Chapter 23

Creu´dylad (Creiddylad).Daughter of Lludd; combat for possession of, every May-day, between Gwythur ap Greidawl and Gwyn ap Nudd,353,388Crimmal.Rescued by his nephew, Finn,256Crom Cruach(crom croo´ach).Gold idol (equivalent, the Bloody Crescent) referred to in“Book of Leinster,”85;worship introduced by King Tiernmas,149Cromlechs.SeeDolmens,53Crundchu(crun´hoo). Son of Agnoman;Macha comes to dwell with,178Cualgné.SeeQuelgnyCuchulain (Cuchullin)(coo-hoo´lin). Ulster hero in Irish saga,41;duel with Ferdia referred to,121;Lugh, the father of, by Dectera,123,182;loved and befriended by goddess Morrigan,126;his strange birth,182;earliest name Setanta,183;his inheritance,183;his name derived from the hound of Cullan,183,184;claims arms of manhood from Conor,185;wooes Emer,185,186;Laeg, charioteer of,185;Skatha instructs, in Land of Shadows,187-189;overcomes Aifa,190;father of Connla by Aifa,190;slays Connla,191,192;returns to Erin,193-194;slays Foill and his brothers,194;met by women of Emania,194;leaps“the hero's salmon leap,”195;the winning of Emer,195;proclaimed by The Terrible the Champion of Ireland,195,196;places Maev's host undergeise,207,208;slays Orlam,209;the battle-frenzy andrias-tradhof,209,210;compact with Fergus,211;the Morrigan offers love to,212;threatens to be about his feet in bottom of Ford,212;attacked by the Morrigan while engaged with Loch,213;slays Loch,213;Ferdia consents to go out against,216;Ferdia reproached by,216,217;their struggle,217-221;slays Ferdia,220;severely wounded by Ferdia,220,221;roused from stupor by sword-play of Fergus,224;rushes into the battle of Garach,224;in Fairyland,225-228;loved by Fand,226;the vengeance of Maev upon,[pg 431]228-233;other enemies of Erc, and Lewy son of Curoi,228;Blanid, Curoi's wife, sets her love on,228;his madness,229-231;Bave personates Niam before,230;the Morrigan croaks of war before,230;Dectera and Cathbad urge him wait for Conall of the Victories ere setting forth to battle,230;the Washer at the Ford seen by,231;Clan Calatin cause him to break hisgeise,231;finds his foes at Slieve Fuad,232;the Grey of Macha being mortally wounded, he takes farewell of,232;mortally wounded by Lewy,232;his remaining horse, Black Sainglend, breaks away from,232;Lewy slays outright,233;his death avenged by Conall of the Victories,233;reappears in later legend of Christian origin found in“Book of the Dun Cow,”238,239;St. Patrick's summons from Hell,238Cullan.His feast to King Conor in Quelgny,183;Cuchulain slays his hound,183;Cuchulain named the Hound of,184;his daughter declared responsible for Finn's enchantment,280Cumhal(coo´al). Chief of the Clan Morna, son of Trenmōr, husband of Murna of the White Neck, the father of Finn,255,257;slain at battle of Knock,255Cup-and-ring Markings.Meaning of, in connexion with Megalithic monuments, no light on,67;example in Dupaix'“Monuments of New Spain,”68;reproduction in Lord Kingsborough's“Antiquities of Mexico,”68Cup of the Last SupperIdentical with the Grail,406;equivalent, the Magic Cauldron,411Curoi(coo´roi). Father of Lewy, husband of Blanid,228;slain by Cuchulain,229Cuscrid.Son of Conor mac Nessa;under Debility curse,205;mac Datho's boar and,243Custenn´in. Brother of Yspaddaden;assists Kilhwch in his quest for Olwen,389Cycle-s. The, of Irish legend,95;the Mythological,95-145;the Ultonian,178-251;Ossianic,241-245;certain stories of Ultonian, not centred on Cuchulain,246;the Ultonian, time of events of the,252;the Ossianic and Ultonian contrasted,253-255Cymric.1. Peoples;effect of legends of, on Continental poets,50;2. Myths;Druidic thought enshrined in Llewellyn Sion's“Barddas,”edited by by J. A. Williams ap Ithel for the Welsh MS. Society,332;cosmogony, the,333-335;God and Cythrawl in,333;why so little of Arthurian saga heard in,344;comparison between Gaelic and,344-368Cythrawl.God and, two primary existences standing for principles of destruction and life, in Cymric cosmogony,333;realised in“Annwn”(the Abyss, or Chaos),333DDa Derga.A Leinster lord at whose hostel Conary seeks hospitality,170;Conary's retinue at,173;Ingcel and his own sons attack the hostel,174Dagda.“The Good,”or possibly =Doctus,“The Wise”God, and supreme head of the People of Dana, father of Brigit (Dana),103;the Cauldron of the, one of the treasures of the Danaans,106;the[pg 432]magical harp of,118-119;father and chief of the People of Dana,120,121;Kings MacCuill, MacCecht, and MacGrené grandsons of,132;portions out spiritual Ireland between the Danaans,136Dalan.A Druid who discovers to Eochy that Etain has been carried to mound of Bri-Leith,163Dalny.Queen of Partholan,96Daman.The Firbolg, father of Ferdia,187Damayan´ti and Nala.Hindu legend, compared with story of Etain,163Dana.The People of, Nemedian survivors who return to Ireland,102;literal meaning ofTuatha De Danann,103;equivalent Brigit,103,126;name of“gods”given to the People of, by Tuan mac Carell,104;Milesians conquer the People of,104;origin of People of, according to Tuan mac Carell,105;cities of Falias, Gorias, Finias, and Murias,105;treasures of the People of,105,106;the Firbolgs and the People of,106-119;gift of Faëry (i.e., skill in music) the prerogative of,119;daughter of the Dagda and the greatest of Danaan goddesses,126;Brian (ancient form Brenos), Iuchar, and Iucharba, her sons,126;Firbolgs and the People of,137;equivalent Dōn, Cymric mother-goddess,348,349Dan´aan-s.Send to Balor refusing tribute,113;their encounter with the Fomorians,117;power of, exercised by spell of music,118;account of principal gods and attributes of,119-145;reference to their displacement in Ireland by Milesians,130;kings, Ireland ruled by three, MacCuill, MacCecht, and MacGrené,132;the three kings welcome Ith to Ireland,133;dwell in spiritual Ireland,136;myth, the meaning of,137;the, after the Milesian conquest,146,147;Donn son of Midir at war with,285;relations of the Church with, very cordial,286Danes.Irish monuments plundered by Danes,69Danube.Sources of, place of origin of Celts,19,56Dara.Son of Fachtna, owner of Brown Bull of Quelgny,202;Maev's request for loan of Brown Bull,204Dark, The.Druid;changes Saba into a fawn,267;his further ill-treatment of,268,269Dead, Land of.The Irish Fairyland,96;equivalent,“Spain,”102

Creu´dylad (Creiddylad).Daughter of Lludd; combat for possession of, every May-day, between Gwythur ap Greidawl and Gwyn ap Nudd,353,388

Creu´dylad (Creiddylad).

Daughter of Lludd; combat for possession of, every May-day, between Gwythur ap Greidawl and Gwyn ap Nudd,353,388

Crimmal.Rescued by his nephew, Finn,256

Crom Cruach(crom croo´ach).Gold idol (equivalent, the Bloody Crescent) referred to in“Book of Leinster,”85;worship introduced by King Tiernmas,149

Crom Cruach(crom croo´ach).

Gold idol (equivalent, the Bloody Crescent) referred to in“Book of Leinster,”85;

worship introduced by King Tiernmas,149

Cromlechs.SeeDolmens,53

Crundchu(crun´hoo). Son of Agnoman;Macha comes to dwell with,178

Crundchu(crun´hoo). Son of Agnoman;

Macha comes to dwell with,178

Cualgné.SeeQuelgny

Cuchulain (Cuchullin)(coo-hoo´lin). Ulster hero in Irish saga,41;duel with Ferdia referred to,121;Lugh, the father of, by Dectera,123,182;loved and befriended by goddess Morrigan,126;his strange birth,182;earliest name Setanta,183;his inheritance,183;his name derived from the hound of Cullan,183,184;claims arms of manhood from Conor,185;wooes Emer,185,186;Laeg, charioteer of,185;Skatha instructs, in Land of Shadows,187-189;overcomes Aifa,190;father of Connla by Aifa,190;slays Connla,191,192;returns to Erin,193-194;slays Foill and his brothers,194;met by women of Emania,194;leaps“the hero's salmon leap,”195;the winning of Emer,195;proclaimed by The Terrible the Champion of Ireland,195,196;places Maev's host undergeise,207,208;slays Orlam,209;the battle-frenzy andrias-tradhof,209,210;compact with Fergus,211;the Morrigan offers love to,212;threatens to be about his feet in bottom of Ford,212;attacked by the Morrigan while engaged with Loch,213;slays Loch,213;Ferdia consents to go out against,216;Ferdia reproached by,216,217;their struggle,217-221;slays Ferdia,220;severely wounded by Ferdia,220,221;roused from stupor by sword-play of Fergus,224;rushes into the battle of Garach,224;in Fairyland,225-228;loved by Fand,226;the vengeance of Maev upon,[pg 431]228-233;other enemies of Erc, and Lewy son of Curoi,228;Blanid, Curoi's wife, sets her love on,228;his madness,229-231;Bave personates Niam before,230;the Morrigan croaks of war before,230;Dectera and Cathbad urge him wait for Conall of the Victories ere setting forth to battle,230;the Washer at the Ford seen by,231;Clan Calatin cause him to break hisgeise,231;finds his foes at Slieve Fuad,232;the Grey of Macha being mortally wounded, he takes farewell of,232;mortally wounded by Lewy,232;his remaining horse, Black Sainglend, breaks away from,232;Lewy slays outright,233;his death avenged by Conall of the Victories,233;reappears in later legend of Christian origin found in“Book of the Dun Cow,”238,239;St. Patrick's summons from Hell,238

Cuchulain (Cuchullin)(coo-hoo´lin). Ulster hero in Irish saga,41;

duel with Ferdia referred to,121;

Lugh, the father of, by Dectera,123,182;

loved and befriended by goddess Morrigan,126;

his strange birth,182;

earliest name Setanta,183;

his inheritance,183;

his name derived from the hound of Cullan,183,184;

claims arms of manhood from Conor,185;

wooes Emer,185,186;

Laeg, charioteer of,185;

Skatha instructs, in Land of Shadows,187-189;

overcomes Aifa,190;

father of Connla by Aifa,190;

slays Connla,191,192;

returns to Erin,193-194;

slays Foill and his brothers,194;

met by women of Emania,194;

leaps“the hero's salmon leap,”195;

the winning of Emer,195;

proclaimed by The Terrible the Champion of Ireland,195,196;

places Maev's host undergeise,207,208;

slays Orlam,209;

the battle-frenzy andrias-tradhof,209,210;

compact with Fergus,211;

the Morrigan offers love to,212;

threatens to be about his feet in bottom of Ford,212;

attacked by the Morrigan while engaged with Loch,213;

slays Loch,213;

Ferdia consents to go out against,216;

Ferdia reproached by,216,217;

their struggle,217-221;

slays Ferdia,220;

severely wounded by Ferdia,220,221;

roused from stupor by sword-play of Fergus,224;

rushes into the battle of Garach,224;

in Fairyland,225-228;

loved by Fand,226;

the vengeance of Maev upon,[pg 431]228-233;

other enemies of Erc, and Lewy son of Curoi,228;

Blanid, Curoi's wife, sets her love on,228;

his madness,229-231;

Bave personates Niam before,230;

the Morrigan croaks of war before,230;

Dectera and Cathbad urge him wait for Conall of the Victories ere setting forth to battle,230;

the Washer at the Ford seen by,231;

Clan Calatin cause him to break hisgeise,231;

finds his foes at Slieve Fuad,232;

the Grey of Macha being mortally wounded, he takes farewell of,232;

mortally wounded by Lewy,232;

his remaining horse, Black Sainglend, breaks away from,232;

Lewy slays outright,233;

his death avenged by Conall of the Victories,233;

reappears in later legend of Christian origin found in“Book of the Dun Cow,”238,239;

St. Patrick's summons from Hell,238

Cullan.His feast to King Conor in Quelgny,183;Cuchulain slays his hound,183;Cuchulain named the Hound of,184;his daughter declared responsible for Finn's enchantment,280

Cullan.His feast to King Conor in Quelgny,183;

Cuchulain slays his hound,183;

Cuchulain named the Hound of,184;

his daughter declared responsible for Finn's enchantment,280

Cumhal(coo´al). Chief of the Clan Morna, son of Trenmōr, husband of Murna of the White Neck, the father of Finn,255,257;slain at battle of Knock,255

Cumhal(coo´al). Chief of the Clan Morna, son of Trenmōr, husband of Murna of the White Neck, the father of Finn,255,257;

slain at battle of Knock,255

Cup-and-ring Markings.Meaning of, in connexion with Megalithic monuments, no light on,67;example in Dupaix'“Monuments of New Spain,”68;reproduction in Lord Kingsborough's“Antiquities of Mexico,”68

Cup-and-ring Markings.Meaning of, in connexion with Megalithic monuments, no light on,67;

example in Dupaix'“Monuments of New Spain,”68;

reproduction in Lord Kingsborough's“Antiquities of Mexico,”68

Cup of the Last SupperIdentical with the Grail,406;equivalent, the Magic Cauldron,411

Cup of the Last SupperIdentical with the Grail,406;

equivalent, the Magic Cauldron,411

Curoi(coo´roi). Father of Lewy, husband of Blanid,228;slain by Cuchulain,229

Curoi(coo´roi). Father of Lewy, husband of Blanid,228;

slain by Cuchulain,229

Cuscrid.Son of Conor mac Nessa;under Debility curse,205;mac Datho's boar and,243

Cuscrid.Son of Conor mac Nessa;

under Debility curse,205;

mac Datho's boar and,243

Custenn´in. Brother of Yspaddaden;assists Kilhwch in his quest for Olwen,389

Custenn´in. Brother of Yspaddaden;

assists Kilhwch in his quest for Olwen,389

Cycle-s. The, of Irish legend,95;the Mythological,95-145;the Ultonian,178-251;Ossianic,241-245;certain stories of Ultonian, not centred on Cuchulain,246;the Ultonian, time of events of the,252;the Ossianic and Ultonian contrasted,253-255

Cycle-s. The, of Irish legend,95;

the Mythological,95-145;

the Ultonian,178-251;

Ossianic,241-245;

certain stories of Ultonian, not centred on Cuchulain,246;

the Ultonian, time of events of the,252;

the Ossianic and Ultonian contrasted,253-255

Cymric.1. Peoples;effect of legends of, on Continental poets,50;2. Myths;Druidic thought enshrined in Llewellyn Sion's“Barddas,”edited by by J. A. Williams ap Ithel for the Welsh MS. Society,332;cosmogony, the,333-335;God and Cythrawl in,333;why so little of Arthurian saga heard in,344;comparison between Gaelic and,344-368

Cymric.1. Peoples;

effect of legends of, on Continental poets,50;

2. Myths;

Druidic thought enshrined in Llewellyn Sion's“Barddas,”edited by by J. A. Williams ap Ithel for the Welsh MS. Society,332;

cosmogony, the,333-335;

God and Cythrawl in,333;

why so little of Arthurian saga heard in,344;

comparison between Gaelic and,344-368

Cythrawl.God and, two primary existences standing for principles of destruction and life, in Cymric cosmogony,333;realised in“Annwn”(the Abyss, or Chaos),333

Cythrawl.God and, two primary existences standing for principles of destruction and life, in Cymric cosmogony,333;

realised in“Annwn”(the Abyss, or Chaos),333

Da Derga.A Leinster lord at whose hostel Conary seeks hospitality,170;Conary's retinue at,173;Ingcel and his own sons attack the hostel,174

Da Derga.A Leinster lord at whose hostel Conary seeks hospitality,170;

Conary's retinue at,173;

Ingcel and his own sons attack the hostel,174

Dagda.“The Good,”or possibly =Doctus,“The Wise”God, and supreme head of the People of Dana, father of Brigit (Dana),103;the Cauldron of the, one of the treasures of the Danaans,106;the[pg 432]magical harp of,118-119;father and chief of the People of Dana,120,121;Kings MacCuill, MacCecht, and MacGrené grandsons of,132;portions out spiritual Ireland between the Danaans,136

Dagda.“The Good,”or possibly =Doctus,“The Wise”God, and supreme head of the People of Dana, father of Brigit (Dana),103;

the Cauldron of the, one of the treasures of the Danaans,106;

the[pg 432]magical harp of,118-119;

father and chief of the People of Dana,120,121;

Kings MacCuill, MacCecht, and MacGrené grandsons of,132;

portions out spiritual Ireland between the Danaans,136

Dalan.A Druid who discovers to Eochy that Etain has been carried to mound of Bri-Leith,163

Dalny.Queen of Partholan,96

Daman.The Firbolg, father of Ferdia,187

Damayan´ti and Nala.Hindu legend, compared with story of Etain,163

Dana.The People of, Nemedian survivors who return to Ireland,102;literal meaning ofTuatha De Danann,103;equivalent Brigit,103,126;name of“gods”given to the People of, by Tuan mac Carell,104;Milesians conquer the People of,104;origin of People of, according to Tuan mac Carell,105;cities of Falias, Gorias, Finias, and Murias,105;treasures of the People of,105,106;the Firbolgs and the People of,106-119;gift of Faëry (i.e., skill in music) the prerogative of,119;daughter of the Dagda and the greatest of Danaan goddesses,126;Brian (ancient form Brenos), Iuchar, and Iucharba, her sons,126;Firbolgs and the People of,137;equivalent Dōn, Cymric mother-goddess,348,349

Dana.The People of, Nemedian survivors who return to Ireland,102;

literal meaning ofTuatha De Danann,103;

equivalent Brigit,103,126;

name of“gods”given to the People of, by Tuan mac Carell,104;

Milesians conquer the People of,104;

origin of People of, according to Tuan mac Carell,105;

cities of Falias, Gorias, Finias, and Murias,105;

treasures of the People of,105,106;

the Firbolgs and the People of,106-119;

gift of Faëry (i.e., skill in music) the prerogative of,119;

daughter of the Dagda and the greatest of Danaan goddesses,126;

Brian (ancient form Brenos), Iuchar, and Iucharba, her sons,126;

Firbolgs and the People of,137;

equivalent Dōn, Cymric mother-goddess,348,349

Dan´aan-s.Send to Balor refusing tribute,113;their encounter with the Fomorians,117;power of, exercised by spell of music,118;account of principal gods and attributes of,119-145;reference to their displacement in Ireland by Milesians,130;kings, Ireland ruled by three, MacCuill, MacCecht, and MacGrené,132;the three kings welcome Ith to Ireland,133;dwell in spiritual Ireland,136;myth, the meaning of,137;the, after the Milesian conquest,146,147;Donn son of Midir at war with,285;relations of the Church with, very cordial,286

Dan´aan-s.Send to Balor refusing tribute,113;

their encounter with the Fomorians,117;

power of, exercised by spell of music,118;

account of principal gods and attributes of,119-145;

reference to their displacement in Ireland by Milesians,130;

kings, Ireland ruled by three, MacCuill, MacCecht, and MacGrené,132;

the three kings welcome Ith to Ireland,133;

dwell in spiritual Ireland,136;

myth, the meaning of,137;

the, after the Milesian conquest,146,147;

Donn son of Midir at war with,285;

relations of the Church with, very cordial,286

Danes.Irish monuments plundered by Danes,69

Danube.Sources of, place of origin of Celts,19,56

Dara.Son of Fachtna, owner of Brown Bull of Quelgny,202;Maev's request for loan of Brown Bull,204

Dara.Son of Fachtna, owner of Brown Bull of Quelgny,202;

Maev's request for loan of Brown Bull,204

Dark, The.Druid;changes Saba into a fawn,267;his further ill-treatment of,268,269

Dark, The.Druid;

changes Saba into a fawn,267;

his further ill-treatment of,268,269

Dead, Land of.The Irish Fairyland,96;equivalent,“Spain,”102

Dead, Land of.The Irish Fairyland,96;

equivalent,“Spain,”102

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