The Mythology of the British Islands: An Introduction to Celtic Myth, Legend, Poetry, and Romance — John Shaqi
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
De Jubainville: _Le Cycle Mythologique_. Rhys: _Hibbert Lectures_, p.
154. The _Coir Anmann_, however, translates it “Fire of God”.
Footnote 74:
_The Second Battle of Moytura._ Harleian MS. 5280.
Footnote 75:
The story is told in the Book of Leinster.
Footnote 76:
Now called “Trinity Well”.
Footnote 77:
See chap. XIV—“Finn and the Fenians”.
Footnote 78:
Book of Leinster. A paraphrase of the story will be found in O’Curry’s
_Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish_, Vol. II, p. 143.
Footnote 79:
See chap. XV—“The Decline and Fall of the Gods”.
Footnote 80:
Rhys: _Hibbert Lectures_, p. 331.
Footnote 81:
Rhys: _Hibbert Lectures_, p. 331.
Footnote 82:
See chap. XI—“The Gods in Exile”.
Footnote 83:
See chap. VIII—“The Gaelic Argonauts”.
Footnote 84:
Rhys: _Hibbert Lectures_, p. 524.
Footnote 85:
Pronounced _Bove_.
Footnote 86:
Lêr—genitive Lir.
Footnote 87:
Pronounced _Dianket_. His name is explained, both in the _Choice of
Names_ and in Cormac’s _Glossary_, as meaning “God of Health”.
Footnote 88:
Standish O’Grady: _The Story of Ireland_, p. 17.
Footnote 89:
Pronounced _Luga_ or _Loo_.
Footnote 90:
Pronounced _Lavāda_.
Footnote 91:
Translated by O’Curry in _Atlantis_, Vol. III, from the Book of
Lismore.
Footnote 92:
Chap. VIII—“The Gaelic Argonauts”.
Footnote 93:
Chap. VII—“The Rise of the Sun-God”.
Footnote 94:
Rhys: _Celtic Britain_, chap. VII.
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CHAPTER VI
THE GODS ARRIVE
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