twofold purpose of,61,62,372;phallic significance of,61,62,91,101,103,112,178,372,511;the “fire-temple” theory,70,71,74,82,83,91;Ardmore and Devenish R. T. considered with regard to the latter theory,71;Eastern buildings similar to the R. T., especially in the Caucasus and Hindostan,74,75;Eastern R. T. not necessarily fire-temples,75,191;Drumboe R. T. and the “fire-temple” theory,81;structural difference between R. T. and “fire-temples,”83;Miss Beaufort’s arguments considered,83-89;not “provincial palaces” elected under the enactment of Tara,90;funeral and astronomic purposes of,91,92;that of Clondalkin,101;the “crescent of Sheevah” sculpture on the latter,103;symbolic of theLingam,112;possibility of subterranean passages under,162-166;confirmatory evidence of this at Downpatrick,164;comparative date of structures at Clonmacnoise,163;must have existed before St. Patrick’s time,164;the round pillars of Aradus (Tripoli),165;the crocodile tanks of the Egyptian labyrinth,166;the “sepulchre” theory,162-166;subterranean passage of Hindu temple at Gwalior,166;argument from water in vicinity of,167;Lake of Astarte at Hieropolis,168;Solomon’s “Molten Sea,”172;confirmatory description by Lucian,168;mode of ascending the R. T.,168,169,176;segregation of solitary worshippers on summit of R. T.,170;use of bells in R. T.,169,175;corresponding usage in Indian and Jewish ceremonials,169-175;similar conformity in respect of sacrifices,170-173;pomegranate sculpture on,171,172;traces of bell apparatus on accounted for,172,173;corresponding bell usages in Ceylon, Burmah, and China,173n.,174n.;traces of steps used for ascending R. T.,176;parallel instance at phallic temple of Serrowbee,176;R. T. of Kilmalloch,201-203;R. T. on Scattery Island,206;common phallic symbolism of R. T., obelisks and otherlithoi,217,229n.;connection of the R. T. with the offence of Cain,233;form of the R. T. significative of Divine unity,248;reason why R. T. are seldom found in Persia,253et seq.;pseudo-Christian symbols on R. T. of Brechin,299-301;similar emblems on temple in Ceylon,300;Fidh-nemeadas a designation of,343;their analogy to certainNubianantiquities,343;R. T. of Clonmacnoise, their vicinity to the churches accounted for,356,357;Cormac’s testimony to their antiquity and Buddhist origin,74,368;their affinity to the CeyloneseDagobs,369-371;also to theGaurtowers of India,371;their twofold,i.e.phallic and sepulchral character,372;analogy between them and the pillars Jachin and Boaz of Solomon’s temple,372,373;era of their construction,373-395;proof in the annals of Ulster that they existed before the fifth century,374;legend of their supposed architect,Goban Saer,375,383,513;St. Abhancould have had no share in their construction,383,384;not of Scythian origin,386,387;probability of their Tuath-de-danaan origin,386-389,513;as to the possibility of their Fomorian origin,394,395;Amergin’s evidence as to their antiquity,387,388;corresponding Boreadan temples of Apollo described by Hecatæus,403;could not have been of Phœnician origin,413,414;why there are no R. T. in England,425;their existence in Scotland accounted for,431;not founded byOllamh Fodlah,430;their connection with the worship of Osiris,437;their resemblance to the Treasury of Atreus (Greece),455;also toDune of Donadella(Scotland),455;certain projections from their surface accounted for,456,515;difference of their appropriation accounted for,512;reason of their phallic shape,511;significance of their apertures,511;also of their crucificial emblems,511;also of the absence or presence of internal compartments,511;their varying height,511;shape and fashioning of the apex,511;also of their cornices, resembling those of Solomon’s pillars,511,514;their tapering diameter,511,512;their doors, reason of height from the ground,512;their exceptional architecture,513-516;their material, evidence of a pre-Christian origin,513,514;similar evidence from their decorative character,513,514;occasional vitrification of their interior accounted for,514;absence of floors in, how explicable,514,515;correspondence of their general construction with that of Solomon’s temple,514,515;their perpendicularity,515;probable mode of their construction,516;cohesiveness of their structure exemplified,516;performance of dances (Rinke-teumpoil) round them,517;peculiar penances (Turrish) observed in their vicinity,517;the prevalent uncertainty as to their origin and uses explained,519,520;their assignment to astronomical purposes after the Scythian conquest of Ireland,521.Sabaism,193-210,503-510;not idolatry,194;origin of,194n.,503;its objects of worship,194;professed by the early Greeks,194;its identity with Phallicism,105;significance of Cyclops,Sterope,Argues,Brontes,Hercules,195,196;names under which Hercules or the Sun was worshipped,196;Herodotus on the old Greek theogony,196;whence Greece derived Sabaism,196,197;how the latter degenerated into idolatry,197;its affinity with the ancient religion of Ireland,197-210;such affinity evident from Irish local names,197-210;Sabaic origin of the namesPalatine,Aventine,Prytaneia,198n.;Aiche-Baal-tinneandAiche-Shamainexplained,199,200;Irish customs and expressions indicative of,199;existed among the Druids,199,200;significance of the Druidic “golden sickle,” its Indian equivalent,200;adoption of its institutions by the early Christian missionaries,200-202;La-Beuil-tinneas a name for Christmas,201;signified in architectural remains at Kilmalloch,201,203;Sabian origin of the namesBaltinglas,Athlone,Shannon,Lough Rea,Castlereagh,Deargart, andLough Derg, etc.,203-209;Scattery Island and its round tower,206;Killeshandra,207;Grian (the Sun), as a root name,208,209;Sabian affinity of the Irish with the Algan Kinese of N. America,209;connection between Sabaism, Buddhism, and Phallism,213;deification of the energies of nature alluded to in theBook of Enoch,401,402;derivation and origin of the nameSabian,503;triple meaning of the Irish root,Sabh,503;Hindu equivalent of the latter,503n.;Sabaism indicated in Palencian remains,503;Ophiolatreiaand theGadelianvarieties of,505;“know that ye are Sabians” (Arabic prophecy) explained,503,506;meaning of Τό ΣΑΒΟΕ in Bacchic rites,505;Sabaic, or Phallic, import ofSibyl,Delphi,Pythia, andTripod,507;also of the name Pythagoras,508;the sacred name “Immanuel,” and the medals of Christ,503,510;Sabaic character of the round towers,510et seq.Sabh, triple meaning of,503;identity with Hindu Seva,503n.Sacara(Brahminical), name for certain embodiments of the Deity,288.Saer, triple meaning of,20n.SeeGoban Saer.Saint Abhan, Montmorency’s view as to his having been the founder of the R. T. considered,30,383;not contemporary with the Goban Saer,383,384;and seeGoban Saer.Saint Bridget, originally a pagan vestal or fire-worshipper,82;date of her conversion to Christianity,82;how she continued to show a leaning to her former faith,82;description of her “fire-house” by Cambrensis,82,83;unconnected with the R. T.,83.Saint Columb, orColumb-Kill, and the isle of Hy,37;not the founder of Kells R. T.,83.Saint Kevin, nature of his connection with Glendalough,471;Ledwich’s fallacy respecting,472.Saint Patrick, introduction of Christianity into Ireland not due to him,41;his share in the work of evangelisation,42,43,364;meaning ofNemph-Thur, the name of his birthplace,114n.;his holocaust of Irish literature,135,415,416;his alleged “granary” at Down,164;his pagan master, Milco Mac-Huanan,203,204;the only sense in which he can be regarded as having extirpated snakes from Ireland,360-364;analogous legend in thePuranas,362,363;not the originator of the Irish alphabet,416;nor of the national veneration for the shamrock,439,440.Saint Paul, as to the possibility of Ireland having been evangelised by,41.Salsette, subterranean temple at,215,216.Samona, a title for the priests and images of Buddha,141.Sandwick(Ross-shire), description of symbolic sculpture on obelisk at,305-9.Sati, orParvati(Hindu), and Mahadeva, parents of theLingajasandYonijas,260.Scapegoat, corresponding observance connected with R. T.,170,172;similar observance in upper India,172n.Scattery Island, its round tower and seven churches,206.ScotiandScotia, the latter originally identical withScythia,54;Scoti, a name for the Irish,54n.,429;theScoto-Brigantesand their invasion of Ireland,426;distinct from the Scandinavian invasion,426;connection of the Scoti with Spain,426n.;their amalgamation with the Firbolgs,428;change of the nameIrinintoScotia,429;date at which the former name was resumed,429;Scotia MajorandScotia Minor, and substitution of the latter forAlbaniaas the name of Scotland,429n.;retention ofScotias a name for the Irish,429n.;friendship between the Picts and Scots, and adoption by the former of Scotia as a name for their country,431;rupture of this friendship,431;theScoto-Milesians,432.Scotland, exile of the Danaan Boreades to,56;persecution of the latter by the Picts,57n.;round towers in,10,431.Scotus(Johannes). SeeErigena.Scraball(head-tax), as to its levy for the purpose of building palaces at Tara,89,90.Scythians, date of their conquest of Ireland,297,435;assisted by the Firbolgs to subjugate the Iranians (Tuath-de-danaans),297,428;superseded the usages and dress of the latter,297,298;Strabo’s description of the Scythian attire,53;why Abaris did not wear this dress,56;their policy towards the Boreades,56;their contempt for architecture,383,384;O’Morgan (Archbishop of Armagh), the first Scythian who built a stone house,384;St. Abhan could not have done so,384;Goban Saernot a Scythian,386;could not have built the R. T.,386,387;spoke the language of the Tuath-de-danaans,393;their religion Druidical,428;name of Ireland changed to Scythia (Scuitte),429;their occupation of the country responsible for the decay of its grandeur and piety,520.Seanneacbus, mistake of, respecting the battle of Maytura,448,449.Sepoysat Dendera, remarkable behaviour of,143,144.Sepulture, mystic significance of the form of the R. T. in reference to,372.Serapis, monogram of Christ found beneath foundation of temple to,312.Serpent-Worship, general symbolism of the serpent,221,222;Purana legend of the snake giant killed by Christnah,221,292;antiquity of this worship and of its symbolism,222,223;symbol of circle and serpent explained,222,223,506;ubiquity of serpent-worship and of its peculiar symbolism,222,223;the Vindolana stone and its symbolism,223;identity of serpent, sun, and phallic worship,223,224;symbol of cross, crescent, and cockatrice explained,224-226,506;Egyptian notions regarding the basilisk,225;relation of the latter to thebrazen serpentof Scripture,225,506;Eve and the serpent,285et seq.,505,506;Apollo and the Python,291,292,330;meaning of “Python,”330n.;Proserpine and the serpent,303;snake-symbolism on Irish crosses,357-367;only sense in which St. Patrick can be allowed credit for the extirpation of snakes from Ireland,361-363;scriptural allusions to snake-charming,360;why snake-sculpture on crosses was revered by the Irish,361;description of snake-sculpture on temple at Burwah Saugor,363;snake symbolism at Glendalough,473;the expression “generation of vipers” explained,498-505;Purana legend of Deity assuming form of serpent,499;Nagualism and its doctrines,499et seq.;the PalencianCulebraand the IrishGadelglas,502;serpent insignia of the Milesians,502;Gadel,Gadelglas, and the “Emerald Isle” explained,502,503;Vishnu, the snake, and the White Island,326.Serrowlee(India), description of certain structures resembling R. T. at,176.Shamrock, Irish national reverence for, derived from ancient Persia, and not introduced by Saint Patrick,439,440;imported by the Tuath-de-danaans,440;reason for its veneration,440;shamrock devices in Freemasonry, and upon the crowns of Irish and Persian kings, explained,440.Shannon, a Gangian name,205,206;its divinityDerg(Durga),206.Sheeva, orSeva, the originator of phallic worship,100,101;his “crescent” represented on the R. T.,103;his name identical with the IrishSabh,503;its Hindu signification,503n.Shinar(in Mesopotamia), the site of the tower of Babel, and of the origin of Sabaism,64;settlement of the Noachidæ,65;its previous occupation by thePish-de-danaansbefore they went to Egypt,282.Siamese Registers, their coincidence with the Irish as to the date of the Tuath-de-danaan invasion,435.Sibyls, why so called,507.SeePheeleaandPythia.Sickle, as to the symbolism of the golden one used by the Druids,200.Slane, belfry at, not a R. T.,36,37.Smerwick, ancient fire-temple at,72.Solomon’s Temple, Phallic or Sabian pillars at,101,372,511;consequent affinity between them and the R. T.,372,514;anatomical significance in the construction of,373;correspondence of its windows to the apertures of R. T.,514.SeeMolten Sea.Spenser, cited,469.Stanihurst, his theory of the R. T. being “excubiæ,”14,15.Steropes, Sabaic, import of the term,195.StraboonAbarisand theInsula Hyperboreorum,53-55;his description ofPyratheia, showing that R. T. could not have been the latter,72.Suad-dha-dana(father of Buddha), identical with Tuath-de-danaan,264.SullivanandO’Sullivan, connected with the Hindu name,Sulivahana,339;peculiar reverence accorded to families bearing this name in Ireland,339n.Sun-Worship, Nimrod reputed to have introduced,63,64;Baal,Moloch, andBolatias names of the Sun,65;its Sabian character,64-66,110;why it originated,66;at first merely emblematical,66;not conducted originally in temples,66;its degeneration intoMaterialism, as fire-worship,67;allusions to both in Scripture,67,68,109;names for the Sun as representative of thefructifyingprinciple,91;description of a Mexican fire-temple,156n.;connection of the R. T. with,75;connection of Ophiolatry (serpent-worship) with,223,224.SeeApolloandFire-Worship.Tacitus(Agricola), his comparison of Ireland with England,119.Tailtine Games, described,390-392;origin of the name,392;recorded in sculptures on Irish crosses and obelisks,392;corresponding observances in Egypt and Greece,392,393;Buddhist significance of,392;analogy ofTailtinewith EnglishTilt,392;Telltown,389.Tara, triennial assemblies at,23;pagan rites celebrated at in the time of St. Patrick,42;Miss Beaufort on the enactment of,A.D.79, by Tuathal Teachmar, in connection with the purpose of the R. T.,88,89;Psalter of Tara quoted in refutation of her theory,89,90;a place for legislative deliberations,389.SeeTeamor.Taut(Egyptian), triple-cross emblem of,291;its connection with Freemasonry,291n.Teamor(orTara), not a palace, but a R. T.,90,389.Teaumpal-na-greine(temple of the Sun), a name for R. T.,103.Ten(the number) the Pythagorean triangle of,267,