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
Bave personates Niam before, 230;
the Morrigan croaks of war before, 230;
Dectera and Cathbad urge him wait for Conall of the Victories ere
setting forth to battle, 230;
the Washer at the Ford seen by, 231;
Clan Calatin cause him to break his _geise_, 231;
finds his foes at Slieve Fuad, 232;
the Grey of Macha being mortally wounded, he takes farewell of, 232;
mortally wounded by Lewy, 232;
his remaining horse, Black Sainglend, breaks away from, 232;
Lewy slays outright, 233;
his death avenged by Conall of the Victories, 233;
reappears in later legend of Christian origin found in “Book of the Dun
Cow,” 238, 239;
St. Patrick’s summons from Hell, 238
CULLAN. His feast to King Conor in Quelgny, 183;
Cuchulain slays his hound, 183;
Cuchulain named the Hound of, 184;
his daughter declared responsible for Finn’s enchantment, 280
CUMHAL (coo´al). Chief of the Clan Morna, son of Trenmōr, husband of Murna
of the White Neck, the father of Finn, 255, 257;
slain at battle of Knock, 255
CUP-AND-RING MARKINGS. Meaning of, in connexion with Megalithic monuments,
no light on, 67;
example in Dupaix’ “Monuments of New Spain,” 68;
reproduction in Lord Kingsborough’s “Antiquities of Mexico,” 68
CUP OF THE LAST SUPPER Identical with the Grail, 406;
equivalent, the Magic Cauldron, 411
CUROI (coo´roi). Father of Lewy, husband of Blanid, 228;
slain by Cuchulain, 229
CUSCRID. Son of Conor mac Nessa;
under Debility curse, 205;
mac Datho’s boar and, 243
CUSTENN´IN. Brother of Yspaddaden;
assists Kilhwch in his quest for Olwen, 389
CYCLE-S. The, of Irish legend, 95;
the Mythological, 95-145;
the Ultonian, 178-251;
Ossianic, 241-245;
certain stories of Ultonian, not centred on Cuchulain, 246;
the Ultonian, time of events of the, 252;
the Ossianic and Ultonian contrasted, 253-255
CYMRIC. 1. Peoples;
effect of legends of, on Continental poets, 50;
2. Myths;
Druidic thought enshrined in Llewellyn Sion’s “Barddas,” edited by by J.
A. Williams ap Ithel for the Welsh MS. Society, 332;
cosmogony, the, 333-335;
God and Cythrawl in, 333;
why so little of Arthurian saga heard in, 344;
comparison between Gaelic and, 344-368
CYTHRAWL. God and, two primary existences standing for principles of
destruction and life, in Cymric cosmogony, 333;
realised in “Annwn” (the Abyss, or Chaos), 333
D
DA DERGA. A Leinster lord at whose hostel Conary seeks hospitality, 170;
Conary’s retinue at, 173;
Ingcel and his own sons attack the hostel, 174
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