Ultonian-s. Great fair of, visited by Crundchu, 178;

his boast of Macha's swiftness, 179;

the debility of, caused by Macha's curse, 179, 180;

the debility of, descends [pg 457] on Ulster, 205;

Cycle, events of, supposed to have happened about time of Christ, 252

Underworld. The cult of, found existing by Celts when they got to Western Europe, 82;

Dis, or Pluto, god of, 88;

Māth, god of, 349;

identical with Land of the Dead, 130

Usna. Father of Naisi, 198;

sons of, inquired for by Conor, 199

Uther Pendragon. Father of Arthur, 337

V

Valley of the Thrushes. Oisīn's spell broken in, 274

Veil of Illusion, The. Thrown over Caradawc by Caswallan, 372

Vercingetorix. Celtic chief;

his defeat by Cæsar, his death, 40

Vergil. Evidence of Celtic ancestry in name, 21.

See Feryllt, 413

Vitra. The God of Evil in Vedantic mythology, related to Cenchos, the Footless, 97

Vivionn (Bebhionn). A young giantess, daughter of Treon, from the Land of Maidens, 287;

slain by Æda, and buried in the place called the Ridge of the Dead, 288

Voyage of Maeldūn. See Maeldūn

W

Wace. Author of “Li Romans de Brut,” 338

Wales. Arthurian saga in, 343, 344;

prophecy of Taliesin about, 385

Wave of Cleena. See Tonn Cliodhna

Wee Folk, The. Fergus mac Leda and, 246-249;

Iubdan, King of, 246

Well of Kesair. Mac Cecht visits, 175

Well of Knowledge. Equivalent, Connla's Well.

Sinend's fatal visit to, 129

Welsh Fairies. See Tylwyth Teg

Welsh Literature. The Arthur in the Arthurian saga wholly different from the Arthur in, 336;

compared with Irish, 344;

tales of Arthur in, 386

Welsh MS. Society. Llewellyn Sion's “Barddas” edited by J.A. Williams ap Ithel for, 332

Welsh Romance. The character of, 395, 396

Weston, Miss Jessie L. Reference to her studies on the Arthurian saga, 341

William the Conqueror. Reference to, in connexion with Arthurian saga, 343

Wolfram von Eschenbach. His story of the Grail, 407

Y

Yellow Book of Lecan. Tale of Cuchulain and Connla in, 192

Youth. The maiden who gave the Love Spot to Dermot, 292

Yspaddaden Penkawr (is-pa-dhad'en). Father of Olwen, 387;

the tasks he set Kilhwch, 390-392;

slain by Goreu son of Custennin, 392

Z

Zimmer, Dr. Heinrich. On the source of the Arthurian saga, 343

Zoroaster. Religion of magic invented by, 61