the Bards and Triads, that it is evident, our writers and engravers had precisely the same system in view. And this unity of design gives the strongest support to the credit of our national monuments.
The fabrication of the coins cannot be stigmatized as a modern device for the purpose of elucidating the Bards: nor will the judicious critic assert, that the works of the Bards are recent forgeries, with a view to the explanation of the coins. Both the one and the other have remained inexplicable for ages; but, in my opinion, they may now be regarded as consistent, not only amongst themselves, but also, allowing for local peculiarities, with the most ancient and general system of mythology, developed by two of the first antiquaries of our age.
The Bards, the mythological Triads, and the coins, are therefore proved by mutual evidence, in which there can be no collusion, to be genuine monuments of the heathenish superstition of Britain.
And they unite in their testimony, that this superstition, notwithstanding the singularity of a few minuter features, could boast of no great and fundamental principle, which was appropriate to itself. Like the general error of other nations, it consisted of certain memorials of the preservation of mankind at the deluge, and some perverted reliques of the patriarchal religion, blended with an idolatrous worship of the host of heaven.
Mythology and Rites of the British Druids.
Abyss, the abode of an evil principle, 49 Ape, sacred, 122, 568
Account of the British Triads, 27 Acorns offered by the bards, 503 Actions of Eidiol, or Ambrosius, 343, 349 Adar Ban, birds of augury, 509 Adder, symbolical, 544 Addvwyn Gaer, 507, &c. Adras, a mystical character, 449 Adytum of Stonehenge, 304-of a bar- dic temple, 384
Aedd, the arkite god or his priest, 122, 259 Aeddon, 117, 348-elegy of, 553 Aeron, the splendid one, 338 Aervre, battle of, 343
Aethereal temple, 353
Agitators of fire, 531
Al adur, a sacred title, 528
Αλαδε Μυσαι, 237
Allegory relating to mystic rites, 419 Amber, 339-wreath of Hengist, 327 Ambrosial stones, 385
Ambrosius poisoned by Eppa, 344 Amreeta, the water of immortality, 227 Anachronism of the chair of Glamorgan,
Analogy between the British and Greek
rites, 220, 221-and mysteries, 262 Ancient bards, 2
Andras, Andrasta, a British goddess, 617 Aneurin, an ancient bard, 2-not de- graded for having seen naked swords, 62-mythology of, 113-a North Bri- ton, his age, 317-authorities and vouchers of, 322, 347-wounded, 341
a prisoner, 356-corresponds with Taliesin, ib,-released by a son of Llywarch, 357-takes a retrospect of historical events, 377-is a half pa- gan, 386
Angar, 52-son of Ladon, 526 Anghen, the goddess of necessity, 188 Angor, a sacred title, 116, 367 Angues, druids, 18
Anguinum, 208, 209, 419, 577. Animal kept by the druids, 138, 524 Annwn, the deep, the abyss, 198, 206 Anwas, the winged, a mystical cha-
Aphorisms of the bards, 75
Apology for the ancient triplets, 76-for Arkite mythology, 90
Appeal from the chair of Glamorgan to ancient documents, 36 Apple-tree, symbolical, 11, 284 Arawn the arkite, king of the deep, 198, Apple-trees of Merddin, 465, 480
Arberth, a seat of mysticism, 418, 422 Arbor frugifera, 23
Arcol, a mystical character, 414, 415 Arderydd ag Eryddon, battle of, 463,
Area of blood, 544
Aren, the ark, 193
Arenees, temple of Apollo in the, 194 Argat, the ark, 200
Argoed, men of, made a league with Hengist, 379
Arianrod, 205, 266-the rainbow, 268 -daughter of Don, 205-of Beli, 447 Ariant Gwion, 275
Ark, worshipped in conjunction with the moon, 90-symbolized by islands and rafts, 154, 160-deified and repre- sented as the mother, the consort, or the daughter of its builder, 178 Ark of Aeddon, 118, 554-of the world, a name of the bardic temple, 113, 369, 393-arkite, 584
Arkite cell inclosed fire, 199-arkite goddess, 175-venerated by the Ger- mans, 179-of the druids, 183-god, titles of, 559
Arkite lore, 507, &c. 555-memorials, 170-establishedin Britain,266, 267— rites, prevalent in Britain, 131, 184, 537-sanctuary, 157-temple in Mon- mouthshire, 434-theology of the dru- ids, 492-arose from the corruption of the patriarchal religion, 495-why in- corporated with Sabian idolatry, 493, &c.
Arkites styled just ones, 118 Arthur, a mythological character, 187 188, 199, 202, 394, 404, 432, 522
Arthur's llyn llion, 143-stone, a crom- lech, 394-table, 396 Arts of the pheryllt, 215 Ascending stone of the bards, 250 Aspirant, a mystical infant, 230, 233— swallowed by the arkite goddess, 230 -cast into the sea, ib.
Associates, the society of bards, 369 Astronomical principles remarked in the
British temples, 302, &c. Astronomy of the druids, 53, 217 Atlantis, the antediluvian continent, 148 Auchinleck MS. 447
Augur, in the act of divining, 512 Augury of the druids, 44-by birds, 39 Authenticity of the mystical poems, 5 Authorities from the bards, why inserted at length, 86 Authority of the arch-druid, 57 - of princes, supported by the bards, 59- of the small sprigs, or lots, 487 Avagddu, son of Ceridwen, 190, 203, 204 -the same as Elphin, 241-regene- rated, 263
Avallen beren, arbor frugifera, 23, 483 Avanc, 95-the shrine of the patriarch, 142, 267-the beaver, an emblem of the patriarch, 129 Avaon, 135, 200
Avenue to Stonehenge, 371 Awen, o bair Kyrridwen, 20-origin of, 40-renders the aspirant complete, 256-a mystical character, 468-the bardic muse, 528
Awyr, the sky, a name of the open tem- ple, 353
Bacchanalian rites, 169 Bacchus worshipped in Britain, 89-the helio-arkite Noah, 127-inventor of agriculture, 128-styled a bull, 127, 174
Barua, conical stones, which repre- sented the gods, 389 Bala, the going forth, 192
Balls and rings on British coins, 600, 605 Banawg, what, 128
Ban carw, battle of, 359 Bane of corruption, 142 Bangu, a sacred ox, 140, 141 Banners of the bards, 20
Banquet of mead, 313-mystical, 422 Bard, what the term anciently imported,
Bard slain at the feast at Stonehenge, 313, 317, 326, 353, 362 Bardd Cadair, 25, 200-Caw, 165--- Ogyrven, 17
Bardic ænigmas, how to be expounded, 405-mount of assembly, 489-peti.
tion, 16-questions, 52-vow, 285– worship, 17
Bardism of the chair of Glamorgan, 32 -supported the spirit of independ- ence, 283
Bards, an order connected with the dru- ids, 11-constituted judges, 12, 19- disciples of the druids, 9, 84-priests of the ancient Britons, 387-professed magic, 42-promised to recant before their death, 283-sometimes warriors, 63-works of, genuine, 3-consistent with history, 88-town of, in Angle- sea, 399-of Beli, 457-of the house- hold, 271, 272—of the middle ages, 9 Bardsea, 164, 503 Bath, mystical, 218
Battle of Gwenystrad, 62-of mystery,
Bear, representative of Arthur, 187 Beaver, 129-emblem of Noah, 267- see Avanc.
Bed of mystery, 422-bed dilan, 193– Tidain, ib.-beddau, heathen sanctua ries, ib.
Bedwen, a may-pole, phallus, &c. 539 Bedwyr, son of Pedrawc, a mystical cha-
racter, 340-phallus, 441
Bees, deposited by the mystical sow, 426 Belenus, a Celtic god, 116—temple of, -symbols of arkite ministers, 433 in the Arenees, 194
Beli, name of Hu, the helio-arkite god, 116, 121, 143, 562-son of Manhogan, 436-herds of, 352
Benefits of initiation, 252 Berwr Taliesin, 275 Beverage of the festival, 509 Bird, transformation of Gwion, 230, 235 -of augury, 509-of Gwenddoleu, 463-of wrath, 266, 287, 560 Bitch, transformation of Ceridwen, 232 Birth of Taliesin, mystical, 239
Black horse of the seas, a sacred ship, 475
Black stone, 427, 437
Blanche Flour, a mystical lady, 447, 455 Blessed ones, Menwyd, 172/ Blue robes of the bards, 14
Boar, arkite symbol, 425, 442-of the spray, 614
Boar's heads, arms of Sir Tristrem's knights, 450
Boat, attribute of Ceridwen, 186, 237-
of Ked, 176-vale of the, 418-boat. of glass, 211, 277.
Boiling of the mystical cauldron, 213 Books of astronomy, 213-of the druids, 266-of the pheryllt, 213
Breaking of sprigs, 339, 359
Brengwain, Bronwen, Proserpine, 452 Brewer of the mystical cauldron, 279 Brindled ox, 138, 523
British Ceres, 184-council, over ruled
by Vortigern, 361-documents, 1- corroborated by mutual evidence, 624 British mythology, how far investigated
by the author, 85-analogous to that of early heathens, 123-arkite, 289 Britons addicted to magical rites, 37– hyperboreans, 131
Bro yr Hud, land of mystery, 417 Bronwen, daughter of Llyr, 400 Bryant's heathen theology, 90 Brychan instructs the Welsh in the Christian faith, 282
Brynach, a northern mystagogue, 427, 462
Brython, inhabitants of ancient Britain, 506
Buanawr, a sacred title, 539 Buarth Beirdd, 136, 535
Bûdd, victory, a sacred title, 364, 584 Bûdd, Buddugre, titles of Hu, 116 Bûd Nêr, god of victory, 468 Bûddud, Buddug, goddess of victory, 314, 317
Buddvan, horn of victory, 344 Buddwas, a title of Hu, 118, 557 Bull, 127, 200—of battle, 116, 133, 351, 359, 363-Becr lled, 120, 157, 537— Beli, 134-of brass, 131-demon, 135, 478-emblem of the patriarch, 131- of flame, 137-of fire, 537-of the host, 347, 573-mystical, 465, 577— sovereigns, 134-of the sphere, 133 Bull, title of the god, or his priest, 172 slain, ib.
Bull and dragon, sacred to Hu, consi- dered as Bacchus, 128 Bulwark of battle, sacred title, 362 Bun, the maid, the British Proserpine, 327, 445, 468, 484, 488 Buto, sacred lake of, 159
Cabiri, 216-Cabiritic divinity, Noah, 216-rites, arkite, ib. Cad Goddeu, a mystical poem, 100, 538 Cadair Ceridwen, 260-Teyrn On. 120, 527-Taliesin much older than the sixth century, 280-Vaelgwn, 22 Cadair, an amicable knight, 199 Cadeiriaith Saidi, 199, 292, 324 Cadväon, conference of, 488
Cadwaladyr, supreme ruler of battle, a
name of Hu, 121, 488
Caer, a name of the sacred ship, and druidical sanctuary, 134
Caer, or sanctuary of Ceridwen, 285, 286 Caer Conan, 352-Echinig, 335-Pedry- van, 517-Rheon, seat of the nor- thern druids, 478-Sëon, 169, 448, 546, 547
Caer Sidi, 201, 292, 299, 407, 515, 516- represented as a floating vessel, 154- implied the ark, 293-the zodiac, ib. -the druidical temple, 294-circle of revolution, 294-sanctuary of Ceres, 295-form of, 296, &c.-pourtrayed on the sacred shield, 544
Caer Wydyr, name of the ark, 212, 521 Caers which represented the ark, 516– sacred, 531
Cæsar's accurate information relative to the druids, 45
Cainc yr ychain Banawg, 129 Caledonia, forest of, the haunt of Merd- din, 73, 552
Caledonian druids, respected by the southern Britons, 475-wood, seat of the northern druids, 489 Cantref y Gwaelod, 241 Canu y byd mawr, 53 Car of Hu, drawn by oxen, 139 Caradoc, character of, 347 Cardigan bay, 162, 242, 251 Caredig, caradwy e glod, 346 Carns, attached to temples, 301 Carousal of the bards, 136 Casnodyn, 35― describes the day of judgment, 101 Cat, paluc, 427
Cathedral bard, 272 Cath Vraith, 438
Cattraeth, import of, 323, &c.-place of conference with Hengist, 331 Cauldron, mystic, 16, 21-of Awen, 530-of Ceres, 222-of Ceridwen, 20, 26, 185, 213, 265, 502-what it im- plied, 217-divided, 214-an emblem of the deluge, 225, &c. Cauldronof the ruler of the deep, 119,165 -warmed by the breath of nine dam-
sels, 518-cauldron of five plants, 279 Cave of the arch diviner, 73-sacred, 456
Cedig, title of the arkite goddess, 464 Ceidiaw, mystical father of Aurelius, 377 Celestial circle, name of a druidical temple, 41, 138, 550
Cell of Kêd, 372-of initiation, 236, 390 -mystical, 537-of the tauriform god,
Cells pertaining to British temples, 301
Celtæ, had Cabiritic rites, 216-were
governed by their priests, 386 Celtic glory, deplored by Aneurin, 379 | Cenig y Gododin, 321 Cerddglud Clyd Lliant, 467 Cerdd Ogyrven, 14
Ceremony of arkite procession, 537-of the bardic feast, 370-of degradation, 64-of drawing the avanc out of the lake, 129-meaning of, 170 Ceres worshipped in Britain, 89-of the Britons, 184symbolized by the moon, 279-worshipped in the twelfth cen- tury, 286
Ceridwen, 175, 205-the Ceres of Bri- tain, 185, 289-described as a fury, 229, &c. 260-as a botanist, 213-as the first of womankind, 184-as a gi- antess, 256-as the goddess of corn, 8 ➡as the modeller of youth, 285-as the moon, 270-as a mystic goddess, 18-as ruler of bardism, 20-as a sail- ing vessel, 256-transformed into a bird, 390—cauldron and sanctuary of, 502-extraordinary endowments of, 169, 265-various emblems of, 257- how described in the twelfth century, 284 worshipped in the twelfth cen- tury, conjointly with the moon, 285 Ceto, the ark, 114
Ceugant Beilliawg, 247
Chain of the sacred oxen, 111, 129, 141
of the diluvian patriarch, 187, 515 Chair, bardic, 502-of Caer Sidi, 292, 295 -of Caermarthen, 33—of Ceridwen, a mystical poem, 265-imitated by Meilyr, 10 of Glamorgan, 32, 35, 56, &c. of the solar divinity, 528, 531-of Taliesin, 73, 269 Challenge from the chair of Glamorgan, 64 Character of Ceredig, 346-of Cerid- wen, 183, &c.of Hu, compared with Noah, 111-of the patriarch, in Bri- tish mythology, 105, &c.—of Taliesin, mystical, 239
Characters supported by the mystic priests, 289
Cherisher, or brooding hen, Ceridwen,
Chest of the aspirants, 255 Chief druid, sovereign of Britain, 119,122 Chief singer of NoE, 114 Child of the sun, 488-of Teithan, that is, the helio-arkite god, 114 Chinese tradition of the deluge, 149 Christianity of the Welsh bards, blended with druidism, 17 Cibddar, mystic, 134, 200
Circle of Anoeth, 314-of gems, 544– of the mystical tree, 489-of Sidin, that is, the zodiac, 296—of stones, 121, 486-of twelve stones, 302—a term for a British temple, 313-of the world, name of a bardic temple, 113, 266, 369-circle with its cromlech, 513- circle and wand of the magician, 42 Circles of rude stones in druidical tem- ples, 387
Circular dance, 172-entrenchment, 300, 585-temple, with its central crom- lech, 395-temples, sacred to the sun and Vesta, 304-destroyed, 550 Cities of Cantre'r Gwaelod, 242 City of the bards, 23, 350 Clattering of shields in a British proces- sion, 172-of arms in the festival of Bacchus, 175
Clergy and monks persecute the bards, 283
Clydnaw, ship-bearer, a mystical cha- racter, 364
Code of the chair of Glamorgan, 32- objections to the authority of, 33 Coelbreni, 43, 490
Coins, British, 589-display the image of Ceridwen, 257-antiquity of, 590 -impressed with sacred symbols, 589, 590-exhibit druid temples, 591- found at Karn-brê, 591-regarded as druidical badges, 591-impressed with magical devices, 591-talismanic, 593, 610-design of, consistent with bardic imagery, 598-legends of, 607.-See Horse.
Coll, son of Collvrewi, 426, 428-a Cor
nish mystagogue, 429— foreigner, 446 Collar of the sacred ox, 138, 524 Colours of the glains, 211 Columba persecutes Merddin, 471- Commemoration of the deluge in China, 150
Community of bards, 473 Complete system of druidism exhibited by Taliesin, 58
Completion, a mystical term, 288 Compound figure of the arkite goddess,
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