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
Labhra, Mider’s leech, 213.
Labraid of the Quick Hand on Sword, 202.
Lady of the Lake, 361.
Laeg, Cuchulainn’s charioteer, 169, 181, 182, 186.
Laegaire the Battle-winner, 163.
Lakes, twelve chief, of Ireland, 88.
Lamias, 403.
Lammas, 407.
Land of Illusion, 279;
of Happiness, 119, 133;
of the Living, 133, 335;
of Promise, 133, 217, 337;
of Summer, 119, 329;
of the Young, 133, 225.
Laon, 277.
Larminie, Mr. William, 233.
Launcelot, Sir, 7, 328, 333, 358, 359, 362, 365.
_Lear, King_, Shakespeare’s, 5, 7, 259, 270, 381.
Lecan, the Book of, 10, 38, 123, 229;
the Yellow Book of, 10, 164.
Leicester, 270, 383.
Leinster, 179, 189.
Leinster, Mount, 140, 211, 212.
Leinster, the Book of, 10, 38, 55, 56, 121, 132, 139, 155, 156, 157,
190, 199, 204, 229.
Leir, Geoffrey of Monmouth’s King, 381-383.
Leodogrance, father of Guinevere, 357.
Leprechaun, 247, 248, 393, 403.
Lêr, the Gaelic sea-god, 60, 140, 142-144, 146, 205, 211, 212, 222, 252,
269;
his rebellion against Bodb the Red, 140;
their reconciliation, 142;
the fate of the children of, 142-146;
is killed by the Fenian hero Caoilté, 146, 222.
Levarcham, 196.
Leyden, 277.
_Lia Fáil_, see Stone of Destiny.
Liban, 186, 202.
Lismore, the Book of, 10.
_Lla Lluanys_, the Manx August festival, 409.
Llacheu, son of Arthur, 258, 326.
Llandwynwyn, the church of Dwynwyn (Branwen), in Anglesey, 388.
Lleminawg, 319.
Lleu (Llew) Llaw Gyffes, the British sun-god, 261-268, 276, 305, 306,
322, 323, 325, 330, 335, 360, 364, 369, 370;
his birth, 261;
and naming, 263;
takes part in the Battle of the Trees, 306;
is changed into an eagle, 266;
his place taken in later myth by Gwalchmei, 323;
and in the Arthurian legend by Sir Gawain, 360.
Llevelys, king of France, 378.
Lloegyr (Loegria), Saxon Britain, 258, 299, 300, 384.
Lludd Llaw Ereint, the British Zeus, 252, 253, 254, 259, 312, 315, 323,
329, 332, 350, 359, 364, 375-381, 407;
his wife Gwyar, 323;
puts an end to the “Three Plagues of Britain”, 377-380;
founds London, 376;
appears in the Morte Darthur as King Lot of Orkney, 359.
Llwyd, son of Kilcoed, avenges Gwawl, son of Clûd, 303, 304.
Llwyr, son of Llwyrion, the magic vessel of, 346.
Llyn Llyw, the salmon of, 350.
Llyr, the British sea-god, 252, 259, 269, 270, 271, 273, 289, 290, 304,
313, 316, 338, 381, 383, 386;
possibly borrowed from the Gaels, 270;
becomes the “King Leir” of Geoffrey of Monmouth, 381;
and the “King Lear” of Shakespeare, 270, 381;
founds a family of saints, 386;
his tomb or temple at Leicester, 383.
Llyr-cestre, 270, 283.
_Llys Dôn_, 252, 317.
Llywarch Hên, a sixth-century British poet, 11.
Loch, a warrior slain by Cuchulainn, 169-170.
Lochlann (Lochlin), 97, 205, 372;
Lochlannach, the, 205, 211.
London, 294, 296, 376, 377.
Londres, 376.
Lot or Loth, king of Orkney, 359, 364, 375.
Loucetius, a war-god worshipped in Britain, 275.
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