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
DRUIDS. Doctrines of, 37, 39;
regarded as intermediaries between God and man, 42;
the sovran power in Celtica, 46;
suppressed by Emperor Tiberius, 62;
Aryan root for the word discovered, 82;
testimony of Dion Chrysostom to the power of the, 83;
religious, philosophic and scientific culture superintended by, record
of Cæsar regarding, 84;
cosmogonic teaching died with their order, 95
DUBLIN. Conary goes toward, 167;
Conary’s foster-brothers land at, for raiding purposes, 169
DUPAIX. Reference to cup-and-ring markings in book “Monuments of New
Spain,” 68
DYFED. Pryderi and Manawyddan at, 374;
Gwydion and Gilvaethwy at, 379
DYLAN (“Son of the Wave”). Son of Arianrod;
his death-groan the roar of the tide at mouth of the river Conway, 380
E
EAGLE OF GWERN ABWY, THE, 392
EBER DONN (Brown Eber). Milesian lord;
his brutal exultation and its sequel, 136;
reference to, as one of Milesian leaders, 148
EBER FINN (Fair Eber). One of the Milesian leaders, 148;
slain by Eremon, 148
ECNE (ec´nay). The god whose grandmother was Dana, 103
EGYPT-IAN. The ship symbol in the sepulchral art of, 75;
Feet of Osiris, symbol of visitation, in, 77;
ideas of immortality, 78-87;
human sacrifices in, abolished by Amasis I., 86
EIS´IRT. Bard to King of Wee Folk, 247;
his visit to King Fergus in Ulster, 247
ELPHIN. Son of Gwyddno;
finds Taliesin, 414;
his boast of wife and bard at Arthur’s court, 415;
the sequel, 415-417
EM´AIN MACH´A. The Morrigan passes through, to warn Cuchulain, 127;
founding of, with reign of Kimbay, 150;
equivalent, the Brooch of Macha, 150;
Macha compels five sons of Dithorba to construct ramparts and trenches
of, 151, 152;
appearance of Dectera in fields of, 182;
Cuchulain drives back to, 186;
news of Cuchulain’s battle-fury brought to, 194;
Fergus returns to, 201;
boy corps at, go forth to help Cuchulain, 214;
Ulster men return to, with great glory, 225;
Conall’s “brain ball” laid up at, 240
EMA´NIA. Women of, meet Cuchulain, 194;
sacrifice of boy corps of, avenged by Cuchulain, 214;
Cuchulain takes farewell of womenfolk of, 231.
See Emain Macha
EMER. Daughter of Forgall;
wooed by Cuchulain, 185-186;
Cuchulain seeks and carries off, 195;
becomes Cuchulain’s wife, 195;
learns of the tryst between Cuchulain and Fand, 226, 228;
Cuchulain sees her corpse in his madness, 230
ENAMELLING. Celts and art of, 30
ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA. Article on Arthurian saga in, 341
ENID. The tale of Geraint and, 399, 400
EOCHY (yeo´hee). 1. Son of Erc, Firbolg king, husband of Taltiu, or Telta,
103.
2. King of Ireland;
reference to appearance of Midir the Proud to, on the Hill of Tara, 124;
High King of Ireland, wooes and marries Etain, 157, 158;
Midir appears to, and challenges to play chess, 161, 162
EPH´ORUS. Celts and, 17, 36
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