INDEX.
Aagerup, Denmark:
reputed chambered mound near, [155].
Aberfoyle, Perthshire:
reputed chambered hill at, [152]-[3].
Abernethy, Perthshire:
Round Tower of, said to have been built by Pechts, [67], [86].
A. district a former territory of the Pechts, [150].
Ainos:
A dwarfish race, [165];
their past history, [165]-[6];
their characteristic hairiness, [166]-[172];
their platycnemism, [176];
their speed, [177];
their "short, screeching" cry, [168];
A's. make use of reindeer, moccasins, "skies," and harpoons, all of which show affinity of custom, if not of blood, with Eskimo families, [169]-[171].
Alaskan, or Aleutian Eskimos, [9]n, [22].
All-Hallows. (See [Hallowmas].)
Almhain or Allen, Hill of, Kildare:
Fin's dwelling at, [56].
Almhain or Almond, Glen, West Perthshire:
resort of Fians, [77].
Ardmore, Waterford:
Round Tower of, said to have been built in the manner ascribed to the Pechts, [71]n.
Argyleshire. (See under [Mounds].)
Arthur, and "primitive Britons" or "Pechts," [142]-[3]n.
Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, [143]n.
Aschberg, Casterlé, province of Antwerp.
A reputed chambered mound, [86]-[7], [155].
Ashbury, Berkshire. A chambered mound, [132]n.
Auxcriniers of Guernsey tradition, [16], [178].
Baile Thangasdail, Island of Barra:
story of a chambered mound near, [82]n, [115].
Ballindalloch (near), Banffshire:
reputed chambered mound, [117].
Beelsby, Lincolnshire:
tradition of dwarfs wearing red caps, [107]n.
Beltin.
A Fian date, [94].
A Fairy date, [98].
Ben-cnock, Islay:
reputed chambered mound, [114].
Ben Muich Dhui, Aberdeenshire:
Dwarfs of, [97].
Bergen, Norway:
a celebrated resort of the Shetland Finns, [5], [13]:
suzerainty of B. over N.E. Scotland, [37].
The Strils of B., [7]n.
Bissau, Aberdeenshire:
reputed chambered mound, [117].
Blackwater, Leinster, [92].
Blackwater, Munster, [92], [127].
Blackwater, East Perthshire, [94]-[5].
Blackwater, West Perthshire, [152].
Bolg. (See [Fir-Bolg].)
Braderup, Sylt:
the Pukthal at, [87].
Brechin, Forfarshire:
Round Tower at B. said to have been built by the Pechts, [72].
Brittany:
church in B. said to have been built by Fairies, [85]-[6];
Feins or Fions of B., [85].
Broch, Brog, etc., [43]n, [61], [77]-[79].
Broch of Coldoch, Perthshire:
a chambered mound, [119], [149]-[151], [153].
Brownies, [80], [141]-[2], [158]-[164]. (See also [Fairies], etc.)
Brugh of the Boyne, County Meath, [84], [111], [119]-[133], [153].
Bugle, Buffalo, or Urus, [80]-[81]n, [95].
Buildings said to have been reared in a single night:
Abernethy Tower, [85]-[6];
Chapels in Brittany, [85];
Castle of the Gypnissen, [86].
Burray, Orkney. Finnman's boat once preserved there, [6].
All trace of it now lost, [17]n.
Canoe. (See [Skin-Boat].)
"Dug-out," [31].
Cassiterides. (See [Oestrymnic Isles].)
Cater Thun, Forfarshire:
said to be Pictish, [73], [76], [86], [99];
alleged to have been built by a witch, and inhabited by Fairies, [99]-[100]:
a kettle of gold believed to be hidden there, [150]n.
Cathair Mhor } Gairloch, Ross-shire: fairy residences, [118].
Cathair Bheag }
"Catrail" in S. of Scotland, said to have been built by Pechts, [67].
Cave-Men:
in Uist, Hebrides, during 17th century, [29].
"Cavern" at Yester, or Gifford, East Lothian, [143].
Chambered Mounds. (See [Mounds].)
Chessmen of Walrus Ivory, found in Hebrides, [32], [158]n.
Clunie, Perthshire, Castle Hill of:
reputed chambered mound, [145]-[146].
Clydesdale.
Pecht's house in C., [66];
Glasgow cathedral said to have been built by Pechts, [72];
traditional description of dwarfs of C., [97].
Cnock-doun, Islay:
reputed chambered mound, [114].
Cnoc Fraing, Inverness-shire:
a home of fairies, [146].
Coir-nan-Uruisgean, Perthshire, [151]-[152].
Coldoch broch, Perthshire, [119], [149]-[151], [153].
Colonsay, island of:
Macphail of C. and his (?) Finn lover, [15]-[16];
tradition of dwarfs living in C., [147];
Sithean Mor and Sithean Beag, [147].
Connaught, Fians of, [76], [93].
Corryvreckan, Argyleshire:
The (?) Finn woman of C. and her Colonsay lover, [15]-[16].
Corstorphine Church, near Edinburgh;
said to have been built by the "Hottentots," [70]-[71].
Craig Patrick, Inverness-shire, [149].
Craig y Ddinas, Glamorganshire, [143]n.
Crocan Corr, Kilbrandon, Argyleshire:
reputed chambered mound, [114].
Cromar, Aberdeenshire;
underground gallery at, [101].
Crown, Inverness, [149]n.
Cruachan rath:
re-built by a servile race, [68]n, [125]n, [136], [152]n;
"a party of smiths at work" in its interior, [136].
Cruithne. (See also [Picts], etc.)
Were pre-Milesian, [51].
Were connected with the "Lochlin" territory, [51].
Their connection with Feens and Fairies, [128]-[9].
Cuailgne: Fin's fort on, [75]-[76].
"Cyclopean" character of Pictish buildings, [73].
Dananns (Tuatha De Danann):
classed with the Cruithne as of Continental origin, and "pre-Milesian" in settling in British Isles; and consequently to be classed with the Fians, [51].
Known also as the Fir Sidhe or Fairies, [126];
account of their rivalry with the Milesians, [124]-[127];
description of the dwelling assigned to the King of the Dananns, [120]-[130] and [Appendix A].
Danes;
their ravages in the Boyne Valley in 861, when they plundered the underground chambers of the "Fians and Fairies," [81]-[84].
Danish ballad of dwarfs and colonists, [105]-[6].
Dartmoor;
its gubbins and pixies, [161]-[2].
Davis Straits.
Conjectured by some to be the home of the Orkney Finnmen, [7].
Eskimo of D. S. at Leith in 1816, [8], [12].
Deer. (See also [Reindeer] and [Elk].)
Hunted in Glenshee, East Perthshire, by the Fians, [94]-[5];
"great-beamed" D., [95];
D. milked and used as beasts of burthen, [96].
Denghoog:
chambered mound in Sylt, [87], [112]-[113], [122].
Denmark. (See also [Lochlin].)
Eckwadt church said to have been built by a "hill-man," [85]-[86]n.
(See also ["Mounds reputed to be chambered."])
Devonshire, [161]-[2].
Digh;
an equivalent for sithean, [79]n.
Donegal.
Skin-boats used by natives of "The Rosses," [18];
Finn Town, D., [23].
Doon, or Doo'n, of Aberfoyle, [152]-[154].
Doon of Menteith, [144].
Doon of Rothiemurchus, [144]-[145].
Dornoch Firth:
Fairies ferried themselves across D. F. in "cockle-shells," [17], [22].
Dowth, or Dubath; chambered mound, [84], [111], [119], [132]-[3], [137].
Drinnich, or Trinnich, a Gaelic term applied to the Picts, signifying "labourers," [71]-[72].
Drudges.
Cruachan rath re-built by an enslaved race, [68]n, [125]n, [136], [152]n.
Similar references, [68]-[74], [151]-[2].
Gypnissen, [86].
Druids, [125]-[127].
Dunnan, in Galloway;
a fairy fort, [99].
Dunstanborough Castle, Northumberland, said to have been built by the Picts, [67].
Dwarfs. (See also [Pechts or Picts].)
D's of Shetland tradition, otherwise Finns, [56]; also [59].
D's of Scottish tradition generally, otherwise Pechts, [58]-[60];
D's of Highland tradition, [57], [97];
D's of Clydesdale, [97].
D's of Northumberland, [67], [80], [86], [99].
D's of Yorkshire, [100].
D's of Lincolnshire, [107]n.
D's of Wales, [160]-[2].
D's of Cornwall, [162].
D's of Devon, [161]-[2].
Fin of the Fians a D., [55]-[56].
D's of Brittany (Fions, etc.), [85].
D's of Antwerp, [86]-[87].
D's of the Netherlands, [86].
D's of Denmark and Danish tradition, [85]-[86]n, [105]-[106].
D's of Sylt, [87], [112]-[113].
D's of Scandinavia, [91].
D's of Germany, [163]-[4], [172]-[3].
D's of Greenland and North America, [63].
D's of Japan, [157], [165] et seq.
D's of Africa, [157].
Great bodily strength ascribed to the Scotch Pechts, [72]-[73];
to the Northumbrian Picts, [67], [73]-[4];
to the dwarfs of Tienen, in the Netherlands, [86].
D's at war with each other, and with men, [94]n.
Green the colour of the D's, [97].
Tribute exacted by the D's, [97].
Magic of the D's, [106].
Hidden treasures of the D's, [107]n, [129]n, [150]n.
D's as serfs or drudges, [151]-[2].
D's in one aspect civilized, in another savage, [156]-[7].
Hairiness of skin of D's, [157]-[164], [169]n.
Eamhain, or Eamhna, [49], [133]-[4].
Eckwadt, Denmark;
residence of a "hill-man" near, [85]n.
Eday, Orkney:
Finnman seen there in 1682, [5].
Edinburgh.
Finnman's skiff preserved there [6];
Corstorphine church said to have been built by the "Hottentots," [70]-[71];
Pecht lands near E., [68]-[71];
King Arthur and the Pechts believed to have entered a subterranean chamber at Arthur's Seat, [143]n.
Eilean Suthainn, Loch Maree;
a fairy resort, [118].
Elk.
Hunted in East Perthshire by the Fians, [94]-[95];
horns of E. found there, [95];
lon-dubh="black elk," [95].
Erribol, Sutherlandshire:
Weem, Pecht's House, or Fairy Hall at, [101].
Eskimos.
Compared with Shetland Finns, [7]-[8];
with Pechts, [53], [77]-[78];
with Finns and Lapps, [53];
with "Skraelings," [Appendix B];
with Ainos, [169]-[171].
E. or Skraeling chambered mounds in Greenland, Labrador, and Massachusetts, [62]-[4], [77]-[78], [155], and [Appendix B].
Kayaks:
their speed, [8];
feat of oversetting kayak, [12].
Kayakker, at some distance, resembles triton or mer-man, [13].
Open skin-boats of E., [22].
Dwarfish stature of E., [63].
E's of Alaska, [9]n, of Greenland, [12]-[13]n, [53], [62]-[4], [142]n.
E. magicians believe they can control the winds, [53], [63].
An E. type in modern Britain, [37]-[8].
Eu, island, Ross-shire;
a haunt of 17th c. "pirates," [29].
Evie, Orkney:
reputed chambered mounds at, [111]n.
Fairies. (See [Dananns], [Fians], [Pechts], [Dwarfs], &c.)
F's inhabited the bruth, sith-bhrugh or sheean, otherwise the "Pecht's house," [79].
F's associated with Pechts, [80];
with Fians, [81]-[84];
with Fions, [85].
As Dananns (q. v.), F's associated with Cruithne, [51], [127]-[129].
Builders of a church in Brittany in circumstances suggestive of the Pechts, [85].
Inhabitants of the White Cater Thun, an alleged stronghold of the Pechts, [99]-[100].
"Dancing and making merry" in the Orkneys, c. 1700 (cf. [Shetland Finns], [3], [14], [111]n.
Frequently seen at Fitty Hill, Westray, at same period, [33].
"Fairy Ha'" in Shetland, [104].
"In armour" in Orkney, [14];
at war with each other in Ireland, [93].
Tithes due to F., [97].
"Good" F's of christenings, etc., [91]-[2];
"Christian" F's, [85].
F's of Clydesdale, [97].
F's as serfs or drudges, [151]-[2].
Fairy Knowe of Aberfoyle, [152]-[4].
Fairy Knowe beside Broch of Coldoch (itself a çi-devant Fairy Knowe), [119], [149], [151].
Fearna, Weem of, [136]-[7].
Fens Fiord, Bergen, [7]n.
Fians, or Feens, or Feinne of Gaelic lore:
The Land of the F's, [45].
The Well of the F's, [43].
The Hillock of the F's, [130].
Other F. localities, [46], [49], [51], [52].
Dr. Skene's belief as to the historical position of the F's, [46].
F's preceded the Milesians in Ireland, [46], [51].
F. Confederacy not restricted to Ireland, but included the following divisions:—
F's of England and Wales; of Northern and Central Scotland; and of Lochlin, understood to be the Rhine-Elbe region, [47]-[51].
Irish F's divisible into:—
F's of Connaught and West; F's of Leinster; and F's of Eastern Ulster, [76], [93].
F's referred to in Scotland in Perthshire (Glenlyon, Glenal-main-with-Glenshee, and Glenshee or Blackwater) [77], [94]-[95].
Outer Hebrides and part of West Highlands specially the Land of the F., [45].
(?) Referred to in Ayrshire, [85].
F's exacted tribute from Irish kings, [47].
Their ancient rights of hunting and of free-quarters, [94].
Overthrow of F's at Battle of Gawra, [47].
Vanished glory of the F's, [75]-[76], [130].
Fin, their chief, court dwarf to the king of the "big men," [56].
F's as the drudges and serfs of another race, [75].
F's inhabited "Pechts' houses," [76]-[77].
F's as builders of stone forts, [75]-[76].
F's regarded as dwarfs, [65].
F's associated with Dananns, Fir Sidhe, or Fairies, [51], [81]-[84].
F's regarded as Cruithne or Picts, [51]-[2], [54].
Their assumed identity with historical and traditional Finns, [44]-[50], [54]-[5], [65].
Their magic identified with that of the Finns, [54].
Their "great-antlered deer," [95].
Their darts, [54]-[5].
Their swiftness of foot, [177].
A descendant of the F., [44].
Fierna, or Fierin, King of the Sidhfir of Munster, [93], [127].
His "hillock" near Limerick, [93], [145].
Fin, Finn, or Fionn, a chief of the Feens of Gaelic tradition:
Grandson of a Finland woman, [49]-[50].
Described as going in his skin-boat to the Kingdom of the Big
Men, where he became the court dwarf, [55]-[6].
A dwarf in a Scotch poem of ante 1600, styled a grandson of F., [65].
His stone fort on Cuailgne, [75]-[6], [93].
His "castles" in Glenlyon, Perthshire, [77].
Finland.
Alleged to be the home of the Orkney Finnmen [(6)], of the grandmother of "Fin" [(49)]-[(50)], of the Fomorians [(50)]n.
Finn, a chief of the dwarfs of Sylt tradition, [87], [112]-[113].
Chambered mound of Denghoog said to have been his dwelling, [87], [112]-[113].
Finnmen of Orkney:
Used to fish in Orkney waters in 17th century, [5]-[6].
Their seal-skin boats described, [6].
The great speed of these skin-boats, [5]-[6].
Specimens of their boats at Burray and Edinburgh, [6], [10], [11]n, [17]n.
F's said to have come from Finland, [6].
Regarded as "barbarous men" by Edinburgh physicians of 1696, [10], [30]-[31].
"The Dart he makes use of for killing fish," [6].
Finns of Shetland tradition:
Their "sea-skins or seal-skins," [1].
The great speed of these "skins," [4]-[5].
F's said to have come from Norway, and also from "Shool Skerry," [2]-[4].
Sea-rovers or pirates, [3], [34]-[35].
Magicians, soothsayers, and doctors, [1]-[5].
Inter-married with Shetlanders, [1]-[4], [34]-[35].
Descendants of such marriages "lucky," and proud of their descent, [1], [2], [5].
Cattle of the F's, [4].
F's regarded as dwarfs, [56], [92].
Dancing on the sands "every ninth night," [3] (cf. [Fairies], [14], [111]n.)
Identified with Feens, [43]-[44], [54], [65].
Finns and Lapps:
Their territory formerly greater than now, [35].
Inter-marriages with non-Finnish races, [39]-[42].
A semi-Finn lord of Orkney, [40]-[41].
F. or L. type in modern Britain, [37]-[38].
F's of Lofoten neighbourhood in 12th century, [21], [39].
Boats made by them, [21].
Skiffs of modern L's, [22]n.
Swedish-F. settlement in Pennsylvania, U.S. in 17th century, [36]-[37].
"Lapp" natives of North America in 10th century, [Appendix B].
F's or L's as magicians, "selling winds," etc., [16], [41], [53], [91]-[92].
Identified with Fairies, [96]-[97];
with Feens, [50];
with Dwarfs, [129]n and [Appendix B].
Fions, etc. on the Continent:
Fions of Brittany (dwarfs who lived with the fairies), [85].
Feins, [85]n.
Fir-Bolg, or Firbolgs.
Cruachan rath re-built by a race of F., [68]n, [125]n, [136], [152]n.
Fitty Hill, Westray. (See [Westray].)
Forteviot, Perthshire, [69].
Forth, River.
Chambered mounds of Forth valley, ascertained and reputed, [114], [119], [151]-[154].
Gabhra, or Gawra, Battle of, [47]-[50].
Gaels. (See [Milesians].)
Gairloch, Ross-shire.
Tombuidhe Ghearrloch, [112];
Big and Little "Cathairs" of G., [118];
Sitheanan Dubha, [118].
Galloway:
probable Finns in G., [25];
Picts commonly called "Galloway-men," [69]-[70]n;
last stronghold of Picts in G., [99];
stronghold of Fairies in G., [99].
Garbhcrioch:
translated as "the rough bounds," and defined as the country between Loch Linnhe and the Hebrides, formed a portion of the "Land of the Feens," [45].
Called also Garbh-chnochan, [118].
Germany. (See under [Lochlin].)
Gillesbierg, Denmark: reputed chambered mound, [155]n.
Glac-an-t-Shithein, Nether Lochaber, [147]n.
Glasgow Cathedral, said to have been built by the Pechts, [72].
Glenlyon, Perthshire, a home of the Feens, [77].
Glen Odhar, Sutherlandshire:
its fairy herds believed to have been reindeer, [97].
Glenshee and Glen Almain, West Perthshire, a home of the Feens, [77].
Glenshee, East Perthshire, a favourite hunting-ground of the Feens, [94].
Glen-na-Shirich, Nether Lochaber, a glen of the Fairies, [147]n.
Gobban, Goblin, Gubbin, etc., [113], [144]n, [162]n.
Gobban Saor (The Noble Smith), [84], [132]-[3];
his chambered mound, [132].
Goblin Hall, East Lothian, [143].
Goblin Knowe (Cnoc nam Bocan), Perthshire, [151]-[152].
Goblins of Greenland, [144]n.
Gowanree.
An enslaved tribe of Firbolgic origin, [68]n, [125]n, [136], [152]n.
Green, the colour of the Fairies or Dwarfs, [97];
of the Feens, [97]-[8];
of the Pechts, [99].
Gruids, near Lairg, Sutherlandshire;
reputed chambered mound at, [116]-[117].
Gruinard, Ross-shire:
resort of 17th-century pirates, [30].
Gubbins of Dartmoor, [161]-[2];
their swiftness of foot, [177].
Gultebierg, Denmark:
a reputed chambered mound, [155]n.
Gurnett Point, Massachusetts:
reputed chambered mound near, [Appendix B].
Gwylliaid Cochion Mowddwy, an underground race in Wales, [160]-[1];
"their swiftness and agility," [177].
Gypnissen, or Dwarf-women of the Netherlands, [86].
Hadeland, Norway, ruled by a semi-Finn, [40]-[42].
Hadrian's Wall said to have been built by the Picts, [67].
Hairy Men. (See [Shaggy Men], [Ainos], etc.)
Halfdan Haleg, a semi-Finn noble:
was lord of Orkney for some months: slain at North Ronaldshay, [40]-[41].
Hallowmas.
A Feen date, [94].
A Fairy date, [98].
Hebrides:
Outer H. regarded as part of the "Land of the Feens," [45].
Some parts of H. thickly wooded in 16th century, [105]n.
Raids made by Lewismen on Orkney and Shetland in 15th century, [33]-[35].
Certain Hebrideans not properly subjects of British monarch in 1608, [26]-[32].
Some of the Hebrideans styled "savages" by James I. [28], and by Skyemen [29];
and these, or others, referred to as "robbers" or "pirates" by a 17th-century writer [29]-[30].
Chessmen of walrus ivory found in H., [32], [158]n.
Wigwams of Jura islanders in 1772, [24].
"The Harrisian physiognomy" and stature, [24].
Hill-men, how-folk, bergmannetjes, hog-boys, shag-boys, etc., [85]n, [107], [111]-[113].
"Hottentot," builders of Corstorphine church, [70].
Iberians:
used skin-boats, [19]-[20];
Iberian type in modern Britain, [38].
Inverness, [146]-[149].
Jura, island of; wigwams of islanders, [24].
Kaempe Viser, [105].
Kayaks. (See [Skin-boats].)
Kempies or Champions, [43].
Kenilworth, Warwickshire;
underground dwarfs of, [142]-[3].
Kettlester, Shetland;
remembered as a dwarf abode, [59].
Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire;
group of Weems, Pechts' Houses, or Fairy Halls at K., [101].
Kirkcudbright:
"in terra Pictorum," [69]n.
(See also [Galloway].)
Knowth (Cnoghbha), County Meath;
chambered mound, [84], [132]-[4], [137], [140], [151]n.
Kundebye, Denmark;
reputed chambered mound at, [155]n.
Lapps. (See [Finns and Lapps].)
Leinster:
Feens of, [81]-[2];
Fairies of, [81]-[2], [92].
Leum-an-t'-Shithiche, [147]n.
Limerick:
Knockfierin, [93], [145].
Lincolnshire;
shag-boys, fairies and red-caps in, [107]n.
Lochlin or Lochlan;
believed to denote the territory between the Rhine and the Elbe, but also applied to Scandinavia, [49].
Lofoten;
Finns or Lapps of L. neighbourhood in 12th century, [21], [39].
Maes-how, Orkney. (See [Mounds].)
Magic:
of the Shetland Finns, [1]-[5], [14];
of the Norwegian Finns or Lapps, [16], [41], [53];
of Manx women, [16];
of Picts, [53];
of Eskimos, [53], [63];
of traditional dwarfs, [91], [106].
Man, Isle of:
Inter-marriages of land-folk and sea-folk, [15];
witches selling winds to sailors, [16];
traditional description of departure of fairies, [17].
Mandans of Upper Missouri;
skin-boats of, [18].
Mangelbierg, Denmark. (See [Mounds].)
Mer-men and Mer-women. (See [Sea-Folk.])
Migvie, Aberdeenshire;
Weem, Pecht's House, or Fairy Hall at, [101].
Milesians:
A name given to the Gaelic-speaking race, [46], [51];
conquered the "Cruithne" or "Pechts" of Scotland in the ninth century, [51];
conquered the "Dananns" of Ireland at an earlier period, as described in tradition, [125]-[126];
the possession of a dwarf restricted in Ireland and Gaelic-Scotland to families of Milesian descent, [141]-[142], [144].
Mounds.
Chambered M's of the Pechts described, [61]-[2], [64];
of the Eskimos, [62]-[3];
of both, [77]-[8].
The sithean, sithbhrog, etc., [78]-[79].
The "Pelasgic arch" of the chambered mound, [62], [78]n.
Mounds ascertained to be chambered:
Brugh of the Boyne, county Meath, [84], [111], [119]-[133], [153].
Dowth mound, County Meath, [84], [111], [119], [132]-[3], [137].
Maes-how, Orkney, [106]-[110], [113], [114], [121], [153].
Mound on Wideford Hill, Orkney, [62].
Coldoch "broch," Perthshire, [119], [149]-[151], [153].
Ashbury, Berkshire, [132]n.
Denghoog, Sylt, [87], [112]-[113], [122].
Eskimo Mounds in Labrador and Greenland, [62]-[4], [155].
Mycenæ "treasure house," [153].
Mounds reputed to be chambered:
In the British Isles:—
"Some small hillocks" in Evie, Orkney, [111]n.
"Tomhan" near Lairg, Sutherlandshire, [116]-[117].
Tombuidhe Ghearrloch, Ross-shire, [112], [114].
Sitheanan Dubha, Gairloch, Ross-shire, [118].
Specimens of the "Cathair Mhor" and the "Cathair Bheag" in the district of Gairloch, Ross-shire, [118].
Tomnahurich, Inverness-shire, [146]-[149], [153].
Cnoc Fraing, Inverness-shire, (? "mountain"), [146].
Shiathan Mor, Inverness-shire, (? "mountain"), [146].
Doon of Rothiemurchus, Inverness-shire, [144]-[5].
Sithean in Corrie-Vinnean, Nether Lochaber, [118].
Sithean Mor and Sithean Beag, in Nether Lochaber, Inverness-shire, [147].
"Tulman" near Baile Thangasdail, Barra, Inverness-shire, [115].
At Ballindalloch, Banffshire, [117].
Bissau, Aberdeenshire, [117].
Sithean Mor and Sithean Beag, in island of Colonsay, Argyleshire, [147].
"Digh" at Borra-cheill, in island of Islay, Argyleshire (? the "Digh mhòr Thallanta" of McAlpine's Dictionary), [79]n.
Ben-cnock, island of Islay, Argyleshire, [114].
Cnock-doun, (?) island of Islay, Argyleshire, [114].
Crocan Corr, Kilbrandon, Lorn, Argyleshire, [114].
"Hill" at Muckairn, Argyleshire, [114].
"Fairy Knowe" or "Doon" of Aberfoyle, Perthshire, [152]-[154].
"Goblin Knowe" (Cnoc nam Bocan), Menteith, Perthshire, [151].
"Fairy Knowe" beside Broch of Coldoch, Perthshire, [119], [149], [151].
Ternavie, Perthshire, [150]-[151].
"Castle Hill" at Clunie, Perthshire, [145]-[146].
Kenilworth, Warwickshire, [142]-[143].
Knowth (Cnoghbha), County Meath, [132]-[140], [151]n.
Sidh Nectain, or Hill of Carbury, (? its summit), W. Meath, [84]n.
Knockfierin, County Limerick, [93], [145].
In Denmark:—
Mangelbierg, Hirschholm, Hösterkiöb Mark, [155]n.
Gillesbierg, Hirschholm, Hösterkiöb Mark, [155]n.
Wheel-hill, Gudmandstrup, Lordship of Odd, [155]n.
Steensbierg, Ouröe, Joegerspriis, [155]n.
Kundebye, Holbeck, [155]n.
Gultebierg, [155]n.
Söbierg, [155]n.
Mound (or underground gallery) between Aagerup and Mamp, [155]n.
The residence of a certain "hill-man" near Eckwadt, [85]n.
In Belgium:—
Aschberg, Casterlé, province of Antwerp, [86]-[7], [155]n.
In North America:—
Group of "hillocks" situated, it is believed, on the northern side of Plymouth Harbour, assumed to be the residences of tenth-century "Skraelings" or "Lapps" of America, [Appendix B].
Mounds, and other localities, referred to as homes or resorts of dwarfs, fairies, Feens, gubbins, etc.:—
Norwick, Shetland, [103]-[4].
Unst, Shetland, [106].
Villenshaw, (?) Orkney, [105], [116].
Eilean Suthainn, Loch Maree, [118].
Tobar na Feinne, [43].
Tobar an t' Shithein, Nether Lochaber, [147]n.
Glac an t' Shithein, Nether Lochaber, [147]n.
Leum an t' Shithiche, Nether Lochaber, [147]n.
Glen-na-Shirich, Nether Lochaber, [147]n.
Ruadh na Sirach, Kerrera, [147]n.
White Cater Thun, Forfarshire, [99], [150]n.
Abernethy, Perthshire, [150].
Glenshee (2) and Glen Almond, Perthshire, [77], [94]-[5].
Coir-nan-Uruisgean, Perthshire, [151]-[2].
"Cavern" at Yester, [143].
Hill-country of Galloway, [115]-[6].
Thorpe, Lincolnshire, [107]n.
Beelsby, Lincolnshire, [107]n.
Mowddwy, Merionethshire, [160]-[1].
Craig y Ddinas, Glamorganshire, [143]n.
Nympton, Devonshire, [162].
Dartmore, Devonshire, [162].
Penzance, Cornwall, [162]n.
Sith Eamhna, Armagh, [133]-[4].
Cruachan rath, Connaught, [68]n, [125]n, [136], [152]n.
Tienen, The Netherlands, [86].
(See also ["Underground Galleries."])
Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire, [86], [100].
Munster. Fairies of M., [93].
Netherlands. Resemblance of Tienen dwarfs to Scotch and Northumbrian Picts, [86].
Nine.
Shetland Finns held festival every ninth night, [3].
"Nine men" apparently the smallest division of a Feenian army, [48].
Norns identified with dwarfs, [91].
Northumberland.
Traditional ideas regarding the Picts, [67], [157].
Norway.
Finns from N., [2]-[5];
Annual of N., [37];
Lofoten Finns, [21], [39];
Ringerike, Hadeland, and Thoten governed by semi-Finns, [40]-[42].
Oestrymnic Isles; skin-boats used by natives of, [19]-[20].
Oisin, [75]-[77].
Orkney.
Picts were early inhabitants of O., [104];
O. governed by a semi-Finn in tenth century, [41].
(See also [Burray], [Eday], [Evie], [Finnmen], [Maes-how], [Ronaldshay], [Stronsay], [Westray].)
Oscar of Emhain, [49].
Pabbay, Hebrides, a haunt of 17th-century pirates, [29].
"Pelasgic arch" of chambered mound, [62], [78]n, [103], [110]-[111].
Pickering Castle, Yorkshire, [86], [100].
Picts, Piks, Pechs, Pechts, etc. (See also [Cruithne].)
P's said to have been first settlers in Orkney and Shetland, [59], [104].
Their small boats, [59], [178]-[179].
Their dwarfish stature, [58]-[60], [65].
Their great strength, [60], [66]-[7], [74].
Their mounds or underground houses, [58]-[66], [77]-[78].
Their method of building, [67].
White Cater Thun, Brechin Tower, Abernethy Tower, Glasgow Cathedral, Dunstanborough Castle, the Catrail, the Wall of Hadrian, and many old castles, popularly believed to have been built by P's, [67]-[74], [99]-[100].
Their last stronghold in Galloway, [99].
P's, or Gallowaymen, at the Battle of the Standard, [69]-[70]n.
P's popularly regarded as magicians and supernatural beings, [53], [79]-[80], [99].
P's associated with Feens, [51], [64]-[5];
with Fions, Feins, and Fairies of Brittany, [85];
and with a Danish "hill-man," [85]-[86]n.
P's as serfs or drudges, [67]-[74], [76].
P's identified by J. F. Campbell with Lapps and Fairies, [96].
P's and King Arthur, [143]n.
Hairiness of P's, [157]-[8].
Their swiftness of foot, [177].
Pict or Pecht-land, [52], [68]-[73].
Pixies of Cornwall and Devon, [162].
"Pucks" of Sylt, [87].
Red-caps.
In Sylt, [87].
In Lincolnshire [107]n.
(See also [129]n and [142].)
Reindeer in Scotland, [96]-[97].
Ringerike, Norway, [40]-[2].
Rona, Hebrides, and its "pirates," [29].
Ronaldshay (North), [41].
Ross-shire;
in 17th century, [29]-[30], [45];
a legendary mound in, [112].
Samoyeds.
Bergen Strils conjectured to have linguistic affinity with S., [7]n.
Skin-boats of S., [18].
Savages:
Orkney Finnmen spoken of as S., [10], [30]-[31].
Certain Hebrideans referred to as S., [28], [29], [31].
Strathnaver people in 1658 "barbarous," [30].
Term "Hottentot" applied to traditional builders in Mid-Lothian, [71].
Sea-Folk.
Their inter-marriages with land-folk:—
In Shetland, [1]-[5], [15];
in Hebrides, [15];
in Ireland, [2], [15];
in Isle of Man, [15];
in Wales, [2], [15].
Mer-women as wives and mothers of land-folk, [1]-[5], [13], [15].
Seal-men and Selkie-wives, [1]-[5], [12], [13], [15]n, [34]n.
Seelie court, The, [97].
Seffister, Shetland, and its "trow's door," [59].
Shag-boys, hog-boys, or how-folk, [107].
Shaggy Men.
Pechts, [157]-[8];
Traditional dwarfs generally, [158]-[164];
Ainos of Japan, [166] et seq.
Sheeans or Sitheanan. (See [Mounds].)
Shetland.
Dwarf abodes in S., [59], [102]-[3], [106].
Picts early inhabitants of S., [104].
(See also [Finns of S.])
Shool Skerry, or Sule Skerry, [3], [34]n.
Sithe-folk. (See also [Fairies].)
Sidhe and Tshud, [89]-[90].
Seid-men, [90]-[91].
Worship of S., [92].
S. of North of Ireland and Munster, [93].
Identified with Dananns, [126].
Associated with Feens, [128]-[9].
Former high rank, [132].
Skin-boats:
"Sea-skin or seal-skin" of Shetland Finns, [1]-[5], [8].
Kayaks of Orkney Finnmen, [5]-[11], [18]-[19].
Skin-boats of Iberians, Hebrideans, Irish, Welsh, Scotch, Samoyeds, Skraelings, Eskimos, Mandans, [8], [12]-[13], [18]-[22].
Fin's skin-boat, [55]-[6].
Skin-boat of Picts, [178]-[9].
Skin-boat of North American "Lapps" or "Skraelings," [7], [Appendix B].
Skraelings, [7], [Appendix B].
Smiths, Underground:
The "Noble Smith" and his chambered mound, [132]-[4];
Wayland Smith's chambered mound, [132]n;
Smiths working in "cave" of Cruachan, [136];
German traditional idea of such people, [163]-[4].
Stronsay, Orkney.
Finnman seen there about year 1700, [6].
Teith valley.
Mounds of, [114].
Assumed to be the "vallis" referred to by Gildas, as traversed by the Picts, [178]n.
Thorpe, Lincolnshire; shag-boys at, [107]n.
Thoten, Norway, [40]-[2].
Tialdasund, Norway, [21].
Tienen, Netherlands; dwarfs of, [86].
Tombuidhe Ghearrloch;
a reputed chambered mound, [112].
Trows, Trolls, or Trollmen. (See [Dwarfs].)
Tshuds, [89]-[90].
Ugrians. (See [Finns, Lapps,] [Skraelings], etc.)
Uist, Hebrides [29.]
Ulster.
Feens of, [76], [93];
Cruithne or Picts of, [93];
skin-boats of, [18].
(See also [Eamhain].)
Underground Chambers. (See also [Mounds].)
Indications, apart from those of tradition, that these were dwelling-places, [101]-[2], [113] (fire-place).
Underground galleries, not having mounds over them, [101]-[4].
Unst, Shetland, [106].
Ur-uisg, or Water-man, [142]n, [158]-[164], [178]-[9].
Urus. (See [Bugle].)
Valas, or Völvas, [90]-[2].
Villenshaw: (?) a locality in Orkney, [105].
Walpurgis Night. (See [Beltin].)
Weems. (See [Mounds] and [Underground galleries].)
Westray, Orkney.
Finnman seen near W. circa 1700, [5], [6], [33]-[4];
Fairies said to be seen at Fitty Hill circa 1700, [33];
defeat of Hebrideans at Fitty Hill, [33].
Wideford Hill, Orkney; chambered mound at, [62].
Witchcraft. (See [Magic].)
Yorkshire tradition as to "supernatural" labourers at Mulgrave and Pickering Castles, [86], [100].
Zee-Woners. (See [Sea-Folk].)
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Appended to the collection of "Folk and Hero Tales from Argyllshire" which forms the second volume of the series entitled "Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition" (London, 1890; published by the Folk-Lore Society).