Myths and Legends of the Celts (Penguin Reference) (64 page)

Fergus Caisfiaclach,
170

Fergus Lethderg,
132

Fergus mac Léti,
255–8

Fergus mac Róich,
82
,
86
,
87
,
170
,
182–3
,
194
,
195
,
197
,
202
,
203
,
204
,
205
,
206
,
208
,
210–11
,
255
,
256
,
288
;
characterized,
170
;
etymology of,
170
;
model for Fergus mac Léti

Fermanagh, County,
169

Fertedil,
205

fertility,
6
,
10
,
34
,
40
,
71
,
72
,
92
,
98
,
123

féth fíada
,
19
,
149

Fiacclach mac Conchinn,
224

Fiachna (‘father’ of Mongán),
111

Fiachra (child of Lir),
17
,
163

Fiachra (Niall’s brother),
63

fianna (general),
100
,
220
;
battle tactics of,
226
;
chief of,
227
;
reality of,
220–21
;
word, relative to ‘Fenian,’
220
;
requirements for,
221

Fianna Éireann,
219
,
220
,
235
,
238
,
240
,
288

Fianna Fáil,
221

fibula, fibulae,
12

fidchell,
143
,
158
,
181
,
213
,
236

filid
(pl.),
fili
(sing.),
26
,
247

Fin M’Coul, Fin-Mac-Cool, Hiberno-English for Fionn mac Cumhaill (q.v.)

Fínán Cam, Saint,
24

Find (early deity),
224
,
225

Findchóem,
170

fine
,
50

Fingal (Macpherson and Marryat’s approximation of Fionn),
xii
,
232
,
288

Fingal Rónáin
, summarized,
250–53

‘Fingal’s Cave Overture’,
xiii

Fíngean mac Áeda,
10
,
61

‘fingerstones’,
228

Finistère,
xiv
,
120

Finn Cycle,
see
Fenian Cycle

Finn Emna,
46

Finnabair,
180
,
188
,
196
,
208
,
212

Finnachad, Sídh,
118
,
137
,
163
,
165
,
226

Finnbennach,
23
,
86
,
87
,
202
,
203
,
211–12

Finnbheara,
149

Finnéces,
23–4
,
225
;
gloss of name,
225

Finnegans Wake,
14
,
233
;
links to Fenian lore

Finnguala,
17
,
163–5

Finnian of Moville, St,
18

Fintan, son of Niall,
185–7

Fintan mac Bóchra,
24
,
130

Fionn mac Cumhaill,
xviii
,
xxv
,
xxvii
,
11
,
16
,
20
,
21
,
23
,
29
,
46
,
56
,
75
,
82
,
99
,
139
,
152
,
191
,
200
,
219
,
220
,
221
,
222
,
239
,
240–41
,
242
,
245
,
246
,
263
,
266
,
284
,
288
,
291
,
293
;
as buffoon,
230–33
;
character, flexibility of,
229–30
;
date of death,
237
;
as Demne Máel,
224–5
;
as Manx hero Finn McCooil,
293
;
historicity of,
223
;
Gwynn ap Nudd, ties to,
263
;
lineage of,
224
;
name, etymology and spellings of,
223
;
narratives of,
223–39
;
portrait of,
227
;
quoted verse of,
239
;
thumb of knowledge,
24
,
225
;
villainous cuckold,
234–7
;
women, relations with,
228
,
234

Fios (the Partholonian),
131
,

fios
,
225
,
226

Fir Bolg,
105
,
130
,
132–4
,
135
,
140
,
148
;
etymology of,
133
;
pronunciation of,
133

Fir Fálgae,
293

fir flathemon
,
51

fire goddesses,
12
,
39–40
,
46
;
see also
Brigit

First Battle of Mag Tuired,
133
,
141

Fís
(classification of narrative),
151

fish, imagery and symbolism,
11
,
23–4
,
299
,
300
;
see also
salmon

Fisterra,
303

Flaithius,
63–4

flāmines
,
27

Flavius Vopiscus,
67

Fled Bricrenn
,
xxiii
,
87
,
188
;
summarized,
177–84

Fled Dúin na nGéd
,
246

Fled Goibnenn
,
43–4
,
139

Flidais,
19

Flood (Biblical),
24
,
128
,
129
,
130–31
;
dating of,
129
;
Ireland, relative to,
130–31

flood legends,
299
,
300

Flora, Floralia,
103

Florida,
115

Fochmarc,
131

Fódla,
10
,
46
,
61–2
,
147

folklore, folktale,
xviii
,
xxv
,
xxvii
,
84
,
134
,
222
,
223
,
268
,
270
,
302
;
‘folk’ element in,
286
;
theories of,
286
;
see also
oral tradition

FolkLore of the Isle of Man
,
294

Folktale, The
,
xxv

Follamain,
195

Fomorians,
84
,
98
,
99
,
124
,
130
,
131–2
,
134–5
,
138
,
139
,
140
,
141–4
,
149
,
153
,
216
;
described,
134
;
members,
134–5
;
origins of,
134

Fontainebleau,
52

Fontes Sequanae
,
72

footholder,
280–81

Foras Feasa ar Éirinn
,
59

ford, fords,
8
,
303

Ford, Patrick K.,
128
,
264

Ford of the Brea,
233

‘Ford of the Overwhelming Gift’,
see
Áth Tolam Sét

Forgall Manach,
192
,
197

formalism, xxix

‘Fortress of Apples’,
see
Emain Ablach

Fortuna,
71

fosterage, foster parents,
14
,
17
,
81
,
111
,
137
,
156
,
161
,
163–4
,
166
,
170
,
186
,
188
,
194–5
,
224
,
248
,
251
,
252
,
267

Fothad,
46
,
76

Fráech,
24
,
58–9

France,
xi
,
xii
,
xvii
,
xix
,
xxvi
,
4
,
8
,
9
,
11
,
21
,
22
,
30
,
31
,
33
,
34
,
36
,
39
,
43
,
44
,
61
,
72
,
106
,
277
,
290
,
297
,
298
;
see also
Brittany
,
Burgundy

Franks (ancient people),
298

Frazer, James, Sir,
27–8
,
51
,
52

Frecraid,
122

French language,
xxiv
,
49
,
232

French people,
xi

‘Frenzy of Suibhne/Sweeney, The’,
see
Buile Suibhne

Freud, Sigmund, xxviii

Friel, Brian,
105

Friuch,
202–3

Frogs, The
,
229

Fuamnach,
78
,
156
,
158

fuiríg
,
54

Furbaide (son of Conchobar),
187
,
212

Furbaide Ferbend,
87–8

Gabalglinde,
188

Gáe Bulga,
136
,
192
,
198
,
199
,
201
,
209

Gáe Assail,
154–5

Gaels,
57
,
61–2
,
152
,
157
,
220
,
286
;
see also
Irish people

Gaelic,
see
Irish language
,
Scottish Gaelic

Gaelic Scotland,
see
Hebrides
,
Scottish Highlands

gaesatae
,
221

Gàidhealtachd
,
291

Gaidiar,
122
,
124

Gáirech
210

Gairloch,
291

gal
- (phoneme),
xii

‘Galahad of the Cycle, the’,
229