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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

Name: The Mythology of the British Islands: An Introduction to Celtic Myth, Legend, Poetry, and Romance
Author: Squire, Charles

Squire, Charles

Celts -- Folklore; Mythology, Celtic

_I.e._ London, under its traditionary earlier name, Troja Nova, given
  it by Brutus.

Footnote 533:

  _The Story of Lludd and Llevelys._

Footnote 534:

  The name means “dwarfs”. Rhys: _Hibbert Lectures_, p. 606.

Footnote 535:

  _Historia Britonum_, Book II, chap, X-XIV.

Footnote 536:

  Alba, or North Britain.

Footnote 537:

  Now Calais.

Footnote 538:

  Rhys: _Arthurian Legend_, pp. 131-132.

Footnote 539:

  _Historia Britonum_, Book III, chaps. I-X.

Footnote 540:

  The same fabulous personage, perhaps, as the original of Rabelais’
  Gargantua, a popular Celtic god.

Footnote 541:

  _Historia Britonum_, Book III, Chaps. XI-XII.

Footnote 542:

  See the _Iolo MSS._ The genealogies and families of the saints of the
  island of Britain. Copied by Iolo Morganwg in 1783 from the _Long Book
  of Thomas Truman of Pantlliwydd_ in the parish of Llansanor in
  Glamorgan, p. 515, &c. Also see _An Essay on the Welsh Saints_ by the
  Rev. Rice Rees, Sections IV and V.

Footnote 543:

  Rhys: _Arthurian Legend_, pp. 261-262.

Footnote 544:

  _Iolo MSS._, p. 474.

Footnote 545:

  “The Welsh bards call Dwynwen the goddess, or saint of love and
  affection, as the poets designate Venus.” _Iolo MSS._

Footnote 546:

  Wirt Sikes: _British Goblins_, p. 350.

Footnote 547:

  _Iolo MSS._, p. 523.

Footnote 548:

  _The Faerie Queene_, Prologue to Book II.

Footnote 549:

  _Ibid._, Book II, canto I, verse 6.

Footnote 550:

  Published in _Y Greal_ (London, 1805), and is to be found quoted in
  Rhys: _Arthurian Legend_, pp. 338, 339; also in Sikes: _British
  Goblins_, pp. 7-8.

Footnote 551:

  _A Relation of Apparitions of Spirits in the County of Monmouth and
  the Principality of Wales._ Published at Newport, 1813.

Footnote 552:

  Thistleton Dyer: _Folklore of Shakespeare_, p. 3.

Footnote 553:

  _Ibid._, p. 4.

Footnote 554:

  _Ibid._, p. 5.

Footnote 555:

  Wirt Sikes: _British Goblins_, p. 12.

Footnote 556:

  The _Brython_, Vol. I, p. 130.

Footnote 557:

  Rhys: _Celtic Folklore_, pp. 171-172.

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              SURVIVALS OF THE CELTIC PAGANISM INTO MODERN
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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

_I.e._ London, under its traditionary earlier name, Troja Nova, given
  it by Brutus.

Footnote 533:

  _The Story of Lludd and Llevelys._

Footnote 534:

  The name means “dwarfs”. Rhys: _Hibbert Lectures_, p. 606.

Footnote 535:

  _Historia Britonum_, Book II, chap, X-XIV.

Footnote 536:

  Alba, or North Britain.

Footnote 537:

  Now Calais.

Footnote 538:

  Rhys: _Arthurian Legend_, pp. 131-132.

Footnote 539:

  _Historia Britonum_, Book III, chaps. I-X.

Footnote 540:

  The same fabulous personage, perhaps, as the original of Rabelais’
  Gargantua, a popular Celtic god.

Footnote 541:

  _Historia Britonum_, Book III, Chaps. XI-XII.

Footnote 542:

  See the _Iolo MSS._ The genealogies and families of the saints of the
  island of Britain. Copied by Iolo Morganwg in 1783 from the _Long Book
  of Thomas Truman of Pantlliwydd_ in the parish of Llansanor in
  Glamorgan, p. 515, &c. Also see _An Essay on the Welsh Saints_ by the
  Rev. Rice Rees, Sections IV and V.

Footnote 543:

  Rhys: _Arthurian Legend_, pp. 261-262.

Footnote 544:

  _Iolo MSS._, p. 474.

Footnote 545:

  “The Welsh bards call Dwynwen the goddess, or saint of love and
  affection, as the poets designate Venus.” _Iolo MSS._

Footnote 546:

  Wirt Sikes: _British Goblins_, p. 350.

Footnote 547:

  _Iolo MSS._, p. 523.

Footnote 548:

  _The Faerie Queene_, Prologue to Book II.

Footnote 549:

  _Ibid._, Book II, canto I, verse 6.

Footnote 550:

  Published in _Y Greal_ (London, 1805), and is to be found quoted in
  Rhys: _Arthurian Legend_, pp. 338, 339; also in Sikes: _British
  Goblins_, pp. 7-8.

Footnote 551:

  _A Relation of Apparitions of Spirits in the County of Monmouth and
  the Principality of Wales._ Published at Newport, 1813.

Footnote 552:

  Thistleton Dyer: _Folklore of Shakespeare_, p. 3.

Footnote 553:

  _Ibid._, p. 4.

Footnote 554:

  _Ibid._, p. 5.

Footnote 555:

  Wirt Sikes: _British Goblins_, p. 12.

Footnote 556:

  The _Brython_, Vol. I, p. 130.

Footnote 557:

  Rhys: _Celtic Folklore_, pp. 171-172.

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                        SURVIVALS OF THE CELTIC
                                PAGANISM

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                              CHAPTER XXV

              SURVIVALS OF THE CELTIC PAGANISM INTO MODERN
                                 TIMES

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The Mythology of the British Islands: An Introduction to Celtic Myth, Legend, Poetry, and Romance

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