268;its phallic significance,268;its connection with the pyramids,268,269;how it came to be represented by a cross,487-489;its connection with the Irish “finger-oath,”489.Terceira(Spanish historian of 16th cent.) on the decay of learning in Persia,181.Thebit, orThebith(name for the “Ark”), its phallic import,270,271.Tibholas, orTivolas, as a name of Ireland, its Sabaic origin and import,507.Toradh(Irish), curious double meaning of,102n.Tor-Boileh(Indian local name), corresponding to IrishNemph-ThurandBudh-Nemph,114n.Totdana(a religious name of Ireland), explained,453.Tree, how each letter of the Irish alphabet denotes some kind of,229,418.TreeofKnowledge, (scriptural), what it signified,227-230.SeeEve.Trefoil.SeeShamrock.Triangle, sacred character and phallic import of its form,267.SeeTen.Tripod(Delphic), analogous symbolism of shape between it and the pyramid,507.Tuath, corresponds to BuddhistSuath, and is resolvable withBudh,264;device of the cross significant of,291.Tuath-de-danaans, origin and meaning of the name,55,248,249,257;a sacerdotal caste of the Persian Magh-abadeans,248,249;derivation ofTuathandTuatha,249,257;ofdeandDanaans,249;meaning of the whole name,249;distinct from thePish- (orPith)- de-danaans,255-257;origin of their separation from the latter,258;war of the two sects, and victory of the Pish-de-danaans,259,285;consequent expulsion of the Tuath-de-danaans from Persia,259;discrepant Hindu account of the struggle,260,261;their settlement in Ireland, and its consequences,259,264-266,393;their leaders, the sons of Miledh, the Fomorian,393;their existence in Persia recognised by Eastern historians,264;identical withSuad-dha-dana(Buddhist),264;Kaiomurs, or Yavana (Noah), the founder of their dynasty,272;their garb described,297;contrasted with that of the Celts,297;their expulsion from Ireland, and persecution by the Picts in Scotland,320;their battles with the Firbolgs,386,448,449;were a sea-going people,414;whether carried by the Phœnicians to their destination,414;date of their arrival in Ireland,435,436;curious correspondence of same with that of expulsion of the Buddhists,ib.;also with the diluvian period,436;effected two distinct settlements in Ireland,436,443,448,449;their expulsion from India by the Brahmins,443;harassed by the Firbolgs,441,442;their embassy to Greece, and contest with the Firbolgs on their return; consequent battle,448,449;their subsequent decadence both in religion and learning,449;merging of their ritual with that of the Druids,449;their practical introduction of the leading tenets of Christianity into Ireland,493;Irish crosses, church festivals, and hagiology derived from,492-494,513;prosperity of Ireland in their time,517;effacement of their influence by the Scythian conquest,520;subsequent accommodation between victors and vanquished,520;analogous event in Roman history,520,521;their connection with the round towers,386-389,513.SeeBuddhism,Round Towers,Persia,Ireland, etc.Turrish, name for penitential gyration round the R. T.,517.Uksi, orHuksos(shepherd kings), Manetho’s account of,142;calledPaliin Vedas,143;their invasion of Egypt explains the dislike of the Egyptians to the Israelites,143,151;evidence of Herodotus,143;were probably the founders of the Pyramids,144,153;the shepherdPhilitis,144,146;their general influence on civilisation and science in Egypt,144-156;were antecedent to the Israelites there,151;were derived from the same stock as theTuath-de-danaans,155.Ulster(annals of), record the destruction of fifty-seven R. T. by an earthquake in the 5th cent.,374.SeeAnnals.Ur, meaning of,68;Chaldean and Persian cities of that name, the former the original seat of fire-worship,68,69.SeeNimrodandFire-Worship.Valentia(Lord) on certain edifices in the Caucasus resembling R. T.,74.Vallancey, his theories as to the R. T.,13,254,255;his confusion of thePish-de-danaanswith theTuath-de-danaans,253;also ofAirgiodlamhwithZerdust(Zoroaster),254;his merits and defects,19,254,255.Vassant(Hindu deity), companion ofCamadeva, meaning of the name,95,96.Vedas(Sanskrit records), cited,143.Venerable Bede, evidence of, as to the existence of fire-temples in Ireland, not conclusive as to the character of the R. T.,83.Vestal-Fire, of Oriental origin,87.Vindolana, remarkable Sabaic sculpture on stone found at,223-226.Vipers, their place in Sabaism,498-505;import of the scriptural expression, “generation of vipers,”498,499.SeeSerpent-Worship.Virginal Conception, a doctrine not confined to Christianity,271,288,291-304.Vishnu(Hindu deity), phallic worship of, identical with that of theYonijas,260n.Ware(Sir John),37;on the chronology of the R. T.,373.WaterfordandWexford, argument from R. T. not being found there,9.Wells, existence of, under the pyramids, an argument against the theory that they were royal mausoleums,162.Whitakeron the derivation of the nameBritain,421,422;on the Celtic origin of Irish, Scotch, and Welsh local names,422;on a Belgic colonisation of Ireland,423;his theories refuted,423-428.White Island(Muc-Inis), a name of Ireland,327;also the name given in the Puranas to the kingdom of Crishna, and the scene of Vishnu’s incarnation and the abode of the legendary snake-giant,325-327;triple meaning of the Irish name,Muc Inis,327;Keating’s theory of its origin,328;its real meaning,339.Wolf, representation on ancient Irish sculptures of the,466,467;meaning of the symbolism,466-468;Lycanthropy, or wolf-madness,468;its prevalence among the ancient Irish,469;the Irish as wolf-tamers,469;Irish and Indian wolf-dogs,469;meaning ofLyceus,469.Woman, the subject of deification in early times,211,212;typified by the Moon,211;names under which she was worshipped,211,212;dual import of the Irish termAstore,212,213;nature of Eve’s fatal curiosity,228,229,285;also how it led to Buddhism,330;exalted position of woman in ancient Persia,262,263;the scriptural penalty imposed on Eve explains the nature of her offence,285;the promise of virginal offspring to avert its consequences,285,286;immorality resulting from the wish to anticipate this promise,287;Buddhist recognition of its fulfilment,301;Artemidorus on the pre-Christian worship of the virgin in Ireland,301;Greek perversion of the idea of virginal conception,303;meaning of the expression, “the son of woman” in the Book of Enoch,475-477.Yavana, its meaning,259,273;another name forPish-de-danaans,283.Yessan(Persian dynasty),247.Yonijas, worshippers of the Yoni, or sacred emblem of female nature,259,260,282n.See alsoDevil’s Yonies.Zezd(Persian), nature of fire-temple at,72.Zoroaster(orZerdust), meaning of the name,52;period at which he lived,189;nature of his teaching,188;anticipated by Hushang,189,190.