BAR´UCH. A lord of the Red Branch; meets Naisi and Deirdre on landing in Ireland, 199; persuades Fergus to feast at his house, 199; dūn, on the Straits of Moyle, 251 BAVB (bayv). Calatin’s daughter; puts a spell of straying on Niam, 230 BEÄLCU (bay’al-koo). A Connacht champion; rescue of Conall by, 244; slain by sons owing to a stratagem of Conall’s, 245; Conall slays sons of, 245 BEBO. Wife of Iubdan. King of Wee Folk, 247 BED´WYR (bed-weer). Equivalent, Sir Bedivere. One of Arthur’s servitors who accompanies Kilhwch on his quest for Olwen, 388-392 BELGÆ. One of three peoples inhabiting Gaul when Cæsar’s conquest began, 58 BELI. Cymric god of Death, husband of Dōn; corresponds with the Irish Bilé, 348, 349; Lludd and Llevelys, sons of, 385 BELL, MR. ARTHUR Reference to a drawing by, showing act of stone-worship, 66 BEL´TENÉ. One of the names of the god of Death; first of May sacred to, 133 BEN BULBEN. Dermot of the Love-spot slain by the wild boar of, 123, 301, 302; Dermot and the Boar of, 290, 291 BEN´DIGEID VRAN, or “BRAN THE BLESSED.” King of the Isle of the Mighty (Britain); Manawyddan, his brother, 365; Branwen, his sister, 366; gives Branwen as wife to Matholwch, 366; makes atonement for Evnissyen’s outrage by giving Matholwch the magic cauldron, &c., 367, 368; invades Ireland to succour Branwen, 369, 372; the wonderful head of, 371, 372 BERTRAND, A. See pp. 55, 64, 83 BILÉ (bil-ay). One of the names of the god of Death (_i.e._, of the underworld), 130; father of Miled, 130; equivalent, Cymric god Beli, husband of Dōn, 348, 349 BIRŌG. A Druidess who assists Kian to be avenged on Balor, 111 BLACK KNIGHT, THE. Kymon and, 396; Owain and, 396-397 BLACK SAINGLEND (sen’glend). Cuchulain’s last horse; breaks from him, 232 BLAI. Oisīn’s Danaan mother, 282 BLANID. Wife of Curoi; sets her love on Cuchulain, 228-229; her death, 229 BLE´HERIS. A Welsh poet identical with _Bledhericus_, mentioned by Giraldus Cambrensis, and with Bréris, quoted by Thomas of Brittany, 342 “BLERWM, BLERWM” (bleroom). Sound made by Taliesin by which a spell was put on bards at Arthur’s court, 416 BLODEUWEDD, or “FLOWER-FACE.” The flower-wife of Llew, 382, 383 BOANNA (the river Boyne). Mother of Angus Ōg, 121 BOOK OF ARMAGH. References to, 104, 147 BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN, BLACK. Gwyn ap Nudd figures in poem included in, 353 BOOK OF THE DUN COW. Reference to, 97; Cuchulain makes his reappearance legend of Christian origin in, 238; “Voyage of Maeldūn” is found in, 309 BOOK OF HERGEST, THE RED. Forms main source of tales in the “Mabinogion,” 344; the story of Taliesin not found in, 412 BOOK OF INVASIONS. Reference to, 106 BOOK OF LEINSTER. References to, 24, 85, 208