398, 447 n., 488.

Psychic Centres, 14, 74, 221, 299, 410-1:
see Mysteries.

Psychological Theory: see Fairy-Faith, Theories of.

Psychology, Social, 232, 251, 282, 289, 307, 458, 469, 475 n., 476 n.

Puck (Puca), 25, 53, 164, 207.

—— Science and, 483.

Purgatory, 169, 364, 405, 414, 442 ff.

—— Fairies and, 76.

—— Origin of doctrine of, 452.

Pygmy, xxii-xxiii, 28, 234 n., 236-9, 245, 398:
see Fairy-Faith, Theories of, Pygmy.

Pyramid, xv.

—— Celtic tumuli and, 418 ff.

—— Purpose of, 423 ff.


Rag-Bushes, 430.

Rappings and Science, 459, 463, 475 n., 481, 488.

Re-birth, 5, 9, 64, 84, 227, 252, 313 n., 353, 358-96.

—— Arthur and, 310, 315, 321, 323-4, 379-81, 386, 509 n.

—— Australian, 227.

—— Barddas MSS. on, 365-7, 378, 515.

—— Brython, 216, 378-80, 392-3.

—— Buddha and, 359, 382, 509, 514.

—— Christian, 359-63, 387, 391, 393-5, 513.

—— Classical Writers on, 367, 395.

—— Darwinism and, 365, 501, 515.

—— Dermot’s, 376.

—— Emerson and, 382.

—— Esoteric Doctrine of, 377 n., 503-4, 513 n., 514.

—— Fichte and, 382.

—— Gnostics and, 361-2.

—— Greek, 382.

—— Herder and, 382.

—— Historical Survey of, 359-65.

—— Dr. Hyde on, 368.

—— Japanese, 383.

—— Jewish, 359, 384 n.

—— Jubainville on, 368.

—— Lama and, 383.

—— Manichaean, 362.

—— Modern, 364.

—— Modern Celtic, 383-93;
non-Celtic, 364, 380-3.

—— Mongan’s, 370.

—— Origen on, 359-61, 394.

—— Origin and Evolution of Doctrine, 393-6.

—— Otherworld and, 338, 358, 452.

—— Parnell’s, 385.

—— Philo and, 359.

—— Purgatory and, 364, 384, 452.

—— Roman Church and, 364.

—— Rosicrucians and, 364.

—— Schopenhauer and, 382.

—— Science and, 469, 492-513.

—— Sex in, 375 n., 391.

—— Spiritual, 449.

—— Sun and, 310, 321, 380, 420.

—— Tennyson and, 382.

—— Tertullian on, 359-61, 394.

—— Tuan’s, 377.

—— Tuatha De Danann, of, 367-76.

—— Whitman and, 382.

—— William II and, 383.

—— Wordsworth and, 382.

Religions, Origin of, 226, 455.

Robin Good-fellow, 207, 220.

—— Science and, 481.

Roman Catholic Theology and Fairies, 42, 168, 270, 364, 452.

Romans Bretons, 326-8.

Roscommon, 3, 27, 69, 70.

Rosicrucians, 167, 240-1, 243, 364.

Rosses Point, 58, 66, 243.

Ross-shire, 90.

Round Table, 309-10, 312, 323.

Round Tower, 59, 98, 129.


Sabbath, 215, 264.

—— Corrigan, 209-10 n.

Sacrifice, 258-9, 413, 429-30, 434 n., 436 ff., 455.

—— Animal, 424, 435.

—— Food, 281, 404, 408, 437-8, 441, 454;
Anthropology and, 279-80;
Fairy, to, 36-7, 44, 70, 75, 117, 164, 171, 175, 218, 279-80, 291, 437;
see Libations.

—— Human, 246-7, 251-2, 280, 351, 407, 430, 436.

Sagas, 30, 368, 374.

Saints, Communion of, 127.

Salamanders, 242.

Salmon, Sacred, 341 n., 433.

Samain, 31, 288-90, 298-9, 345, 439-40, 453:
see November Day.

Satyrs, 303, 306, 406.

Science and Fairies, 456-515.

Second-sight, 43, 91 n., 140:
see Clairvoyance.

—— Science and, 486.

Seers and Seeresses, xviii, 2, 3, 18, 43-4, 55, 60 ff., 72, 76, 80, 82-3, 91, 94, 96, 122, 124, 141, 152, 155, 158, 177, 182, 206, 213-4, 217, 227, 242, 264, 284-5, 290, 334, 392-3, 457, 459, 470, 477.

Sein, Île de, 15, 218.

Senchus na relec, 292.

Serpents, 343.

—— St. Patrick and, 444.

Sgéalta, 23.

Shakespeare, 164, 241.

Shape-shifting, 34-5, 47, 79 n., 81 n., 192, 205, 207, 211, 230, 259, 293, 301-2, 328, 345, 356, 374, 389.

Shoney, 93, 200.

Siabra (Ghosts), 285, 310.

Sidh, Definition of, 291.

Sidhe, 27-8, 58-66, 77, 86, 113, 227, 283-307, 314, 334, 352, 431:
see Tuatha De Danann.

—— Abductions by, 294-6.

—— Clontarf, at, 305-7.

—— Minstrels and Musicians, 69, 297-300.

—— Nature of, 62-4, 285-91, 307.

—— Palaces, 291-3, 300-2, 431.

—— Science and, 473, 479.

—— Society and Warfare, 60, 63, 65, 291, 300-7, 335.

—— Visions of, 60 ff., 296-7.

—— War-Goddesses, 302.

—— World, 60, 62-5, 295.

Skye, 4, 96, 98, 257.

Slieve Gullion, 2, 75-6, 237.

Sligo, 44, 54, 285, 299.

Sluagh, 108:
see Fairy Hosts.

Snedgus, Voyage of, 354.

Snowdon, 10, 136-7 n.

Sociology of Celts, 233.

Sorcery, 258, 402.

Soul, Bee, as, 178.

—— Bird, as, 183, 185, 240, 304 n., 355.

—— Existence of, 496-7.

—— Fairy, as, 147, 169, 176, 179, 183, 235, 493:
see Dead.

—— Idea of, 178, 215, 239-41, 244, 247-52, 304 n., 355, 360, 390.

—— Moth, as, 178, 240, 304 n.

—— Seen Disembodied, 215.

—— Science and, 480.

—— World, of, 65, 254.

Spenser, 318.

Sphynx, 419-20.

Spirits, Nature, 237-8, 240-4, 493.

Spiritualism, 55, 151 n., 249, 263, 459 ff.

St. Anne, 428, 450 n.

St. Brandan’s Voyage, 354.

St. Brigit, 3, 284.

St. Columba, 3, 7, 85, 266-8, 441, 428.

—— Human sacrifice and, 436.

—— Re-birth and, 385.

St. Cornely, 199 n., 271, 274, 393, 428.

St. David, 402.

St. David’s, 10, 147.

St. Guenolé, 201.

St. John’s Day, 80 n., 273.

St. Malo’s Voyage, 355.

St. Michael, 12, 407.

St. Michael’s Mount, xv, 12, 15, 173, 398, 407, 423.

Stonehenge, xv, 403, 405, 411, 417-8.

Story-telling, 3, 5-7, 23-4, 115, 121, 149, 152, 154, 161, 184, 221.

St. Patrick, 3, 9, 14, 74, 118, 266-8, 286-7, 292, 294, 297-8, 431-2, 441 ff.

—— Re-birth and, 385.

—— Serpents and, 444.

St. Patrick’s Tripartite Life, 402, 431, 451.

Succubi, 113 n.

Sun-dance and Fairy-dance, 405-6.

Swan-maidens, 200, 301.

Sylph, 241.


Taboo, 79 n., 130, 136, 161, 175, 204, 281, 340, 347, 415.

—— Anthropology and, 274-9.

—— Celtic, 277-9, 289-90, 295-6 n., 340, 347, 352, 368, 415.

—— Food, 47, 68, 127, 219, 275-6, 352.

—— Iron, 34, 87-8, 95, 124 n., 135, 138, 144, 147, 276.

—— Name, 70, 92, 208-10, 213, 274-5.

—— Place, 33, 35, 82, 150, 231, 237, 248, 277, 293.

Táin, 287, 302.

Taliessin, 161-2, 337 n., 388.

—— Book of, 353, 378.

—— Re-birth of, 378.

Tara, 2, 13-5, 31-2, 35, 221, 289, 292, 298-9, 340 ff., 351-2, 376, 381 n., 401-2, 410, 419.