Boann, wife of the Dagda, 55, 139, 141. Boar, wild, of Bengulben, 221; the Boar Trwyth, 347-353. Bodb the Red, son of the Dagda, 60, 133, 140, 141-145, 157, 205, 208; is made king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, 140; his swineherd, 164; marries his daughter Sadb to Finn, 208. Bogles, 393, 403, 405. Bonfires in Celtic ritual, 409-412. Bordeaux, Sir Huon of, 7. _Boreadæ_, 42. Borrach, 193, 195, 200. Bors, king of Gaul, 360. Bors, Sir, 368, 369. Boyne, river, 55, 56, 129, 136, 137, 158, 210, 213, 230. Brahmans, 32. Bran, son of Febal, an Irish king, 134, 135, 224. Bran, Finn’s favourite hound, 213. Brân, British god of the Underworld, 258, 271-272, 276, 289-294, 296, 306, 308, 313, 328, 329, 331, 338, 356, 357, 360, 364, 366, 384, 386, 387, 389, 394; fights the battle of Achren, 306; becomes the “Wonderful Head”, 296; in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s _History_, 384, 385; in the Morte Darthur, 356, 357; introduces Christianity into Britain, 386. Brandegore, King, 272, 356. Brandegoris, King, 356. Brandel, Brandiles, Sir, 356. Branwen, British goddess of love, 271, 289-294, 387. Brazil, 133. Brea, ford of, Finn killed at the, 222. Breasal’s Island, 133. Brécilien, Forest of, 361. Bregon, 121. Brennius, a mythical British king, 5, 276, 384, 385. Brennus, 385. Bress, son of Elathan, a Fomor, 50, 78-80, 82, 83, 90, 108-111, 115-116, 269; his beauty, 50; marries Brigit, and is made king over the Tuatha Dé Danann, 78; is forced to abdicate, 83; makes war on the Tuatha Dé Danann, 83; is defeated and captured, 115-116. Brian, son of Tuirenn, 90, 91, 92, 94, 99-102, 103, 105, 106. Briareus, 326. “Bridge of the Cliff”, the, 163. Bridget, Saint, 7, 56, 228. Brigantes, a North British tribe, 277. Brigantia, a British Minerva, 277. Brigindo, a Gaulish goddess, 277. Brigit, Gaelic goddess of fire, poetry, and the hearth, 56, 78, 109, 110, 228, 269, 277, 387; is married to Bress, 78; is canonized as Saint Bridget, 228, 387. Bri Leith, the _sídh_ of Mider, 136, 148, 152, 332. Brindled ox, the, 320. Britain, ancient names of, 292, 323. _British Goblins_, Mr. Wirt Sikes’, 389, 393, 415. Britons, ancient, who were the, 18-23. BRITONUM, HISTORIA. See Historia, Geoffrey, Nennius. Brittany, 24. Briun, son of Bethar, 113. Brownies, 248, 393, 403. Brude, king of the Picts, 401. Brugh-na-boyne, 136, 139, 160, 213, 214. Brutus, 121, 374. Brythons, 21, 22, 23, 24, 35. Buarainech, father of Balor, 48. Buinne, the Ruthless Red, son of Fergus, 193, 196, 197. Bull, the Brown, of Cualgne, 164, 165, 168, 175; the White-horned, of Connaught, 165, 175. Bwbachod, 393.