Cuchulain at, 187;

Cuchulain leaps, 188

Equivalents, Brigit and “Brigantia,” 103

Brigit (g as in “get”).

Irish goddess identical with Dana [pg 426] and “Brigindo,” &c., 103, 126;

daughter of the god Dagda, “The Good,” 103, 126;

Ecne, grandson of, 103

See Great Britain.

Carthaginian trade with, broken down by the Greeks, 22;

place-names of, Celtic element in, 27;

under yoke of Rome, 35;

magic indigenous in, 62;

votive inscriptions to Æsus, Teutates, and Taranus found in, 86;

dead carried from Gaul to, 131;

Ingcel, son of King of, 169;

visit of Demetrius to, 355;

Bran, King of, 365;

Caradawc rules over in his father's name, 369;

Caswallan conquers, 372;

the “Third Fatal Disclosure” in, 373

Nedimean chief who settled in Great Britain and gave name to that country, 102

Sole relics of Celtic empire, on its downfall, 34;

Maev, Grania, Findabair, Deirdre, and Boadicea, women who figure in myths of, 43

Geoffrey of Monmouth, like Nennius, affords a fantastic origin for the, 338

Mané-er-H´oeck, remarkable tumulus in, 63;

tumulus of Locmariaker in, markings on similar to those on tumulus at New Grange, Ireland, 72;

symbol of the feet found in, 77;

book brought from, by Walter, Archdeacon of Oxford, formed basis of Geoffrey of Monmouth's “Historia Regum Britaniæ,” 337;

Arthurian saga in, 339, 340

St. Patrick's scribe, 119, 290

See Quelgny

Brugh na Boyna (broo-na-boyna).

Pointed out to Cuchulain, 193

Footprint of, found in India as symbol, 77;

the cross-legged, frequent occurrence in religious art of the East and Mexico, 87

Buic (boo´ik).

Son of Banblai;

slain by Cuchulain, 211

Reference to Egyptian legend in, 118

Bury, Professor.

Remarks of, regarding the Celtic world, 59

Daughter of Ethal Anubal;

wooed by Angus Ōg, 122, 123;

her dual life, 122;

accepts the love of Angus Ōg, 122

Caerleon-on-Usk.

Arthur's court held at, 337

Cæsar, Julius.

Critical account of Gauls, 37;

religious beliefs of Celts recorded by, 51, 52;

the Belgæ, the Celtæ, and the Aquitani located by, 58;

affirmation that doctrine of immortality fostered by Druids to promote courage, 81, 82;

culture superintended by Druids, recorded by, 84;

gods of Aryan Celts equated with Mercury, Apollo, &c., by, 86

Son of Cormac mac Art, father of Light of Beauty, 304;

refuses tribute to the Fianna, 305;

Clan Bascna makes war upon, 305-308

Caliburn (Welsh Caladvwlch).

Magic sword of King Arthur, 338.

See Excalibur, 224, note

Celts and, 21

Version of battle of Gowra, in his “The Fians,” 305-307

Son of Bran;

rules Britain in his father's absence, 369

Reputed father of Tuan, 100

Earliest home of mountain Celts was ranges of the, 57

Celts conquered [pg 427] Spain from, 21;

Greeks break monopoly of trade of, with Britain and Spain, 22

Cas´corach. Son of a minstrel of the Danaan Folk;

and St. Patrick, 119

Castle of Wonders. Peredur at, 405, 406

Cas´wallan. Son of Beli;

conquers Britain during Bran's absence, 372

Cathbad. Druid;

wedded to Maga, wife of Ross the Red, 181;

his spell of divination overheard by Cuchulain, 185;

draws Deirdre's horoscope, 197;

casts evil spells over Naisi and Deirdre, 200

Catholic Church. Mediæal interdicts of, 46

Cato, M. Porcius. Observances of, regarding Gauls, 37

Cauldron of Abundance. See equivalent, Stone of Abundance;

also see Grail

Celtæ One of three peoples inhabiting Gaul when Cæar's conquest began, 58

Celtchar (kelt-yar). Son of Hornskin;

under debility curse, 205

Celtdom. The Golden Age of, in Continental Europe, 21

Celtic. Power, diffusion of, in Mid-Europe, 26;

placenames in Europe, 27;

artwork relics, story told by, 28;

Germanic words, Celtic element in, 32;

empire, downfall of, 34;

weak policy of peoples, 44;

religion, the, 46, 47;

High Kings, traditional burial-places of, 69;

doctrine of immortality, origin of so-called “Celtic,” 75, 76;

ideas of immortality, 78-87;

deities, names and attributes of, 86-88;

conception of death, the, 89;

culture, five factors in ancient, 89, 90;

the present-day populations, 91, 92;

cosmogony, the, 94, 95;

things, “Barddas” a work not unworthy the student of, 333

Celtica. Never inhabited by a single pure and homogeneous race, 18;

Greek type of civilisation preserved by, 22;

art of enamelling originated in, 30;

the Druids formed the sovran power in, 46;

Brigit (Dana) most widely worshipped goddess in, 126

Celts. Term first found in Hecatæus;

equivalent, Hyperboreans, 17;

Herodotus and dwelling-place of, 17;

Aristotle and, 17;

Hellanicus of Lesbos and, 17;

Ephorus and, 17;

Plato and, 17;

their attack on Rome, a landmark of ancient history, 18;

described by Dr. T. Rice Holmes, 18, 19;

dominion of, over Mid-Europe, Gaul, Spain, and the British Isles, 20;

their place among these races, 20;

Giraldus Cambrensis and, 21;

Spain conquered from the Carthaginians by, 21;

Northern Italy conquered from the Etruscans by, 21;

Vergil and, 21;

conquer the Illyrians, 21;

alliance with the Greeks, 22;

conquests of, in valleys of Danube and Po, 23;

Alexander makes compact with, 23;

national oath of, 24;

welded into unity by Ambicatus, 25;

defeat Romans, 26;

Germanic peoples and, 26, 33;

decorative motives derived from Greek art, 29;

art of enamelling learnt by classical nations from, 30;

burial rites practised by, 33;

character, elements comprising, 36;

Strabo's description of, 39;

love of splendour and methods of warfare, 40;

Polybius' description of warriors in battle of Clastidium, 41;

their influence on European literature and philosophy, 49, 50;

the Religion of the, 51-93;

ranges of the Balkans and Carpathians earliest home of mountain, 57;

musical services of, described by Hecatæus, [pg 428] 58;

Switzerland, Burgundy, the Palatinate, Northern France, parts of Britain, &c., occupied by mountain, 58;

origin of doctrine of immortality, 75;

idea of immortality and doctrine of transmigration, 80, 81;

the present-day, 91, 92;

no non-Christian conception of origin of things, 94;

victories at the Alba and at Delphi attributed to Brenos (Brian), 126;

true worship of, paid to elemental forces represented by actual natural phenomena, 147

Otherwise The Footless;

related to Vitra, the God of Evil in Vedantic mythology, 97