The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

by W. Y. Evans-Wentz

[398], [447 n.], [488].
Psychic Centres, [14], [74], [221], [299], [410-1]:
see [Mysteries].
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]:
see [Fairy-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];
see [Libations].
—— 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]:
see [November Day].
Satyrs, [303], [306], [406].
Science and Fairies, [456-515].
Second-sight, [43], [91 n.], [140]:
see [Clairvoyance].
—— 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]:
see [Tuatha 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]:
see [Fairy 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]:
see [Dead].
—— 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]:
see [Re-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]:
see [Clairvoyance], 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].

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Footnotes:

[1] Quite appropriately it means place of cairns or tumuli—those prehistoric monuments religious and funereal in their purposes. Carnac seems to be a Gallo-Roman form. According to Professor J. Loth, the Breton (Celtic) forms would be: old Celtic, Carnāco-s; old Breton (ninth-eleventh century), Carnoc; Middle Breton (eleventh-sixteenth century), Carneuc; Modern Breton, Carnec.

[2] For we cannot offer any proof of what at first sight appears like a philological relation or identity between Carnac and Karnak.

[3] Andrew Lang, Kirk’s Secret Commonwealth (London, 1893), p. xviii; and History of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1900-07).

[4] Cf. David MacRitchie’s published criticisms of our Psychological Theory in The Celtic Review (January 1910), entitled Druids and Mound-Dwellers; also his first part of these criticisms, ib. (October 1909), entitled A New Solution of the Fairy Problem.

[5] Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica (Edinburgh, 1900), i, p. xix.

[6] The ceilidh of the Western Hebrides corresponds to the veillée of Lower Brittany (see pp. [221 ff.]), and to similar story-telling festivals which formerly flourished among all the Celtic peoples. ‘The ceilidh is a literary entertainment where stories and tales, poems, and ballads, are rehearsed and recited, and songs are sung, conundrums are put, proverbs are quoted, and many other literary matters are related and discussed.’—Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica, i, p. xviii.