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BRIGINDO.
Equivalents, Brigit and Brigantia, 103
BRIGIT (g as in get).
Irish G.o.ddess identical with Dana and Brigindo, &c., 103, 126; daughter of the G.o.d Dagda, The Good, 103, 126; Ecne, grandson of, 103
BRITAIN.
See Great Britain.
Carthaginian trade with, broken down by the Greeks, 22; place-names of, Celtic element in, 27; under yoke of Rome, 35; magic indigenous in, 62; votive inscriptions to sus, Teutates, and Tara.n.u.s found in, 86; dead carried from Gaul to, 131; Ingcel, son of King of, 169; visit of Demetrius to, 355; Bran, King of, 365; Caradawc rules over in his fathers name, 369; Caswallan conquers, 372; the Third Fatal Disclosure in, 373
BRITAN.
Nedimean chief who settled in Great Britain and gave name to that country, 102
BRITISH ISLES.
Sole relics of Celtic empire, on its downfall, 34; Maev, Grania, Findabair, Deirdre, and Boadicea, women who figure in myths of, 43
BRITONS.
Geoffrey of Monmouth, like Nennius, affords a fantastic origin for the, 338
BRITTANY.
Man-er-Hoeck, remarkable tumulus in, 63; tumulus of Locmariaker in, markings on similar to those on tumulus at New Grange, Ireland, 72; symbol of the feet found in, 77; book brought from, by Walter, Archdeacon of Oxford, formed basis of Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia Regum Britani, 337; Arthurian saga in, 339, 340
BROGAN.
St. Patricks scribe, 119, 290
BROWN BULL.
See Quelgny
BRUGH NA BOYNA (broo-na-boyna).
Pointed out to Cuchulain, 193
BUDDHA.
Footprint of, found in India as symbol, 77; the cross-legged, frequent occurrence in religious art of the East and Mexico, 87
BUIC (booik).
Son of Banblai; slain by Cuchulain, 211
BURNEYS HISTORY OF MUSIC.
Reference to Egyptian legend in, 118
BURY, PROFESSOR.
Remarks of, regarding the Celtic world, 59
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CAER.
Daughter of Ethal Anubal; wooed by Angus Og, 122, 123; her dual life, 122; accepts the love of Angus Og, 122
CAERLEON-ON-USK.
Arthurs court held at, 337
CSAR, JULIUS.
Critical account of Gauls, 37; religious beliefs of Celts recorded by, 51, 52; the Belg, the Celt, and the Aquitani located by, 58; affirmation that doctrine of immortality fostered by Druids to promote courage, 81, 82; culture superintended by Druids, recorded by, 84; G.o.ds of Aryan Celts equated with Mercury, Apollo, &c., by, 86
CAIRBRY.
Son of Cormac mac Art, father of Light of Beauty, 304; refuses tribute to the Fianna, 305; Clan Bascna makes war upon, 305-308
CALIBURN (Welsh _Caladvwlch_).
Magic sword of King Arthur, 338.
See Excalibur, 224, _note_
CAMBRENSIS, GIRALDUS.
Celts and, 21
CAMPBELL.
Version of battle of Gowra, in his The Fians, 305-307
CARADAWC.
Son of Bran; rules Britain in his fathers absence, 369
CARELL.
Reputed father of Tuan, 100
CARPATHIANS.
Earliest home of mountain Celts was ranges of the, 57
CARTHAGINIANS.
Celts conquered Spain from, 21; Greeks break monopoly of trade of, with Britain and Spain, 22
CASCORACH. Son of a minstrel of the Danaan Folk; and St. Patrick, 119
CASTLE OF WONDERS. Peredur at, 405, 406
CASWALLAN. Son of Beli; conquers Britain during Brans absence, 372
CATHBAD. Druid; wedded to Maga, wife of Ross the Red, 181; his spell of divination overheard by Cuchulain, 185; draws Deirdres horoscope, 197; casts evil spells over Naisi and Deirdre, 200
CATHOLIC CHURCH. Medial interdicts of, 46
CATO, M. PORCIUS. Observances of, regarding Gauls, 37
CAULDRON OF ABUNDANCE. See equivalent, Stone of Abundance; also see Grail
CELT One of three peoples inhabiting Gaul when Cars conquest began, 58
CELTCHAR (kelt-yar). Son of Hornskin; under debility curse, 205
CELTDOM. The Golden Age of, in Continental Europe, 21
CELTIC. Power, diffusion of, in Mid-Europe, 26; placenames in Europe, 27; artwork relics, story told by, 28; Germanic words, Celtic element in, 32; empire, downfall of, 34; weak policy of peoples, 44; religion, the, 46, 47; High Kings, traditional burial-places of, 69; doctrine of immortality, origin of so-called Celtic, 75, 76; ideas of immortality, 78-87; deities, names and attributes of, 86-88; conception of death, the, 89; culture, five factors in ancient, 89, 90; the present-day populations, 91, 92; cosmogony, the, 94, 95; things, Barddas a work not unworthy the student of, 333
