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'Myth is what we call other people's religion.'
--Joseph Campbell
The following concordance isbased on 'Gods and FightingMen' by
Lady Augusta Gregory, first published in 1904. Page number references
are to the 1976 trade paperback edition published by the MacMillan
Company of Canada Limited. Brief supplementary material is taken from
'Dictionary of Irish Myth and Legend' by Ronan Coghlan, published in
1979 by Donard Publishing Comapany, and referenced as 'DIM' in the
following text.
As this is intendedto be a concordanceof the Irishmythological
cycle only (as opposed to heroic, legendary, or historical material),
references are limited to Part I, Books I - V, of Lady Gregory's
volume. 'Gods and Fighting Men' was selected as the primary text for
this concordance because it represents the most comprehensive
synthesis of variant sources (both published and oral) ever attempted
as a continuous narrative of Irish mythology. Lady Gregory lists her
published sources as follows:
O'Curry, 'Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish'
'MSS. Materials'
'Atlantis'
De Jubainville, 'Cycle Mythologique'
'Epope'e Celtique'
Hennessy, 'Chronicum Scotorum'
Atkinson, 'Book of Leinster'
'Annals of the Four Masters'
Nennius, 'Hist. Brit.' (Irish Version)
Zimmer, 'Glossae Hibernacae'
Whitley Stokes, 'Three Irish Glossaries'
'Revue Celtique'
'Irische Texte'
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'Gaedelica'
'Dinnsenchus'
Nutt, 'Voyage of Bran'
'Proceedings Ossianic Society'
O'Beirne Crowe, 'Arma Columcille'
Dean of Lismore's Book
Windisch, 'Irische Texte'
Hennessy et. al., 'Revue Celtique'
'Kilkenny Archaeological Journal'
Keatinge's 'History'
'Oyia'
Curtin's 'Folk Tales'
'Proceedings Royal Irish Academy'
'MSS. Series'
Dr. Sigerson, 'Bards of Gael and Gall'
Miscellanies, 'Celtic Society'
Muller, 'Revue Celtique'
Standish Hayes O'Grady, 'Silva Gaedelica'
Abhean - son of Bicelmos, he was the harper of the Tuatha de Danaan,
brought from the hills by the Men of the Three Gods (37).
Aedh (1) - killed by Brian, he was one of the three sons of Miochaoin
(q.v.), the others being Corc and Conn (59)
Aedh (2) - along with Angus and Artrach, one of the three sons of Bodb
Dearg, he was the comeliest of them. Troops of poets from Ireland and
Alban used to be with him, so that his place was called 'The Rath of
Aedh of the Poets' (78).
Aedh (3) - a son of the Dagda, he was killed by Corrgenn, who
suspected Aedh was involved with his wife (82)
Aer - one of two Druids of the Sons of the Gael (the other was Eithis)
who was killed in the first battle against the Tuatha De Danaan, and
was given a great burial (75)
Ai - the plain where Niall pursued Cailcheir, before it went through a
lake (81)
Aife - along with two other daughters of Midhir of the Yellow Hair,
Doirenn and Aillbhe, she was given as wife to one of the three sons of
Lugaidh Menn (79).
Ailbhe - (Ai-noo-al) one of the three daughters of Oilell and a
foster-child of Bodb Dearg (124)
Ailell Anglonach - of the One Fault, brother of Eochaid Feidlech, he
fell in love with his brother's wife, Etain, and pined for her until
she agreed to heal him (95)
Aillbhe - along with two other daughters of Midhir of the Yellow Hair,
Doirenn and Aife, she was given as wife to one of the three sons of
Lugaidh Menn (79).
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Aille - the daughter of Cormac (q.v.) (107)
Aine (1) - the daughter of Modharn, who gave a cook to the sons of
Lugaidh Menn (79)
Aine (2) - some said she was the daughter of Manannan, but some said
she was the Morrigu, she owned the Cathair Aine. But she often gave
her love to men, and she was called Leanan Sidhe, the Sweetheart of
the Sidhe (86). Wisps of straw are burned in her honor on St. John's
Eve. She is associated with meadow-sweet, and invoked against
sickness. According to legend, she was raped by the king of Munster
(DIM).
Ainge - she was a daughter of the Dagda, who made her a great vat (81)
Airmed - sister of Miach, she spread her cloak on which to arrange the
herbs which sprang from the grave of her murdered brother. But
Diancecht, still jealous of Miach, mixed up the herbs, so that no one
knows all their right powers to this day (35). She was the daughter
of Diancecht and sister of Octruil, and helped them in their healing
work at the well of Slaine (64)
Airnelach - brother of Tadg and Eoghan, he was captured by Cathmann
and made to cut firing (115), but was later rescued by Tadg (120)
Amergin - one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), he spoke with Banba upon
Slieve Mis (71) and was sent as messenger to the Tuatha De Danaan (72)
and quieted the storm sent against his people by them and was the
first to set foot in Ireland after that (74). Heber gave him a share
of the two provinces of Munster after the Battle of Tailltin (75).
Angus - along with Artrach and Aedh, one of the three sons of Bodb
Dearg (78)
Angus Og - son of the Dagda, he advised his father how to kill
Cridenbel and what reward to ask of Bres (33). After the second
battle of Magh Tuireadh, only four men of the Fomor were left in
Ireland, and they were driven out one Samhain night by Morrigu and
Angus Og (67). He was considered for kingship of the Tuatha de Danaan
after their defeat (77). Also called the Frightener or Disturber, for
the unrest he occasioned in horses and cattle (83). His loves
included Enghi, Derbrenn, and Caer Ormaith (84). He was the Irish
love-god (DIM).
Anvil of the Dese - see Indeoin na Dese (81)
Aobh - (Aev, or Eev) the eldest of the three daughters of Oilell,
foster-daughter of Bodb Dearg and wife of Lir and, by him, mother of
Fionnuala, Aodh, Fiachra, and Conn, though she died bringing the
latter two to birth (125)
Aodh - (Ae, rhyming to 'day') one of the four children of Lir and
Aobh, he was turned into a swan by Aoife, Lir's jealous second wife
(126)
Aodh Aithfhiosach - of the quick wits, a son of Bodb Dearg, he was
sent in search of the children of Lir (132)
Aoibhell - (Evill) a woman of the Sidhe who dwelt at Craig Liath, she
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tried to prevent her lover from joining a battle (87). Her harp
fortells death for any who hear it (88).
Aoife - (Eefa) one of the three daughters of Oilell and a foster-child
of Bodb Dearg (124), she became the wife of Lir after her sister Aobh
had died in childbirth (125). Through jealousy, she changed Aobh's
four children into swans at Loch Dairbhreach (126)
Aonbharr - styled 'of the One Mane', he is Manannan's horse, as swift
as the naked cold wind of spring. She can gallop across the sea, and
no rider was ever killed off her back (41). She was often ridden by
Lugh (43).
Arias - styled the 'fair-haired poet', one of the four wise men and
teachers of the Tuatha de Danaan before they came to Ireland. His
home was Finias (27).
Arranan - one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), he died by falling from the
mast to the deck of his ship as the Sons of the Gael attempted their
second landing in Ireland (73)
Artrach - along with Angus and Aedh, one of the three sons of Bodb
Dearg, he had a house with seven doors and taught the king's son of
Ireland and of Alban how to throw spears and darts (78)
Athluain - a ford of the Shannon that Lugh passed on his way to do
battle with Bres (45)
Badb - (Bibe) one of the greatest of the women of the Tuatha de
Danaan, she was a battle goddess (27). She, along with Macha and
Morrigu , used powers of enchantment to bring mists , clouds of
darkness, and showers of fire and blood over the Firbolgs at Teamhair
for three days (29). Sometimes regarded as the same as Nemain, her
name means 'crow' and she could appear in that guise. She was the
wife of Net (DIM).
Balor - styled 'of the Evil Eye' or 'of the Strong Blows' (38), he is
chief king of the Fomor (36), husband of Ceithlenn and, by her, the
father of Ethlinn (42). One of his eyes had the power of death in it,
so that none could look at it and live (38), and he also had the power
of putting on a different shape (39). He was also the father of 12
'white-mouthed' sons, all among the chief men of the Fomor (42). At
the second battle of Magh Tuireadh, Lugh made a spear cast that
brought Balor's evil eye out through the back of his head, instantly
killing him and 27 of his own army, thus fulfilling the prophecy that
he would be killed by his grandson (66).
Banba - the wife of MacCuill and a queen of the Tuatha De Danaan, one
of three daughters of the Dagda whose name was given to Ireland
afterwards (27), she met the Sons of the Gael on Slieve Mis and spoke
with Amergin (71), and was later killed in the Battle of Tailltin
(75).
Banna - one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
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Battle of Taillten - the great battle between the Sons of the Gael and
the Tuatha De Danaan, after which the Sons of the Gael had the
rulership of Ireland (75)
Bearna nah-Eadargana - the Gap of Separation, it is a place that Lugh
passed on his way to do battle with Bres (45)
Bechulle - one of two witches of the Tuatha De Danaan (the other was
Dianan) who had the power to turn trees and stones and sods of earth
into an armed host (62)
Bed of the Dagda - in the house of the Dagda at the Brugh na Boinne
(80)
Beinn Edair - the dwelling place of Tuireann (60), mentioned briefly
in Ethne's complaint (58)
Belgata - the great mountain to the rear of Magh Nia in Connacht (29)
Beltaine - May Day (28)
Bennai Boirche - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland (q.v.)
(62)
Berbhe - see Green of Berbhe (42)
Betach - see Fiachna (121)
Bicelmos - see Abhean (37)
Birog - styled 'of the Mountain', a woman-Druid who helped Cian win
the love of Ethlinn who had been imprisoned in a tower. When Ethlinn
bore a child (Lugh), Balor would have had it killed, but Birog rescued
it (40).
Birthplace of Cermait Honey-Mouth - in the house of the Dagda at the
Brugh na Boinne (80)
Blai-Slieve - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Boann - a water goddess, wife of Nechtan and mother, by the Dagda, of
Angus, she is associated with the River Boyne (DIM). Also see Dabilla
(80)
Bodb - (Bove) see Rudrach and Dergcroche (117)
Bodb Dearg - (Bove Darrig) son of the Dagda, he was king of Connacht
when Bres and his army landed in Ireland to battle Lugh (43). He
lived at Sidhe Femen, was eldest among the children of the Dagda, and
was given the kingship of the Tuatha de Danaan after their defeat
(77). His three sons were Angus, Artrach, and Aedh (78), his daughter
was Scathniamh (80) and his musician was Fertuinne (79). Two other
sons were Aodh Aithfhiosach and Fergus Fithchiollach (132)
Boinn - variant of Boinne, one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland
(q.v.) (62)
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Boinne - the salmon of the dumb Boinne are mentioned briefly in
Ethne's complaint (58)
Bran (1) - the son of Tuiren (68)
Bran (2) - son of Febal, he was called by the silver branch to board a
boat and journey to the Land of Women, Tir na mBan (105)
Brath - see Mide (68)
Breagan - see Cuailgne (75)
Bres - son of Eri and Elathan (35), a champion of the Tuatha de
Danaan, he was sent to meet Sreng of the Firbolgs (28). He was the
most beautiful of all the young men, and he was chosen king after
Nuada (31). 'As beautiful as Bres' was a common saying. However, he
was known for his lack of hospitality (32), and was deposed when Nuada
was reinstated as king (35). By Brigit, he was father of Ruadan (64).
Bresal Etarlaim - the Druid who helped Fuamach to destroy Etain (88)
Bri - the daughter of Midhir, she died of a broken heart because she
could not be with her love, Leith, and the hill of Bri Leith, the spot
where she died, was named for them (88)
Bri Leith - home of Midhir the Proud (77), named after his daughter
Bri, and her love Leith (88)
Bri Ruri - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Brian - styled 'Flame of Valour' (60), along with Iuchar and Iucharba,
he is one of the three sons of Tuireann (47) and his sister, the
daughter of Tuireann, was Ethne (50). He had the power to change his
own shape and that of his two brothers (51). He caused the death of
Cian (44), Tuis (53), Pisear (54), Dobar (55), Miochaoin and his three
sons (59).
Brigit - one of the greatest of the women of the Tuatha de Danaan, she
was a woman of poetry, healing, and smith's work. Her name came from
Breo-saighit, meaning a fiery arrow (27). She was daughter of the
Dagda and, by Bres, mother of Ruadan (64)
Brugh na Boinn - (or Brugh na Boinne - 57) the place where Lugh kept
the Scuabtuinne (50) and the place where the Dagda had his house which
Angus took from him by trickery (81)
Buan - the nine lasting hazels of Buan dropped their nuts into the
Well of Knowledge where the salmon would eat them, sending their husks
floating out on the five streams that flowed from the well (108 & 110)
Buas - one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Caer of the Fair Hair - see Inis Cenn-fhinne (49)
Cailcheir - one of the swine of Debrann, it was called by Corann's
harping (81)
Cainte - Cian, Cu, and Ceithen were the three sons of Cainte, and they
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had a long-standing feud with the three sons of Tuireann (43)
Cairbre - see Erc (31)
Camel - son of Riagall, he was one of the two door-keepers at Teamhair
when Lugh first arrived (37)
Caoilte - (Cweeltia) one of the last of the Fianna, he was loved by
Scathniamh (80)
Carn Corrslebe - a place near Loch Ce' (67)
Carpre - (variant of Corpre) he had the power to compose a satire that
would shame men so they could not stand against fighting men (62)
Carpre Lifecar - the son of Cormac (q.v.) (107)
Cassmail - one of the Tuatha De Danaan, he was killed by Octriallach
at the second battle of Magh Tuireadh (65)
Cathair Aine - a stone belonging to Aine that would cause madness in
someone who sat on it (86)
Cathbad - the Druid, he aided Conchubar in treacherously slaying the
sons of Usnach (97)
Cathmann - son of Tabarn and king of Fresen, he captured Tadg, his
wife (whom he took as his own wife), and two brothers (115), but was
later killed by him (120)
Cauldron - one of the four great treasures the Tuatha de Danaan
brought to Ireland from the north. It came from the city of Murias,
and no one ever went from it unsatisfied (27).
Ce' - the Druid of Nuada, he was wounded in the second battle of Magh
Tuireadh, and when he died and was buried near Carn Corrslebe, a lake
burst out over his grave and it was called Loch Ce'. (67)
Cecht - the plough (28)
Ceis Corain - the place where the champions of Connacht (all except
Niall) gave up their pursuit of Cailcheir (81)
Ceithen - along with Cian (q.v.) and Cu, he was one of the three sons
of Cainte. Cu and Ceithen went towards the south, while Cian went
north, to gather the Riders of the Sidh to help Lugh in his battle
with Bres (43).
Ceithlenn - styled 'of the Crooked Teeth, she was queen of the Fomor,
the wife of Balor and, by him, the mother of Ethlinn (42) She gave
the Dagda a dreadful wound at the second battle of Magh Tuireadh (65)
Celtchar of Cualu - see Leith (88)
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Cermait - styled 'Honey-Mouth', son of the Dagda, his three sons
shared the kingship of Ireland at the time of the invasion of the Sons
of the Gael (72), and were killed in the Battle of Tailltin (75). His
birthplace was the house of the Dagda at Brugh na Boinne (80).
Cesair - the first that ever reached Ireland, she later dwelt on
Inislocha where Tadg met her (118)
Cesarn - one of the three Druids of the Firbolgs who broke the
enchantment laid upon them by Badb, Macha, and Morrigu (30)
Children of Rudraighe - see Eimher (75)
Ciabhan - (Kee-a-van) of the Curling Hair, the King of Ulster's son,
he went to Manannan's country (111), won the love of Cliodna, but lost
her due to the treachery of Iuchnu (112)
Cian (1) - a man of the Tuatha de Danaan (27), brother of Goibniu and
Samthainn (39), and father of Lugh by Ethlinn (37), he was present
when Nechtan deceived King Bres (32). He lived at Druim na Teine
(39), and his famous cow was the Glas Gaibhnenn (39). Along with two
other brothers, Cu and Ceithen, he was one of the three sons of Cainte
(43). He had the power of shape-shifting and was killed (by Brian)
while in the form of a pig (44).
Cian (2) - son of Olioll and father of Tadg (114)
Cliach - the Harper of the King of the Three Rosses in Connacht, he
vainly sought one of Bodb Dearg's daughters in marriage. Loch Bel
Sead sprang up under his feet (77).
Cliodna - (Cleevna) of the Fair Hair, daughter of Gebann, she gave her
love to Ciabhan but, through the treachery of Iuchnu, she was drowned
(112) She had three colorful birds, whose sweet singing could lull
the sick to sleep (DIM).
Codal - of the Withered Breast, he threw yew rods for Eochaid to
discover the hiding place of Midhir and Etain (96)
Coir-cethar-chuin - 'the Four-Angled Music', it was another name for
Uaitne (q.v.) (67)
Coll - the hazel-tree (28)
Collbrain - see Nechtan (106)
Colpa - one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), his ship was wrecked as the
Sons of the Gael attempted their second landing in Ireland, and he
drowned while trying to reach land at Inver Colpa (73)
Colum Cuaillemech - styled 'of the Three New Ways', he was a smith of
the Tuatha de Danaan (37)
Comb and the Casket of the Dagda's wife - a hill near the house of the
Dagda at Brugh na Boinne (80)
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Compar - a messenger and tax-gatherer of the Fomor, he was one of the
four hardest and most cruel, the other three being Eine, Eathfaigh,
and Coron (41)
Conaire - High King of Ireland, grandson of Etain and Eochaid, who got
his death by Midhir and his people (96)
Conall Cearnach - of the Red Branch of Ulster, he was descended from
the line of the sons of Eimher (75) The slayer of Anluan, he
originally may have been a horned god (DIM).
Conan Maol - it was his gold, hidden in a cairn, that Caoilte gave to
Scathniamh as a bride-price (80) One of the Fianna, he was regarded
as something of a buffoon (DIM).
Conchubar Abratrudh - of the Red Brows, the father of Liban (115)
Conn (1) - killed by Brian, he was one of the three sons of Miochaoin
(q.v.), the others being Corc and Aedh (59)
Conn (2) - of the Hundred Battles, King of Teamhair, grandfather of
Cormac (106), he tried to stop his son Connla from going to Manannan's
country (113)
Conn (3) - one of the four children of Lir and Aobh, he was turned
into a swan by Aoife, Lir's jealous second wife (126)
Connacht - one of the five provinces of Ireland (31), it is where the
Tuatha de Danaan first landed (27). Both Magh Rein (28) and Magh Nia
(with the mountain Belgata) were there (29), as well as the river
Unius (61). It was the province chosen by Sreng for the Firbolgs
after they were defeated by the Tuatha de Danaan (31).
Connla - of the Red Hair, son of Conn, he went to Manannnan's country
despite his father's efforts to prevent it (113)
Coran - the Druid of Conn, he tried to keep Connla from being taken to
Manannan's country (113)
Corann (1) - Lugh passed through the 'place of the bright-faced
Corann' on his way to do battle with Bres (45)
Corann (2) - Diancecht's harper, and the best harper of the Dagda's
household,
he called Cailcheir with his harp (81)
Corc - killed by Brian, he was one of the three sons of Miochaoin
(q.v.), the others being Conn and Aedh (59)
Cormac - grandson of Conn, King of Teamhair, he journeyed to
Manannan's country to bring back his wife, Ethne; his daughter, Aille;
and his son, Carpre Lifecar (106)
Coron - a messenger and tax-gatherer of the Fomor, he was one of the
four hardest and most cruel, the other three being Eine, Eathfaigh,
and Compar (41)
Corpre - son of Etain, he was a poet of the Tuatha de Danaan who
cursed Bres for his lack of hospitality with the first satire ever
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made in Ireland (34)
Corr Slieve na Seaghsa - the Round Mountain of the Poet's Spring, it
is a place that Lugh passed on his way to do battle with Bres (45)
Corrgenn - a great man of Connacht who, while visiting the Dagda,
killed Aedh because he suspected him to be involved with his wife (82)
Craisech - thick-handled spears belonging to Sreng, they were sharp at
the sides though they had no points (29)
Credenus - styled 'the Craftsman', he was a chief among the Tuatha de
Danaan (27)
Credne Cerd - styled 'the Brazier' (64), a worker in brass for the
Tuatha de Danaan (37)
Cridenbel - an idle blind man with a sharp tongue who always demanded
the Dagda's three best bits of food. Starving, the Dagda hid three
pieces of gold in the three bits and this killed Cridenbel (33).
Crimthan Cass - the King of Connacht and father of Laegaire (121)
Cron - mother of Fianlug, she was at the forge of Goibniu grinding
spears when Ruadan was killed (64)
Crow of Battle - see Morrigu (27)
Cruacha - the maidservant of Etain who accompanied her when she
departed with Midhir. Cruachan in Connacht was named after her (96)
Cruachan Aigle - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland (q.v.)
(62)
Cu - along with Cian (q.v.) and Ceithen, he was one of the three sons
of Cainte. Cu and Ceithen went towards the south, while Cian went
north, to gather the Riders of the Sidh to help Lugh in his battle
with Bres (43).
Cuailgne - the son of Breagan, he and his brother Fuad, two of the
best leaders of the Sons of the Gael, were both killed in the rout of
the Tuatha De Danaan (he at Slieve Cuailgne), following the Battle of
Tailltin (75)
Cualu - the home of Celtchar (88)
Cuan - the wood of Cuan was cleared away by Duach and the men of
Ireland so there could be a gathering around Taillte's grave (68)
Culain - although he may have been Manannan in another guise, he was
the great smith, originally living on the Island of Falga, who was
invited by Conchubar to live on the plains of Muirthemne, where
Cuchulain killed his great dog and thereafter took the name Cuchulain,
meaning 'the hound of Culain' (98)
Dabilla - a little hound belonging to Boann (80)
Dagda, the - father of Eire, Fodla, Banba (27), Angus Og (33), Bodb
Dearg (43), Brigit (64), Cermait (72), Ainge and Diancecht (81)..
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Known as a good builder, he was ordered by Bres to build raths (33).
Styled 'the good god' (63) and 'the Red Man of all Knowledge' (80), he
got a dreadful wound from a spear thrown by Ceithlenn in the second
battle of Magh Tuireadh (65) and he owned a magic harp called Uaitne
(67). His house was at the Brugh na Boinne, where Dichu was his
steward and Len Linfiaclach was the smith (81). His personal name was
Eochaid O Uathair, and he had a magical club which could slay or heal
(DIM).
Dalbaech - see Elathan (1) (35)
Dalbh - see Goll (121)
Dana - greatest of the women of the Tuatha de Danaan (from whom they
take their name), she was called the Mother of the Gods (28)
De Domnann - see Indech (61)
Debrann - owned Cailcheir, the swine that was called by Corann's
harping (81)
Delbaeth (1) - see Elathan (3) (61)
Delbaith (2) - see Eri (35)
Denda Ulad - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Deorgreine - a Tear of the Sun, daughter of Fiachna, she was given to
Laegaire as his wife in Magh Mell (123)
Derc-Loch - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Dergcroche - son of Bodb, he and his brother Rudrach were the two
kings of Inislocha (117)
Dianan - one of two witches of the Tuatha De Danaan (the other was
Bechulle) who had the power to turn trees and stones and sods of earth
into an armed host (62)
Diancecht - father of Miach (34), he was a chief among the Tuatha de
Danaan, and understood healing (27). He fashioned an arm of silver
for Nuada, who had lost his own in battle (34). Also father of
Octruil and Airmed, he restored slain warriors in the healing well of
Slaine (64). His father was the Dagda and his harper was Corann (81).
Dichu - steward first to the Dagda (81) and then to Angus (82)
Dobar - the King of Siogair killed by Brian (55), he was the owner of
two horses and a chariot that were among the payments that Lugh
demanded from the sons of Tuireann for the death of Cian (49)
Doirenn - along with two other daughters of Midhir of the Yellow Hair,
Aife and Aillbhe, she was given as wife to one of the three sons of
Lugaidh Menn (79).
Dolb - the smith of the Fomor (63)
Donall Donn-Ruadh - styled 'of the Red-brown Hair', he was one of the
sons of Manannan. His brothers included Sgoith Gleigeil, Goitne
Gorm-Shuileach, and Sine Sindearg. His foster brother was Lugh (41).
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Donn - one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), he and twenty-four others died
when the ship he commanded was wrecked as the Sons of the Gael
attempted their second landing in Ireland (73)
Druim Cain - Teamhair (q.v.) (31)
Druim na Descan - Teamhair (q.v.) (31)
Druim na Teine - the Ridge of Fire, the dwelling place of the three
brothers, Goibniu, Samthainn, and Cian
Druimne - son of Luchair, he made a cooking oven for the Dagda at
Teamhair (80)
Duach (1) - see Echaid (37)
Duach (2) - styled 'the Dark', husband of Taillte, he built the Fort
of the Hostages in Teamhair, and organized the men of Ireland to cut
down the wood of Cuan (68)
Dur-da-Bla - 'the Oak of Two Blossoms', it was another name for Uaitne
(q.v.) (67)
Eab - son of Neid, he was one of the chief men of the Fomor (42)
Eadon - one of the greatest of the women of the Tuatha de Danaan, she
was called the nurse of poets (27)
Eas Dara - in west Connacht, it is the harbour where Bres and his army
landed in Ireland to battle Lugh (43)
Easal - the King of the Golden Pillars, he was the owner of seven
self-regenerating pigs that were among the payments that Lugh demanded
from the sons of Tuireann for the death of Cian (49). A daughter of
Easal's was the wife of the King of Ioruaidh (56).
Eathfaigh - a messenger and tax-gatherer of the Fomor, he was one of
the four hardest and most cruel, the other three being Eine, Coron,
and Compar (41)
Echaid - styled 'the Rough', son of Duach, he was foster-father of
Lugh (37)
Eimher - (Aevir) the son of Ir, he divided Ulster between himself and
some other chiefs of the Sons of the Gael following the Battle of
Tailltin. It was of his sons, that were called the Children of
Rudraighe, and that lived in Emain Macha for 900 years, that both
Fergus and Conall Cearnach were descended. (75)
Eine - a messenger and tax-gatherer of the Fomor, he was one of the
four hardest and most cruel, the other three being Eathfaigh, Coron,
and Compar (41)
Eire - variant of Eriu, one of the greatest of the women of the Tuatha
de Danaan, she was one of three daughters of the Dagda who gave her
name to Ireland (27)
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Eithis - one of two Druids of the Sons of the Gael (the other was Aer)
who was killed in the first battle against the Tuatha De Danaan, and
was given a great burial (75)
Elathan (1) - the son of Dalbaech and a king of the Fomor, he was
father of Bres by Eri, a woman of the Tuatha de Danaan (35). He came
to her over the sea in a vessel of silver, himself having the
appearance of a young man with yellow hair, wearing clothes of gold
and five gold torcs (35).
Elathan (2) - son of Lobos, he was one of the Fomor who took part in
the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh (61)
Elathan (3) - son of Delbaeth, he was one of the Fomor who took part
in the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh (61)
Emhain Abhlach - (Avvin -------) an island paradise, the place to
which Bran journeyed (105)
Emain Macha - the capitol of Ulster, named after the twins of Macha
(DIM), the place where the Children of Rudraighe lived for 900 years
(75)
Emmass - see Macha (65)
Eochaid (1) - (Eohee) son of Erc, he was king of the Firbolgs when the
Tuatha de Danaan first came to Ireland (28)
Eochaid (2) - along with Fiacha and Ruide, one of the sons of Lugaidh
Menn, King of Ireland (78)
Eochaid (3) - son of Sal, he was killed by Fiachna after capturing his
wife (121)
Eochaid Feidlech - also called Airem, of the Plough, High King of
Ireland, he wedded the reborn Etain (by whom he had a daughter, Esa),
but lost her to Midhir in a chess game, but got her back by beseiging
Bri Leith (96)
Eoghan - (Owen) brother of Tadg and Airnelach, he was captured by
Cathmann and made to run a ferry (115), but was later rescued by Tadg
(120)
Erc (1) - see Eochaid (1) (28)
Erc (2) - descended from the children of Sreng in Connacht, the son of
Cairbre, he gave Cuchulain his death (31)
Erc (3) - son of Ethaman, he was a teller of tales for the Tuatha de
Danaan (37)
Eremon - one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), he spoke with Eriu upon the
hill of Uisnech (72)
Eri - a woman of the Tuatha de Danaan (32), the daughter of Delbaith,
she was mother of Bres by Elathan, a king of the Fomor (35). She was
the wife of Cethor (DIM).
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Eriu - variant of Eire, the wife of MacGreine and a queen of the
Tuatha De Danaan whose name was given to Ireland afterwards, she met
the Sons of the Gael on the hill of Uisnech, and talked with Eremon.
One moment she would be a wide-eyed beautiful queen, and the next she
would be a sharp-beaked, grey-white crow (72). She led the Tuatha De
Danaan in the first battle fought against the Sons of the Gael, but
was beaten back to Tailltin where she was killed in the Battle of
Tailltin (75).
Esa - daughter of Etain and Eochaid Feidlech (96)
Ess Dara - near Magh Tuireadh-2 (q.v.) (63)
Ess Ruadh - home of Ilbrech (77)
Etain - see Corpre (34)
Etain Echraide - the second wife of Midhir, she was driven out by
Fuamach, taken in by Angus, turned into a fly by Fuamach, swallowed by
Etar's wife, and reborn as Etain, later the wife of Eochaid Feidlech
(by whom she had a daughter, Esa), who lost her to Midhir in a chess
game, but got her back by attacking Midhir's stronghold at Bri Leith
(95)
Etar - of Inver Cechmaine, King of the Riders of the Sidhe, his wife
swallowed Etain in the form of a fly who fell into her drinking cup,
and nine months later gave birth to her again (89)
Ethaman - see Erc (3) (37)
Ethlinn - daughter of Balor and Ceithlenn (42), she was mother of Lugh
by Cian (37). Because a Druid foretold that Balor would get his death
from his own grandson, Balor locked Ethlinn in a tower (attended by 12
women) to keep her away from men. Described as 'tall and beautiful',
she came to Teamhair after the second battle of Magh Tuireadh, and
married Tadg. By him, she was mother of Muirne and Tuiren. (68)
Ethne (1) - daughter of Tuireann and sister of Brian, Iuchar, and
Iucharba (50)
Ethne (2) - the wife of Cormac (q.v.) (107)
Fachtna - physician to Eochaid Feidlech (91)
Fail-Inis - a beautiful whelp belonging to the King of Ioruaidh, the
Cold Country, that was among the payments that Lugh demanded from the
sons of Tuireann for the death of Cian (49). This king's wife was a
daughter of Easal's (56).
Fais - the wife of Un, she was killed in the first battle fought
between the Tuatha De Danaan and the Sons of the Gael, in the place
later called the Valley of Fais (75)
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Falias - styled 'great', one of the four cities of the Tuatha de
Danaan before they came to Ireland. Its teacher was Morias, and its
treasure was the Lia Fal, the Stone of Virtue (27)
Falga - see Island of Falga
Fand - daughter of Flidhais, her bright vessels were made by Len
Linfiaclach (81). Manannan's wife, and Cuchulain's mistress (DIM).
Fathadh Canaan - descended from the line of Ith, he held sway over the
whole world, taking hostages of the streams, the birds and the
languages (76)
Feast of the Age - Manannan made this feast for the Tuatha de Danaan
(after they were defeated) where they ate his magic swine and drank
Goibniu's ale (77).
Febal - see Bran (103)
Fer Ferdiad - of the Tuatha De Danaan, he was a Druid and pupil of
Manannan who was killed by him for causing the death of Tuag (97)
Ferdiad - descended from the children of Sreng in Connacht, he made a
good fight against Cuchulain (31). He was one of the race called
Gaileoin (76)
Fergus - the son of Rogh, he was descended from the line of the sons
of Eimher (75)
Fergus Fithchiollach - of the chess, a son of Bodb Dearg, he was sent
in search of the children of Lir (132)
Fertuinne - son of Trogain, he was a magician given by Bodb Dearg to
the sons of Lugaidh Menn (79)
Fiacha - along with Eochaid and Ruide, one of the sons of Lugaidh
Menn, King of Ireland (78)
Fiachna - son of Betach and father of Deorgreine (123), of the men of
the Sidhe, his wife was captured by Eochaid, whom he killed, but she
was then given to a nephew, Goll (121), but Goll was killed by
Laegaire and Fiachna's wife was restored to him (122)
Fiachra - one of the four children of Lir and Aobh, he was turned into
a swan by Aoife, Lir's jealous second wife (126)
Fianlug - see Cron (64)
Fianna of Ireland - a band of legendary soldiers and Finn was the head
of them (68)
Figal - see Gamal (37)
Figol - son of Mamos, he was a Druid of the Tuatha de Danaan who had
the power to cause showers of fire to fall on his enemies (62)
Findemas - see Findgoll (32)
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Findgoll - son of Findemas, a Druid who advised Nechtan in the
deceiving of King Bres (32)
Finias - one of the four cities of the Tuatha de Danaan before they
came to Ireland. Its teacher was Arias, and its treasure was the
Spear of Victory (27)
Finn - son of Muirne, he was Head of the Fianna of Ireland (68)
Fionn - one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Fionnuala - one of the four children of Lir and Aobh, she was turned
into a swan by Aoife, Lir's jealous second wife (126)
Firbolg - styled 'the Men of the Bag', they were the people who lived
in Ireland before the Tuatha de Danaan but after the people of Nemed,
and they had come from the South (28)
First Battle of Magh Tuireadh - the first battle fought in Ireland by
the Tuatha de Danaan (31). Begun at Midsummer, the Firbolgs were
defeated after four days (30).
Flidais - Lugh wore the cloak of the daughters of Flidais when the
sons of Tuireann returned to Ireland to pay him their fine (57)
Flidhais - see Fand (81)
Fodla - (Fola) daughter of the Dagda, wife of MacCecht, and a queen of
the Tuatha De Danaan whose name was given to Ireland afterwards, she
met the Sons of the Gael on Slieve Eibhline (71) and was killed in the
Battle of Tailltin (75).
Fodhla - variant of Fodla (q.v.)
Fomor - people who lived beyond the sea or below the sea west of
Ireland, they demanded heavy tribute from the Tuatha de Danaan. They
were led by a giant and his mother, and they each had but one foot or
one hand. They were friendly with the Firbolgs but jealous of the
Tuatha de Danaan (32).
Ford of Destruction - the name given to the foot of Unius since the
second battle of Magh Tuireadh (66)
Fort of the Hostages - in Teamhair, it was built by Duach (68)
Freagarthach - styled 'the Answerer', the sword of Manannan, whoever
was wounded by it would never get away alive, and whoever it was bared
against would lose their strength (41)
Fresen - a beautiful country, of which Cathmann was king, that lay to
the south-east of the Great Plain (114)
Fuad - he and his brother Cuailgne, two of the best leaders of the
Sons of the Gael, were both killed in the rout of the Tuatha De Danaan
(he at Slieve Fuad), following the Battle of Tailltin (75)
Fuamach - the very jealous first wife of Midhir, she attempted to
destroy Etain with magic, and was herself killed by Angus for it (89)
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Gae Bulg - the spear of Cuchulain (DIM)
Gaedhal - styled 'of the Shining Armour' and 'the Very Gentle'. The
sons of Gaedhal were also called the Sons of the Gael (q.v.) (71)
Gael - see Sons of the Gael (71)
Gaible - son of Nuada of the Silver Hand, he stole a vat from Ainge
and hurled it away (81)
Gaible's Wood - the beautiful wood that sprang up on the spot where
Ainge's vat was hurled by Gaible (81)
Gaileoin - a race of Ireland that had a reputation for lies, big talk,
injustice, and good fighters (Ferdiad was one of them), but the Druids
drove them out of Ireland (76)
Gairech - one of two hills (the other being Ilgairech) that Lugh
passed on his way to do battle with Bres (45)
Gamal - son of Figal, he was one of the two door-keepers at Teamhair
when Lugh first arrived (37)
Garbhan - he and Imheall were the Dagda's two builders, and they built
the rath around the grave of Aedh, called the Hill of Aileac (82)
Garden in the East of the World - three golden apples from this garden
were among the payments that Lugh demanded from the sons of Tuireann
for the death of Cian (48)
Gebann - the son of Treon (119) and a chief Druid in Manannan's
country, his daughter was Cliodna (112)
Glas Gaibhnenn - (Glos Gov-nan) belonging to Cian, she was a wonderful
cow whose milk never failed (39)
Goll - son of Dalbh and a brother's son of Eochaid, he got Fiachna's
captured wife after Eochaid died (121) but was killed in battle by
Laegaire (122)
Gnathach - one of the three Druids of the Firbolgs who broke the
enchantment laid upon them by Badb, Macha, and Morrigu (30)
Goibniu - styled 'the Smith' (27), the son of Tuirbe (81),and brother
of Cian and Samthainn (39), he was a chief among the Tuatha de Danaan
(27), and lived at Druim na Teine (39). His ale kept whoever tasted
it from age and from sickness and from death (77).
Goitne Gorm-Shuileach - styled 'the Blue-eyed Spear', he was one of
the sons of Manannan. His brothers included Sgoith Gleigeil, Sine
Sindearg, and Donall Donn-Ruadh. His foster brother was Lugh (41).
Goll - one of the Fomor who took part in the Second Battle of Magh
Tuireadh (61)
Gorias - styled 'shining', one of the four cities of the Tuatha de
Danaan before they came to Ireland. Its teacher was Urias, and its
treasure was the Sword (27)
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Grave End - place at Indeoin na Dese where Len Linfiaclach would cast
his anvil (81)
Great House of a Thousand Soldiers - in Teamhair, north of the little
Hill of the Women Soldiers (31)
Great Strand - see Traig Mor (114)
Green of Berbhe - a plain in Lochlann (42)
Green of Teamhair - in Teamhair, it lay to the west of the Hill of
Hostages (31)
Grellach Dollaid - also called 'the Whisper of the Men of Dea', it is
the place where Lugh, Nuada, the Dagda, Ogma, and Diancecht made their
secret plans to rise against the Fomor (40)
Grian - the sun (28), and a fairy queen in County Tipperary (DIM)
Hall of the Morrigu - in the house of the Dagda at the Brugh na Boinne
(80)
Happy Plain - see Magh Mell
hazels of wisdom, nine - hazel-trees of inspiration and the knowledge
of poetry of the Tuatha de Danaan. They grew by a well below the sea,
out of which the seven streams of wisdom spring and return. In the
well are the five salmon of knowledge who eat the nuts that fall from
the hazel trees. If anyone eats one of the salmon, all wisdom and all
poetry would be theirs (28).
Heber - one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), he was one of only three who
survived when the Sons of the Gael attempted their second landing in
Ireland (73). He was awarded the two provinces of Munster (less the
share he gave to Amergin) after the Battle of Tailltin (75).
Heremon - one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), his ship was wrecked as the
Sons of the Gael attempted their second landing in Ireland, but he got
safely to land at Inver Colpa (73) He was awarded Leinster and
Connacht after the Battle of Tailltin (75).
High Seat - of Teamhair, it lay to the south-west of the Hill of
Hostages (31)
Hill of Aileac - 'the Hill of Sighs and of a Stone', it was the rath
built over the burial site of Aedh (82)
Hill of Dabilla - a hill near the house of the Dagda at Brugh na
Boinne (80)
Hill of Hostages - a hill in Teamhair, north-east of the High Seat
(31)
Hill of Miochaoin - in the north of Lochlann, three shouts given on
this hill were among the payments that Lugh demanded from the sons of
Tuireann for the death of Cian (49)
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Hill of Sighs and of a Stone - see Hill of Aileac (82)
Hill of the Axe - see Tulach na Bela (81)
Hill of the Sidhe - a hill in the north-east of Teamhair, where the
well Nemnach was located (31)
Hill of the White Field - see Sidhe Fionnachaidh
Hill of the Women Soldiers - styled 'little', it lay to the south of
the Great House of a Thousand Soldiers, in Teamhair (31)
Hill of Uisnech - on the west side of Teamhair, where Nuada held an
assembly of his people (40)
House of the Women - in Teamhair, it is where the great feasts were
held. It had seven doors to the east and seven doors to the west
(31).
Ilbrech - of Ess Ruadh, he was considered for kingship of the Tuatha
de Danaan after their defeat (77)
Ilgairech - one of two hills (the other being Gairech) that Lugh
passed on his way to do battle with Bres (45)
Imheall - he and Garbhan were the Dagda's two builders, and they built
the rath around the grave of Aedh, called the Hill of Aileac (82)
Indech - son of De Domnann and father of Octriallach, he was a king of
the Fomor who fell and was crushed in the Second Battle of Magh
Tuireadh (61)
Indeoin na Dese - 'the Anvil of the Dese', where Len Linfiaclach would
cast his anvil every night after work (81)
Ingnathach - one of the three Druids of the Firbolgs who broke the
enchantment laid upon them by Badb, Macha, and Morrigu (30)
Ingol - one of the Fomor who took part in the Second Battle of Magh
Tuireadh (61)
Inis Cenn-fhinne - called the Island of the Fair-Haired Women (59) and
the Island of Caer of the Fair Hair, the women of this island had a
cooking-spit that was among the payments that Lugh demanded from the
sons of Tuireann for the death of Cian (49)
Inis Daleb - one of the four paradises of the world, the others being
Inislocha to the west, Inis Ercandra to the north and Adam's Paradise
to the east (118)
Inis Ercandra - one of the four paradises of the world, the others
being Inislocha to the west, Inis Daleb to the south and Adam's
Paradise to the east (118)
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Inislocha - Lake Island, seen by Tadg on his voyages, and ruled by two
kings, Rudrach and Dergcroche, sons of Bodb (117). It is the fourth
paradise of the world, the others being Inis Daleb to the South, Inis
Ercandra to the north, and Adam's Paradise to the East (118)
Inver Cechmaine - home of Etar, where the reborn Etain first met
Midhir while she was bathing (89)
Inver Colpa - in Leinster (75), the place got its name because Colpa,
one of the sons of Miled, was drowned there, although his brother
Heremon came safely to shore there (73)
Inver Sceine - in the west of Munster, it is where the race of the
Sons of the Gael first landed in Ireland (71)
Inver Slane - to the north of Leinster, it is where the race of the
Sons of the Gael made their first attempt to land in Ireland (71)
Ioruaidh - see Fail-Inis (49)
Ir - father of Eimher (75) and one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), he was
known for his bravery in battle but he died when his ship was wrecked
as the Sons of the Gael attempted their second landing in Ireland, and
he was buried on Sceilg Michill (73)
Irish - the language of both the Firbolgs and the Tuatha de Danaan
(29)
Island of Falga - original dwelling place of Culain, the Smith (97)
Island of Joy - Bran left some of his men ashore there on his way to
Emhain (105)
Island of the Fair-Haired Women - see Inis Cenn-fhinne (59)
Island of the Tower of Glass - Balor lived there in the days the Fomor
visited Ireland often. From this island, the Fomor would capture
ships that passed near. They thus defeated the ships of the sons of
Nemed in a time before the Firbolgs were in Ireland. (38)
Islands of Mod - islands from which Ogma was ordered by Bres to bring
firing every day (32)
Ith - one of the race of the Sons of the Gael, he was killed by
treachery while in Ireland, and it was to avenge his death that the
race of the Sons of the Gael invaded Ireland (72). From his line was
descended Fathadh Canaan (76).
Iuchar - along with Iucharba and Brian, he is one of the three sons of
Tuireann (47) and his sister, the daughter of Tuireann, was Ethne (50)
Iucharba - along with Iuchar and Brian, he is one of the three sons of
Tuireann (47) and his sister, the daughter of Tuireann, was Ethne (50)
Iuchnu - he played music to Cliodna in the curragh until she fell
asleep and was drowned (112)
Kath Brese - the Dagda made a trench around it (33).
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King of the Great Plain - father of Taillte (37)
Laegaire - son of Crimthan Cass, he killed Goll in battle in order to
restore Fiachna's captured wife to him (122), after which he took
Fiachna's daughter as his own wife and ruled as a king in Magh Mell
(123)
Lake Island - see Inislocha (117)
Lake of Birds - see Loch na-n Ean (121)
Lake of the Dwarfs - see Loch Luchra (112)
Lake of the Oaks - see Loch Dairbhreach (126)
Land of Promise - dwelling place of the Riders of the Sidh (41). See
Tir Tairngaire (111)
Land of the Ever-Living Ones - see Tir-nam-Beo (113)
Land of the Ever-Living Women - the place to which Fer Ferdiad was
trying to take Tuag when she drowned (98)
Land of Women - see Tir na mBan (105)
Laoi - one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Leanan Sidhe - Sweetheart of the Sidhe, a title given to Aine (86)
Leat Glas - Indech's poet, he was present at Indech's death at the
second battle of Magh Tuireadh (66)
Leith - (Leh) the son of Celtchar, he loved Bri, but she died before
they could be together and the hill of Bri Leith was named after them
(88)
Len Linfiaclach - smith to the Dagda, he made the bright vessels of
Fand (81)
Lia Fail - one of the four great treasures the Tuatha de Danaan
brought to Ireland from the north. It came from the city of Falias
(27). It was kept to the north of the Hill of Hostages, and it used
to roar under the feet of every true king of Ireland (31).
Liath - son of Lobais, he was one of the chief men of the Fomor (42)
Liath-Druim - Teamhair (q.v.) (31)
Liban - daughter of Conchubar Abratrudh and wife of Tadg, she was
captured and taken to wife by Cathmann, but was later rescued by Tadg
(115)
Life River - the salmon of the Life River are mentioned briefly in
Ethne's complaint (58)
Lir - father of Manannan (27), of Sidhe Fionnachaidh, he was
considered for kingship of the Tuatha de Danaan after their defeat
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(77). He married Aobh (by whom he had four children), and then her
sister Aoife (125).
Lobais - styled 'the Druid', he was father of Liath and one of the
chief men of the Fomor (42)
Lobos - see Elathan (2) (61)
Loch Arboch - see Slaine (64)
Loch Bel Sead - the lake that is on top of a mountain, it sprang up
under the feet of Cliach (78)
Loch Ce' - see Ce' (67)
Loch Cuan - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Loch Dairbhreach - (Loch Darvragh) Lake of the Oaks, where Aoife
changed Aobh's four children into swans (126)
Loch Dearg - the dwelling-place of Bodb Dearg (124)
Loch Decket - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Loch Echach - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Loch Feabhail - the burial place of Aedh, son of the Dagda (82)
Loch Febail - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Loch Laeig - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Loch Luchra - the Lake of the Dwarfs, near Manannan's city, in Tir
Tairngaire (112)
Loch Luimnech - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Loch Mescdhae - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Loch na-n Ean - the Lake of Birds, where Laegaire met Fiachna (121)
Loch Orbsen - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Loch Riach - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Loch Righ - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Lochlann - the dwelling place of the men of the Fomor (42)
Loscuinn - it lay to the north of the river Unius (61)
Luachaid - see Luchtar (37)
Luan - see Pisear (49)
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Luath - two swift men of the Fomor were named Luath, and they gathered
an army for Bres when he went to do battle with Lugh (42)
Luchair - see Druimne (80)
Luchta - variant of Luchtar (q.v.), styled 'the Carpenter' (64)
Luchtar - son of Luachaid, he was the carpenter of the Tuatha de
Danaan (37)
Lugaidh Menn - King of Ireland. Eochaid, Fiacha, and Ruide were three
of his sons (78).
Lugh - (Loo) styled 'Lamh-Fada', of the Long Hand (41), son of Cian
and Ethlinn, and foster-son of Taillte and Echaid, he was also styled
'Ildanach', the Master of all Arts (37). Nuada abdicated the throne
to him for 13 days in order to enlist his help against the Fomor (38).
His foster-brothers were the sons of Manannan (41). At the second
battle of Magh Tuireadh, he made a spear cast that brought Balor's
evil eye out through the back of his head, instantly killing him and
27 of the army of the Fomor (66). Father of Cuchulain (DIM).
MacCecht - styled 'Son of the Plough', he was the husband of Fodhla
(71)
MacCuill - styled 'Son of the Hazel', he was the husband of Banba (71)
MacGreine - styled 'Son of the Sun', he was the husband of Eriu (72)
Macha - one of the greatest of the women of the Tuatha de Danaan, she
fed on the heads of men slain in battle (27). She, along with Badb
and Morrigu , used powers of enchantment to bring mists , clouds of
darkness, and showers of fire and blood over the Firbolgs at Teamhair
for three days (29). The daughter of Emmass, she was killed by Balor
in the second battle of Mag Tuireadh (65).
Maeltine Mor-Brethach - styled 'of the Great Judgments', he was a wise
man of the Tuatha De Danaan who advised Lugh not to spare the life of
Bres after the second battle of Magh Tuireadh (66)
Magh Cuilenn - (Moy Cullin) the place where some say Uillenn
Faebarderg killed Manannan in battle (96)
Magh Luirg - the Plain of Following, it is a place that Lugh passed on
his way to do battle with Bres (45)
Magh Mell - (Moy Mal) the Pleasant Plain, in Manannan's country (113)
Magh Mell - the Happy Plain, where Laegaire ruled as king, along with
Fiachna (121)
Magh Mor - 'the Great Plain'. See Taillte (68)
Magh Mor an Aonaigh - the Great Plain of the Fair, the place where
Lugh and the Riders of the Sidh met Bres and his army of the Fomor in
battle (45)
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Magh Nia - the second settlement of the Tuatha de Danaan in Ireland,
better fortified and farther west in Connacht than Magh Rein (29)
Magh Rein - (Moy Raen) the first settlement of the Tuatha de Danaan in
Ireland (28)
Magh Tuireadh (1) - (Moytirra) see First Battle of Magh Tuireadh (31)
Magh Tuireadh (2) - not the same as the place where the battle between
the Tuatha De Danaan and the Firbolgs was fought, but to the north,
near Ess Dara. It is where the great battle between the Tuatha De
Danaan and the Fomor was fought, that was later called the Second
Battle of Magh Tuireadh (63)
Mamos - see Figol (62)
Manannan - (Mananuan) son of Lir, a chief of the Tuatha de Danaan who
was greater even than their king, Nuada (27). His sons are Donall
Donn-Ruadh, Sgoith Gleigeil, Goitne Gorm-Shuileach, and Sine Sindearg
(41). Manannan understtod all enchantments, so the Tuatha de Danaan
left it to him to find places for them where they would be safe from
their enemies. He chose the most beautiful hills and valleys of
Ireland and put hidden walls about them (77). He helped Angus to get
the Brugh na Boinne away from the Dagda by trickery (81). Aine may
have been his daughter (86). Some say he was killed by Uillenn
Faebarderg in battle at Magh Cuilenn (96). He raised Deirdre's
children, taught Diarmuid the use of weapons, taught Cuchulain the use
of the Gae Bulg. Some say he was Deirdre's father and a
shape-changer, and was Culain, the Smith (97). He was the major sea
god, ruling Tir Tairngiri. His wife was Fand (DIM).
Mata - the Sea-Turtle that could suck down a man in armour (80)
Mathgen - the great magician of the Tuatha de Danaan who had the power
to topple mountains onto his enemies (61)
Mechi - the son of the Morrigu, he was killed by MacCecht (85)
Miach - son of Diancecht and brother of Airmed, he was better at
healing than his father. He replaced the silver hand that Diancecht
had fashioned for Nuada with Nuada's original hand and healed it.
Diancecht, jealous of his son's healing powers, killed him. But 365
healing herbs sprang up from his grave (34).
Mide - the son of Brath, he kindled the first fire that was ever
kindled in Ireland, at Uisnech, for the sons of Nemed (68)
Midhe - (Mee) the plain of Midhe was the place Taillte was buried with
a mound raised over her grave (68). Also see Uisnech of Midhe (58)
Midhir (1) - of Bri Leith, styled 'the Proud', he was considered for
kingship of the Tuatha de Danaan after their defeat (77). His first
wife was Fuamach, his daughter was Bri, and his second wife was Etain
(88).
Midhir (2) - styled 'of the Yellow Hair', he was chief of the Men of
Dea. His three daughters, Doirenn, Aife, and Aillbhe, were given as
wives to the three sons of Lugaidh Menn (79).
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Midsummer Day - when the first battle between the Firbolgs and the
Tuatha de Danaan began, which lasted for four days (30)
Miled - the sons of Miled, including Amergin (71), Eremon (72),
Arranan, Donn, Ir, Heremon, Colpa, and Heber (73), led the invasion of
the race of the Sons of the Gael into Ireland (71). His wife was
Scota (75).
Miochaoin - killed by Brian, he was guardian of the Hill of Miochaoin
(q.v.) and, along with his sons (Corc, Conn, and Aedh), he was under
bonds not to allow any shouts to be given from that hill. Cian got
his learning with them (49)
Men of Dea - see Tuatha de Danaan (27)
Men of the Bag - see Firbolgs (28)
Modharn - see Aine (79)
Morias - one of the four wise men and teachers of the Tuatha de Danaan
before they came to Ireland. His home was Falias (27).
Mor-Loch - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Morrigu - one of the greatest of the women of the Tuatha de Danaan,
she was styled 'the Crow of Battle' (27) or 'the Battle-Crow (61).
She, along with Badb and Macha , used powers of enchantment to bring
mists , clouds of darkness, and showers of fire and blood over the
Firbolgs at Teamhair for three days (29). After the second battle of
Magh Tuireadh, only four men of the Fomor were left in Ireland, and
they were driven out one Samhain night by Morrigu and Angus Og. She
also proclaimed the news of the victory to the hosts and the royal
heights of Ireland and to its chief rivers and invers (67). Mechi was
her son (85). Aine may have been her daughter (86).
Mother of the Gods - see Dana (28)
Muaid - one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Muirne - daughter of Ethlinn and Tadg and sister of Tuiren and mother
of Finn (68)
Muirthemne - see Plain of Muirthemne (43)
Murias - styled 'rich', the southern-most of the four cities of the
Tuatha de Danaan before they came to Ireland. Its teacher was Senias,
and its treasure was the Cauldron (27)
Nas - the place where Lugh held his court following the second battle
of Magh Tuireadh (68)
Nechtan (1) - on the advice of the Druid Findgoll, to deceive King
Bres, who taxed his people of the milk of all dun cows, he singed all
the cows of Ireland in a fire of fern, making them dark brown. (32).
He was the husband of Boann (DIM).
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Nechtan (2) - the son of Collbrain, he begged Bran to leave Emhain and
return to Ireland but, upon reaching shore, he crumbled to ashes (106)
Neid - see Eab and Seanchab (42)
Neit - he was a chief among the Tuatha de Danaan, and a god of battle
(27)
Nem - one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Nemed - see Island of the Tower of Glass (38). The first fire ever
kindled in Ireland (at Uisnech, by Mide) was for the sons of Nemed
(68).
Nemnach - a well on the Hill of the Sidhe, out of which flowed the
stream called Nith (31)
Nemthann - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Nes - a magical spear made by Goibniu that would burn up like fire
anyone whom it struck (65)
Net - husband of Badb, an early Irish god of war (DIM)
Niall - a champion of Connacht, he was drowned while attempting to
pursue Cailcheir through a lake (81)
Nine Poets of the Fomor - among the chief men of the Fomor, they had
learning and the gift of foreknowledge (42)
Nith - flowing from the well of Nemnach, it was the stream on which
the first mill in Ireland was built (31)
Nuada - king of the Tuatha de Danaan when they first came to Ireland
(27). He lost his arm in the first battle of Magh Tuireadh and hence,
he lost the kingship (31). Diancecht fashioned an articulated arm of
silver for him and he was called Nuada Argat-lamh, of the Silver Hand,
for ever after (34), even though Miach later restored his original
hand (34). After that, he was restored to the kingship (35). The
father of Tadg (68) and Gaible (81), he was killed by Balor in the
second battle of Magh Tuireadh (65)
Octriallach - son of Indech, he was one of the Fomor who took part in
the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh (61) On his advice, the Fomor
threw stones into the well of Slane until it was dried up and a cairn
raised over it, that was called Octriallach's Cairn (64). He killed
Cassmail in the second battle of Magh Tuireadh (65).
Octriallach's Cairn - see Octriallach (64)
Octruil - the son of Diancecht and brother of Airmed, he helped them
in their healing work at the well of Slaine (64)
Ogham - the stone raised over Cian's grave had his name written on it
in Ogham (47), the script of pre-Christian Ireland which was invented
by Ogma (DIM)
Ogma - styled 'the shining poet' (32), father of Tuireann (43) and
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brother of Nuada, he was a champion among the Tuatha de Danaan (37),
and taught them writing (27) He found the sword Orna at the second
battle of Magh Tuireadh (66)
Oilell - of Aran, his three daughters were Aobh, Aoife, and Ailbhe
(124)
Olioll - see Cian (114)
Orna - the sword of Tethra found by Ogma at the second battle of Magh
Tuireadh, it had the power to tell of all the deeds that had been done
by it (66)
Pisear - the King of Persia killed by Brian (54), he was the owner of
the Luan, a deadly spear that was among the payments that Lugh
demanded from the sons of Tuireann for the death of Cian (49)
Plain of Muirthemne - the place where Cian was killed by the sons of
Tuireann (43)
Plain of the Two Mists - a beautiful plain where Goll fell in battle
against Laegaire (122)
Plain of Victory - in Manannan's country (114)
Pleasant Plain - see Magh Mell (113)
Prison of the Grey of Macha - in the house of the Dagda at the Brugh
na Boinne (80)
Rachlainn - in the sea, from which a young man of the Tuatha gave the
sons of Lugaidh Menn magical wedding gifts (79)
Rath Chobtaige - between this rath and Teamhair was the rath given by
Angus Og to the sons of Lugaidh Menn (79)
Rath of Aedh of the Poets - see Aedh (78)
Red Branch of Ulster - Conall Cearnach was of that line (75)
Riagall - see Camel (37)
Rider of the Wave of Tuaidh - mentioned briefly in Ethne's complaint
(58)
Riders of the Fomor - from Lochlann, seven battalions of them
accompanied Bres to do battle against Lugh (42)
Riders of the Sidh - from the Land of Promise, they accompanied Lugh
on his return to Teamhair (41), and again in his battle with Bres and
his army of the Fomor at Magh Mor an Aonaigh (45)
Rogh - see Fergus (75)
Ruadan - son of Bres and of Brigit, he was sent to spy on the Tuatha
De Danaan during the second battle of Magh Tuireadh, but was killed by
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Goibniu after he tried to kill him (64)
Rudrach - he and his brother Dergcroche were the two kings of
Inislocha (117)
Ruide - along with Eochaid and Fiacha, one of the sons of Lugaidh
Menn, King of Ireland (78)
Ruirtech - one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Sal - see Eochaid (121)
salmon of knowledge, five - see hazels of wisdom (28)
Samair - one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Samhain - (Sow-in) after the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh, only four
men of the Fomor were left in Ireland, and they were driven out one
Samhain night by Morrigu and Angus Og (67)
Samthainn - brother of Cian and Goibniu, he lived with them at Druim
na Teine (39)
Scathniamh - (Scau-nee-av) styled 'the Flower of Brightness', she was
a daughter of Bodb Dearg who gave her love to Caoilte (80)
Sceilg Michill - the small island where Ir was buried (73)
Scetne - the place where the host of the Fomor landed in Ireland just
before the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh (60)
Scota - the wife of Miled, she was killed in the first battle fought
between the Tuatha De Danaan and the Sons of the Gael (75)
Scuabtuine - styled 'the Sweeper of the Waves', it was Manannan's
curragh, which was often used by Lugh and kept at Brugh na Boinn (50)
Seanchab - grandson of Neid, he was one of the chief men of the Fomor
(42)
Sean-Slieve - Lugh passed the head of it on his way to do battle with
Bres (45)
Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh - at Magh Tuireadh (2), it is where the
great battle between the Tuatha De Danaan and the Fomor took place
(63), after which there were only four men of the Fomor left in
Ireland, till they were driven out one Samhain night by Morrigu and
Angus Og (67)
Segois - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Senias - one of the four wise men and teachers of the Tuatha De Danaan
before they came to Ireland. His home was Murias (27).
Sgoith Gleigeil - styled 'the White Flower', he was one of the sons of
Manannan. His brothers included Goitne Gorm-Shuileach, Sine Sindearg,
and Donall Donn-Ruadh. His foster brother was Lugh (41).
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Shannon - a river containing the ford of Athluain (45), it was named
after Sionan, one of the only women (probably a goddess) to eat of the
salmon of knowledge (DIM)
Sidhe Femen - (Shee -----) home of Bodb Dearg, and he put great
enchantments about it (77)
Sidhe Fionnachaidh - the Hill of the White Field, on Slieve Fuad; the
home of Lir (77)
Sine Sindearg - styled 'of the Red Ring', he was one of the sons of
Manannan. His brothers included Sgoith Gleigeil, Goitne
Gorm-Shuileach, and Donall Donn-Ruadh. His foster brother was Lugh
(41).
Siogair - see Dobar (49)
Sionnan - one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland (q.v.) (62), a
variant of Shannon (q.v.)
Sital Salmhor - one of the chief men of the Fomor (42)
Siuir - one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Slaine - lying to the west of Magh Tuireadh (2) to the east of Loch
Arboch, the well of Slaine was used by Diancecht, Octruil, and Airmed
to restore to lifethe slain warriors of the Tuatha De Danaan in the
second battle of Magh Tuireadh (64)
Slane - vaiant of Slaine (q.v.) (64)
Slieve Bladma - (Sleev ------) one of the twelve chief mountains of
Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Slieve Cuailgne - the place where Cuailgne was killed (75)
Slieve Eibhline - the place where the Sons of the Gael met Fodhla (71)
Slieve Fuad - the place where Fuad was killed (75), and the location
of Sidhe Fionnachaidh (77)
Slieve Leag - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Slieve Macca Belgodon - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland
(q.v.) (62)
Slieve Mis - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland (q.v.) (62),
it is where the Sons of the Gael met Banba, and Amergin talked with
her (71)
Slieve Snechtae - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland (q.v.)
(62)
Sligech - one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland (q.v.) (62)
Sons of the Gael - also called the sons of Gaedhal, they came from the
south to invade Ireland and avenge the death of Ith, one of their race
who had come to Ireland before and met his death there (71)
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Spear of Victory - one of the four great treasures the Tuatha De
Danaan brought to Ireland from the north. It came from the city of
Finias (27).
Sreng - a great fighting man of the Firbolgs, he was sent to meet the
Tuatha De Danaan when they first came to Ireland (28). He led the
forces of the Firbolgs after King Eochaid fell (31), and it was he
that struck off Nuada's arm (31).
Stone of Virtue - the Lia Fail (q.v.) (27)
streams of wisdom, seven - see hazels of wisdom (28)
Sweetheart of the Sidhe - see Leanan Sidhe (86)
Sword - one of the four great treasures the Tuatha De Danaan brought
to Ireland from the north. It came from the city of Gorias (27).
Tabarn - see Cathmann (114)
Tadg (1) - (Teig) son of Nuada and husband of Ethlinn and, by her,
father of Muirne and Tuiren (68)
Tadg (2) - the son of Cianand and brother of Airnelach and Eoghan, he
went to the Land of the Ever-Living Ones (114) on his journey to
rescue his wife, Liban, and his two brothers (120)
Taillte - daughter of the king of Magh Mor and wife of Duach and
foster-mother of Lugh, she died during Lugh's kingship and was buried
on the plain of Midhe and is honored each summer by fires and keening
and games and sports at the place called Taillten (68)
Taillten - named after Taillte, it is the place where fires, keening,
games and sports are held each summer in her honor (68)
Tailltin - (probably a variant of Taillten) it is the place Eriu's
forces were driven back to during the first battle between the Sons of
the Gael and the Tuatha De Danaan, and where the Battle of Tailltin
(q.v.) was subsequently fought (75)
Tarba - the oak-wood where Niall caught up with Cailcheir (81)
Teamhair - (T'yower, or Tavvir) residence of Eochaid when the Tuatha
de Danaan first came to Ireland (28). The Tuatha de Danaan took
possession of it after the first battle of Magh Tuireadh, and from
that time it was the chief place of Ireland, for its king was the High
King. It was sometimes called Druim Cain, the Beautiful Ridge, and
Liath-druim, the Grey Ridge, and Druim na Descan, the Ridge of the
Outlook. The king's rath lay to the north (31). The Dagda made his
home here after losing the Brugh na Boinne to Angus (82)
Tethra - a king of the Fomor, he owned the sword called Orna that was
later found by Ogma (66)
Three Gods of Craftsmanship - Credne, Luchtar, and Goibniu (DIM)
Tiabhal - one of the Queens of the sea, her image was placed by Culain
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on Conchubar's magical shield (98)
Tir Tairngaire - the Land of Promise, Manannan's country (111)
Tir-nam-Beo - the Land of the Ever-Living Ones, Manannan's country
(113)
Tower of Glass - on the Island of the Tower of Glass (q.v.), it was
the home of Balor (38)
Traig Mor - the Great Strand, in Manannan's country (114)
Traigh Eothaile - the strand where King Eochaid fell in the battle
against the Tuatha de Danaan. He was buried there with a great heap
of stones raised over his grave (30).
Treon - of the Tuatha De Danaan; see Gebann (119)
Trogain - see Fertuinne (79)
Tuag - fosterling of Conaire the High King, she was loved by Manannan,
but his pupil Fer Ferdiad failed in his attempt to bring her to
Manannan, and the girl drowned (98)
Tuaidh - see Rider of the Wave of Tuaidh (58)
Tuatha de Danaan - (Too-a-ha-dae Donnan) styled 'the Men of Dea', the
people of the gods of Dana who came from the North through the air in
a mist to Ireland (27). They landed in north-west Connacht on
Beltaine (28).
Tuirbe - father of Goibniu the Smith, he was famous for the cast of
his axe (81)
Tuireann - son of Ogma, his own three sons were Brian, Iuchar, and
Iucharba (47) and his daughter was Ethne. His sons had a
long-standing feud with the three sons of Cainte and they killed Cian
on the Plain of Muirthemne (43)
Tuiren - daughter of Ethlinn and Tadg, sister of Muirne, and mother of
Bran (68)
Tuis - the King of Greece, killed by Brian (53), he was owner of a
healing pig-skin that was among the payments that Lugh demanded from
the sons of Tuireann for the death of Cian (48)
Tulach na Bela - 'the Hill of the Axe', place from which Tuirbe would
cast his axe (81)
twelve chief lochs of Ireland - they are Derc-Loch, Loch Luimnech,
Loch Orbsen, Loch Righ, Loch Mescdhae, Loch Cuan, Loch Laeig, Loch
Echach, Loch Febail, Loch Decket, Loch Riach, and Mor-Loch (62)
twelve chief mountains of Ireland - they are Slieve Leag, Denda Ulad,
Bennai Boirche, Bri Ruri, Slieve Bladma, Slieve Snechtae, Slieve Mis,
Blai-Slieve, Nemthann, Slieve Macca Belgodon, Segois, and Cruachan
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Aigle (62)
twelve chief rivers of Ireland - they are the Buas, the Boinn, the
Banna, the Nem, the Laoi, the Sionnan, the Muaid, the Sligech, the
Samair, the Fionn, the Ruirtech and the Siuir (62)
Uaitne - also called Dur-da-Bla and Coir-cethar-chuin, it was the
Dagda's magic harp which was taken by the Fomor during the second
battle of Magh Tuireadh. Lugh and the Dagda and Ogma went to retrieve
it. When the Dagda called to it, it sprang toward him, killing nine
men of the Fomor on its way. The Dagda then played the sleeping
strain and as the Fomor slept, he restored to Ireland all the cattle
that the Fomor had taken in tribute. (67)
Uillenn Faebarderg - of the Red Edge, some say he killed Manannan in
battle at Magh Cuilenn (96).
Uisnech - mentioned briefly in Ethne's complaint (58), the place where
the five provinces meet, and the first place there was ever a fire
kindled in Ireland (by Mide). Some say that Lugh died there (68).
The hill of Uisnech is where the Sons of the Gael met Eriu, and Eremon
spoke with her (72).
Ullad Echne - it lay to the south of the river Unius (61)
Un - the husband of Fais (75)
Unius - a river of Connacht where the Morrigu was washing herself when
the Dagda returned from the camp of the Fomor (61). The foot of the
Unius was called the Ford of Destruction since the second battle of
Magh Tuireadh (66)
Urias - styled 'of the noble nature', one of the four wise men and
teachers of the Tuatha de Danaan before they came to Ireland. His
home was Gorias (27).
Valley of Fais - a valley at the foot of a mountain, it is were Fais
was killed (75)
Valley of the Mata - near the house of the Dagda at Brugh na Boinne
(80)
Wall of the Three Whispers - in Teamhair, it was near the House of the
Women (31)
Wave of Tuaidh - see Rider of the Wave of Tuaidh (58)
Whisper of the Men of Dea - see Grellach Dollaid (40)
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BOOK THE SECOND
PP. 453 - 906
RIDERS OF THE CRYSTAL WIND
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Minster Speaks Out (J. gordon Melton) .........................975
A Plea For Initiation Standards (Ellen Cannon Reed) .............908
A Tale of Two Witches (Mike Nichols) ............................147
All Hallows Eve (Mike Nichols) ..................................137
Altar Dedication (Durwydd) .....................................125
Amazing (Pagan?) Grace ..........................................959
Ancient Art, The ................................................551
Answers (Grove of the Unicorn) ..................................479
Asatru (Rathulvf Jamieson) ......................................952
Astral Projection (Monroe Technique) ............................783
Athame Dedication (Durwydd) .....................................125
Autarchic Creed .................................................562
Banes, Bindings, and Mirrors (Judy Harrow, Hugh Read) ...........628
Bare Bones 3rd Degree (Humor) ...................................463
Basic Beliefs of WICCA (C.O.G.) .................................947
Basic Love Spell ................................................958
Basic Spell Construction ........................................113
Basic Principles (American Council of Witches)...................310
Basic Ritual Outline (ED FITCH) ...................................6
Beltaine Ritual (Firestar Coven, 1986) ...........................36
Beltane Ritual (Seastrider) .....................................464
Beltane, Its Origins (Rowan Moonstone) ..........................126
Bible, Books not included .......................................652
Bibliography (annotated) ........................................929
Binding A Spell (Farrar & Farrar) ...............................157
Blood Sacrifice (Althea Whitebirch) .............................547
Burning Times, The (Marios) .....................................951
C.O.G. Pledge ...................................................309
Channeling (Jast) ...............................................969
"Condensed" Definition of Wicca (Lady Phoenix) ..................948
Candle Colors ...................................................982
Candle Magic ....................................................417
Candle Scents ...................................................988
Candlemas (Gwydion) .............................................537
Candlemas (Mike Nichols) ........................................168
Catharsis Circle (Judy Harrow).....................................8
Cauldrons (Elemental)............................................420
CELTIC NUMEROLOGY (Mike Nichols) ................................454
CELTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY (Rowan Moonstone) ...........................298
Chants w/ASCII Notation (L.A.Hussey) ...........................1081
Chaos Magic (Mark Chao) .........................................398
Charge of the Phone Goddess (Magenta Griffith) ..................759
Charge of the Goddess, The ......................................193
Charge of The Horned God, The ...................................936
Check List for A Well Working Group (Earthrite BBS) .............957
Church of All Worlds ............................................353
Christian "Cults" ..............................................1000
Circle Closing ..................................................540
Circle Casting (Avaloian)........................................541
Circle Purification for Asthmatics ..............................780
Circle Casting (after Valiente and Farrar) ......................130
Circles, why use them? (Mel White) ...............................65
Cleansing (Rowan Moonstone) .......................................2
Comparison of Wicca and Christianity.............................622
Computer Blessing (Zahai Stewart) ...............................757
Coven Offices ...................................................762
Coven Leadership ................................................543
Covenant of the Goddess .........................................305
Consciousness & Politics (Carol Moore).........................
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Craft Ethics (J. Crowley) .......................................751
Creation Story ..................................................619
Creed Of The People Of God (Catholic) ..........................1005
Crone Energies (Grey Cat) .......................................559
Crystals, their care and feeding (Matrika).......................413
Cult Danger Evaluation Frame (P.E.I.Bonewits) ...................343
CUUPS (C.O.G. Salt Lake City) ..................................1002
"Dark Night of the Soul".........................................286
DCW Landmarks ...................................................492
Degrees within Covens ...........................................623
Deity Engineering Worksheet .....................................607
Denver Area Wiccan Network ......................................200
Descent of The Goddess (Sewna Silvara) ..........................750
Dianic Wicca (Inanna Seastar) ...................................614
Divination (Bibliography) .......................................605
Divination (RMPJ) ...............................................603
Drawing Down the Moon ...........................................557
Dream Problem Solving ...........................................573
Dream Bibliography ..............................................576
Dream Life ......................................................571
Dream-News ......................................................567
Dreams Precognition .............................................575
Dying God (Ammond ShadowCraft)...................................685
Eclectic Circle Ceremony (Durwydd) ...............................40
EcoMagick .......................................................614
Eight Paths to Altered States (Carrie McMasters).................222
Elements, A Hermetic Summoning (Marios) .........................960
Elemental Correspondences (from Starhawk) .......................979
Elemental Correspondences .......................................560
Ethics and Morals (RMPJ) ........................................315
Ethics and Magick (Warren Stott) ................................415
Ethics and Love Magick (Mike Nichols) ...........................554
Ethics or Etiquette .............................................565
Etymology of "Wicca" ............................................356
Evolution of Wiccan Ritual (Paul Hume) ..........................946
Exorcism ........................................................613
Festivals .......................................................587
Film Guide '89 (Mike Nichols)....................................528
First Degree, What is it? .......................................351
FISH (Creative use of Christian Symbology) ......................611
Five Fold Kiss ..................................................744
Fool ............................................................590
Fortune, The (RMPJ) .............................................953
Full Deck Tarot Spread ..........................................625
Full Moon Ritual (Seastrider)....................................634
Fundamentals of Human Ecology ...................................616
Glossary (Rowan Moonstone & Durwydd MacTara) ....................206
Gnosticism.......................................................694
God/Goddess Balance (Adrienne)...................................223
Golden Dawn (Calif.).............................................689
Golden Dawn Training (outline)...................................691
Goodwife (Story by L.A. Hussey) .................................644
Great Rite, The (Symbolic) ......................................656
Greek Fire Initiation............................................982
Halloween, Origins of (Rowan Moonstone) ..........................26
Handfasting ......................................................68
Harvest Home (Mike Nichols) .....................................176
Harvest Thoughts (Gary Dumbauld) ................................630
Harvest Home - 1987 (Michael Fix) ................................13
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Heal The Earth (a meditation) ...................................661
Healing (one method) ............................................655
Healing Myth (Nihasa) ...........................................165
Helpful Hints (Humor) ...........................................966
Heretic's Corner (RMPJ) .........................................869
Heyokah (RMPJ) ..................................................632
Hidden Codes in the Torah .......................................733
High Technology Meets The Ancient Wisdom ........................964
History (Weyland Smith) .........................................786
History of Witch Craft ..........................................791
Homeblessing (Selena Fox) .......................................663
Hypnosis 101 ....................................................667
Imbolc (Solitary Ritual) ........................................664
Initiation, Outdoor (adaptation) .................................72
Initiation (Brad Hicks) ..........................................50
Introductory Book List ..........................................926
INVOCATIONS
Freyja (unknown) ............................................56
Frigg (Russ Anderson) .......................................55
Brigit (Russ Anderson) ......................................57
Baldur (unknown) ............................................55
Freyr (unknown) .............................................56
Herne (unknown) .............................................57
Thorr (unknown) .............................................58
Irish Myth Concordance (Mike Nichols) ...........................422
Ishtar ..........................................................740
Issian Circle (Matrika) ..........................................59
K.A.M. ..........................................................735
Kabballah (Colin Low)............................................236
Kali and Modern Physics .........................................730
Keltria (The Henge of) ..........................................739
Lady Day (Mike Nichols) .........................................171
Lammas (Mike Nichols) ...........................................174
"Landmarks" (D.C.W.) ............................................990
LBRP, an Essay (Tim Maroney) ....................................103
Learning Process ................................................962
Lilith (BBS Conversation) ......................................1083
LLEW, Death of (Mike Nichols) ...................................179
Lucid Dreaming (Omni Magazine) ..................................955
MABON Outline (anonymous) ........................................43
Magick, Physics, & Probability (Hurn) ...........................811
Magick (A. Crowley) .............................................817
Magick Vs. Prayer (Salgamma) ....................................684
Magickal Book List ..............................................923
Magick Course Outline (Amber K.).................................815
Magickal Ethics (Judy Harrow) ...................................502
Magickal History (Fra.: Apfelman) ...............................406
Magickal Definitions (RMPJ) .....................................814
Magickal Laws (after P.E.I. Bonewits) ...........................831
Magickal Musical Selection Guide ...............................1079
Magickal Pyramid, The (Durwydd MacTara).........................1096
Magickal Stones & Gems ..........................................912
Manhood Rituals (RMPJ) ..........................................760
Mantra Web technique ............................................288
Mayan Deities (777 Supplement) ..................................834
Mayday Celebration (Mike Nichols) ...............................837
MAYDAY Celebration (Mike Nichols) ................................79
Media Management (Windfire Coven) ...............................851
Maychants (4) (Tanscribed by SeaStrider).........................911
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Memory & Perception, a new Model (Paul Seymour).................1077
Midsummer (Mike Nichols) .........................................45
Mind Control Techniques (Dick Sutphen) ..........................512
Models of Magick (incomplete)....................................216
Modern Pagaism, Q&A .............................................920
Modern Pagan Persecution (Jonathan Hutchins) ....................942
Mothers Day Message ............................................1076
Monotheism vs. Polytheism (Dan Holdgriewe) ......................941
Mycenaen Mysteries (J. Teller)...................................365
Mystical Pentagram ..............................................110
Nature Spirit Magick (Larry Cornett) ............................357
Necromancy (reprint) ............................................841
Neo-Pagan Ritual (Brad Hicks) ....................................77
Neo-Paganism (J. Brad Hicks) ....................................329
NeoPagism (Eric S. Raymond) .....................................333
NLP- Applied Magic (Brandy Williams).............................459
NROOGD SAMHAIN - 1987 (l.a. Hussey) ..............................21
Occult Resurgence, A theory .....................................224
ODINISM, What is it? ............................................764
Open Circle Ethics (Brandy Williams) ............................377
Open Letter to A New Witch ......................................910
Open Letter to Selena Fox (Isaac Bonewits) .....................1089
Opening (ending) The Circle ......................................12
Origins of the Mandan (Madoc) ...................................949
Pantacle, The (Gary Dumbauld) ...................................392
Personal effects of Ritual (Nihasa) .............................868
Polarity and Single Sex Covens (Marios) .........................945
Pornography & Pagan Ideals ......................................972
Power Animals (RMPJ).............................................411
Psychic Self-Defense ............................................594
Psychic Attack ..................................................563
"Quantum" Kaballah...............................................282
Quantum Magick (Larry Cornett) ..................................857
Quilting and "Craft" (J.M. Cortese) ............................1103
Rainforest Ritual (Michael Harismedes, 1988) ....................212
Ritual Bath (Sewna Silvara) .....................................745
Runes, What are they? (Lokrien) .................................215
Runic Thorn Ritual (Faunus) ....................................1097
Sangreal Sodality, The (Alfgar Maharg) ..........................944
Samhain Notes (Farrar)...........................................143
Samhain Ritual (L. A. Hussey) ....................................19
Samhain Ritual (O.T.O.) .........................................145
Samhain (United Wiccan Church) ..................................141
Satanism vs. Wicca (Diane Vera)..................................194
Saxon Wicca (Matrika) ...........................................158
Scorpio Dragon (Sewna Silvara) ..................................749
Second Degree (Gary Dumbauld) .....................................3
Sex and Magick (Fra. Apfelmann)..................................231
Shamanic Binding (Gaffer Maccluiunn) ............................937
Shamanic Lifeways Fellowship (Michelle Haas) ....................384
Smudging (Michelle Haas) ........................................184
Solitary Moon Rite, Issian (Ellen Cannon Reed) .................1100
Sophia and Gnosticism (Terry J. McCombs) .......................1105
Spitual Emergence or Emergency (Paul Seymour) ...................939
Spring Equinox (Farrar and Farrar) ..............................182
Standing Stones Book Of Shadows (Scott Cunninham) ..............1010
Strings On The Winds (Bardic Fiction)............................778
"Super-Dimensionality" ..........................................289
Taleisin's thoughts .............................................676
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Tea Ritual (Sewna Silvara, Triskelion)...........................747
Technology and The Craft (Fun!) .................................132
The Postures of Ecstasy .........................................617
Tool List (Seastrider) ..........................................136
Tool Blessing Ritual ............................................122
Tool Consecration ................................................17
Traditional Wicca (K.A.M.) ......................................186
Trickster Energies ..............................................234
Twelve Exercises Nobody Needs ...................................619
Wartime (Michelle Haas, 1991) ...................................117
Watch Towers, Rethinking The (Mike Nichols) .....................344
What is WICCA? (Texas Pamphlet) .................................322
What is Shamanism? (Michelle Haas) ..............................354
What is Wicca? (Amber K.) .......................................340
Wicca, from My Point of View (Lady Phoenix) .....................149
Wiccan Information Network .....................................1087
Wiccan Way, The .................................................192
Wiccan Pentagram Ritual (Paul Hume) ..............................98
Wiccan Traditions, A comparison (Hurn, RMPJ) ....................154
Wiccan Path (Madoc)..............................................227
Wiccan Shamanism (Selena Fox) ...................................162
Wiccan Principles (American Council of Witches, 1974)............190
Wiccan Rede, An Exegesis (Judy Harrow) ..........................317
Witchcraft Q&A (Dr. Leo Martello) ...............................150
Witches Creed (Doreen Valiente_ .................................320
Women vs. Men (Michele Haas).....................................195
YULE (Mike Nichols) ..............................................84
Yule in Britain (Tana) ...........................................94
Yule Ritual (Starhawk) ...........................................88
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