Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Part 45

LOUGHCREW. Great tumulus at, supposed burying-place of Ollav Fola, 150

LOURDES. Cult of waters of, 66, 67

LUCAN. Triad of deities mentioned by, 86

LUCHAD (loo-chad). Father of Luchta, 112

LUCHTA (looch-ta). Son of Luchad, 112; the carpenter of the Danaans, 117

LUDGATE. For derivation see Nudd

LUGH (loo), or LUGUS.

1. See Apollo, 58; the G.o.d of Light, in Gaul and Ireland, as, 88; 2. Son of Kian, the Sun-G.o.d _par excellence_ of all Celtica, the coming of, 109-113; other names, Ildnach (The All-Craftsman) and Lugh Lamfada (Lugh of the Long Arm), 113, 123; his eric from sons of Turenn for murder of his father, Kian, 115-116; slays Balor and is enthroned in his stead, 117; fiery spear of, 121; his wors.h.i.+p widely spread over Continental Celtica, 123; father, by Dectera, of Cuchulain, 123, 182; Cymric deity Llew Llaw Gyffes corresponds with, 347, 348

LUGH OF THE LONG ARM. See Lugh.

Invincible sword of, 105, 106; Bres, son of Balor, and, 123; husband of Dectera and father of Cuchulain, 182; appears to Cuchulain and protects the Ford while his son rests, 214; fights by his sons side, 215; Cymric hero Llew Llaw Gyfles corresponds with, 347, 348

LUNED. Maiden who rescued Owain, 397; Owain rescues her, 398, 399

M

MABINOGION, THE (singular, _Mabinogi_).

Reference to story of Kilhwch and Olwen in, 343; The Red Book of Hergest, the main source of the tales of, 344; Math Son of Mathonwy, tale in, 347; Mr. Alfred Nutts edition, 356; Four Branches of the Mabinogi form most important part of, 384; Peredurs story in, and French version, 406; the tale of Taliesin and, 412

MABON. Son of Modron, released by Arthur, 391, 392

MACCECHT. Danaan king, husband of Fohla, 132; member of Conarys retinue at Da Dergas Hostel, 175; his search for water, 175, 176

MACCUILL (quill). Danaan king, husband of Banba, 132; at fortress of Aileach, 132

MACGREN. Danaan king, husband of Eriu, 132; mythical name Son of the Sun, 132

MAC INDOC, THE PLAIN OF. Laery and St. Benen on, 239

MACKERVAL, DERMOT. Rule of, in Ireland, and the cursing of Tara, 47, 48.

See Dermot

MACPHERSON. Pseudo-Ossian poetry of, 238 MAC ROTH. Maevs steward, named, and the Brown Bull of Quelgny, 202; sent to view host of Ulster men, 223

MACEDON. Attacked by Thracian and Illyrian hordes, 23

MACHA. Daughter of Red Hugh, 151; slays Dithorba and compels Kimbay to wed her, 151; captures five sons of Dithorba, 151, 152; forms an instance of the intermingling of the attributes of the Danaan with the human race, 152; a super-natural being, 178; goes to dwell with Crundchu, 178; her race against Ultonian horses, 179; gives birth to twins and curses the Ultonians, 180; her curse on men of Ulster, 203-221; the curse removed from men of Ulster, 222

MAELDUN. Son of Ailill Edge-of-Battle, 310; departs to his own kindred, 311; sets out on his wonderful voyage, 311-331

MAELDUN, VOYAGE OF (mayl-doon). Found in MS. ent.i.tled Book of the Dun Cow, 309; reference to Dr. Whitley Stokes translation in the Revue Celtique, 309; theme of Tennysons Voyage of Maeldune furnished by Joyces version in Old Celtic Romances, 309; narrative of, 311-331

MAEN TYRIAWC (maen tyri-awc). Burial-place of Pryderi, 379

MAEV (mayv). Queen of Connacht, 122; Angus Og seeks aid of, 122; debility of Ultonians manifested on occasion of Cattle-raid of Quelgny, 180; Fergus seeks aid of, 202; her famous bull Finnbenach, 202; her efforts to secure the Brown Bull of Quelgny, 204-246; host of, spreads devastation through the territories of Bregia and Murthemney, 209; offers her daughter Findabair of Fair Eyebrows to Ferdia if he will meet Cuchulain, 216; Conor summons men of Ulster against, 222; overtaken but spared by Cuchulain, 225; makes seven years peace with Ulster, 225; vengeance of, against Cuchulain, 228-233; mac Dathos hound and, 241-244; retires to island on Loch Ryve, 245; slain by Forbay, 245

MAGA. Daughter of Angus Og, wife of Ross the Red, 181; wedded also to Druid Cathbad, 181

MAGI. Word magic derived from, 60; treated by Pliny, 61

MAGIC. The religion of Megalithic People that of, 59; origin of word, 60; Pliny on, 61; religion of, invented in Persia and by Zoroaster, 61; traces of, in Megalithic monuments, 63; Clan Calatin learn, in Ireland, Alba, and Babylon, to practise against Cuchulain, 228-233

MAITRE, M. ALBERT. Inspector of Muse des Antiquits Nationales, 64

MALORY. Antic.i.p.ated by Wace, 338, 339; Cymric myths and, 388

MANANAN. Son of the Sea-G.o.d, Lir, 113, 139; magical Boat of, brought by Lugh, with Horse of, and sword _Fragarach_, from the Land of the Living, 113, 121; attributes of Sea-G.o.d mostly conferred on, 125; the most popular deity in Irish mythology, 125; lord of sea beyond which Land of Youth or Islands of the Dead were supposed to lie, 125; master of tricks and illusions, owned magical possessionsboat, Ocean-Sweeper; steed, Aonbarr; sword, The Answerer, &c. &c., 125; reference to daughter of, given to Angus, a Danaan prince, 143; his wife, Fand, sets her love on Cuchulain, 226; Fand recovered by, 227; shakes his cloak between Fand and Cuchulain, 228; Cymric deity Manawyddan corresponds with, 347, 348

MANAWYDDAN (mana-wudhen). In Welsh mythology, son of Llyr; Irish equivalents, Mananan and Lir, 347; Bendigeid Vran (Bran the Blessed), his brother, 365; the tale of Pryderi and, 373-378; weds Rhiannon, 373

MAN-ER-HOECK. Remarkable tumulus in Brittany, 63, 64

MANS. Seven outlawed sons of Ailell and Maev, 169; their rally to Maevs foray against Ulster, 204

MANESSIER. A continuator of Chrestien de Troyes, 408

MANETHO. Egyptian historian, reference to human sacrifices, 85, 86

MANRED. The ineffable Name of G.o.d p.r.o.nounced, and so was formed, 333; the primal substance of the universe, 333

MAON (mayun). Son of Ailill; brutal treatment of, by Covac, 152-154; has revenge on Ailill by slaying him and all his n.o.bles, 153; weds Moriath, and reigns over Ireland, 154; equivalent, Labra the Mariner, 154

MARCELLINUS, AMMIa.n.u.s. Gauls described by, 42

MARIE DE FRANCE. Anglo-Norman poetess; sources relating to the Arthurian saga in writings of, 339, 340

MATH SON OF MATHONWY. t.i.tle of tale in the Mabinogion, 347; Llew Llaw Gyffes, a character in tale of, 347, 348; brother of Penardun, 349; the tale of, 378-384; Gwydion and Gilvaethwy, nephews of, 378; his strange gift of hearing, 386

MATHOLWCH (matho-law). King of Ireland; comes seeking Branwens hand in marriage, 366; wedding of, and Branwens, celebrated at Aberffraw, 366; Evnissyen mutilates his horses, 367; Bran, among other gifts, gives a magic cauldron to, 367, 368; father of Gwern, 368; informed of Brans invasion, 369; hands sovranty of Ireland to Gwern, 370

MATHONWY. Ancestor of House of Don, 349

MATIRE DE FRANCE. Source of Round Table and chivalric inst.i.tutions ascribed to Arthurs court, 341

MAXEN WLEDIG (oole-dig). Emperor of Rome; the dream of, 384, 385

MAY-DAY. Sacred to Belten, day on which Sons of Miled began conquest of Ireland, 133, 134; combat every, between Gwythur ap Greidawl and Gwyn ap Nudd, 353; strange scream heard in Britain on eve of, 385

MEATH. Fergus in his battle-fury strikes off the tops of the three _Maela_ of, 224; St. Patrick and the folk of, 282

MEDICINE. See Magic, 60, 61; Pliny and, 61

MEGALITHIC PEOPLE. Builders of dolmens, cromlechs, &c., 52-93; origin of the, 54-58; Professor Ridgeways contention about, 56; their religion that of magic, 59; representations of the divine powers under human aspect unknown to, 75; Druidism imposed on the Celts by the, 82; human sacrifices, practice a survival from the, 84; conception of, regarding their deities, 86