Myths and Legends of the Celts (Penguin Reference) (57 page)

Aarne, Antti,
24

Aarne-Thompson catalogue, motif
index,
xxv
,
24
,
65
,
112
,
113
,
166
,
184
,
201
,
222
,
233
,
240
,
253
,
263
,
268

Abaris the Hyperborean,
4

Aberystwyth,
267

Abhainn na Life
,
14

Abraham, the Patriarch,
131

Acallam na Senórch
,
237–9
,
240

Achilles,
xxvi
,
229

Act of Union, Scotland and England,
290

Adonis,
18
,
96
,
234

Adrian IV, Pope,
49

adultery,
14
,
87
,
121–2
,
131
,
137
,
156
,
157–8
,
166
,
189
,
197
,
206
,
215
,
282–3
,
289

‘ Adventure of Fergus mac Léti, The’,
see
Echtra Fergusa maic Léite

Aeb,
163

Aebhric,
165

Aed (son of Lir),
17
,
163

Áed (son of Miodhchaoin),
155

Aed Abrat,
213

Áedán,
252

Aedui,
4

Aeneas,
192

Aericura,
40

áes sídhe
,
116
,
149

Aesculapius,
34
,
73

Aesir,
144

Afagddu
,
266

Afinidades Culturais entre Galicia e Irlanda
,
303

Africa,
xx
,
xxvi

Agallamh na Seanórch
,
see
Acallam na Senórch

Agricola,
146

Ahé, Ahés, alternative forms for Dahut (q.v.)

Aichlech mac Dubdrenn,
233

Aided Mail Fhothartaig Maic Rónáin
,
250

Aided Óenfhir Aífe
,
200–201

Aífe (stepmother of swan children),
17
,
163–4
,
165

Aífe (Amazonian teacher),
198–9
,
200
,
201

Aífe (lover of llbrec),
16

Ailbe (Cormac’s daughter),
253
,
255

Ailbe (Mac Da Thó’s hound),
174–5
,
176–7

Ailbe, St,
114

Ailech,
146

Ailill (father of Étaín),
156

Ailill (ring-thrower),
24

Ailill Anglonnach,
157–8

Ailill mac Máta (husband of Medb),
86
,
87
,
170–71
,
174–5
,
180–81
,
188
,
189
,
194
,
203
,
205
,
208
,
211
;
‘pillow talk with Medb’,
203

Aillén mac Midgna,
56
,
99
,
226–7

Aillén Tréchenn,
99

Áine (deity of Cnoc Áine),
9

Áine (lover of Fionn),
228

Ainnle,
45
,
81
,
186

Airgialla,
46
,
244

Airmid,
138

Aislinge Meic Con Glinne
,
100
,
184

Aislinge Oenguso
,
17
,
166–7

Aitheachthuatha,
148

Alba,
286

Alcides,
195
,
224

Alcmene,
42

Alésia,
xix
,
4
,
5
,
7
,
20
,
72

Alexander III of Scotland,
290

Alise-Sainte Reine,
5

alius orbis
,
see
orbe alio

All Saints’ Day,
97–8

All Souls’ Day,
98

Allantide,
97

allegory,
228

Allen, Hill of,
192
,
223
,
228
,
229
,
242

Alps,
xiv
,
4
,
19
,
39

Amaethon,
44
,
71

Amairgin,
24
,
62
,
99
,
147
,
170
,
194

amazonians,
67
,
68
,
75
,
121
,
197–8
,
226

Amen (Welsh cauldron),
266

American Federation of Labor,
104

amhrán
,
240

Ammianus Marcellinus,
67
,
83

Ana, Anu,
xiv
,
8–9
,
14
,
71
,
136
,
153

anaon
,
119

Anatolia,
see
Asia Minor

Ancient Celts, The
,
302

Ancient Irish Tales
,
243

Ancient Order of Druids,
30

Andraste,
83

Aneirin,
xxiv
,
261
,
262–3
,
265

Angles,
265
,
286

Anglesey,
26
,
29

Anglo-Normans,
49
,
52
,
57
,
68
,
116
,
148
,
298
;
see also
Hiberno-Normans
,
Normans

Anglo-Saxons,
49
,
129
;
see also
Saxons

Anglo-Welsh literary tradition,
xiii
,
265

Angus (son of Áed Abrat),
213

Angus Óg,
7
,
14
,
17
,
35
,
99
,
118
,
137
,
138
,
152
,
156
,
165–7
,
188
,
194
,
235
,
236
,
288
;
conception and birth,
166
;
epithets of,
138
;
narrative of,
165–7
;
variant forms for,
138

Angus Óg agus Cáer
,
166–7

animal, imagery and symbolism,
see
individual animals

Anluan,
176

Anlwdd Wledig,
268

Anna Livia Plurabelle,
14

Annals
(Irish),
115
,
128

Annals
(Tacitus),
26

Anno Mundi,
129

Annwfn,
79
,
119
,
266
,
271
,
272–3
;
etymology of,
119
;
‘king’ of,
119–20
,
272
,
273

antiquarianism,
xiii

Antiquité de la nation et la Langue des Celtes
,
xii

Antrim, County,
123
,
132
,
133
,
169
,
207
,
231
,
246
,
247
,
249
,
250

Anu
see
Ana

Anwyl, Edward,
31

aos, áes sídhe
,
116

Aphrodite,
3
,
96
,
137

apple, apples,
97
,
123
,
154
,
253
;
see also
Emain Ablach
,
Ynys Afallon

Apollo,
xxi
,
21
,
31
,
32
,
33
,
34–5
,
72
,
102
,
262

Apollo Citharoedus,
35

Apollo Grannus,
33
,
72

Apollo Moritasgus,
34
,
72

Aquae Sulis,
12–13
,
39

Arabian Nights
,
115
;
see also
Sinbad

Aran Islands,
47
,
122
,
133

Arausio,
9

Arawn,
119
,
271
,
272–3

Arberth,
273
,
278
,
279

Arca Dubh,
227

archaeology,
xiii
,
xv–xvi
,
xviii
,
xix
,
7
,
33
,
42
,
133
,
169
,
223
,
296
,
302

Archaeologia Britannica
,
295

Ardan,
44
,
81
,
186

Ardennes Forest,
18

Ardfert,
114

ard rí
,
13
,
50
,
52–7
,
157
,
159
,
221
,
226
,
245
;
alternative names for,
54
;
ceremonies of,
55–6
;
origin of term,
54–5