarized,
212–15

Sétanta (Cúchulainn’s birth name),
192
,
195–6
,
224

Setantii,
192

seven pigs of Assal, king of the Golden Pillars,
154–5

severed heads, speaking,
210

Severin, Tim,
115

Severn River,
23
,
24
,
36
,
138

Seville,
304

sexual intimacy,
10
,
17
,
20
,
24
,
48
,
56
,
59
,
60–61
,
84
,
86
,
90
,
98
,
111–13
,
121
,
141
,
157–8
,
159
,
166
,
170
,
172
,
198
,
206
,
215
,
235
,
241
,
251
,
252
,
267
,
270
,
272
,
273
,
277
,
281
,
282
,
300
,
301
,
303
;
see also
marriage, sacral

sexuality, human,
17
,
19
,
21
,
67
,
73
,
78
,
79
,
80
,
81
,
82
,
86
,
89
,
101
,
105
,
130
,
170
,
189
,
280
,
294
,
300

Sgrìob Chlann Uisnich
,
292

Shakespeare, William,
88
,
129

shaman, shamanism,
19
,
27

Shan Van Vocht,
64

Shannon River,
xxii
,
11
,
13
,
169
,
177
,
228
,
235
,
244
,
248
,
276

Shaw, John,
127
,
292

Shee
(Manx),
see
sídh

Sheela-na-gig,
69–70

Sheppard, Oliver,
191
,
215

Sheridan, Jim,
123

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
, quoted,
245

Shrove Tuesday,
101

sí
,
see
sídh

sianach
,
19

Sicily,
xxvii
,
154–5

‘Sickbed of Cúchulainn, The’,
see
Serglige Con Culainn

sídh
,
7
,
116–19
,
149
,
152
,
155
,
159
,
163
,
164
,
166
,
203
;
archaeology of,
116
;
etymology of,
117
;
famous examples,
118
;
spelling of,
116
;
variant forms,
118–19

sídh chóra, sídh ghaoithe
,
118

Sídh Nechtain,
14
,
118

Siegfried,
193

Sile na gCioch
,
69–70

Silent Valley,
216

silver branch,
110

Silver Cloud, plain of,
110

Silvery Land,
110

Simon Magus,
46

Sims-Williams, Patrick,
108
,
117
,
118–20
,
121

sínach
,
258

Sinann,
13
,
14

Sinbad the Sailor,
114

Siôn, Llywelyn,
266

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
,
184

Sirona,
34
,
72
,
192

sìth, sìthean
,
118

skin of the pig of King Tuis ‘of Greece’,
154–5

sky, symbolism and worship,
6
,
8
,
21
,
38
,
39

sky deity,
8

Skye, Isle of,
68
,
75
,
121
,
198
,
289

Slane,
6

slavery,
xxi

Slavic languages,
xiv

Sleeping Army motif,
233

Sliab Bladma,
148

Sliab Fúait,
226

Sliab Mis,
147

Sliab na mBan,
225

Slieve Bloom,
148

Slieve Felim,
62

Slieve Fuad,
226

Slieve Mish
,
62
,
147

Sligo, County,
84
,
88
,
107
,
140
,
169
,
229
,
235
,
236

Slovakia,
xiv

Slover, C. H.,
see
Cross, T. P.

sluagh sídhe, slua sí
,
303

sluaghlslua na marbh
,
303

smith, smithing,
43–4
,
90
,
114
,
139
,
142
,
195–6

Snám Dá En,
247–8

Sohrab and Rustum,
201

solar calendar,
see
calendar

solar imagery,
see
sun

Solinus,
39

solstices,
94
;
summer,
30
;
winter,
6
,
94

‘Sombre Kenneth’,
see
Brahan Seer

Somerset,
12
,
295

Sopron-Varhély,
67–8

Souconna,
8

sovereignty,
9
,
21
,
48
,
60–65
,
280
;
drink of,
63
;
Flaithius,
64
;
gender of,
60–61
,
280
;
personifications of,
61–4