An Irish precursor of Dante : $b a study on the Vision of Heaven and Hell ascribed to the eighth-century Irish saint Adamnán, with translation of the Irish text
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Neo-Platonism and the East, 76 _sqq._;
in interpretation of Greek myths, 51.
Nera, adventures of, 132.
Niamh Cinn Óir, 133.
Nicodemus, gospel of, 97, 101.
Norse, possible Irish loans from, 131, 152.
North, region of evil powers, 200.
Northumbria, Christianised from Ireland, 233 _n._
Numenius, 77.
Nutt, Mr. Alfred, _Essay on the Irish Vision of the Happy Otherworld
and the Celtic Doctrine of Rebirth_, 49 _n._, 92 _n._, 119 _n._,
122 _n._, 123 _n._, 131 _n._, 150, 155, 162 _n._, 172 _n._;
_Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail_, 124 _n._, 131 _n._,
150 _n._, 156 _n._;
on the Greek and Irish Elysium, 49 _n._;
on the Greek mysteries, 53 _n._, 59 _n._;
on the Greek sources of Christian eschatology, 92 _n._;
on the Phœnix legend, 155;
on the date of the voyage of Snedgus and Mac Ríagla, 162 _n._;
5 _n._, 28.
Oath of Irish Kings, 21.
O’Curry, _Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish_, 117 _n._, 122 _n._;
_MS. Materials of Irish History_, 162 _n._
O’Donnells, the, of Tír Conaill, 7.
O’Donoghue, Rev. Denis, _Brendaniana_, 207 _n._, 208 _n._
Oengus Óg, 121, 122.
O’Flaherty, _Ogygia_, 14.
O’Grady, Dr. Standish Hayes, _Silva Gadelica_, 14, 15, 212 _n._
O’Hanlon, Very Rev. Canon, _Lives of the Irish Saints_, 4 _n._, 14, 18,
166 _n._
Oisín, 133.
Orpheus, 49, and see ‘Mysteries’;
Orpheus myth in Ireland, 127.
Otherworld, visits to, in Greek myths, 49;
Chaldæa, 69;
in Irish traditions, 121, 133;
Connla, 126;
Cuchulainn, 127 _sqq._;
Conn, 134 _sqq._;
Árt, 138 _sqq._;
Cormac, 139 _sqq._;
and see ‘Vision,’ ‘Imram.’
---- Descriptions, Chaldæan, 69, 70, 193;
Avestan, 71 _sqq._;
Greek, 49 _sqq._;
in _Book of Enoch_, 96;
in _Apocalypse of Peter_, 105;
in ancient Ireland, 122-6, 128-30, 133-5, 137-44;
and see ‘Elysium,’ ‘Paradise,’ ‘Hell,’ ‘Heaven,’ ‘Purgatory.’
---- Orthodox character of the ecclesiastical legend, 109;
of minor importance in the Western Church, 110.
Owen, Vision of, 234 _sqq._;
Dante parallels, 235.
Ozanam, _Dante et la Philosophie catholique_, 229 _n._
Paradise, Hebrew ideas in Christian, 109;
described in _Book of Enoch_, 96;
_Vision of Esdras_, 98;
_Revelation_, 100 _n._;
_Apocalypse of Peter_, 105;
by St. Gregory, 111;
in _Fis Adamnáin_, 29, 30;
in the Irish legendary, 157, 221, 233;
Paradise of Birds, 211;
Terrestrial Paradise in Irish legends, 153-4, 162-3, 210, 236;
and see ‘Elysium,’ ‘Heaven.’
_Paradiso_, see ‘Dante.’
Parnell, Mr., and the return myth, 164 _n._
Paschal controversy, 9, 10, 25.
Patrick, St., 45, 113, 182 _n._, 223;
pagan prophecy of his coming, 135;
hymn of, 21.