ARTAIUS. A god in Celtic mythology who occupies the place of Gwydion, 349 ARTHUR. Chosen leader against Saxons, whom he finally defeated in battle of Mount Badon, 337; Geoffrey of Monmouth’s “Historia Regum Britaniae” commemorates exploits of, 337; son of Uther Pendragon and Igerna, 337; Modred, his nephew, usurps crown of, 337; Guanhumara, wife of, retires to convent, 337, 338; genealogy set forth, 352; tales of, in Welsh literature, 386; Kilhwch at court of, 387, 388; the “Dream of Rhonabwy” and, 392, 393; Owain, son of Urien, plays chess with, 393; adventure of Kymon, knight of court of, 394-396; Gwenhwyvar, wife of, 394; Owain at court of, 396, 397, 399; Peredur at court of, 401, 402 ARTHURIAN SAGA. Mention of early British legend suggests, 336; the saga in Brittany and Marie de France, 339, 340; Miss Jessie L. Weston’s article on, in the “Encyc. Britann.,” 341; Chrestien de Troyes influential in bringing into the poetic literature of Europe the, 340, 341; various sources of, discussed, 342; the saga in Wales, 343, 344; never entered Ireland, 343; why so little is heard of, in accounts of Cymric myths, 344 ASA. Scandinavian deity, 86 ASAL. Of the Golden Pillars King, 115 ASURA-MASDA. Persian deity, 86 ATHNURCHAR (ath-nur´char), or ARDNURCHAR (The Ford of the Sling-cast). The River-ford where Ket slings Conall’s “brain ball” at Conor mac Nessa, 240; significance, 251 ATLANTIC, THE. Aoife’s cruelty to her step-children on waters of, 140, 141 AUSTRIA. Discovery of pre-Roman necropolis in, 28; relics found in, developed into the La Tène culture, 29 AVAGDDU (avagdhoo). Son of Tegid Voel, 413; deprived of gift of supernatural insight, 413 A´VALON. Land of the Dead; bears relation with Norse _Valhall_, 338; its later identification with Glastonbury, 338 AVON DIA. Duel between Cuchulain and Ferdia causes waters of, to hold back, 121 B BABYLONIA. The ship symbol in, 76 BALKANS. Earliest home of mountain Celts was ranges of, 57 BALOR. Ancestor of Lugh, 88; Bres sent to seek aid of, 109; informed that Danaans refuse tribute, 113; Fomorian champion, engages Nuada of the Silver Hand, and slain by Lugh, 117; one of the names of the god of Death, 130; included in Finn’s ancestry, 255 BANBA Wife of Danaan king, MacCuill, 132 BANN, THE RIVER. Visited by mac Cecht, 175 BARBAROSSA, KAISER. Tradition that Finn lies in some enchanted cove spellbound, like, 308 “BARDDAS.” Compilation enshrining Druidic thought, 332; Christian persons and episodes figure in, 333; extract from, in catechism form, 334, 335 BARDIC differs from popular conception of Danaan deities, 104 BARROW, THE RIVER. Visited by mac Cecht, 175