Queen Guinevere, 315, 334, 357, 359, 365, 375, 407.
“Queen Mab”, 246.
Queen of the Irish fairies, 243, 244;
of the fairies of Munster, 244;
of the fairies of North Munster, 244;
of the fairies of South Munster, 244.
Queene, The Fairie, Spenser’s, 7.
Quicken-tree, the magic, 219.
Races of Britain, the, 19-21.
Rathconrath, 69.
“Realm of Glamour, The”, a name for Dyfed, 279.
Re-birth of Cuchulainn, 37;
of Finn mac Coul, 37.
Red Book of Hergest, see Hergest.
Red Branch Champions of Ulster, the, 4, 147, 157, 167, 183, 191, 192, 204, 227, 314.
Red Branch House, the, 29, 196, 197.
Red Dragon of Britain, the, 378.
Redynvre, the stag of, 349.
Regan, daughter of King Leir, 381, 382.
Religion, Aryan, 32, 47.
Retaliator, the, the sword of Manannán mac Lir, 60, 198.
Revelry, the Castle of, 319, 366.
Revolving Castle, the, 319, 366.
Revue Celtique, 40, 53, 78, 107, 117, 142, 158, 184, 190, 201, 241, 246.
Rhiannon, a British goddess, 273, 282-288, 298, 300, 301, 303, 304, 358, 361, 362, 407;
her three magic birds, 273, 294, 296;
her name afterwards corrupted into Nimue and Vivien, 358, 361.
Rhinnon Rhin Barnawd, the magic bottles of, 346.
Rhonabwy, 336, 337, 338;
The Dream of Rhonabwy, 312, 337, 338.
Rhyd y Groes, a ford on the Severn, 337.
Rhys, Professor, 22, 23, 35, 41, 44, 64, 68, 158, 205, 254, 256, 262, 282, 289, 307, 313, 316, 318, 319, 324, 331, 335, 352, 363, 370, 395, 404, 413, 414.
See also Arthurian Legend and Hibbert Lectures.
Ri, Roi, an Iberian god, 64.
Ribble, the river, 413, 414.
Riches, the Castle of, 367.
Rience, King, 357.
Rigor, Caer, 319.
Rigosamos, a war-god worshipped in Britain, 275.
Ritual, remains of Celtic, 405-412.
Rivers, the twelve chief, of Ireland, 88.
Rivers, the worship of, 413, 414.
Rodrubân, the sídh of Lugh, 136.
Romans, the, 23, 24, 25, 373, 385, 386, 399, 413.
Rome, 5, 155, 274, 315, 317.
Ronan, Clann, 218.
Round Table, King Arthur’s, 6, 314.
“Round Towers”, the, attributed to Goibniu, 233.
Rowan-tree, 219, 410.
Ruadan, son of Bress and Brigit, 109-110.
Rude Stone Monuments, Fergusson’s, 76, 114, 137, 138.
Ryons, King, 357.
Sacred animals, 406, 416, 417;
islands, 326;
fish, 416;
frogs, 416;
stones, 406, 415, 417;
trees, 406, 415;
wells, 414-416.
Sacrifices of animals, 406, 412;
human, 18, 37-40, 399;
symbolical human sacrifices, 405, 410, 411.
Sadb, daughter of Bodb the Red, and mother of Ossian, 208.
“Sage’s seat”, the, 85, 86.
St. Catherine’s Hill, 29;
St. George’s Hill, 29.
St. Gall MS., the, 232.
Saints, transformation of Celtic gods into, 6, 228, 229, 372, 386, 389.
Salisbury Plain, 325.
Salmon of Knowledge, the, 55, 210;
of Llyn Llyw, 350.
Samhain, the Celtic winter festival, 40, 42, 67, 107, 108, 286, 406, 407, 408, 410, 411.
Samhanach, 408.
Sarn Elen, 324.
Sarrlog, 386;
Caer Sarrlog, 386.
Satires, magical, 83, 87, 172, 182.
Scathach the Amazon, 163, 164, 172, 173, 176.
Scêné, the river, 121.
Scot, Eber, a mythical ancestor of the Gaels, 120.
Scota, 120.
Scotti, 357.
Sea, Celtic ideas regarding the, 48, 261, 270.
Second Battle of Moytura, The, the Harleian MS. called, 50, 54, 72, 78, 107.
Seint Greal, the, 322, 326, 368.
Senchan Torpeist, 14.
Sen Mag, see Old Plain.
Serapis worshipped at York, 275.
Setanta, original name of Cuchulainn, 160, 161.
Severn, the river, 254, 337, 350, 352, 353.
Sgeolan, one of Finn’s hounds, 213.
“Shadowy Town, or City”, 175, 366.
Shakespeare, 5, 259, 270, 381, 393, 408.
Shannon, the river, 88, 165, 292.
“Shape-shifting”, 37.
Sharvan the Surly, 219.
Shield, Conchobar’s magic, 197.
Shony, a Hebridean sea-god, 410.
Shouts on a hill, the three, 94, 97, 105, 106.
Sicily, 96, 102.
Sídh Airceltrai, 136;
Bodb, 136;
Eas Aedha Ruaidh, 136;
Fionnachaidh, 136, 140, 142, 146, 222;
Meadha, 136, 243;
Rodrubân, 136.
Sídhe, “fairy mounds”, 135, 136, 139, 181.
Sídhe, The, the Gaelic gods, or fairies, 136, 223, 244, 246.
Sidi, Caer, 319, 321, 322, 368.
Silures, tribe of the, 22.
Silurian race, the, 19.
Silver Hand, Nuada’s, 51, 78, 81, 253;
Lludd’s, 253.
Sinann, goddess of the Shannon, 56.
Skene, Dr. W. F., 71, 123, 256, 258, 311, 312, 316, 317, 319, 328, 334.
Skye, Isle of, 163.
Slecht, Mag. See Mag Slecht.
Slieve Bloom, 209;
Slieve Fuad, 136;
Slieve Mish, 130.
Smallpox, goddess of the, 413.
Snowdon, 267, 305, 335, 380.
Sol Apollo Anicetus, a sun-god worshipped at Bath, 275.
Solar festivals of the Celts, 41, 405-412.
Solinus, Caius Julius, 228.
Somerset, 329.
“Son of the Young”, see Mac Oc.
Sore, the river, 383.
Sorrowful Stories of Erin, The Three, 106.
Spain, 22, 121;
used as an euphemism for the Celtic Other World, 68, 120, 121, 230, 386.
Spear of Lugh, 62, 97;
of Pisear, king of Persia, 96, 97, 101, 103.
“Spearman with the Long Shaft”, 369.
Speech, Aryan, 21, 31.
Spenser, 7, 389.
Spey, the river, 414.
“Splendid Mane”, the horse of Manannán mac Lir, 60, 88, 98.
Spoiling of Annwn, The, a poem of Taliesin, 306, 317-321, 366.
“Spring of Health”, the, 110.
Sreng, a warrior of the Fir Bolgs, 75.
Stag of Redynvre, the, 349.
Stokes, Dr. Whitley, 40, 50, 72, 78, 107, 152, 190, 203, 417.
Stone, Black, of Arddhu, 305;
Coronation, 71;
of Destiny, 72;
of Kineely, 239.
Stones, worship of, 406, 415.
Stonehenge, 42, 324, 325.
Strabo, 22, 399.
Strachey, Sir Edward, 356.
Study of Celtic Literature, Matthew Arnold’s, 3, 16, 356.
Sualtam, the mortal father of Cuchulainn, 159, 160, 173, 174.
Suir, the river, 165.
Sul, a goddess worshipped at Bath, 228, 275.
“Summer, the Land of”, i.e. the Celtic Other World, 119, 329.
Sun, worship of the, 41, 42;
Cuchulainn a personification of the, 158-159.
Swans, Caer and Angus take the forms of, 141-142;
the children of Lêr changed into, 143;
Mider and Etain become, 151.
Sword, of Manannán, 60, 198;
of Nuada, 51;
of Gwrnach the Giant, 346, 348.
Swinburne, 6.
Swineherds, the rival, 164-165.