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399, 401, 403-4, 428. Morgan, 200-1, 352. —— le Fay, 311, 315, 327. Morrigu, 302-3, 305, 315: see Badb. Moytura, 2, 303, 335. Munster, 300, 348. Mysteries, xiii, 14, 59, 173, 257-9, 313 n., 337-8, 343, 359, 365, 377 n., 405 ff., 409 ff. —— Celtic, 409 ff., 444 ff. —— Nature of, 411, 422, 448 ff. —— Puberty, 449 ff. Mysticism, xvii, 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 13-4, 58-9, 78, 313, 341 n., 356, 360 n., 364, 377 n. —— Comparative, 457-8. Mythology, Interpretation of Irish, 307. —— Origin of, 281, 455. Necromancy, 151 n., 258, 404, 489 n. Nennius, 308 n., 322. Nereids, 230-1. New Grange, 2, 36, 61, 409 ff., 451. Newlyn, 178 ff. Nirvana, Meaning of, 366, 391. November Day (or Eve), Origin of, 439, 453. —— Fairies and, 38, 53, 73, 91, 93 n., 100 n., 179, 213, 218, 288-9, 301: see Samain. Nuada, 319. Nymphs, 229-31. Obsession: see Possession. Occultism, Discussion of, 240. Ogam, 340, 372. Ogier, 348. Oracles, 10, 15, 410, 448. Osiris, xv, 309 n., 310, 320-1, 381, 422, 439-40. Ossian (Oisin), 57, 260, 299. Ossian’s Voyage, 346-7, 357. Otherworld, 60, 62, 78, 123, 194, 220, 246-7, 252, 277-8, 281, 295, 311, 316, 318, 321, 371-3, 443. —— Atlantis and, 33 n., 59. —— Classical, 336-7. —— Description of,

332-8, 340-3, 349 ff. —— Egyptian, 380-1, 422. —— Evolution of idea of, 333 n., 353-7. —— Heaven, as, 354-5, 446. —— Hell, as, 355. —— Interpreted, 70, 285, 337-8, 356, 492. —— Location of, 332-4. —— Names of, 334-5. —— Nature of, 332-8, 340-3, 356-7. —— New Zealand, 275. —— Passport to, 336-7. —— Polynesian, 275. —— Purgatory, as, 281, 354, 364: seePurgatory. —— Re-birth and, 334, 365: seeRe-birth. —— Science and, 514-5. —— Virgil on, 336-7, 382, 445. —— Voyages, 328, 335, 338-57, 378-80. Paimpont, 188: seeBrocéliande. Pantheism, Celtic, 377 n. Paracelsus, 167, 240, 254. Pardon, Breton, 428, 450 n. Peel, 129, 132, 387. Pembrokeshire, 147, 153, 161. Penates, 190, 229. Penzance, 12, 174 ff., 391. ‘People of Peace,’ Origin of name, 438 n.: seeFairy Names. Phallicism, 402 n. Phantom: see Apparition, Dead, Death, Fairy, Ghost, and Science and Fairies. —— Coach, 25. —— Funeral, 10, 126, 145, 152, 213-5, 221. —— Horse, 79 n., 215. —— Ship, 25. —— Washerwomen, 212, 216. Philtres, 258. Phoenicians, 12, 173, 176, 395-6. Pict, 165-6, 234 n.-5. Pin-Wells, 430. Pixies, 158-9, 164 ff., 207, 220, 229, 238, 241, 250, 398, 406, 493. —— Etymology of, 165. Pliny on Druids, 256, 259, 260, 433.

Pluto, 312, 337, 367, 452. Poltergeist Phenomena, 67, 74, 88, 120, 124-5, 132, 156, 162, 164, 218, 220, 488. —— Fairies and, 475-6, 482, 484. —— Science and, 459, 463, 481, 490. Possession, 34, 69, 112, 207, 265, 268 ff., 375: seeDemon-Possession, and Exorcism. —— Science and, 472. Proserpine, 312, 336-8, 382, 450 n., 475. Psychical Research, 14, 255, 265, 365, 459, 461 ff., 471 ff., 493, 497, 502 ff. —— Society, 268, 330, 398, 447 n., 488. Psychic Centres, 14, 74, 221, 299, 410-1: seeMysteries. Psychological Theory: see Fairy-Faith, Theories of. Psychology, Social, 232, 251, 282, 289, 307, 458, 469, 475 n., 476 n. Puck (Puca), 25, 53, 164, 207. —— Science and, 483. Purgatory, 169, 364, 405, 414, 442 ff. —— Fairies and, 76. —— Origin of doctrine of, 452. Pygmy, xxii-xxiii, 28, 234 n., 236-9, 245, 398: seeFairy-Faith, Theories of, Pygmy. Pyramid, xv. —— Celtic tumuli and, 418 ff. —— Purpose of, 423 ff. Rag-Bushes, 430. Rappings and Science, 459, 463, 475 n., 481, 488. Re-birth, 5, 9, 64, 84, 227, 252, 313 n., 353, 358-96. —— Arthur and, 310, 315, 321, 323-4, 379-81, 386, 509 n. —— Australian, 227. —— Barddas MSS. on, 365-7, 378, 515. —— Brython, 216, 378-80, 392-3. —— Buddha and,

359, 382, 509, 514. —— Christian, 359-63, 387, 391, 393-5, 513. —— Classical Writers on, 367, 395. —— Darwinism and, 365, 501, 515. —— Dermot’s, 376. —— Emerson and, 382. —— Esoteric Doctrine of, 377 n., 503-4, 513 n., 514. —— Fichte and, 382. —— Gnostics and, 361-2. —— Greek, 382. —— Herder and, 382. —— Historical Survey of, 359-65. —— Dr. Hyde on, 368. —— Japanese, 383. —— Jewish, 359, 384 n. —— Jubainville on, 368. —— Lama and, 383. —— Manichaean, 362. —— Modern, 364. —— Modern Celtic, 383-93; non-Celtic, 364, 380-3. —— Mongan’s, 370. —— Origen on, 359-61, 394. —— Origin and Evolution of Doctrine, 393-6. —— Otherworld and, 338, 358, 452. —— Parnell’s, 385. —— Philo and, 359. —— Purgatory and, 364, 384, 452. —— Roman Church and, 364. —— Rosicrucians and, 364. —— Schopenhauer and, 382. —— Science and, 469, 492-513. —— Sex in, 375 n., 391. —— Spiritual, 449. —— Sun and, 310, 321, 380, 420. —— Tennyson and, 382. —— Tertullian on, 359-61, 394. —— Tuan’s, 377. —— Tuatha De Danann, of, 367-76. —— Whitman and, 382. —— William II and, 383. —— Wordsworth and, 382. Religions, Origin of, 226, 455. Robin Good-fellow, 207, 220. —— Science and, 481. Roman Catholic Theology and Fairies, 42,

168, 270, 364, 452. Romans Bretons, 326-8. Roscommon, 3, 27, 69, 70. Rosicrucians, 167, 240-1, 243, 364. Rosses Point, 58, 66, 243. Ross-shire, 90. Round Table, 309-10, 312, 323. Round Tower, 59, 98, 129. Sabbath, 215, 264. —— Corrigan, 209-10 n. Sacrifice, 258-9, 413, 429-30, 434 n., 436 ff., 455. —— Animal, 424, 435. —— Food, 281, 404, 408, 437-8, 441, 454; Anthropology and, 279-80; Fairy, to, 36-7, 44, 70, 75, 117, 164, 171, 175, 218, 279-80, 291, 437; seeLibations. —— Human, 246-7, 251-2, 280, 351, 407, 430, 436. Sagas, 30, 368, 374. Saints, Communion of, 127. Salamanders, 242. Salmon, Sacred, 341 n., 433. Samain, 31, 288-90, 298-9, 345, 439-40, 453: seeNovember Day. Satyrs, 303, 306, 406. Science and Fairies, 456-515. Second-sight, 43, 91 n., 140: seeClairvoyance. —— Science and, 486. Seers and Seeresses, xviii, 2, 3, 18, 43-4, 55, 60 ff., 72, 76, 80, 82-3, 91, 94, 96, 122, 124, 141, 152, 155, 158, 177, 182, 206, 213-4, 217, 227, 242, 264, 284-5, 290, 334, 392-3, 457, 459, 470, 477. Sein, Île de, 15, 218. Senchus na relec, 292. Serpents, 343. —— St. Patrick and, 444. Sgéalta, 23. Shakespeare, 164, 241. Shape-shifting, 34-5, 47, 79 n., 81 n., 192, 205, 207, 211, 230, 259, 293,

301-2, 328, 345, 356, 374, 389. Shoney, 93, 200. Siabra (Ghosts), 285, 310. Sidh, Definition of, 291. Sidhe, 27-8, 58-66, 77, 86, 113, 227, 283-307, 314, 334, 352, 431: seeTuatha De Danann. —— Abductions by, 294-6. —— Clontarf, at, 305-7. —— Minstrels and Musicians, 69, 297-300. —— Nature of, 62-4, 285-91, 307. —— Palaces, 291-3, 300-2, 431. —— Science and, 473, 479. —— Society and Warfare, 60, 63, 65, 291, 300-7, 335. —— Visions of, 60 ff., 296-7. —— War-Goddesses, 302. —— World, 60, 62-5, 295. Skye, 4, 96, 98, 257. Slieve Gullion, 2, 75-6, 237. Sligo, 44, 54, 285, 299. Sluagh, 108: seeFairy Hosts. Snedgus, Voyage of, 354. Snowdon, 10, 136-7 n. Sociology of Celts, 233. Sorcery, 258, 402. Soul, Bee, as, 178. —— Bird, as, 183, 185, 240, 304 n., 355. —— Existence of, 496-7. —— Fairy, as, 147, 169, 176, 179, 183, 235, 493: seeDead. —— Idea of, 178, 215, 239-41, 244, 247-52, 304 n., 355, 360, 390. —— Moth, as, 178, 240, 304 n. —— Seen Disembodied, 215. —— Science and, 480. —— World, of, 65, 254. Spenser, 318. Sphynx, 419-20. Spirits, Nature, 237-8, 240-4, 493. Spiritualism, 55, 151 n., 249, 263, 459 ff. St. Anne, 428, 450 n. St. Brandan’s Voyage, 354. St. Brigit, 3, 284. St. Columba,

3, 7, 85, 266-8, 441, 428. —— Human sacrifice and, 436. —— Re-birth and, 385. St. Cornely, 199 n., 271, 274, 393, 428. St. David, 402. St. David’s, 10, 147. St. Guenolé, 201. St. John’s Day, 80 n., 273. St. Malo’s Voyage, 355. St. Michael, 12, 407. St. Michael’s Mount, xv, 12, 15, 173, 398, 407, 423. Stonehenge, xv, 403, 405, 411, 417-8. Story-telling, 3, 5-7, 23-4, 115, 121, 149, 152, 154, 161, 184, 221. St. Patrick, 3, 9, 14, 74, 118, 266-8, 286-7, 292, 294, 297-8, 431-2, 441 ff. —— Re-birth and, 385. —— Serpents and, 444. St. Patrick’s Tripartite Life, 402, 431, 451. Succubi, 113 n. Sun-dance and Fairy-dance, 405-6. Swan-maidens, 200, 301. Sylph, 241. Taboo, 79 n., 130, 136, 161, 175, 204, 281, 340, 347, 415. —— Anthropology and, 274-9. —— Celtic, 277-9, 289-90, 295-6 n., 340, 347, 352, 368, 415. —— Food, 47, 68, 127, 219, 275-6, 352. —— Iron, 34, 87-8, 95, 124 n., 135, 138, 144, 147, 276. —— Name, 70, 92, 208-10, 213, 274-5. —— Place, 33, 35, 82, 150, 231, 237, 248, 277, 293. Táin, 287, 302. Taliessin, 161-2, 337 n., 388. —— Book of, 353, 378. —— Re-birth of, 378. Tara, 2, 13-5, 31-2, 35, 221, 289, 292, 298-9, 340 ff., 351-2, 376, 381 n., 401-2, 410, 419. Teigue’s Voyage,

348-51. Telepathy, 120, 217, 255. —— Science and, 459, 472-3, 477-8, 490. Tethra, 335. Theology: see Fairy-Faith, and Christianity and Fairies. Theosophy, 167, 243, 457. Thomas’s Tristan, 325. Tintagel, 12, 183-4. Togail, 287. Totem, 178, 227, 299 n., 304 n. Trance, 65, 68-9, 181, 210, 248, 275, 281, 343, 356, 383, 472. —— Fairyland and, 469 ff., 490. —— Science and, 459. Transmigration, 377 n., 387-9, 392: seeRe-birth. Tree, Sacred: see Cult. Triads, 311, 313 n., 365. Trinity, The, 238, 436. Tristan, 325. Troll, 176, 238, 391. Tuam, 42, 384. Tuan’s Re-birth, 377. Tuatha De Danann, 28, 31-2, 59, 62, 70, 211, 229, 241, 243, 252, 260, 277-80, 283-307: see Sidhe, and Re-birth of. —— Cult of, 412 ff. —— Nature of, 285 ff., 296 n., 310, 313 n.-4, 335, 351, 355, 376, 379, 411, 492. —— Welsh parallels to, 329. Tylwyth Teg: see Fairy, Names. —— Breton parallel to, 211. —— Origin of, 163. Ulster, 3, 344-5, 370, 373, 374. Undine, Tale of, 135. Undines, 241. Uthr Bendragon, 310. Viellée, 6 n., 221. Virgin, Holy, the, 394 n., 428, 451. Vision, 60-2, 65-7, 80, 83, 91, 117, 122, 124-6, 133-4, 139, 140-1, 143, 145, 152, 155, 158, 182, 214-5, 230, 242, 286, 296, 334, 356: seeClairvoyance, and

Seers. —— Conferring of, 77, 152, 215. —— Explanation of, 485 ff. —— Science and, 459, 476. Vitalism, 493 ff. Vivian, 10, 189, 315, 329. Wace, 308 n., 323. Wales, Archaiology of, 394. —— Four Ancient Books of, 308 n., 328-31; age of, 331. Wands, 52, 202, 343-4. White Lady, 28, 82 n., 152 n., 310. Witch, 34, 36, 121-2, 124 n., 174, 248, 264, 272, 304, 306, 389, 430. —— Definition of, 263. Witchcraft, 10, 12, 34, 36, 122, 153-4, 159 n., 167, 248, 253-65, 272, 281. —— Theory of, 263.