Chapter 33

Pryderi(pri-dair'y) (Trouble). Son of Pwyll and Rhiannon;his loss363;his restoration by Teirnyon,365;Kicva, the wife of,365;the tale of Manawyddan and,373-378;Gwydion and the swine of,378;his death,379Pwyll(poo-till; modern Powell). Prince of Dyfed;how he got his titlePen Annwn, or“Head of Hades,”336-359;his adventure on the Mound of Arberth, near the Castle of Narberth,359-365;fixes his choice on Rhiannon for wife,360;Gwawl's trick on him,361;Rhiannon's plan to save Pwyll from Gwawl's power,361;weds Rhiannon,362;imposes a penance on his wife,363;his son Pryderi (Trouble) found,365Pythag´oras. Celtic idea of transmigration and,80Pyth´eas. The German tribes about300B.C. mentioned by,31QQuelgny, orCuailgné. Cattle-raid of, made by Queen Maev,180;Brown Bull of, owned by Dara,202;the theme of the“Tain Bo Cuailgné”is the Brown Bull of,203;Brown Bull of, is Celtic counterpart of Hindu sky-deity, Indra,203;Brown Bull of, captured at Slievegallion, Co. Armagh, by Maev,211;white-horned Bull of Ailell slain by Brown Bull of,225;reputed author of, Fergus mac Roy,234;Sanchan Torpest searches for lost lay of,234-238RRā.Egyptian Sun god;ship symbol in sepulchral art of Egypt connected with worship of,74-76Rath Grania.King Cormac and Finn feasted at,300Rath Luachar.Lia keeps the Treasure Bag at,255Rathcroghan.Maev's palace in Roscommon,202Red Branch.Order of chivalry which had its seat in Emain Macha,178;the time of glory of, during Conor's reign,181;heroes of, and Cuchulain strive for the Championship of Ireland,195,196;Hostel, Naisi and Deirdre at,199,200;with Cuchulain and Conor passes away the glory of,241[pg 453]Red Hugh.Ulster prince, father of Macha, brother of Dithorba and Kimbay,151Red Riders.Conary's journey with,170,171Religion.The Celtic,46;Megalithic People's, that of Magic,58;of Magic, invented in Persia and by Zoroaster,61Revue Celtique.Dr. Whitley Stokes' translation of the“Voyage of Maeldūn”in,309Rhiannon(ree'an-non). Daughter of Hevydd Hēn;sets her love on Pwyll,360;marries Pwyll,362;her penance for slaying her son,363;her son Pryderi (Trouble) found,365;wedded to Manawyddan,373Rhonabwy(rōne'a-bwee). The dream of,392,393Rhun.Sent from King Arthur's court to Elphin's wife,415Rhys ap Tewdwr. South Welsh prince;brought knowledge of Round Table to Wales,343Rhys, Sir J.His views on origin of population of Great Britain and Ireland,78;on Myrddin and Merlin,354,355Ridge of the Dead Woman.Vivionn buried at,287,288Roc.Angus' steward,290;his son crushed to death by Donn,291;then changed into a boar and charged to bring Dermot to death at length,291Romance.Gaelic and Continental,345Romans.Arthur resists demand for tribute by the,337Rome.Celts march on and sack,25,26;Britain and Gaul under yoke of,35;the empire of Maxen Wledig in, usurped,385Ross the Red.King of Ulster, husband of Maga, a daughter of Angus Ōg,181;Roy, his second wife,181;originator of the Red Branch,181Round Table, The.References to,338,339,341,343Roy.Second wife of Ross the Red,181Ru´adan, St.Tara cursed by,47,49Russell, Mr. G.W.Irish poet;fine treatment of myth of Sinend and Connla's Well,129,130SSaba.Wife of Finn, mother of Oisīn,266-270Sacrifices.Practice of human, noted by Cæsar among Celts,84;human, in Ireland,85;Celtic practice of human, paralleled in Mexico and Carthage,85;of children, to idol Crom Cruach, by Gaels,85;in Egypt, practice of human, rare,85,86St. Benen.A companion of St. Patrick,239St. Finnen.Irish abbot;legend concernin Tuan mac Carell and,97St. Patrick.Record of his mission to Ireland,51;Cascorach and, referred to in the“Colloquy of the Ancients,”119;Brogan, the scribe of,119;Ethné aged fifteen hundred years old at coming of,144;Ethné baptized by,144;summons Cuchulain from Hell,238,239;name Talkenn given by Irish to,275;met by Keelta,282;Irish legend and,283Salmon of Knowledge.SeeFintanSalmon of Llyn Llyw(lin li-oo'),The,392Samnite War, Third.Coincident with breaking up of Celtic Empire,26Sanchan Torpest.Chief bard of Ireland;and the“Tain,”234-238Sa´wan. Brother of Kian and Goban,110Scandinavia.Dolmens found in,53;symbol of the feet found in,77Sem´ion. Son of Stariat, settlement[pg 454]in Ireland of;Firbolgs descended from,100Sera.Father of Partholan,96;father of Starn,98Setan´ta. Earliest name ofCuchulain,183;“the little pupil,”harries Maev's hosts,208Sgeimh Solais(skayv sulish) (Light of Beauty).Daughter of Cairbry, wooed by son of King of the Decies,304Shannon, The River.Myth of Sinend and the Well of Knowledge accounts for name of,129;Dithorba's five sons flee over,151;mac Cecht visits,175;Dermot and Grania cross Ford of Luan on the,299Ship Symbol, The.71-76Sic´ulus, Diodorus.A contemporary of Julius Cæsar;describes Gauls,41,42Sidhe(shee), orFairy Folk.Tumulus at New Grange (Ireland) regarded as dwelling-place of,69Silva Gadelica.Reference to Mr. S.H. O'Grady's work,250,276,281Sin´end. Goddess, daughter of Lir's son, Lodan;her fatal visit to Connla's Well,129Sign, Llewellyn.Welsh bard, compiler of“Barddas,”332Skatha.A mighty woman-warrior of Land of Shadows,187;instructs Cuchulain,187-189;her two special feats, how to leap the Bridge of the Leaps and to use the Gae Bolg,188Skena.Wife of the poet Amergin;her untimely death,133Slayney, The River.Visited by mac Cecht,175Slievb Bloom.Murna takes refuge in forests of, and there Demna (Finn) is born,255Slieve Fuad(sleeve foo'ad) (afterwards Slievegallion).Invisible dwelling of Lir on,125;Cuchulain finds his foe on,232;Finn slays goblin at,258Slievegall´ion. A fairy mountain;the Chase of,278-280.SeeSlieve FuadSlievenamon(sleeve-na-mon'). The Brugh of, Finn and Keelta hunt on,284-286Sohrab and Rustum. Reference to,192

Pryderi(pri-dair'y) (Trouble). Son of Pwyll and Rhiannon;

his loss363;

his restoration by Teirnyon,365;

Kicva, the wife of,365;

the tale of Manawyddan and,373-378;

Gwydion and the swine of,378;

his death,379

Pwyll(poo-till; modern Powell). Prince of Dyfed;how he got his titlePen Annwn, or“Head of Hades,”336-359;his adventure on the Mound of Arberth, near the Castle of Narberth,359-365;fixes his choice on Rhiannon for wife,360;Gwawl's trick on him,361;Rhiannon's plan to save Pwyll from Gwawl's power,361;weds Rhiannon,362;imposes a penance on his wife,363;his son Pryderi (Trouble) found,365

Pwyll(poo-till; modern Powell). Prince of Dyfed;

how he got his titlePen Annwn, or“Head of Hades,”336-359;

his adventure on the Mound of Arberth, near the Castle of Narberth,359-365;

fixes his choice on Rhiannon for wife,360;

Gwawl's trick on him,361;

Rhiannon's plan to save Pwyll from Gwawl's power,361;

weds Rhiannon,362;

imposes a penance on his wife,363;

his son Pryderi (Trouble) found,365

Pythag´oras. Celtic idea of transmigration and,80

Pyth´eas. The German tribes about300B.C. mentioned by,31

Quelgny, orCuailgné. Cattle-raid of, made by Queen Maev,180;Brown Bull of, owned by Dara,202;the theme of the“Tain Bo Cuailgné”is the Brown Bull of,203;Brown Bull of, is Celtic counterpart of Hindu sky-deity, Indra,203;Brown Bull of, captured at Slievegallion, Co. Armagh, by Maev,211;white-horned Bull of Ailell slain by Brown Bull of,225;reputed author of, Fergus mac Roy,234;Sanchan Torpest searches for lost lay of,234-238

Quelgny, orCuailgné. Cattle-raid of, made by Queen Maev,180;

Brown Bull of, owned by Dara,202;

the theme of the“Tain Bo Cuailgné”is the Brown Bull of,203;

Brown Bull of, is Celtic counterpart of Hindu sky-deity, Indra,203;

Brown Bull of, captured at Slievegallion, Co. Armagh, by Maev,211;

white-horned Bull of Ailell slain by Brown Bull of,225;

reputed author of, Fergus mac Roy,234;

Sanchan Torpest searches for lost lay of,234-238

Rā.Egyptian Sun god;ship symbol in sepulchral art of Egypt connected with worship of,74-76

Rā.Egyptian Sun god;

ship symbol in sepulchral art of Egypt connected with worship of,74-76

Rath Grania.King Cormac and Finn feasted at,300

Rath Luachar.Lia keeps the Treasure Bag at,255

Rathcroghan.Maev's palace in Roscommon,202

Red Branch.Order of chivalry which had its seat in Emain Macha,178;the time of glory of, during Conor's reign,181;heroes of, and Cuchulain strive for the Championship of Ireland,195,196;Hostel, Naisi and Deirdre at,199,200;with Cuchulain and Conor passes away the glory of,241

Red Branch.Order of chivalry which had its seat in Emain Macha,178;

the time of glory of, during Conor's reign,181;

heroes of, and Cuchulain strive for the Championship of Ireland,195,196;

Hostel, Naisi and Deirdre at,199,200;

with Cuchulain and Conor passes away the glory of,241

Red Hugh.Ulster prince, father of Macha, brother of Dithorba and Kimbay,151

Red Riders.Conary's journey with,170,171

Religion.The Celtic,46;Megalithic People's, that of Magic,58;of Magic, invented in Persia and by Zoroaster,61

Religion.The Celtic,46;

Megalithic People's, that of Magic,58;

of Magic, invented in Persia and by Zoroaster,61

Revue Celtique.Dr. Whitley Stokes' translation of the“Voyage of Maeldūn”in,309

Rhiannon(ree'an-non). Daughter of Hevydd Hēn;sets her love on Pwyll,360;marries Pwyll,362;her penance for slaying her son,363;her son Pryderi (Trouble) found,365;wedded to Manawyddan,373

Rhiannon(ree'an-non). Daughter of Hevydd Hēn;

sets her love on Pwyll,360;

marries Pwyll,362;

her penance for slaying her son,363;

her son Pryderi (Trouble) found,365;

wedded to Manawyddan,373

Rhonabwy(rōne'a-bwee). The dream of,392,393

Rhun.Sent from King Arthur's court to Elphin's wife,415

Rhys ap Tewdwr. South Welsh prince;brought knowledge of Round Table to Wales,343

Rhys ap Tewdwr. South Welsh prince;

brought knowledge of Round Table to Wales,343

Rhys, Sir J.His views on origin of population of Great Britain and Ireland,78;on Myrddin and Merlin,354,355

Rhys, Sir J.His views on origin of population of Great Britain and Ireland,78;

on Myrddin and Merlin,354,355

Ridge of the Dead Woman.Vivionn buried at,287,288

Roc.Angus' steward,290;his son crushed to death by Donn,291;then changed into a boar and charged to bring Dermot to death at length,291

Roc.Angus' steward,290;

his son crushed to death by Donn,291;

then changed into a boar and charged to bring Dermot to death at length,291

Romance.Gaelic and Continental,345

Romans.Arthur resists demand for tribute by the,337

Rome.Celts march on and sack,25,26;Britain and Gaul under yoke of,35;the empire of Maxen Wledig in, usurped,385

Rome.Celts march on and sack,25,26;

Britain and Gaul under yoke of,35;

the empire of Maxen Wledig in, usurped,385

Ross the Red.King of Ulster, husband of Maga, a daughter of Angus Ōg,181;Roy, his second wife,181;originator of the Red Branch,181

Ross the Red.King of Ulster, husband of Maga, a daughter of Angus Ōg,181;

Roy, his second wife,181;

originator of the Red Branch,181

Round Table, The.References to,338,339,341,343

Roy.Second wife of Ross the Red,181

Ru´adan, St.Tara cursed by,47,49

Russell, Mr. G.W.Irish poet;fine treatment of myth of Sinend and Connla's Well,129,130

Russell, Mr. G.W.Irish poet;

fine treatment of myth of Sinend and Connla's Well,129,130

Saba.Wife of Finn, mother of Oisīn,266-270

Sacrifices.Practice of human, noted by Cæsar among Celts,84;human, in Ireland,85;Celtic practice of human, paralleled in Mexico and Carthage,85;of children, to idol Crom Cruach, by Gaels,85;in Egypt, practice of human, rare,85,86

Sacrifices.Practice of human, noted by Cæsar among Celts,84;

human, in Ireland,85;

Celtic practice of human, paralleled in Mexico and Carthage,85;

of children, to idol Crom Cruach, by Gaels,85;

in Egypt, practice of human, rare,85,86

St. Benen.A companion of St. Patrick,239

St. Finnen.Irish abbot;legend concernin Tuan mac Carell and,97

St. Finnen.Irish abbot;

legend concernin Tuan mac Carell and,97

St. Patrick.Record of his mission to Ireland,51;Cascorach and, referred to in the“Colloquy of the Ancients,”119;Brogan, the scribe of,119;Ethné aged fifteen hundred years old at coming of,144;Ethné baptized by,144;summons Cuchulain from Hell,238,239;name Talkenn given by Irish to,275;met by Keelta,282;Irish legend and,283

St. Patrick.Record of his mission to Ireland,51;

Cascorach and, referred to in the“Colloquy of the Ancients,”119;

Brogan, the scribe of,119;

Ethné aged fifteen hundred years old at coming of,144;

Ethné baptized by,144;

summons Cuchulain from Hell,238,239;

name Talkenn given by Irish to,275;

met by Keelta,282;

Irish legend and,283

Salmon of Knowledge.SeeFintan

Salmon of Llyn Llyw(lin li-oo'),The,392

Samnite War, Third.Coincident with breaking up of Celtic Empire,26

Sanchan Torpest.Chief bard of Ireland;and the“Tain,”234-238

Sanchan Torpest.Chief bard of Ireland;

and the“Tain,”234-238

Sa´wan. Brother of Kian and Goban,110

Scandinavia.Dolmens found in,53;symbol of the feet found in,77

Scandinavia.Dolmens found in,53;

symbol of the feet found in,77

Sem´ion. Son of Stariat, settlement[pg 454]in Ireland of;Firbolgs descended from,100

Sem´ion. Son of Stariat, settlement[pg 454]in Ireland of;

Firbolgs descended from,100

Sera.Father of Partholan,96;father of Starn,98

Sera.Father of Partholan,96;

father of Starn,98

Setan´ta. Earliest name ofCuchulain,183;“the little pupil,”harries Maev's hosts,208

Setan´ta. Earliest name ofCuchulain,183;

“the little pupil,”harries Maev's hosts,208

Sgeimh Solais(skayv sulish) (Light of Beauty).Daughter of Cairbry, wooed by son of King of the Decies,304

Sgeimh Solais(skayv sulish) (Light of Beauty).

Daughter of Cairbry, wooed by son of King of the Decies,304

Shannon, The River.Myth of Sinend and the Well of Knowledge accounts for name of,129;Dithorba's five sons flee over,151;mac Cecht visits,175;Dermot and Grania cross Ford of Luan on the,299

Shannon, The River.Myth of Sinend and the Well of Knowledge accounts for name of,129;

Dithorba's five sons flee over,151;

mac Cecht visits,175;

Dermot and Grania cross Ford of Luan on the,299

Ship Symbol, The.71-76

Sic´ulus, Diodorus.A contemporary of Julius Cæsar;describes Gauls,41,42

Sic´ulus, Diodorus.A contemporary of Julius Cæsar;

describes Gauls,41,42

Sidhe(shee), orFairy Folk.Tumulus at New Grange (Ireland) regarded as dwelling-place of,69

Silva Gadelica.Reference to Mr. S.H. O'Grady's work,250,276,281

Sin´end. Goddess, daughter of Lir's son, Lodan;her fatal visit to Connla's Well,129

Sin´end. Goddess, daughter of Lir's son, Lodan;

her fatal visit to Connla's Well,129

Sign, Llewellyn.Welsh bard, compiler of“Barddas,”332

Skatha.A mighty woman-warrior of Land of Shadows,187;instructs Cuchulain,187-189;her two special feats, how to leap the Bridge of the Leaps and to use the Gae Bolg,188

Skatha.A mighty woman-warrior of Land of Shadows,187;

instructs Cuchulain,187-189;

her two special feats, how to leap the Bridge of the Leaps and to use the Gae Bolg,188

Skena.Wife of the poet Amergin;her untimely death,133

Skena.Wife of the poet Amergin;

her untimely death,133

Slayney, The River.Visited by mac Cecht,175

Slievb Bloom.Murna takes refuge in forests of, and there Demna (Finn) is born,255

Slieve Fuad(sleeve foo'ad) (afterwards Slievegallion).Invisible dwelling of Lir on,125;Cuchulain finds his foe on,232;Finn slays goblin at,258

Slieve Fuad(sleeve foo'ad) (afterwards Slievegallion).

Invisible dwelling of Lir on,125;

Cuchulain finds his foe on,232;

Finn slays goblin at,258

Slievegall´ion. A fairy mountain;the Chase of,278-280.SeeSlieve Fuad

Slievegall´ion. A fairy mountain;

the Chase of,278-280.

SeeSlieve Fuad

Slievenamon(sleeve-na-mon'). The Brugh of, Finn and Keelta hunt on,284-286

Sohrab and Rustum. Reference to,192

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