Part 26

And Ainle also craved that death might be dealt to him the first. But Naoise held out his own sword, "The Retaliator," to the executioner.

"Mannanan, the son of Lir, gave me my good sword," he said. "With it strike my dear brothers and me one blow only as we stand here like three trees planted in the soil. Then shall none of us know the grief and shame of seeing the other beheaded." And because it was hard for any man to disobey the command of Naoise, a king of men, the Norseman reached out his hand for the sword. But Deirdre sprang from the shoulder of Naoise and would have killed the man ere he struck. Roughly he threw her aside, and with one blow he shore off the heads of the three greatest heroes of Alba.

For a little while there was a great stillness there, like the silence before the coming of a storm. And then all who had beheld the end of the fair and noble Sons of Usna broke into great lamentation. Only Conor stood silent, gazing at the havoc he had wrought. To Cuchulainn, the mighty champion, a good man and a true, Deirdre fled, and begged him to protect her for the little span of life that she knew yet remained to her. And with him she went to where the head of Naoise lay, and tenderly she cleansed it from blood and from the stains of strife and stress, and smoothed the hair that was black as a raven's wing, and kissed the cold lips again and again. And as she held it against her white breast, as a mother holds a little child, she chanted for Naoise, her heart, and for his brothers, a lament that still lives in the language of the Gael.

"Is it honour that ye love, brave and chivalrous Ultonians? Or is the word of a base king better than noble truth? Of a surety ye must be glad, who have basely slain honour In slaying the three noblest and best of your brotherhood.

Let now my beauty that set all this warring aflame, Let now my beauty be quenched as a torch that is spent— For here shall I quench it, here, where my loved one lies, A torch shall it be for him still through the darkness of death."

Fiona Macleod's Translation.

Then, at the bidding of Cuchulainn, the Ultonian, three graves were dug for the brothers, but the grave of Naoise was made wider than the others, and when he was placed in it, standing upright, with his head placed on his shoulders, Deirdre stood by him and held him in her white arms, and murmured to him of the love that was theirs and of which not Death itself could rob them. And even as she spoke to him, merciful Death took her, and together they were buried. At that same hour a terrible cry was heard: "The Red Branch perisheth! Uladh passeth! Uladh passeth!" and when he had so spoken, the soul of Cathbad the Druid passed away.

To the land of the Ultonians there came on the morrow a mighty host, and the Red Branch was wiped out for ever. Emain Macha was cast into ruins, and Conor died in a madness of sorrow.

And still, in that land of Erin where she died, still in the lonely cleuchs and glens, and up the mist-hung mountain sides of Loch Etive, where she knew her truest happiness, we can sometimes almost hear the wind sighing the lament: "Deirdre the beautiful is dead ... is dead!"

"I hear a voice crying, crying, crying: is it the wind I hear, crying its old weary cry time out of mind?

The grey wind weeps, the grey wind weeps, the grey wind weeps: Dust on her breast, dust on her eyes, the grey wind weeps."

Fiona Macleod.

FOOTNOTES:

Now Dunskaith.

Fairies.

The Hill of Howth, at Dublin Bay.

Dale of the Waterfall: now Dalness.

Inistrynich.

Dun Sween.

Glen Lug.

At the head of Holy Loch, Argyllshire.

Glen Etive.

Glenorchy.

Glendaruel.

INDEX

Acheron, 37

Achilles, 71

Acrisius, 105, 121, 122, 123

Adam, 220

Adonis, 178, 192, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208

Advocates' Library, 306

Aed, 290, 299, 300, 304, 305

AEgean Sea, 36, 90, 106, 121, 145, 146, 186

AEgean Islands, 172

AEolus, 144

AEsculapius, 88

AEsop, 169

Ainle, 313, 315, 316, 317, 322, 325, 329, 330, 331

Ainnle, 324

Aix, 287

Aix-la-Chapelle, 287

Ajax, 71

Alba, 295, 299, 307, 311, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 325, 327, 331

Alban, Oirir, 324

Alexander the Great, 135

Alpheus, 102, 103, 104

Althaea, 69, 71, 75

Amphion, 124, 128

Anapus, 101

Andromeda, 119, 120, 123

Angelo, Michael, 203

Anglo-Saxon, 245

Angrbotha, 236

Aphrodite, 5, 13, 14, 15, 42, 46, 47, 49, 56, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 79, 81, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206

Apollo, 5, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 32, 42, 43, 44, 45, 49, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 139, 140, 141, 142, 145, 164, 165, 173, 185, 186, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192, 267

Apollo Belvidere, 11

Apollo, Phoebus, 19

Appin, 317

Arachne, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89

Arcadia, 71, 77, 78, 197, 211

Arcadian, 75

Archilochus, 223

Ard, Loch, 320

Ardan, 312, 315, 316, 317, 322, 323, 325, 329, 330, 331

Arethusa, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104

Argo, 39

Argonauts, 39

Argos, 105, 122, 128

Aristaeus, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160

Aristophanes, 169

Argyllshire, 324

Arnold, Matthew, 228, 239, 240

Aros, 317

Artemis, 26, 27

Arthur, King, 268

Aschere, 256

Asgard, 230, 231, 235, 239, 240, 242

Asia, 135

Atalanta, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81

Athene, Pallas, 3, 4, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115, 120, 182

Athens, 181, 182

Atlas, 114, 115, 117

Aude the Fair, 282, 287

Aurora, 20, 21

Australia, 220

Awe, Loch, 320

Bacchantes, 40

Bacchus, 40, 136, 138

Baldrsbra, 234

Baldur, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243

Ballycastle, 325

Bann, 301

Bartholomew, 88

Baviere, Naismes de, 272

Belvidere, Apollo, 11

Ben Cruachan, 318

Ben Etair, 317

Benmullet, 295

Beowulf, 229, 244, 245, 246, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265

Beowulf's Barrow, 264

Beowulfesby, 245

Bertha, 269, 271, 272

Bion, 206

Blancandrin, 268, 274

Blaye, 287

Bodb the Red, 289, 290, 291, 296, 301

Boreas, 212

Borrach, 321, 325, 326

Bowlby Cliff, 244, 245

Branch, Red, 307, 308, 320, 321, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333

Breton, 267

Brisingamen, 229, 255, 260

Britain, 244, 268

Brittany, 267

Brocken, 233

Browning, E. B., 209, 218

Buinne the Red, 322, 329

Byron, 10

Calliope, 32

Calvary, 216

Calvinism, 215

Calydon, 69, 70, 71, 78

Calydonian Hunt, 69, 72, 76

Campbell, Thos., 266

Carlyle, Thos., 215, 216, 266

Carmichael, Alexander, 307

Carraig Uisneach, 325

Carricknarone, 299, 300

Cassiopeia, 123

Castor, 71

Cathbad, 307, 309, 310, 311, 327, 330, 332

Caucasus, Mt., 8

Celts, 289, 306

Cepheus, 123

Cerberus, 34

Ceyx, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153

Champions of the Red Branch, 307, 308

Chanson de Roland, 266

Chaos, 2

Charlemagne, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 280, 281, 282, 286, 287

Charles, King, 282

Charon, 37, 38

Chemmis, 117

Chinese, 208

Christian, 272, 275, 295, 303

Christianity, 215, 227, 232

Cimmerian Mountains, 148

Circe, 226

Claros, 145

Clio, 129

Clymene, 16, 17, 18, 24

Clytie, 189

Cocytus, 59, 63, 64, 104, 115, 167, 207

Coillchuan, 324

Colophon, 83, 86, 87

Conall, 321

Conchubar, 307

Conn, 290, 295, 299, 304, 305

Connaught, 304

Conor, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 313, 316, 317, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 333

Copenhagen, 244

Cordova, 268, 274

Corinth, 192, 193

Crete, 182, 183

Cruachan, Ben, 318

Cuchulainn, 321, 331, 332

Cyane, 163

Cyclades, 107

Cycnus, 24

Cynthian, 126

Cyprus, 11, 13, 60, 194, 202, 204

Cyrene, 155, 156, 157

Cytherea, 206

Cytherian shores, 203

Daedalus, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188

Dail-an-eas, 318

Dalness, 318

Danae, 105, 106, 107, 121

Danaides, 35

Dane, 233, 248, 250, 257, 259

Danish, 250, 251, 256

Dante, 16

Daphne, 42, 43, 44

Darthool, 306

Darvra, Lake, 293, 295, 296, 297

Dasent, 236

David, 272

Day, 2

Dearshul, 319

Decca, 304

Dedannans, 289, 291, 297, 301

Deirdre, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333

Delos, 172, 186

Demeter, 84, 162, 165, 166, 167, 168

Denmark, 245, 251

Derg, Lough, 290, 291

Derravaragh, Lough, 293

Destiny, The Winged, 223

Diana, II., 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 43, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 90, 97, 99, 101, 103, 116, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 164, 173, 175, 190, 198, 200, 203, 204, 210

Diana Vernon, 26

Douzeperes, 268, 269, 272, 274, 275, 277, 282, 283, 286, 287

Draighen, 325

Druid, 307, 309, 310, 327, 330, 332

Druid's runes, 295

Druids, 294

Dryden, 45

Dryope, 210, 211

Dublin Bay, 317

Dunfidgha, 324

Dun Fin, 324

Dunskaith, 311

Dun Suibhne, 324

Dun Sween, 324

Durendala, 276, 284, 285

Echo, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 210

Edinburgh, 306

Egypt, 39, 117, 193

Egyptian, 217

Egyptians, 117

Emain Macha, 314, 323, 326, 327, 328, 333

Emerson, 243

Endymion, 26, 28, 29, 30

England, 344

Enna, 104

Epaphos, 16, 17, 21

Epimethus, 2, 5, 6, 7

Epirus, 70

Erdgeist, 216

Erebus, 2

Eridanus, 24

Erin, 289, 290, 295, 297, 298, 299, 301, 302, 307, 308, 311, 317, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 333

Erris, 295

Eros, 2, 42, 47, 48, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 62, 66, 67, 91, 202, 203

Essa, 317

Etair, Ben, 317

Ethiopia, 118, 119, 120

Ethiopians, 23

Etive, Glen, 325

Etive, Loch, 318, 320, 322, 324, 326, 333

Etna, 101, 103

Euboean Sea, 122

Eumenides, 194

Europa, 87

Europe, 289

Eurydice, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 115, 159

Eva, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296

Eve, 290, 291

Evenos, 91, 92, 93, 94

Faust, 216

Fechin, St., 222

Felim, 307, 308, 309

Fensalir, 238

Fergus, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326, 329

Ficra, 290, 295, 299, 304, 305

Finola, 290, 292, 293, 294, 298, 299, 300, 301, 303, 304, 305

Fiori Maggio, 103

Firedrake, 261, 262, 263, 264

Fleece, Golden, 39, 70

Florence, 124

Fontarabian, 282

France, 266, 275, 278, 279, 280, 282, 286

Franks, 267, 273, 276, 277, 279, 280

Freya, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 235, 238, 239, 255

Friday, 277

Frieslanders, 260

Frigga, 228

Furies, 35, 194, 196

Gabriel, 286

Gael, 300, 306, 307, 322, 332

Gaelic, 319

Galahad, 234

Galatea, 13, 14, 15

Ganelon, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 287

Gautier, Sir, 277, 282

Geasa, 326

Germanic language, 244

Germany, 233

Glendaruadh, 325

Glendaruel, 325

Gleneitche, 325

Glenlaidhe, 324

Glenmasan, 324

Glenmasan MS., 306

Glenorchy, 325

Goar, St., 224

Goethe, 216

Golden Fleece, 39, 70

Gordias, 134, 135

Gorgons, 113, 114, 115, 116, 120, 121, 123

Goths, 248, 249, 250, 252, 253, 260, 264, 265

Gothland, 249, 250, 252, 260

Graeae, 112

Greece, 26, 71, 72, 74, 154, 192, 193, 210, 223, 229, 234, 289

Greek, 100, 128, 160

Greeks, 3, 215

Green Islands, 307

Gregory, Lady, 307, 309

Grendel, 247, 248, 250, 253, 254, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 262

Hades, 34, 35, 36, 39, 65, 67, 167, 194

Halcyon birds, 153

Halcyone, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153

Hamlet, 124

Hardred, 260

Hastings, 266

Hauteclaire, 278

Hecate, 164, 205

Heine, 220, 223, 226

Hel, 236, 239, 240, 241

Heliades, 24

Hellas, 217

Hellenistic, 218

Henry VI, King, 144

Heorot, 246, 248, 251, 256

Hera, 169, 170, 175

Heredia, De, 208

Hermes, 5, 111, 112, 116, 120, 210, 211

Hermoder, 239, 240

Hesiod, 4

Hesperides, Garden of the, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 137

Hesperus, 144

Hlidskialf, 231

Hodur, 238, 239

Holy Loch, 324

Homeric Hymns, 210

Howth, Hill of, 317

Hrothgar, 246, 247, 248, 250, 251, 254, 255, 256, 257

Hyacinthus, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133

Hyde, Dr. Douglas, 307

Hygeia, 88

Hygelac, 248, 260

Hyleus, 74

Hymen, 33

Ibycus, 192, 194, 195, 196

Icarus, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188

Ice Giants, 230

Ida, Mount, 185

Idas, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99

Idmon, 83, 86

Illann the Fair, 322, 326, 329

Ingelow, Jean, 167

Inis Glora, 295, 301, 302, 303, 304

Iniskea, 302

Inistrynich, 324

Innisdraighende, 324

Invermasan, 324

Ionia, 145, 147

Ionian Sea, 217

Ireland, 289, 306

Iris, 148, 149

Ivros Domnann, 295, 301

Ixion, 35

Jason, 39, 70, 71, 73

Jerusalem, 216

Jonathan, 272

Jove, 4, 25, 49, 64

Joyce, 305

Judas, 274

Julius Caesar, 261

Juno, 146, 148, 150

Jupiter, 8, 95, 210

Keats, 129, 180

Keos, 106

Kemoc, 303, 304, 305

Kingsley, Charles, 105, 232

Ladon, 200

Lang, Andrew, 27

Langobarden, 232

Larguen, 304, 305

Larissa, 122

Latmos, Mount, 27, 30

Latona, 125, 126, 127, 128, 169, 170, 171, 172

Lavarcam, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 327, 328

Lebynthos, 186

Leinster, Book of, 306

Lethe, 149

Leto, 169

Libetlera, 41

Libya, 23, 116

Libyan, 39

Light, 2

Liguria, 24

Lilith, 220

Lir, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 296, 297, 298, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305

Loki, 234, 236, 237, 238, 239, 242

Lombardy, 232

Lomond, Loch, 320

London Bridge, 221

Long Loch, 320

Longbeards, 232

Longfellow, 234, 241, 243, 244

Lora, Falls of, 318

Lorelei, 220, 223, 224, 225

Love, 2

Lowell, 10, 38

Luna, 27

Lycia, 170

Lycormas, 93, 94

Lydia, 83, 88, 128

Lyra, 41

Lysimeleia, 101

Macleod, Fiona, 31, 197, 218, 219, 223, 301, 306, 307, 315, 332, 333

Madonna, 227

Mahommed, 267

Mannanan, 292, 331

Marpessa, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99

Marsiglio, 267

Marsile, 267, 268, 272, 274, 275, 279, 280, 281

Mary, Virgin, 227

Mayo, 295

Meander, 183

Meath, West, 293

Medusa, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 120

Meleager, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80

Michael, St., 286

Midas, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 143, 198, 210

Milanion, 79, 80, 81

Milesians, 297

Milo, 10

Milon, 269, 271

Milton, 8, 38, 217

Minos, 182, 183, 188

Montjoie, 279, 281

Moore, Thos., 289

Morgue, 221

Morpheus, 149, 150, 151

Morris, William, 49, 50, 58, 68, 115

— Lewis, 29, 67, 165, 168, 202, 207

Moschus, 87

Mount Olympus, 41, 81

Mowgli, 214

Moyle, 289, 295, 298, 301, 317

Mull, 317

Munster, 304

Muses, 41, 129

Musset, De, 218

Naegeling, 250, 251

Naiades, 25

Naismes de Baviere, 272

Nanna, 235, 241

Naoise, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332

Narcissus, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180

Nelson, 100

Neptune, 93, 94, 99

Nereids, 188

Nestor, 71, 72

Nibelungs, 224

Niflheim, 236, 237, 239

Niobe, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128

Norman, 233, 266

Norseman, 331

Norsemen, 228, 229, 234

North Channel, 295

North Cape, 260

North Sea, 244

Norway, 233, 331

Odin, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237

Odysseus, 221, 226

Oea, 319

OEneus, 69, 70

Oise, 214, 215

Olifant, 276, 280, 284, 285

Oliver, 272, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 287

Olivier, 266, 282

Olympians, 6, 9, 60, 112, 129, 180, 211

Olympus, 3, 4, 5, 24, 45, 46, 49, 67, 68, 86, 95, 105, 108, 122, 126, 135, 140, 155, 166, 171, 185, 187, 191, 203, 207, 210, 211

Olympus, Mount, 130

Orion's Belt, 228

Orpheus, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 159, 210

Orphics, 39, 40, 41

Ortygia, 100, 104

Otuel, Sir, 288

Ovid, 25, 45, 86, 197

Pactolus, 83, 138

Pagan, 285

Paganism, 215, 216

Pallas Athene, 3, 83, 84, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 115, 120

Palodes, 217

Pan, 59, 63, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219

Pandora, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7

Pantheism, 215, 216

Paphian, 206

Paphos, 15, 203

Paros, 223

Parthenian Hill, 71

Patrick, St., 295, 302

Paxae, 217

Paynim, 280, 283

Peleus, 71

Peneus, 42, 43, 44, 45

Perdrix, 182

Perseus, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123

Persephone, 80, 161, 164, 165, 167

Phaeton, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Phillips, Stephen, 96

Phineus, 120

Phlegethon, 194

Phoebus, 129

Phoebus Apollo, 18, 19

Phoenicians, 120

Phrygia, 134, 135, 136, 142

Pied Piper, 212

Pirithous, 71

Pitys, 210, 212

Pleiades, 27, 90

Plemmgrium, 101

Plexippus, 71

Pluto, 23, 35, 36, 37, 38, 64, 80, 103, 115, 120, 162, 163, 165, 166, 167, 210

Pollux, 71

Polydectes, 106, 107, 109, 110, 121

Pomona, 210

Poseidon, 146, 172, 186, 192, 222

Praxiteles, 124

Prometheus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10

Proserpine, 35, 36, 64, 65, 66, 161, 162, 163, 165, 166, 167, 192

Proteus, 100, 157, 158, 159

Psyche, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 210

Purgatorio, 16

Pygmalion, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 102

Pyrenees, 275

Quail Island, 101

Rachel, 128

Rainschevaux, 266

Raphael, St., 286

Rathlin Island, 325

Red Branch, Champions of, 307, 308, 320, 321, 332, 333

Red Branch, House of, 327, 328, 329, 330

Retaliator, The, 331

Rheims, Bishop of, 272

Rhine, 224, 225

Ringhorn, 240

Roland, 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288

Rollant, 266

Roman de Rose, 266

Roman Empire, 267

Romans, 27

Roncevall, 266

Roncesvalles, 267, 274, 275, 276, 277, 281, 282, 286

Rossa the Red, 321, 323

Round Table, 268

Rowland, 282

Runcyvale, 288

Sackville, Lady Margaret, 197

Saeland, 244, 265

Samos, 107, 186

Samson, 160

Saracens, 267, 274, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 283, 285, 286

Saragossa, 267, 272

Saxon, 233

Scandinavia, 227, 245

Scotland, 220, 306

Scott, Sir Walter, 26, 282

Scyld Scefing, 245, 246

Seine, 221

Selene, 27, 210

Seriphos, 106, 109, 120, 121

Seumas, 218, 223

Sgathaig, 311

Shakespeare, 31, 124, 134, 192, 204, 223, 261

Shannon, 290

Sharp, William, 301

Shee Finnaha, 289, 290, 296, 302

Shelley, 9, 104, 161

Sicily, 36, 100, 104, 162, 163, 167, 186, 188

Silenus, 136

Simonides, 106

Sipylus, Mount, 128

Sirens, 226

Sisyphus, 35

Skene, W. F., 307

Skye, Isle of, 311

Sleipnir, 236

Socrates, 153

Somnus, 148, 149, 150

Spain, 267

Spartan, 129

Spenser, 88

Striven, Loch, 320

Styx, 19, 63, 64

Sweden, 233

Swedes, 249

Swinburne, 74

Sylvan deities, 214

Synge, J. M., 307

Syracuse, 100, 101

Syria, 216

Syrinx, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 210

Taenarus, 34

Taillefer, 266

Tailleken, 295

Talus, 182

Tantalus, 35, 124

Telamon, 71, 73

Tennyson, 27, 154, 216

Termagaunt, 267

Thames, 221

Thamus, 217

Theban, 124

Thebes, 124, 125, 126

Theseus, 71

Thessaly, 144, 146, 147, 152

Thrace, 32, 33, 38, 39

Tiberius, 216

Titan, 8, 9, 35

Titans, 2, 4, 117, 124

Toxeus, 71

Trachine, 150

Triton, 100

Tussypere, 288

Turpin, 266, 277, 279, 280, 282, 283, 284, 287

Tymolus, 83, 87

Tyrian, 86

Uffizi Palace, 124

Ulster, 307

Ultonians, 307, 313, 320, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333

Uladh, 332

Ulva, 222

Urchain, Glen, 325

Usna, Sons of, 306, 311, 312, 313, 315, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333

Valhalla, 228, 267

Vali, 237

Vandals, 231

Vatican, 11

Veillantif, 276, 282

Venus, 11, 26, 202

Vernon, Diana, 26

Versailles, 11

Virgil, 194

Vulcan, 4

Wace, 266

Wagmund, 264

Walpurgis Night, 233

Wessex, 244

Westminster, 221

Whitby, 244

Wiglaf, 263, 264

William the Conqueror, 266

Winged Destiny, The, 223

Winilers, 231, 232

Wolf Woman, 258, 260, 262, 263

Yeats, W. B., 307

Yorkshire, 244, 265

Zeus, 3, 4, 8, 9, 22, 24, 30, 34, 86, 95, 105, 106, 107, 112, 120, 123, 124, 166, 169, 170, 172, 202, 206

Zephyr, 129

Zephyrus, 51, 54, 59, 71, 103, 131, 133, 180

Minor typographical errors (omitted punctuation, omitted or transposed letters, etc.) have been amended without note. Inconsistent hyphenation and accent use has been made consistent within the main text, again without note. Any inconsistencies between quotations and the main text remain as printed.

There is a lot of archaic language in this text, which remains as printed. The author also used alternative spelling in places (e.g. Epimethus rather than the more usual Epimetheus); this remains as printed. There is a reference to Michael Angelo on page 203 and in the Index, by which the author presumably meant Michelangelo; this has also been left as printed.

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