Taboos, Celtic. See Destiny, Geasa.
Tailtiu, the Gaelic gods defeated by the Milesians at,
130.
Taliesin,
11,
123,
124,
261,
271,
273,
294,
296,
306,
317,
318,
320,
321,
328,
356,
366,
367.
Taliesin, the Book of,
11,
123,
261,
271,
273,
306,
317,
318,
321,
328.
Tallacht, burial-place of Partholon’s people,
66.
Tara,
29,
72,
84,
93,
98,
105,
125,
126,
129,
147,
153,
189,
190,
216,
230.
Tathlum, a sling-stone,
112,
113.
Tawë, a river in South Wales, sacred to Gwyn ap Nudd,
257,
279,
392,
405.
Tegla’s well, Saint,
415.
Teirtu, the harp of,
346.
Telltown, see Tailtiu.
Temple of Nodens at Lydney,
253-254;
St. Paul’s cathedral occupying the site of a,
254;
sacrifices of cattle on the site of a,
413;
ancient British temples still standing in the sixth century,
400.
Tennyson,
6,
133,
260,
274,
297,
312,
354,
355,
358,
361,
362.
“Terrace cultivation”,
20.
“Terrestrial gods and goddesses”,
156.
“Terrible Broom, The”, name of the banner of Oscar’s battalion,
209.
Tethra, a king of the Fomors,
83,
90.
Teutates, a god of the Gauls,
51,
52.
Three Birds of Rhiannon, the,
273,
94,
296.
Three Chief Holy Families of Britain,
386.
Three Counselling Knights of Arthur,
312.
Three Cows of Mider,
57,
176.
Three Cranes of Denial and Churlishness,
57.
Three Criminal Resolutions of Britain,
334.
Three Frivolous Battles of Britain,
334.
Three Generous Heroes of Britain,
253.
Three Paramount Prisoners of Britain,
350-351.
Three Plagues of Britain,
253,
377-380.
Three Sorrowful Stories of Erin,
106.
Three War-knights of Arthur,
312.
Three Wicked Uncoverings of Britain,
297.
Tiberius, the Emperor,
400.
Tigernmas, a mythical Irish king,
153-154.
Tighernach, an old Irish chronicler,
204.
Tir nam beo, see Land of the Living.
Tir nan og, see Land of the Young.
Tir Tairngiré, see Land of Promise.
Tombs of the Tuatha Dé Danann,
138-139.
Torpeist, Senchan. See Senchan.
Toutates, a war-god worshipped in Britain,
275.
Tower Hill, Brân’s head buried at,
294,
296,
331.
Transactions of the Ossianic Society,
124,
127,
128,
201,
203,
211,
213,
215,
223,
226.
Transmigration of souls,
36;
of the swineherds,
164-165.
Trees, the Battle of the,
123,
305-308.
Trinity Well, the source of the Boyne,
55.
Trinovantum,
i.e. New Troy, a mythic name of London,
376,
385.
Tuatha Dé Danann, the gods of the ancient Gaels,
11,
17,
48,
50,
51,
58,
59,
60,
65,
70-79,
82-86,
91,
95,
97,
104,
108-112,
114,
115,
117,
123,
125,
126,
129,
132,
136-138,
140,
141,
145,
153,
154,
156,
157,
205,
211,
214,
217,
219,
222,
225,
228,
229-231,
243,
246,
252,
269,
276,
312,
330,
393,
403,
404,
406,
410;
their arrival in Ireland,
71,
72;
their battle with the Fomors,
108-117;
are conquered by the Milesians,
130;
retire into underground palaces,
135,
136;
and become the fairies of Irish belief,
137.
“Tuirenn, the Fate of the Sons of”,
90-106.
Tweed, the river,
23,
414.
Twrch Trwyth, the hunting of,
347-353.
Tylwyth Teg, the Welsh fairies,
255.
Tyrian Hercules worshipped at Corbridge,
275.
Uaran Garad, spring of,
165.
Uffern, the “Cold Place”, a name for Annwn,
319.
Uisnech, the hill of,
69,
324.
Ulster,
29,
57,
64,
69,
76,
158,
164,
165,
166,
171,
174,
175,
180,
183,
188,
189,
190,
191,
192,
217,
245.
“Undry”, the name of the Dagda’s cauldron,
54,
366.
Urddawl Ben, see Venerable Head.
Uriens, Urience, King, in the Morte Darthur,
357;
Urianus, King, in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s
History,
376.
Usnach, the sons of,
191-200.
Uther Ben, the “Wonderful Head”, a name for Brân,
296,
330,
356.
Uther Pendragon, Arthur’s father,
330,
356.
Wales, the Four Ancient Books of,
11,
15.
See Skene.
“Water-dress”, Brian’s,
104.
Waves, the Four, of Britain,
261.
“Wave-sweeper”, Manannán’s boat,
60,
98,
104.
Weapons of the Celts,
27.
White Dragon of the Saxons,
378.
White-horned Bull of Connaught,
165,
175.
White Mount in London, see Tower Hill.
White-tusk, king of the Boars,
346,
349.
Wilde, Sir William, his
Lough Corrib,
76;
Lady Wilde’s
Ancient Legends of Ireland,
243,
409.
Williams, Mr. Edward. See Iolo Morganwg.
Wolf, the Morrígú takes the shape of a,
170.
Women, position of, among the Celts,
30.
“Wonderful Head”, the,
296,
330.
“Wood of the Two Tents”, the,
216.
a bird of augury among the druids,
417.
Yeats’, Mr., The
Wanderings of Oisin,
223.
Yell, or Yeth, Hounds, the,
392.
Yellow Book of Lecan, the,
10,
164.
“Yellow Shaft”, one of Manannán’s spears,
60,
217.
See Avilion, Glastonbury.
See Lundy Island.
Son of the, see Mac Oc.
Yspaddaden Penkawr, see Hawthorn, Chief of Giants.