Myths and Legends of the Celts (Penguin Reference) (75 page)

Tour in Scotland, A
,
289

Toutain,
18

Toutatis,
37

Tower of Babel,
128

Tracht Esi, Trácht Éisi,
200

Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall
,
295

‘Tragic Death of Aífe’s Only Son, The’,
see
Aided Óenfhir Aífe

‘Tragic Story of the Children of Lir, The’,
see
Oidheadh Chlainne Lir

‘Tragic Story of the Children of Tuireann, The’,
see
Oidheadh Chlainne Tuireann

Transalpine War,
xxi

transhumance,
101–2

Traveri,
36

trees, sacred,
x
,
29
;
see also
hazel
,
oak
,
rowan
,
yew

trefoil,
44

Trépassés, Bay of,
302

Trier,
11
,
22
,
36

Trinobantes,
5

Trioedd Ynys Prydain
,
44–5
,
270
,
271

triplism,
15
,
20
,
22
,
29
,
32
,
34
,
37
,
38
,
39
,
40
,
43
,
44–46
,
70
,
84
,
85
,
90
,
91
,
92
,
99
,
215
,
253
,
270
,
271

triskele,
7
,
44

trispiral,
6

Tristan,
234
,
295

troisième Souverain, Le
, xxix

trout, imagery and symbolism,
23

Troy,
169

Trundheim Chariot,
6

Tuan man Cairill, mac Stairn,
18
,
24
,
132

tuath
,
32
,
51
,
53–4
,
59
,
117
,
136

Tuatha Dé Danann,
9
,
10
,
42
,
43
,
84
,
90
,
122
,
123
,
130
,
132
,
133
,
135–40
,
148
,
152
,
153
,
155
,
156
,
157
,
163
,
164
,
166
,
185
,
224
,
226
;
arrival in Ireland,
135
;
etymology of,
136
;
four cities of,
136
;
members of,
136–40
;
treasures of,
136

Tuireann,
153

Tuis ‘of Greece’, King,
154–5

Tulsk,
169

tunnerez noz
,
303

Twelfth Night,
101

Twrch Trwyth,
18
,
77
,
270

tylwyth teg,
120

Tynwald, the,
293

Tyrconnell,
58

Tyrone, County,
46
,
169
,
231

Ua –: people with this patronymic are alphabetized under their given names, e.g. Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair

Úamain,
118

Úath (classification of narrative),
151

Uathach,
198

uddereek
,
294

Uffern,
120

Uffington White Horse,
20

Uí Fháilghe,
224

Uí Néill,
49
,
50
,
55–6
,
63
,
224
,
239
,
244

Uisnech,
62
,
81
103
,
186
;
fire at,
103
,
132
,
204
;
as Uisneach in Nova Scotia

Ukraine,
129

Ulaid,
168–9
,
171

Ulster,
21
,
23
,
54
,
58
,
80–82
,
85
,
87
,
129
,
148
,
156
,
173–7
,
178
,
185
,
187
,
193
,
194
,
203
,
217
,
220
,
231
,
233
,
234
,
255
,
256
,
293
;
etymology of,
169
;
geography of,
169

Ulster Chronicles,
148
,
250

Ulster Cycle,
52
,
54
,
56
,
80–82
,
85
,
136
,
150
,
160
,
222
,
228
,
243
,
245
,
292
;
alternative names for,
150
,
168–9
;
heroes of,
169–71
;
introduction to,
168–71
;
narratives from, Part I,
168–90
;
narratives from, Part II,
191–218
;
status of,
168

Ultonia,
see
Ulster

Ultonain Cycle,
see
Ulster Cycle

Ulysses
(Joyce),
233

unified imagination, theory of, xxviii

Union Army,
220

United Irishmen (1798 rebellion),
53
,
57
,
64

United Kingdom,
169
,
220
,
265
,
293

United Order of Druids,
30

United States,
104
,
220

Unshin,
84

Uranus,
70

urco
,
304

Urien Rheged,
265
,
266

Urnfield culture,
xiv–xv
,
15
,
16
,
17

Usheen, Hiberno-English form for Oisín (q.v.)

Vaison-la-Romaine,
9

Vallancey, Colonel Charles,
220

Valley of Grief,
270

van Hamel, Anton,
42

Van Winkle, Rip,
113

Vanir,
144

Vanity Fair,
113

Vannes,
6

Varhély,
40

Vasio,
9

vates
,
26

Vatican, the,
see
papacy

vellum,
xxii

Vendryes, Joseph,
32
,
33
,
37
,
45

Ventry,
222

Venus,
3
,
96
,
234

Vercingetorix,
4–5

Verín,
304

Verity, Bill,
115

vernacular evidence,
xviii

Vesontius,
33

Vestmannaejar,
114

Vichy,
35
,
36

Vienna,
223

Vikings,
49
,
50
;
see also
Danes
,
Lochlainn
,
Norsemen

Vindabona,
223

Vindonnus,
34
,
223

Virgil,
xiv
,
28

Vishnu,
60

‘Vision of Angus, The’,
see
Aislinge Óenguso

Vorocius,
36

votive materials,
11

‘Voyage of Bran, The’,
see
Imram Brain

‘Voyage of the Abbott Saint Brendan’,
see
Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis

Vulcan,
3
,
41
,
42
,
43
,
44

Wace,
264

Waifs and Strays in Celtic Tradition,
xxv
,
288

Waldelgesheim,
98

Wales,
xvi
,
xvii
,
xviii
,
5
,
8
,
11
,
21
,
26
,
32
,
46
,
75–6
,
108
,
115
,
261–83
,
285
,
288
;
etymology of,
261–2
;
history of,
261–4

Wanborough,
7

‘Wanderings of Oisín, The’,
123
,
240

war deities,
10
,
35
,
45
,
61
,
83–7

warp spasm [
ríastrad
],
see
Cúchulainn

‘washer at the ford, the’,
303

‘Wasting Sickness of Cúchulainn, The’,
see
Serglige Con Culainn

water, symbolism, properties,
10–11

water deities,
8
,
11
,
137
;
see also
sea deities

waterfalls, cataracts,
8
,
11
,
32

Wave, Land under,
see
Tír fo Thuinn

wells, holy, sacred,
10–11
,
14
,
88
,
91
,
106

Welsh language,
xi
,
xiii
,
xvi
,
xxiv
,
133
,
262–3
,
291
,
295
,
298
;
see also
Old Welsh

Welsh Legends
,
xxv

Welsh literature,
xxi
,
18
,
169
,
249
;
early,
xxi
,
xxii
,
xxiii–xxiv
,
298

Welsh people,
261–2
,
286
;
Irish people, links to,
263

Welsh Triads,
see
Trioedd Ynys Prydain

Westmeath, County,
62
,
164
,
210
,
292

Wexford, County,
104

whale,
114

wheel, symbolism,
6
,
7
,
37–8
,
84

whelp or puppy Failinis of King Iruad,
154–5