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INDEX.
Adders, ii. 369, 370.
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MS. GaeUc Poems, ii. 472, 473.
Advocates' Library, Gaeho MSS. in,
i. XX., Ixxiv., cxvi., 155 ; ii. 80, 1(5(5,
187, ISS, 193 ; iii. 4(J2 ; iv. 41, 45, 92,
102, 118, 120, 2SS.
iEsop, i. 269 ; iv. 463.
Agricultural implements, i. xsvl.
Aladdin, story of, i. xlviii., 154 ; ii.
302.
" Albannaich," 1. cxriii.; ii. 36.
America, discovery of, by the North-
men, in the tenth century, iv. 344-
346.
Andersen, Hans, i. xlviii. ; iL 129.
Anonymous collection of Gaelic Poems
(Glasgow), iv. 115.
Antiquarian Museum, Edinburgh, iv.
Antiqidty,
! poems.
Anubis, the dog-star, i. 212.
Aphophis, the, of Egjrpt, ii. 371.
ApoUo and the Pytho, ii. 371.
Appin, red book of, u. 87-89.
Apples, magical, their important part
in traditional tales, i. lxxxi.-lxxxiv.,
xc, 192, 352 ;iv. 322.
Apuleius, his Milesian tales, iv. 314,
327, 328.
"Arabian Nights," i. xix., xlviii.,
Ixxxiv., cxxxiii., 101, 154; ii. 302,
367, 435 ; iii. 21, 410 ; iv. 124, 296,
299, 325.
Arabic popular mythology, its bearing
on that of the Celts, iv. 325.
Architectural ornaments, iv. 398.
Argyll family, iii. 45, 82, 83 ; iv. 64-
67, 72-74.
Argyll, John, Duke of, iv. 256 ; song
eupposed to be written by, 379, 380.
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Argyllshire, colonization of, by Irish
tribes, ii. 36 ; fairy stories of, 69.
Armagh, the Book of, ii. 134.
An-an, iv. 75, 77.
Arrows of fairies, ii. 71. See Bows.
Art, Celtic, iv. 381-403.
" Art," in Gaelic, equivalent to
Arthur, iv. 30.
Arthur and his knights, i xxxv.,'
Ixxiii ; ii. 435 ; iii. 115, 152 ; iv.
262, 278, 283, et seq., 321, 403.
Aryan family of languages, iv. 305-
307.
Asia, the cradle of the human family,
i. xv'i.
Assynt man, mistakes of the, ii. 382-
384.
Astronomy, connection of, with an-
cient superstitions, iv. 311, 312,
315-320, 386. See Zodiac.
Authorship of Ossian's poems, iv. 5,
et seq.
Avalon (Avilion, Avian), the Celtic
paradise, the " Green Island," iv.
265, 322, 344-346.
Baal (river god), ii. 135 ; iv. 324.
Badenoch fairy stories, ii 65-67.
Bagpipes, illustrarion of a stone satire
on, iv. 56 ; see also 378, 404.
BaiUie Limnain, i. 281-288.
Ballads, definition of, iv. 123; dif-
ferent classes of, 124-128, 160-248;
references to books containing, 409-
413.
Ballymote, Book of, iv. 51.
Bal.sam, vessel of, in Gaelic stories,
i. 218.
BannatjTie MS., iv. 24, 69.
Bannoeivbum, battle of, iv. 49.
Baptism of a child, story of, ii. 38:3.