FORBAY. Son of Conor mac Nessa; slays Maev, 245 FORD OF FERDIA. Place on the River Dee; one champion at a time to meet Cuchulain at, 211; the struggle at, between Cuchulain and Ferdia, 216-220 FORGALL THE WILY. The lord of Lusca, father of Emer, 185; meets his death in escaping from Cuchulain, 195 FOTH´AD. King, slain in battle with Finn mac Cumhal; wager as to place of death made by Mongan, 81 FRAG´ARACH (“The Answerer”). Terrible sword brought by Lugh from the Land of the Living, 113 FRANCE. Place-names of, Celtic element in, 27 FUAMNACH (foo´am-nach). Wife of Midir the Proud, 156; her jealousy of a second bride, Etain, 156; transforms Etain into a butterfly by magic art, 156-158; Midir tells of her death, 160 G GAE BOLG. The thrust of, taught by Skatha to Cuchulain, 188, 189; Cuchulam slays his son Connla by, 192; Cuchulain slays Loch by, 213; Cuchulain slays Ferdia by, 220 GAELIC. Cymric language and, 35; effect of legends of, on Continental poets, 50; bards’ ideas of chivalric romance anticipated by, 246; Cymric legend and, compared, 344-419; Continental romance and, 345 GAELS. Sacrifices of children by, to idol Crom Cruach, 85 GÆSAT´I. Celtic warriors, in battle of Clastidium, 41 GALATIA. Celtic state of, St. Jerome’s attestation _re_, 34 GAL´IOIN. See Firbolgs, 103 GALLES, M. RENÉ. Tumulus of Mané-er-H´oeck described by, 63 GARACH. Mac Roth views Ulster men on Plain of, 223; the battle of, 223-225 GAUL-S. Under Roman yoke, 35; Cæsar’s account of, 37; described by Diodorus Siculus, 41, 42; described by Ammianus Marcellinus, 42; Dr. Rice Holmes describes, 43; commerce on Mediterranean, Bay of Biscay, &c., of, 44; religious beliefs and rites described by Julius Cæsar, 51, 52; human sacrifices in, 84; votive inscriptions to Æsus, Teutates, and Taranus, found in, 86, 87; Dis, or Pluto, a most notable god of, 88; dead carried from, to Britain, 131; Maon taken to, 153 “GAULOIS, LA RELIGION DES.” Reference to, 55, 83 GAUVAIN (SIR GAWAIN). Fellow-knight with Perceval, 406 GAVR´INIS. Chiromancy at, 64 GEENA MAC LUGA. Son of Luga, one of Finn’s men, 262; Finn teaches the maxims of the Fianna to, 262, 263 GEIS-E (singular, gaysh; plural, gaysha). The law of the, 164; meaning of this Irish word explained, 164; instances: Dermot of the Love Spot, Conary Mōr, and Fergus mac Roy, 165; Grania puts Dermot under, 298 GELON. Defeat of Hamilcar by, at Himera, 22 GENEALOGY. Of Conary Mōr, from Eochy, 164; of Conor mac Nessa, from Ross the Red, 181; of Cuchulain and Conall of the Victories, from Druid Cathbad, 181; of Dōn, 350; of Llyr, 351; of Arthur, 352 GENEIR. Knight of Arthur’s court, 401 GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH. Bishop of St. Asaph; his “Historia Regum Britaniæ” written to commemorate Arthur’s exploits, 337 GERAINT. The tale of Enid and, 399, 400 GERALD, EARL. Son of goddess Ainé, 128