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TAIN BO CUAILGN (thawn bo quelgny). Significance, 203; tale of, all written out by Finn mac Gorman, Bishop of Kildare, in 1150, 225; the recovery of, 234; reputed author, Fergus mac Roy, 234; Sir S. Ferguson treats of recovery of, in Lays of the Western Gael, 234; Sanchan Torpest, taunted by High King Guary, resolves to find the lost, 234-236; early Celtic MSS. and, 296
TALIESIN (tal-i-esin). A mythical bard; his prophecy regarding the devotion of the Cymry to their tongue, 385; the tale of, 412-417; found by Elphin, son of Gwyddno, 414; made prime bard of Britain, 415-417
TALKENN. (Adze-head). Name given by the Irish to St. Patrick, 275
TALTIU, or TELTA. Daughter of the King of the Great Plain (the Land of the Dead), wedded by Eochy mac Erc, 103
TARA. Seat of the High Kings of Ireland; the cursing of, 47, 48-49; Stone of Scone sent to Scotland from, 105; Lugh accuses sons of Turenn at, of his fathers murder, 115; appearance of Midir the Proud to Eochy on Hill of, 124, 161; Milesian host at, 135; inst.i.tution of triennial Festival at, 149-150; bull-feast at, to decide by divination who should be king in Eterskels stead, 167, 168; Conary commanded to go to, by Nemglan, 168; proclaimed King of Erin at, 168; pointed out to Cuchulain, 193; Cuchulains head and hand buried at, 233; Finn at, 257, 258
TARa.n.u.s (? Thor). Deity mentioned by Lucan, 86, 87
TEGID VOEL. A man of Penllyn, husband of Ceridwen, father of Avagddu, 413
TEIRNYON (terny-on). A man of Gwent Is Coed; finds Pryderi, 364; restores Pryderi, 365
TELLTOWN (TELTIN). Palace at, of Telta, Eochy mac Ercs wife, 103; great battle at, between Danaans and Milesians, 136; Conall of the Victories makes his way to, after Conarys death, 176; pointed out to Cuchulain, 193
TENNYSON, LORD. Reference to source of his Voyage of Maeldune, 309; Cymric myths and, 388; reference to his Enid, 400
TEUTATES. Deity mentioned by Lucan, 86
TEUTONIC. Loyalty of races, 45, 46
TEZCATLIPOCA. Sun-G.o.d; festival of, in Mexico, 77
THE TERRIBLE. A demon who by strange test decides the Champions.h.i.+p of Ireland, 196
THOMAS OF BRITTANY. See Bleheris
TIBERIUS, EMPEROR. Druids, prophets, and medicine-men suppressed by, 62
TIERNA (Teerna). Abbot of Clonmacnois, eleventh-century historian, 150
TIERNMAS (teernmas). Fifth Irish king who succeeded Eremon, 148; idol Crom Cruach and, 148, 149; his death, 149
TONN CLIODHNA (thown cleena). Otherwise Wave of Cleena.
One of the most notable landmarks of Ireland, 127
TOR MOR. Precipitous headland in Tory Island; Ethlinn imprisoned by Balor in tower built on, 110
TORY ISLAND. Stronghold of Fomorian power, 101; invaded by Nemedians, 101
TRADABAN, THE WELL OF. Keeltas praises of, 282, 283
TRANSMIGRATION. The doctrine of, allegation that Celtic idea of immortality embodied Oriental conception of, 80; doctrine of, not held by Celts in same way as by Pythagoras and the Orientals, 81; Welsh Taliessin who became an eagle, 100.
See Tuan mac Carell
TRENDORN. Conors servant, 199; spies on Deirdre, 200; is blinded in one eye by Naisi, 200; declares Deirdres beauty to Conor, 200
TREON (trayon). Father of Vivionn, 287
TRISTAN AND ISEULT. Tale of Dermot and Grania paralleled in story as told by Heinrich von Freiberg, 299
TROYES. See Chrestien de Troyes
TUAN MAC CARELL. The legend of, recorded in MS. Book of the Dun Cow, 97; king of all deer in Ireland, 99; name of G.o.ds given to the People of Dana by, 104
TUATHA DE DANANN (thooa-haw day danawn). Literal meaning, the folk of the G.o.d whose mother is Dana, 103
TUMULI. See Dolmens, 53
TURENN. The quest of the Sons of, 113-116; reference to Lugh in the quest of the Sons of, 123
TWRCH TRWYTH (toorch troo-with). A king in shape of a monstrous boar, 391
TYLER. Reference of, in his Primitive Culture, to festival of Sun-G.o.d, Tezcatlipoca, 77
TYLWYTH TEG. Welsh fairies; Gwyn ap Nudd, King of the, 353
TYREN. Sister to Murna, 266; Ullan, husband of, 266; changed by a woman of the Fairy Folk into a hound, 266
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UGAINY THE GREAT (oogany). Ruler of Ireland, &c., husband of Kesair, father of Laery and Covac, 152
ULSTER. Kingdom of, founded in reign of Kimbay, 150; Dithorbas five sons expelled from, 151; Decteras gift of Cuchulain to, 182; Conor, King of, 180, 190, 191; Felim, son of Dall, a lord of, 196; Maevs war against province of, to secure Brown Bull of Quelgny, 202-251; under the Debility curse, 205; pa.s.ses of, guarded by Cuchulain of Murthemney, 206; aroused by Sualtam, 221, 222; Machas curse lifted from men of, 222; Ailell and Maev make a seven years peace with, 225; curse of Macha again on the men of, 229; Wee Folk swarm into 248, 249
ULTONIAN-S. Great fair of, visited by Crundchu, 178; his boast of Machas swiftness, 179; the debility of, caused by Machas curse, 179, 180; the debility of, descends on Ulster, 205; Cycle, events of, supposed to have happened about time of Christ, 252
UNDERWORLD. The cult of, found existing by Celts when they got to Western Europe, 82; Dis, or Pluto, G.o.d of, 88; Math, G.o.d of, 349; identical with Land of the Dead, 130
USNA. Father of Naisi, 198; sons of, inquired for by Conor, 199
UTHER PENDRAGON. Father of Arthur, 337
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VALLEY OF THE THRUSHES. Oisins spell broken in, 274
VEIL OF ILLUSION, THE. Thrown over Caradawc by Caswallan, 372
VERCINGETORIX. Celtic chief; his defeat by Csar, his death, 40
VERGIL. Evidence of Celtic ancestry in name, 21.
See Feryllt, 413
VITRA. The G.o.d of Evil in Vedantic mythology, related to _Cenchos_, the Footless, 97
