ERC. King of Ireland, Cuchulain’s foe, 228-233; mortally wounds the Grey of Macha, 232 ER´EMON. First Milesian king of all Ireland, 143, 144, 148 ERI. Mother of King Bres, 107-108; reveals father of Bres as Elatha, 108 ERINN (ERIN). See Eriu, 132; reference to High-Kingship of, 152 ERIU. Wife of Danaan king MacGrené, 132; dative form, Erinn, poetic name applied to Ireland, 132 ERRIS BAY. The Children of Lir at, 141, 142 ET´AIN. Second bride of Midir the Proud, 156; transformed by Fuamnach into a butterfly, 156; driven by a magic tempest into the fairy palace of Angus, 156; again the magic tempest drives her forth, 156; swallowed by Etar, and reappears as a mortal child, 156, 157; visited by Eochy, the High King, who wooes and makes her his wife, 157, 158; the desperate love of Ailill for, 158-160; Midir the Proud comes to claim, as his Danaan wife, 160-163; recovered by Eochy, 163 ETAIN OIG. Daughter of Etain, 163; King Conary Mōr descended from, 164; married Cormac, King of Ulster, 165; put away owing to barrenness, 166; cowherd of Eterskel cares for her one daughter, 166 ET´AR. Mother of Etain, 157 ETERSKEL. King of Ireland, whose cowherd cares for Messbuachalla, 166; on his death he is succeeded by Conary Mōr, 167-169 ETH´AL A´NUBAL. Prince of Danaans of Connacht, father of Caer, 122 ETHLINN, or ETHNEA. Daughter of Balor, 110; gives her love to Kian, 111; gives birth to three sons, 111; one son, Lugh, 112, 182; belongs to Finn’s ancestry, 255 ETHNÉ. The tale of, 142-145 ETRUSCANS. Celts conquer Northern Italy from, 21 EUROPE. Seeds of freedom and culture in, kept alive by Celtica, 22; diffusion of Celtic power in Mid-, 26; Celtic place-names in, 27; what it owes to Celts, 49; western lands of, dolmens found in, 53 EVNISS´YEN. Son of Eurosswyd and Penardun, 366; mutilates horses of Matholwch, 367; atonement made by Bran for his outrage, 367, 368; slays the warriors hidden in the meal-bags, 370; dies in the magic cauldron, 371 EVRAWC. Father of Peredur, 401 EVRIC. Farmer who befriends Fionuala and her brothers, 141 EXCALIBUR. See Caliburn, 338, and _note_, p. 224 *F* FABII. Romans elect as military tribunes, 25 FAB´IUS AMBUST´US. Treachery of three sons of, against Celts, 25 FACHT´NA. The giant, King of Ulster, 180; Nessa, wife of, 180; father of Conor, 180; succeeded at death by his half-brother, Fergus, 180 FAIR MANE. Woman who nurtured many of the Fianna, 262 FAIRY FOLK. Equivalent, _Sidhe_ (shee). The tumulus at New Grange (Ireland) regarded as dwelling-place of, 69; the _Coulin_ overheard from, 119; Conary Mōr lured by, into breaking his _geise_, 170; seal all sources of water against mac Cecht, 175, 176; Fergus mac Leda and, 246-249; Conan mac Morna and, 259, 260; Keelta and the, 266; Gwyn ap Nudd, King of Welsh (_Tylwyth Teg_), 353