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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Tartarus, in Plato, 57;
Aristophanes, 59;
Plutarch, 62;
Virgil, 65-6;
under Roman Empire, 109;
contribution to Christian Hell, _ib._;
none in Pagan Ireland, 129;
kindred conceptions, 129, 130, 139.
Tertullian, precedence awarded to martyrs, 188.
Tethra, god of Irish Underworld, 121, 126, 143.
Theophilus, Sergius, and Hyginus, voyage of, 184 _n._
Theseus, 49.
Thespesios, Vision of, 60 _sqq._
Throne of Deity, 31, 96, 158, 183 _sqq._;
parallels in myths of Chaldæa, 70;
Ireland, 122, 137, 183.
Tigernach cited, 7 _n._, 18.
Timotheus of Alexandria, 88.
Tinne, 7, 29.
Tír Aedha, 7 _n._
Tír na n-óg, 133, 136;
Tír Tairngire, 123 _sqq._, 126, 136, 139, 141, 142, 144, 148, 210.
Tonsure, Irish, 9.
Torach, cook of, 155.
Tradition, historical value of Irish, 16, 17.
_Transitus Mariæ_, 107.
Tree of Life, 46, 70, 75, 84, 96, 98, 157, 163, 174, 179, 184, 189,
190 _n._, 224;
parallels in Irish myth, 124, 128, 134, 137, 140, 154-5, 190.
Tree, public, in Ireland, 134;
in the Italian republics, 135 _n._
Trinity, the, in mediæval visions, 188;
in Irish visions, 37, 167, 188.
Trionfo del Vaglio, Il, cited, 153.
Tuatha Dé Danann, 122, 126, 127, 129, 134, 136, 183 _n._
Tuathal Techtmar, 14.
Tundale, Vision of, 212 _sqq._;
influence on foreign literature, 224;
compared with _Fis Adamnáin_, 225;
with Dante, 225-9.
Turpin, Archbishop, 146 _n._
Ua Corra, Voyage of the sons of, 120, 147, 157 _sqq._, 183.
Ui Néill, the, 15.
Vara of Yima, 72, 73, 85, 144, 189;
suggested derivation from Deluge tradition, 78 _n._
Varuna and Tethra, 121 _n._
Veil before the Throne, 30, 187;
over mystical islands, 152, 160, 187, 210.
Vendîdâd cited, 71 _n._, 72 _n._, 73 _n._, 74, 76 _n._, 79 _n._, 80.
Victor, St. Patrick’s angel, 182 _n._
Virgil and the vision of the Otherworld, 48, 64 _sqq._;
descriptions, 65 _sqq._;
follows received authorities, 65;
agreement with Aristophanes, _ib._;
eclecticism, 66;
artistic point of view, 66;
received as prophet by the Church, 67;
influence on development of the legend, _ib._;
on Dante, _ib._;
cited, 152, 173 _n._, 194, 203 _n._, 209 _n._
Vision of Otherworld, wide diffusion of the legend, 1 _sqq._;
in Greece, 56 _sqq._, 60 _sqq._;
Rome, 48, 64 _sqq._;
lines of development, 3, 48;
popularity with post-captivity Jews, 94;
in early Church, 98 _sqq._;
survival in homilies, folk-tales, etc., 111, 114;
special developments in Ireland, 23, 121;
Irish acquaintance with earlier visions, 116;
Irish vision-writers on the Continent, 206-7;
their influence on European literature, 224, 242 _sqq._;
on Dante, 243-5;
tendency to increase in horror, 225-6;
popularity in later Middle Ages, 229, 240;
diminished importance and increased number, 239 _sqq._