Myths & Legends of the Celtic RaceRolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
Religion
Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race
Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
Celts -- Religion; Mythology, Celtic
CORCADY´NA. Landing of Ith and his ninety warriors at, in Ireland, 131-136
CORMAC. 1. Son of Art, King of Ireland;
story of burial of, 69;
historical character, 225;
Finn and, feasted at Rath Grania, 300.
2. King of Ulster;
marries Etain Oig, 166;
puts her away owing to her barrenness, 166.
3. Son of Conor mac Nessa;
rallies to Maev’s foray against Ulster, 205
CORONATION STONE. Now at Westminster Abbey, is the famous Stone of Scone,
105;
the _Lia Fail_ and, 105
CORPRE. Poet at court of King Bres, 108
COSMONOGY, 1. The Celtic, 94, 95.
2. The Cymric, 332-335;
God and Cythrawl, standing for life and destruction, in, 333
COTTERILL, H. B. Quotation from his hexameter version of the “Odyssey,” 80
CRAF´TINY. King Scoriath’s harper;
sings Moriath’s love-lay before Maon, 153;
discovers Maon’s secret deformity, 155
CRED´NÉ. The artificer of the Danaans, 117
CREU´DYLAD (CREIDDYLAD).
Daughter of Lludd; combat for possession of, every May-day, between
Gwythur ap Greidawl and Gwyn ap Nudd, 353, 388
CRIMMAL. Rescued by his nephew, Finn, 256
CROM CRUACH (crom croo´ach).
Gold idol (equivalent, the Bloody Crescent) referred to in “Book of
Leinster,” 85;
worship introduced by King Tiernmas, 149
CROMLECHS. See Dolmens, 53
CRUNDCHU (crun´hoo). Son of Agnoman;
Macha comes to dwell with, 178
CUALGNÉ. See Quelgny
CUCHULAIN (CUCHULLIN) (coo-hoo´lin). Ulster hero in Irish saga, 41;
duel with Ferdia referred to, 121;
Lugh, the father of, by Dectera, 123, 182;
loved and befriended by goddess Morrigan, 126;
his strange birth, 182;
earliest name Setanta, 183;
his inheritance, 183;
his name derived from the hound of Cullan, 183, 184;
claims arms of manhood from Conor, 185;
wooes Emer, 185, 186;
Laeg, charioteer of, 185;
Skatha instructs, in Land of Shadows, 187-189;
overcomes Aifa, 190;
father of Connla by Aifa, 190;
slays Connla, 191, 192;
returns to Erin, 193-194;
slays Foill and his brothers, 194;
met by women of Emania, 194;
leaps “the hero’s salmon leap,” 195;
the winning of Emer, 195;
proclaimed by The Terrible the Champion of Ireland, 195, 196;
places Maev’s host under _geise_, 207, 208;
slays Orlam, 209;
the battle-frenzy and _rias-tradh_ of, 209, 210;
compact with Fergus, 211;
the Morrigan offers love to, 212;
threatens to be about his feet in bottom of Ford, 212;
attacked by the Morrigan while engaged with Loch, 213;
slays Loch, 213;
Ferdia consents to go out against, 216;
Ferdia reproached by, 216, 217;
their struggle, 217-221;
slays Ferdia, 220;
severely wounded by Ferdia, 220, 221;
roused from stupor by sword-play of Fergus, 224;
rushes into the battle of Garach, 224;
in Fairyland, 225-228;
loved by Fand, 226;
the vengeance of Maev upon, 228-233;
other enemies of Erc, and Lewy son of Curoi, 228;
Blanid, Curoi’s wife, sets her love on, 228;
his madness, 229-231;
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