The Mythology of the British Islands: An Introduction to Celtic Myth, Legend, Poetry, and RomanceSquire, Charles
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The Mythology of the British Islands: An Introduction to Celtic Myth, Legend, Poetry, and Romance
Squire, Charles
Celts -- Folklore; Mythology, Celtic
See Chapter VII—“The Rise of the Sun-God”.
Footnote 312:
Rhys: _Studies in the Arthurian Legend_, p. 130.
Footnote 313:
Rhys: _Arthurian Legend_, p. 130.
Footnote 314:
The old Irish tract called _Coir Anmann_ (the _Choice of Names_) says:
“Manannan mac Lir ... the Britons and the men of Erin deemed that he
was the god of the sea”.
Footnote 315:
_Iolo MSS._, stanza 18 of _The Stanzas of the Achievements_, composed
by the Azure Bard of the Chair.
Footnote 316:
See note to chap. XXII—“The Treasures of Britain”.
Footnote 317:
Mabinogi of _Branwen, Daughter of Llyr_.
Footnote 318:
Rhys: _Hibbert Lectures_, p. 245.
Footnote 319:
_Book of Taliesin_, poem XLVIII, in Skene’s _Four Ancient Books of
Wales_, Vol. I, p. 297.
Footnote 320:
The _Verses of the Graves of the Warriors_, in the Black Book of
Caermarthen. See also Rhys: _Arthurian Legend_, p. 347.
Footnote 321:
Rhys: _Studies in the Arthurian Legend_, p. 160.
Footnote 322:
Mabinogi of _Manawyddan, Son of Llyr_.
Footnote 323:
_Book of Taliesin_, poem xiv, Vol. I, p. 276, of Skene.
Footnote 324:
Rhys: _Studies in the Arthurian Legend_, p. 48 and note.
Footnote 325:
See a paper in the _Edinburgh Review_ for July, 1851—“The Romans in
Britain”.
Footnote 326:
It is said that the “Old King Cole” of the popular ballad, who “was a
merry old soul”, represents the last faint tradition of the Celtic
god.
Footnote 327:
_Geoffrey of Monmouth_, Book III, chap. I.
Footnote 328:
_Morte Darthur_, Book I, chap. XVI.
Footnote 329:
For full account of Gaulish gods, and their Gaelic and British
affinities, see Rhys: _Hibbert Lectures_, I and II—“The Gaulish
Pantheon”.
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CHAPTER XVII
THE ADVENTURES OF THE GODS OF HADES
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