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Nennius.British historian in whose“Historia Britonum”(A.D. 800) is found first mention of Arthur,336Nessa.Daughter of Echid Yellow-heel, wife of Fachtna, mother of Conor,180;loved by Fergus,180Netherlands.Place-names of, Celtic element in,27New Grange.Tumulus at, regarded as dwelling-place of Fairy Folk,69,70;symbolic carvings at,70,71;the ship symbol at,71-73;Angus Ōg's palace at,121;Angus' fairy palace at Brugh na Boyna identical with,143Niam(nee'am).1. Wife of Conall of the Victories;tends Cuchulain,229;Bave puts a spell of straying on her,2302. Of the Golden Hair;daughter of the King of the Land of Youth,270;Oisīn departs with,271,272;permits Oisīn to visit the Land of Erin,273Niss´yen. Son of Eurosswyd and Penardun,366Nodens.SeeNuddNuada of the Silver Hand(noo'ada). King of the Danaans,107-108;his encounter with Balor, champion of the Fomorians,117;belongs to Finn's ancestry,255;identical with solar deity in Cymric mythology, viz., Nudd or Lludd,346,347Nudd, orLludd.Roman equivalent, Nodens.A solar deity in Cymric mythology,346,347;identical with Danaan deity, Nuada of the Silver Hand,347;under name Lludd, said to have had a temple on the site of St. Paul's,347;entrance to Lludd's temple calledParth Lludd(British), which Saxons translatedLudes Geat—our present Ludgate,347;story of Llevelys and,385,386;Edeyrn, son of, jousts with Geraint for Enid,399,400Nuts of Knowledge.Drop from hazel-boughs into pool where Salmon of Knowledge lived,256Nutt, Mr. Alfred.Reference to, in connexion with the“Hill of Ainé,”128,129;reference to, in connexion with Oisīn-and-Patrick dialogues,288,289;reference to object of the tale of Taliesin in his edition of the“Mabinogion,”412Nynniaw.Peibaw and, brothers, two Kings of Britain, their quarrel over the stars,355,356OO'Donovan. A great Irish antiquary;folk-tale discovered by,109-119O'Dyna, Cantred of.Dermot's patrimony,300O'Grady.1.Standish.References to his“Critical History of Ireland”on the founding of Emain Macha,119,120,151,152;his“Masque of Finn”referred to,280,2812.Standish Hayes.Reference to his“Silva Gadelica,”250,276,281Ocean-Sweeper.Mananan's magical boat,125[pg 451]Odyssey, The.Mr H.B. Cotterill's hexameter version, quotation from,79,80Ogma.Warrior of Nuada of the Silver Hand,112,118Oisīn(ush'een). Otherwise Little Fawn.Son of Finn, greatest poet of the Gael,261;father of Oscar,261;buries Aideen,261;birth of, from Saba,266-270;loved by Niam of the Golden Hair,270-272;returns from Land of Youth,273;Keelta and, resolve to part,282;assists Keelta bury Oscar,307Old Celtic Romances.Reference to Dr. P.W. Joyce's,303,309,312Ollav.Definition of the term,149Ollav Fōla.Eighteenth King of Ireland from Eremon, the most distinguished Ollav of Ireland,149-150;compared with Goban the Smith and Amergin the Poet,150Olwen.The story of Kilhwch and,386-392;daughter of Yspaddaden,387;how she got the name“She of the White Track,”390;bride of Kilhwch,392Orlam.Slain by Cuchulain,209Oscar.Son of Oisīn;slays Linné,261;Aideen, wife of,261;her death after battle of Gowra,261;type of hard strength,262;reference to death at battle of Gowra,275;his death described,306,308Osi´ris. Feet of, symbol of visitation, in Egypt,77Ossianic Society.“Transactions”of,278-280;battle of Gowra (Gabhra) described in,305Os´thanes. Earliest writer on subject of magic,62Other-World.Keelta summoned from,81;faith of, held by Celts,82;Mercury regarded by Gauls as guide of dead to,87Owain.Son of Urien;plays chess with King Arthur,393;the Black Knight and,396-399;seen by Peredur,401Owel.Foster-son of Mananan and a Druid, father of Ainé,127Owen.Son of Duracht;slays Naisi and other sons of Usna,201Owens of Aran.Ailill, of the sept of,311;Maeldūn goes to dwell with,311Owl of Cwm Cawlwyd(coom cawl´wŭd),The,392PPatrick, St.Ireland apostolised by,51;symbol of the feet and,77Pasth´olan. His coming into Ireland from the West;his origin,96Partholanians.Battle between the Fomorians and,97;end of race by plague on the Old Plain,97;Nemedians akin to,101Peibaw.Nynniaw and, two brothers, Kings of Britain, their quarrel over the stars,355,356Penar´dun. Daughter of Dōn, wife of Llyr, and also of Eurosswyd, sister of Māth,349,366;mother of Bran, also of Nissyen and Evnissyen,366People of the Sidhe(shee).Danaans dwindle into fairies, otherwise the,137Per´diccas II.Son of Amyntas II., killed in battle,23Per´edur. The tale of, and the origin of the Grail Legend,400,407;corresponds to Perceval of Chrestien de Troyes,400Per´gamos. Black Stone of, subject of embassy from Rome during Second Punic War,66Perilous Glen.Cuchulain escapes beasts of,187“Peronnik”folk tale,400,notePersia.Religion of magic invented in, by Zoroaster,61[pg 452]Petrie, Flinders.Discoveries by,78;on Egyptian origin of symbol of mother and child,79Philip.Younger brother of Perdiccas,23Philo´stratus. Reference of, to enamelling by Britons,30Plain of Ill-Luck.Cuchulain crosses,187Plato.Celts and,17;evidence of, to Celtic characteristics,36Pliny.Religion of magic discussed by,61Plutarch.Land of the Dead referred to by, as the western extremity of Great Britain,131Pluto(Gk. Pluton). Dis, equivalent;god of the Underworld,88;associated with wealth, like Celtic gods of the Underworld,349Polyb´ius. Description of the Gæsati in battle of Clastidium,41Polynesian, the practice named“tabu”and the Irishgeis, similarity between,165Portugal.Place-names of, Celtic element in,27Posidon´ius. On bardic institution among Celts,57Procop´ius. Land of the Dead referred to by as the western extremity of Great Britain,131Province of the Spearmen(Irish,Laighin—“Ly-in”). SeeLeinster,154

Nennius.British historian in whose“Historia Britonum”(A.D. 800) is found first mention of Arthur,336

Nessa.Daughter of Echid Yellow-heel, wife of Fachtna, mother of Conor,180;loved by Fergus,180

Nessa.Daughter of Echid Yellow-heel, wife of Fachtna, mother of Conor,180;

loved by Fergus,180

Netherlands.Place-names of, Celtic element in,27

New Grange.Tumulus at, regarded as dwelling-place of Fairy Folk,69,70;symbolic carvings at,70,71;the ship symbol at,71-73;Angus Ōg's palace at,121;Angus' fairy palace at Brugh na Boyna identical with,143

New Grange.Tumulus at, regarded as dwelling-place of Fairy Folk,69,70;

symbolic carvings at,70,71;

the ship symbol at,71-73;

Angus Ōg's palace at,121;

Angus' fairy palace at Brugh na Boyna identical with,143

Niam(nee'am).1. Wife of Conall of the Victories;tends Cuchulain,229;Bave puts a spell of straying on her,2302. Of the Golden Hair;daughter of the King of the Land of Youth,270;Oisīn departs with,271,272;permits Oisīn to visit the Land of Erin,273

Niam(nee'am).

1. Wife of Conall of the Victories;

tends Cuchulain,229;

Bave puts a spell of straying on her,230

2. Of the Golden Hair;

daughter of the King of the Land of Youth,270;

Oisīn departs with,271,272;

permits Oisīn to visit the Land of Erin,273

Niss´yen. Son of Eurosswyd and Penardun,366

Nodens.SeeNudd

Nuada of the Silver Hand(noo'ada). King of the Danaans,107-108;his encounter with Balor, champion of the Fomorians,117;belongs to Finn's ancestry,255;identical with solar deity in Cymric mythology, viz., Nudd or Lludd,346,347

Nuada of the Silver Hand(noo'ada). King of the Danaans,107-108;

his encounter with Balor, champion of the Fomorians,117;

belongs to Finn's ancestry,255;

identical with solar deity in Cymric mythology, viz., Nudd or Lludd,346,347

Nudd, orLludd.Roman equivalent, Nodens.A solar deity in Cymric mythology,346,347;identical with Danaan deity, Nuada of the Silver Hand,347;under name Lludd, said to have had a temple on the site of St. Paul's,347;entrance to Lludd's temple calledParth Lludd(British), which Saxons translatedLudes Geat—our present Ludgate,347;story of Llevelys and,385,386;Edeyrn, son of, jousts with Geraint for Enid,399,400

Nudd, orLludd.Roman equivalent, Nodens.

A solar deity in Cymric mythology,346,347;

identical with Danaan deity, Nuada of the Silver Hand,347;

under name Lludd, said to have had a temple on the site of St. Paul's,347;

entrance to Lludd's temple calledParth Lludd(British), which Saxons translatedLudes Geat—our present Ludgate,347;

story of Llevelys and,385,386;

Edeyrn, son of, jousts with Geraint for Enid,399,400

Nuts of Knowledge.Drop from hazel-boughs into pool where Salmon of Knowledge lived,256

Nutt, Mr. Alfred.Reference to, in connexion with the“Hill of Ainé,”128,129;reference to, in connexion with Oisīn-and-Patrick dialogues,288,289;reference to object of the tale of Taliesin in his edition of the“Mabinogion,”412

Nutt, Mr. Alfred.Reference to, in connexion with the“Hill of Ainé,”128,129;

reference to, in connexion with Oisīn-and-Patrick dialogues,288,289;

reference to object of the tale of Taliesin in his edition of the“Mabinogion,”412

Nynniaw.Peibaw and, brothers, two Kings of Britain, their quarrel over the stars,355,356

O'Donovan. A great Irish antiquary;folk-tale discovered by,109-119

O'Donovan. A great Irish antiquary;

folk-tale discovered by,109-119

O'Dyna, Cantred of.Dermot's patrimony,300

O'Grady.1.Standish.References to his“Critical History of Ireland”on the founding of Emain Macha,119,120,151,152;his“Masque of Finn”referred to,280,2812.Standish Hayes.Reference to his“Silva Gadelica,”250,276,281

O'Grady.

1.Standish.

References to his“Critical History of Ireland”on the founding of Emain Macha,119,120,151,152;

his“Masque of Finn”referred to,280,281

2.Standish Hayes.

Reference to his“Silva Gadelica,”250,276,281

Ocean-Sweeper.Mananan's magical boat,125

Odyssey, The.Mr H.B. Cotterill's hexameter version, quotation from,79,80

Ogma.Warrior of Nuada of the Silver Hand,112,118

Oisīn(ush'een). Otherwise Little Fawn.Son of Finn, greatest poet of the Gael,261;father of Oscar,261;buries Aideen,261;birth of, from Saba,266-270;loved by Niam of the Golden Hair,270-272;returns from Land of Youth,273;Keelta and, resolve to part,282;assists Keelta bury Oscar,307

Oisīn(ush'een). Otherwise Little Fawn.

Son of Finn, greatest poet of the Gael,261;

father of Oscar,261;

buries Aideen,261;

birth of, from Saba,266-270;

loved by Niam of the Golden Hair,270-272;

returns from Land of Youth,273;

Keelta and, resolve to part,282;

assists Keelta bury Oscar,307

Old Celtic Romances.Reference to Dr. P.W. Joyce's,303,309,312

Ollav.Definition of the term,149

Ollav Fōla.Eighteenth King of Ireland from Eremon, the most distinguished Ollav of Ireland,149-150;compared with Goban the Smith and Amergin the Poet,150

Ollav Fōla.Eighteenth King of Ireland from Eremon, the most distinguished Ollav of Ireland,149-150;

compared with Goban the Smith and Amergin the Poet,150

Olwen.The story of Kilhwch and,386-392;daughter of Yspaddaden,387;how she got the name“She of the White Track,”390;bride of Kilhwch,392

Olwen.The story of Kilhwch and,386-392;

daughter of Yspaddaden,387;

how she got the name“She of the White Track,”390;

bride of Kilhwch,392

Orlam.Slain by Cuchulain,209

Oscar.Son of Oisīn;slays Linné,261;Aideen, wife of,261;her death after battle of Gowra,261;type of hard strength,262;reference to death at battle of Gowra,275;his death described,306,308

Oscar.Son of Oisīn;

slays Linné,261;

Aideen, wife of,261;

her death after battle of Gowra,261;

type of hard strength,262;

reference to death at battle of Gowra,275;

his death described,306,308

Osi´ris. Feet of, symbol of visitation, in Egypt,77

Ossianic Society.“Transactions”of,278-280;battle of Gowra (Gabhra) described in,305

Ossianic Society.“Transactions”of,278-280;

battle of Gowra (Gabhra) described in,305

Os´thanes. Earliest writer on subject of magic,62

Other-World.Keelta summoned from,81;faith of, held by Celts,82;Mercury regarded by Gauls as guide of dead to,87

Other-World.Keelta summoned from,81;

faith of, held by Celts,82;

Mercury regarded by Gauls as guide of dead to,87

Owain.Son of Urien;plays chess with King Arthur,393;the Black Knight and,396-399;seen by Peredur,401

Owain.Son of Urien;

plays chess with King Arthur,393;

the Black Knight and,396-399;

seen by Peredur,401

Owel.Foster-son of Mananan and a Druid, father of Ainé,127

Owen.Son of Duracht;slays Naisi and other sons of Usna,201

Owen.Son of Duracht;

slays Naisi and other sons of Usna,201

Owens of Aran.Ailill, of the sept of,311;Maeldūn goes to dwell with,311

Owens of Aran.Ailill, of the sept of,311;

Maeldūn goes to dwell with,311

Owl of Cwm Cawlwyd(coom cawl´wŭd),The,392

Patrick, St.Ireland apostolised by,51;symbol of the feet and,77

Patrick, St.Ireland apostolised by,51;

symbol of the feet and,77

Pasth´olan. His coming into Ireland from the West;his origin,96

Pasth´olan. His coming into Ireland from the West;

his origin,96

Partholanians.Battle between the Fomorians and,97;end of race by plague on the Old Plain,97;Nemedians akin to,101

Partholanians.Battle between the Fomorians and,97;

end of race by plague on the Old Plain,97;

Nemedians akin to,101

Peibaw.Nynniaw and, two brothers, Kings of Britain, their quarrel over the stars,355,356

Penar´dun. Daughter of Dōn, wife of Llyr, and also of Eurosswyd, sister of Māth,349,366;mother of Bran, also of Nissyen and Evnissyen,366

Penar´dun. Daughter of Dōn, wife of Llyr, and also of Eurosswyd, sister of Māth,349,366;

mother of Bran, also of Nissyen and Evnissyen,366

People of the Sidhe(shee).Danaans dwindle into fairies, otherwise the,137

People of the Sidhe(shee).

Danaans dwindle into fairies, otherwise the,137

Per´diccas II.Son of Amyntas II., killed in battle,23

Per´edur. The tale of, and the origin of the Grail Legend,400,407;corresponds to Perceval of Chrestien de Troyes,400

Per´edur. The tale of, and the origin of the Grail Legend,400,407;

corresponds to Perceval of Chrestien de Troyes,400

Per´gamos. Black Stone of, subject of embassy from Rome during Second Punic War,66

Perilous Glen.Cuchulain escapes beasts of,187

“Peronnik”folk tale,400,note

Persia.Religion of magic invented in, by Zoroaster,61

Petrie, Flinders.Discoveries by,78;on Egyptian origin of symbol of mother and child,79

Petrie, Flinders.Discoveries by,78;

on Egyptian origin of symbol of mother and child,79

Philip.Younger brother of Perdiccas,23

Philo´stratus. Reference of, to enamelling by Britons,30

Plain of Ill-Luck.Cuchulain crosses,187

Plato.Celts and,17;evidence of, to Celtic characteristics,36

Plato.Celts and,17;

evidence of, to Celtic characteristics,36

Pliny.Religion of magic discussed by,61

Plutarch.Land of the Dead referred to by, as the western extremity of Great Britain,131

Pluto(Gk. Pluton). Dis, equivalent;god of the Underworld,88;associated with wealth, like Celtic gods of the Underworld,349

Pluto(Gk. Pluton). Dis, equivalent;

god of the Underworld,88;

associated with wealth, like Celtic gods of the Underworld,349

Polyb´ius. Description of the Gæsati in battle of Clastidium,41

Polynesian, the practice named“tabu”and the Irishgeis, similarity between,165

Portugal.Place-names of, Celtic element in,27

Posidon´ius. On bardic institution among Celts,57

Procop´ius. Land of the Dead referred to by as the western extremity of Great Britain,131

Province of the Spearmen(Irish,Laighin—“Ly-in”). SeeLeinster,154

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