Lares,438.Layamon,308 n.,323.Leaba Mologa,414.Leabhar na h-Uidhre(Book of the Dun Cow),259,285,292,353,374,377,409.—— Age of,283 n.Lear,7,118,135,322:seeManannan.Lebar Brecc,271,313 n.,454.Lebar Gabala,292.Lecan, Y. B. of, Age of,283 n.Leinster,294,371.——Book of,285,292,303,356;age of,283 n.Lemures,438.Leprechaun,25,28,47,52,71,82,235-6,241,243,493.—— Etymology of,236.Lia Fáil,14,401.Libations to Fairies,36,92-3,200,218,273,291.Lights,7,61,77,83,133,145,155,180,207,215.—— Science and,463,483-4.Limerick,78,386.Lismore, Book of,401,412;age of,283 n.Lough Derg,72,442 ff.Lough Gur,78,386.Lug,62,292,369,450.Lugnasadh,451.Lutins,159 n.,190-1,206 ff.,493.Lyonesse,12,167.Mabinogion,10,260,297,304,317,328-9,451.—— Age of,308 n.,331.—— Editions of,308 n.Mael-Duin’s Voyage,348.Magic,10,93,120,131,153,156,168,171,204,245,250,253-65,281,292,299,324,328,339,346,380-1:seeCharms,Divination,Magicians,Necromancy,Fairy Spell,Witches, andWitchcraft.—— Ancient,255-60.—— Celtic,256-7,259-60.—— Fairy,42,199,203,265,327.—— Frazer, Dr., and,254-5.—— Indian,258,489 n.—— Religion and,42,255,287 n.,292,381,404-5:seeExorcism, andTaboo.—— Roman Church and,42,237 n.—— Study of,257,489 n.—— Taboo and,274 ff.—— Theories of,253.Magicians,131,156,227-8,247,253-5,257,262-5,268,299,329,344,380-1,417,433,437,489 n.:seeManannan, andMerlin.Magnetism, Animal,262.Malory,308 n.,312,315,323,380.Mana,254-5,262,265,278,479.Manannan,7,62,80 n.,118,120,131-2 n.,135,299,333,335,339,342-3,345-6,356,372-4,376.—— Hermes, like,343 n.Manes,438,441.Marazion,173.Märchen,23.Marie de France,308 n.,325-6,348.Math,417.Matter of Britain,328,331.May Day,312,435.—— Fairies and,43,53,100 n.,124.Meath,297,415.Meave (Medb),3,43,70,288-9,301,440.Megaliths, Alignement of,419 ff.:seeArchaeology.Melwas,311,313-4,316.Menhir:seeArchaeology.Merionethshire,144.Merlin,10,149,314-5,321-2,329-30,403,417,429,435-7,447.Mermaid,25,28.Mesca Ulad,344.Midir,302,311,374-6,413.Mil,284,291:seeMilesians.Milesians,32,287,303,349,372,377 n.Mithras,448.Modred,322,324.Mongan,260.—— Re-birth of,370 ff.,394-5.Montgomeryshire,145.Morbihan,xv,199 n.,273,399,401,403-4,428.Morgan,200-1,352.——le Fay,311,315,327.Morrigu,302-3,305,315:see Badb.Moytura,2,303,335.Munster,300,348.Mysteries,xiii,14,59,173,257-9,313 n.,337-8,343,359,365,377 n.,405 ff.,409 ff.—— Celtic,409 ff.,444 ff.—— Nature of,411,422,448 ff.—— Puberty,449 ff.Mysticism,xvii,1,2,5,8,9,13-4,58-9,78,313,341 n.,356,360 n.,364,377 n.—— Comparative,457-8.Mythology, Interpretation of Irish,307.—— Origin of,281,455.Necromancy,151 n.,258,404,489 n.Nennius,308 n.,322.Nereids,230-1.New Grange,2,36,61,409 ff.,451.Newlyn,178 ff.Nirvana, Meaning of,366,391.November Day (or Eve), Origin of,439,453.—— Fairies and,38,53,73,91,93 n.,100 n.,179,213,218,288-9,301:seeSamain.Nuada,319.Nymphs,229-31.Obsession:seePossession.Occultism, Discussion of,240.Ogam,340,372.Ogier,348.Oracles,10,15,410,448.Osiris,xv,309 n.,310,320-1,381,422,439-40.Ossian (Oisin),57,260,299.Ossian’s Voyage,346-7,357.Otherworld,60,62,78,123,194,220,246-7,252,277-8,281,295,311,316,318,321,371-3,443.—— Atlantis and,33 n.,59.—— Classical,336-7.—— Description of,332-8,340-3,349 ff.—— Egyptian,380-1,422.—— Evolution of idea of,333 n.,353-7.—— Heaven, as,354-5,446.—— Hell, as,355.—— Interpreted,70,285,337-8,356,492.—— Location of,332-4.—— Names of,334-5.—— Nature of,332-8,340-3,356-7.—— New Zealand,275.—— Passport to,336-7.—— Polynesian,275.—— Purgatory, as,281,354,364:seePurgatory.—— Re-birth and,334,365:seeRe-birth.—— Science and,514-5.—— Virgil on,336-7,382,445.—— Voyages,328,335,338-57,378-80.Paimpont,188:seeBrocéliande.Pantheism, Celtic,377 n.Paracelsus,167,240,254.Pardon, Breton,428,450 n.Peel,129,132,387.Pembrokeshire,147,153,161.Penates,190,229.Penzance,12,174 ff.,391.‘People of Peace,’ Origin of name,438 n.:seeFairy Names.Phallicism,402 n.Phantom:seeApparition,Dead,Death,Fairy,Ghost, andScience and Fairies.—— Coach,25.—— Funeral,10,126,145,152,213-5,221.—— Horse,79 n.,215.—— Ship,25.—— Washerwomen,212,216.Philtres,258.Phoenicians,12,173,176,395-6.Pict,165-6,234 n.-5.Pin-Wells,430.Pixies,158-9,164 ff.,207,220,229,238,241,250,398,406,493.—— Etymology of,165.Pliny on Druids,256,259,260,433.Pluto,312,337,367,452.PoltergeistPhenomena,67,74,88,120,124-5,132,156,162,164,218,220,488.—— Fairies and,475-6,482,484.—— Science and,459,463,481,490.Possession,34,69,112,207,265,268 ff.,375:seeDemon-Possession, andExorcism.—— Science and,472.Proserpine,312,336-8,382,450 n.,475.Psychical Research,14,255,265,365,459,461 ff.,471 ff.,493,497,502 ff.—— Society,268,330,
Lares,438.Layamon,308 n.,323.Leaba Mologa,414.Leabhar na h-Uidhre(Book of the Dun Cow),259,285,292,353,374,377,409.—— Age of,283 n.Lear,7,118,135,322:seeManannan.Lebar Brecc,271,313 n.,454.Lebar Gabala,292.Lecan, Y. B. of, Age of,283 n.Leinster,294,371.——Book of,285,292,303,356;age of,283 n.Lemures,438.Leprechaun,25,28,47,52,71,82,235-6,241,243,493.—— Etymology of,236.Lia Fáil,14,401.Libations to Fairies,36,92-3,200,218,273,291.Lights,7,61,77,83,133,145,155,180,207,215.—— Science and,463,483-4.Limerick,78,386.Lismore, Book of,401,412;age of,283 n.Lough Derg,72,442 ff.Lough Gur,78,386.Lug,62,292,369,450.Lugnasadh,451.Lutins,159 n.,190-1,206 ff.,493.Lyonesse,12,167.Mabinogion,10,260,297,304,317,328-9,451.—— Age of,308 n.,331.—— Editions of,308 n.Mael-Duin’s Voyage,348.Magic,10,93,120,131,153,156,168,171,204,245,250,253-65,281,292,299,324,328,339,346,380-1:seeCharms,Divination,Magicians,Necromancy,Fairy Spell,Witches, andWitchcraft.—— Ancient,255-60.—— Celtic,256-7,259-60.—— Fairy,42,199,203,265,327.—— Frazer, Dr., and,254-5.—— Indian,258,489 n.—— Religion and,42,255,287 n.,292,381,404-5:seeExorcism, andTaboo.—— Roman Church and,42,237 n.—— Study of,257,489 n.—— Taboo and,274 ff.—— Theories of,253.Magicians,131,156,227-8,247,253-5,257,262-5,268,299,329,344,380-1,417,433,437,489 n.:seeManannan, andMerlin.Magnetism, Animal,262.Malory,308 n.,312,315,323,380.Mana,254-5,262,265,278,479.Manannan,7,62,80 n.,118,120,131-2 n.,135,299,333,335,339,342-3,345-6,356,372-4,376.—— Hermes, like,343 n.Manes,438,441.Marazion,173.Märchen,23.Marie de France,308 n.,325-6,348.Math,417.Matter of Britain,328,331.May Day,312,435.—— Fairies and,43,53,100 n.,124.Meath,297,415.Meave (Medb),3,43,70,288-9,301,440.Megaliths, Alignement of,419 ff.:seeArchaeology.Melwas,311,313-4,316.Menhir:seeArchaeology.Merionethshire,144.Merlin,10,149,314-5,321-2,329-30,403,417,429,435-7,447.Mermaid,25,28.Mesca Ulad,344.Midir,302,311,374-6,413.Mil,284,291:seeMilesians.Milesians,32,287,303,349,372,377 n.Mithras,448.Modred,322,324.Mongan,260.—— Re-birth of,370 ff.,394-5.Montgomeryshire,145.Morbihan,xv,199 n.,273,399,401,403-4,428.Morgan,200-1,352.——le Fay,311,315,327.Morrigu,302-3,305,315:see Badb.Moytura,2,303,335.Munster,300,348.Mysteries,xiii,14,59,173,257-9,313 n.,337-8,343,359,365,377 n.,405 ff.,409 ff.—— Celtic,409 ff.,444 ff.—— Nature of,411,422,448 ff.—— Puberty,449 ff.Mysticism,xvii,1,2,5,8,9,13-4,58-9,78,313,341 n.,356,360 n.,364,377 n.—— Comparative,457-8.Mythology, Interpretation of Irish,307.—— Origin of,281,455.Necromancy,151 n.,258,404,489 n.Nennius,308 n.,322.Nereids,230-1.New Grange,2,36,61,409 ff.,451.Newlyn,178 ff.Nirvana, Meaning of,366,391.November Day (or Eve), Origin of,439,453.—— Fairies and,38,53,73,91,93 n.,100 n.,179,213,218,288-9,301:seeSamain.Nuada,319.Nymphs,229-31.Obsession:seePossession.Occultism, Discussion of,240.Ogam,340,372.Ogier,348.Oracles,10,15,410,448.Osiris,xv,309 n.,310,320-1,381,422,439-40.Ossian (Oisin),57,260,299.Ossian’s Voyage,346-7,357.Otherworld,60,62,78,123,194,220,246-7,252,277-8,281,295,311,316,318,321,371-3,443.—— Atlantis and,33 n.,59.—— Classical,336-7.—— Description of,332-8,340-3,349 ff.—— Egyptian,380-1,422.—— Evolution of idea of,333 n.,353-7.—— Heaven, as,354-5,446.—— Hell, as,355.—— Interpreted,70,285,337-8,356,492.—— Location of,332-4.—— Names of,334-5.—— Nature of,332-8,340-3,356-7.—— New Zealand,275.—— Passport to,336-7.—— Polynesian,275.—— Purgatory, as,281,354,364:seePurgatory.—— Re-birth and,334,365:seeRe-birth.—— Science and,514-5.—— Virgil on,336-7,382,445.—— Voyages,328,335,338-57,378-80.Paimpont,188:seeBrocéliande.Pantheism, Celtic,377 n.Paracelsus,167,240,254.Pardon, Breton,428,450 n.Peel,129,132,387.Pembrokeshire,147,153,161.Penates,190,229.Penzance,12,174 ff.,391.‘People of Peace,’ Origin of name,438 n.:seeFairy Names.Phallicism,402 n.Phantom:seeApparition,Dead,Death,Fairy,Ghost, andScience and Fairies.—— Coach,25.—— Funeral,10,126,145,152,213-5,221.—— Horse,79 n.,215.—— Ship,25.—— Washerwomen,212,216.Philtres,258.Phoenicians,12,173,176,395-6.Pict,165-6,234 n.-5.Pin-Wells,430.Pixies,158-9,164 ff.,207,220,229,238,241,250,398,406,493.—— Etymology of,165.Pliny on Druids,256,259,260,433.Pluto,312,337,367,452.PoltergeistPhenomena,67,74,88,120,124-5,132,156,162,164,218,220,488.—— Fairies and,475-6,482,484.—— Science and,459,463,481,490.Possession,34,69,112,207,265,268 ff.,375:seeDemon-Possession, andExorcism.—— Science and,472.Proserpine,312,336-8,382,450 n.,475.Psychical Research,14,255,265,365,459,461 ff.,471 ff.,493,497,502 ff.—— Society,268,330,