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
Govannan son of Dôn, British god of Smithcraft, 261, 313, 316, 345;
kills his nephew Dylan, 261;
assists Kulhwch, 345.
Gower regarded as part of the other world, 272, 356, 357, 373.
Grail, the Holy, 2, 7, 273, 357-359, 365-370.
Grainne, 209, 215-221, 315.
_Graves of the Warriors, the Verses of the_, 272, 311, 334.
Gray of Macha, Cuchulainn’s horse, 174, 181, 182, 183.
Greece, 1, 20, 68, 99, 100, 101, 155.
Greek mythology, ancient, 1, 2, 4;
modern, 403.
“Green Meadows of Enchantment”, the, 394.
Gregory, Lady, 159, 201.
Greid, the son of Eri, 347, 350.
Gresholm Island, 294, 356, 394.
_Grianainech_, the “sunny-faced”, an epithet of Ogma, 59.
Grianan Aileach, grave of Nuada at. See Aileach.
Gronw Pebyr, 265, 266, 268.
Guanius, Gwyn as a mythical king of the Huns, 375.
Guest, Lady Charlotte, 253, 255, 268, 278, 289, 295, 298, 308, 317, 337,
339, 340, 348, 350, 369, 377.
Guinevere, Arthur’s queen, 315, 334, 357, 359, 365, 375, 407.
Gunvasius, king of the Orkneys, 376.
Gurgiunt Brabtruc, king of Britain, 385.
Guyon, Sir, in Spenser’s _Fairie Queene_, 7, 389.
Gwalchaved, 369.
Gwalchmei, 323, 330, 334, 335, 338, 343, 360, 364, 368, 369, 375.
Gwales, island of, 294, 296, 356.
Gwarthegyd, son of Kaw, 337.
Gwawl, son of Clûd, Pwyll’s rival for Rhiannon, 284, 285, 303, 362, 380.
Gweddw, owner of a magic horse, 347.
Gweir, a form of the name Gwydion, _q.v._, 319, 321, 322.
Gwenbaus, Sir, 359.
Gwern, son of Matholwch and Branwen, 291, 292, 293.
Gwinas, Sir, 359.
Gwlgawd Gododin, the drinking-horn of, 346.
Gwragedd Annwn, 393.
Gwrhyr, a companion of Arthur, 343, 349, 350, 351.
Gwri of the Golden Hair, 287.
Gwrnach the Giant, 346, 348.
Gwyar, wife of Lludd, 323, 338, 369.
Gwyddneu Garanhir, his dialogue with Gwyn, 255-258;
his magic basket, 346.
Gwyddolwyn Gorr, the magic bottles of, 346.
Gwydion son of Dôn, the British Mercury, 260-268, 305, 306, 308-311,
316, 317, 322, 327, 330, 335, 358, 360, 364, 371, 372, 373, 377;
druid of the gods, 260;
father of the sun-god, 261;
fights the “Battle of the Trees”, 306;
is the British equivalent of the Teutonic Woden, 260;
his place taken in later myth by Arthur, 316.
_Gwyl Awst_, the Welsh August festival, 409.
Gwyllion, 393.
Gwyn son of Nudd, British god of the Other World, 7, 254-259, 272, 313,
315, 329, 332, 348, 359, 365, 371, 372, 376, 389-393, 405, 407;
attributes of, 255;
his dialogue with Gwyddneu Garanhir, 255-258;
contends with Gwyn for Lludd’s daughter Creudylad, 259;
is made warder of Hades, 254-255;
prominent in the Arthur legend, 359;
becomes king of the Welsh fairies, 392;
his interview with Saint Collen, 389-391.
Gwynas, Sir, 359.
Gwyngelli, a companion of Arthur, 352.
Gwynhwyvar, 315, 326, 331-333, 334, 364.
See Guinevere.
Gwynn Mygddwn, the horse of Gweddw, 347.
Gwynwas, a form of the name Gwyn, _q.v._, 332, 359.
Gwyrd Gwent, father of one of the three Gwynhwyvars, 331.
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