See Fianna

Dectera's sister, foster-mother to Cuchulain, 182, 183;

mother of Conall, 243

Finchor´y, Island of. 115, 116

Daughter of Maev;

offered to Ferdia if he will meet and fight Cuchulain, 216

Druid, of whom Finn learns poetry and science, 256

Conor mac Nessa's physician;

his pronouncement re Conall's “brain ball” by which Ket has wounded the king, 240

Fin´ias. The City of (see Dana), 105, 106

Finn mac Cumhal (fin mac coo´al). Fothad slain in a battle with, 81;

Dermot of the Love Spot a follower of, 123;

Ossianic Cycle clusters round, 252;

Oisīn, son of, 252;

the coming of, 255;

his Danaan ancestry, 255;

Murna of the White Neck his mother, Cumhal his father, 255;

Demna his original name, 255;

put out to nurse, 256;

origin of name Finn (Fair One), 256;

slays Lia, 256;

taught poetry and science by Druid Finegas, 256;

eats of the Salmon of Knowledge, 256;

slays goblin at Slieve Fuad, 258;

made captain of the Fianna of Erin, 258;

makes a covenant with Conan, 258, 259;

Dermot of the Love Spot, friend of, 261;

weds Grania, 261;

Oisīn, son of, 261;

Geena mac Luga, one of the men of, 262;

teaches the maxims of the Fianna to mac Luga, 262, 263;

Murna, the mother of, 266;

Bran and Skolawn, hounds of, 266-269;

weds Saba, 267;

Saba taken from, by enchantment, 268;

Niam of the Golden Hair comes to, 270;

experience in the enchanted cave, 277, 278;

Goll rescues, 277, 278;

gives his daughter Keva to Goll, 278;

“The Chase of Slievegallion” and, 278-280;

“The Masque of,” by Mr. Standish O'Grady, 280, 281;

the Hard Gilly (Gilla Dacar) and, 292-295;

Grania and, 296-304;

bewails Oscar's death, 306;

in all Ossianic literature no complete narrative of death of, 308;

tradition says he lies in trance in enchanted cave, like Kaiser Barbarossa, 308

Fintan. The Salmon of Knowledge, of which Finn eats, 256

Fionuala (fee-un-oo´la). Daughter of Lir and step-daughter of Aoife, 139;

Aoife's transformation into swans of Fionuala and, her brothers, 140-142

Fir-Bolg. See Firbolgs, 103

Firbolgs. Nemedian survivors who return to Ireland, 102;

name signifies “Men of the Bags,” 102, 103;

legend regarding, 102, 103;

the Fir-Bolg, Fir-Domnan, and Galioin races generally designated as the, 103;

the Danaans and the, 106-119, 137

Fir-dom´nan. See Firbolgs, 103

Flegetan´is. A heathen writer, whose Arabic book formed a source for poet Kyot, 408

Fohla (fō´la). Wife of Danaan King mac Cecht, 132

Foill. A son of Nechtan, slain by Cuchulain, 194

Foll´aman. Conor's youngest son;

leads boy corps against Maev, 214

Fomor´ians. A misshapen, violent people representing the powers of evil;

their battle with the Partholanians, 97;

Nemedians in constant warfare with, 101;

their tyranny over country of Ireland, 109;

encounter between the Danaans and, 117, 118, 137

Forbay. Son of Conor mac Nessa;

slays Maev, 245

Ford of Ferdia. Place on the River Dee;

one champion at a time to meet Cuchulain at, 211;

the struggle at, between Cuchulain and Ferdia, 216-220

Forgall the Wily. The lord of Lusca, father of Emer, 185;

meets his death in escaping from Cuchulain, 195

Foth´ad. King, slain in battle with Finn mac Cumhal;

wager as to place of death made by Mongan, 81

Frag´arach (“The Answerer”).

Terrible sword brought by Lugh from the Land of the Living, 113

France. Place-names of, Celtic element in, 27

Fuamnach (foo´am-nach). Wife of Midir the Proud, 156;

her jealousy of a second bride, Etain, 156;

transforms Etain into a butterfly by magic art, 156-158;

Midir tells of her death, 160

G

Gae Bolg. The thrust of, taught by Skatha to Cuchulain, 188, 189;

Cuchulam slays his son Connla by, 192;

Cuchulain slays Loch by, 213;

Cuchulain slays Ferdia by, 220

Gaelic. Cymric language and, 35;

effect of legends of, on Continental poets, 50;

bards' ideas of chivalric romance anticipated by, 246;

Cymric legend and, compared, 344-419;

Continental romance and, 345

Gaels. Sacrifices of children by, to idol Crom Cruach, 85

Gæsat´i. Celtic warriors, in battle of Clastidium, 41

Galatia. Celtic state of, St. Jerome's attestation re, 34

Gal´ioin. See Firbolgs, 103

Galles, M. René. Tumulus of Mané-er-H´oeck described by, 63

Garach. Mac Roth views Ulster men on Plain of, 223;

the battle of, 223-225

Gaul-s. Under Roman yoke, 35;

Cæsar's account of, 37;

described by Diodorus Siculus, 41, 42;

described by Ammianus Marcellinus, 42;

Dr. Rice Holmes describes, 43;

commerce on Mediterranean, Bay of Biscay, &c., of, 44;

religious beliefs and rites described by Julius Cæsar, 51, 52;

human sacrifices in, 84;

votive inscriptions to Æsus, Teutates, and Taranus, found in, 86, 87;

Dis, or Pluto, a most notable god of, 88;

dead carried from, to Britain, 131;

Maon taken to, 153

“Gaulois, La Religion des.” Reference to, 55, 83

Gauvain (Sir Gawain). Fellow-knight with Perceval, 406

Gavr´inis. Chiromancy at, 64

Geena mac Luga. Son of Luga, one of Finn's men, 262;

Finn teaches the maxims of the Fianna to, 262, 263

Geis-e (singular, gaysh; plural, gaysha). The law of the, 164;

meaning of this Irish word explained, 164;

instances: Dermot of the Love Spot, Conary Mōr, and Fergus mac Roy, 165;

Grania puts Dermot under, 298

Gelon. Defeat of Hamilcar by, at Himera, 22

Genealogy. Of Conary Mōr, from Eochy, 164;

of Conor mac Nessa, from Ross the Red, 181;

of Cuchulain and Conall of the Victories, from Druid Cathbad, 181;

of Dōn, 350;

of Llyr, 351;

of Arthur, 352

Geneir. Knight of Arthur's court, 401

Geoffrey of Monmouth. Bishop of St. Asaph;

his “Historia Regum Britaniæ” written to commemorate Arthur's exploits, 337

Geraint. The tale of Enid and, 399, 400

Gerald, Earl. Son of goddess Ainé, 128

Germān (ghermawn—g hard). Diuran and, companions of Maeldūn on his wonderful voyage, 313

Germanic Words. Many important, traceable to Celtic origin, 32

Germans. Menace to classical civilisation of, under names of Cimbri and Teutones, 31;

de Jubainville's explanation regarding, as a subject people, 31;

overthrow of Celtic supremacy by, 33;

burial rites practised by, 33;

chastity of, 41