Sortilege, 43, 453-rite of, 532
Soul, bardic question upon, 51
Source of energy, a sacred title, 115, 354
Sovereign of the power of the air, 261
Sovereignty of Britain conferred upon
the chief druid, 119, 506
Sow, sacred to Ceres, 413-symbol of
the ark, 426-tale of the mystical, 426
-related to the history of a ship, 430
Sparrow-hawk, a transformation of Ce-
ridwen, 230

Speech of Hengist, 314
Spheres, seven, 53

Splendid mover, title of the sun, 119,

509

Sprigs, mystical, 472, 484, 511, 537-
broken into tallies or lots, 532-au-
thority of, 487

Sprinkling, a sacred rite of purification,
219, 220

Sprites of the gloom, 42

Staff of Janus, 201

Stall of the cow, 122, 177, 568-of the
ox, 535

Stanzas of the months, 82

Steed with illustrious trappings, 264-of
the ruler of the sea, 284-steeds,
ships, 569

Stone, cell, of the sacred fire, 345-pil-
lars, 360-ark, 393
Stonehenge, a great druidical temple,
303, 385-described by Diodorus, 303
-celebrated by British writers, 306--
described by Cuhelyn, 313-by Aneu-
rin, 349, 364, 384-the great stone
fence of the common sanctuary, 350--
not older than the introduction of he-
lio-arkite superstition, 384-why se
lected for the place of conference with
Hengist, 385-called Hen Velen, Old-
Belennium, 502

Story of Gwyddno, mythological, 241—
of Llyn Savaddan, 146-of Pwyll, 418
Strata of the earth, bardic question upon,

52

Stream of life, 152

Studded circle on the sacred shield, 592
-on the British coins, 600
Styx, an emblem of the flood, 153
Subject of the Gododin, 321
Submersion of cities, 145-of islands,

148, 149-of Cantre'r Gwaelod, 242
Sues, swine, a title of heathen priests, 413
Suffocation of the aspirant, 256
Summershine, a mystic character, 420—
slain, 422

Sun worshipped in conjunction with
Noah, 125-titles of, 336

Supreme Being acknowledged by the
bards, 496, 502, 506, 507, 515, 526-
cause, declared in the mysteries, 254
-mount of the bards, 374-proprie.
tor, a title of Hu, 120, 136, 537
Swelling sea of knights, 361
Swine, mystical, 414, 470-swineherds
of mythology, 413, 439, 460, 469
Sword, when to be unsheathed, 64, 456
-carried in procession, 172—of the
chief druid, 542

Symbol of the egg, 205-of the deluge,
250-symbolical imagery,131-death,

163

Syw, a diviner, 272, 467-sywed Ced,
505-Sywedydd, 271, 272
T

Tair Orian, three hymns, 505

Tale of the sacred oxen, 159—of a lake
in Brecknockshire, 155-of Loch Lo-
mond, 163

Taliesin, 2, 200-poems of, mythologi
cal, 4-genuine, 9-publisher of bar-
dic lore, 18, 20-taught druidism, 26
-professed natural philosophy, 52—
contemplated battles, 62-mythology
of, druidical, 181-a mystical infant,
239-a title of the sun, 296-was pre-
sent in various ages, 505-poetry of,
characterized by Mr. Turner, 513
Talisman of Cunobeline, 613, 618
Tallies, 43, 482

Taronwy, a tree divinity, 41
Tarvos Trigaranus, 132
Tauriform god, 127-rites of, 170
Tay, druids baptized in the, 473
Teganwy, place of a bardic meeting,

504

Tegid Voel, 189-the Saturn of the Bri
tons, 195-known by various names,
198, 199-the patriarch, 200-Seith-
wedd Saidi, 197-Gwyddno, 241
Teithan, Tydain, Titan, the sun, 114,
115

Tempest of fire, 226
Temples of the druids, 291
Ternary arrangements of the Celta, 28
Test of the British bards, 37
Testimonies in favour of the mystic bards,

6

Teyrn On, Apollo, 120, 526

Thaner, residence of Hengist, 379
Theology of the Britons, 85, &c.—of the

druids, recorded by Cæsar, 88

Thigh pierced or cut, 199, 505, 587, 544
Third rank assigned to the solar divinity,
526

Three fountains, 47, 48-ministers, 287
-byans round the fire, 295-stones
erect, 300, 302-cranes, 245

Thrice born, 240, 253, 258
Titaresius, a sacred stream, 153
Titles of the British gods, 350-of Ce-
ridwen, 403

Token of the egg, 189-of life, 190
Topography of a temple of Ceres, 299
Tops of the birch and oak, 539

Torches of Ceridwen, 261-of the druids,

277

Traditions of the Britons, where pre-
served, 31—of the deluge, 95 of the
oxen of Hu, 129-of the changes of
druidism, 411-tradition not always
consistent, 98

Trahearn Brydydd Mawr, 32-age and
character of, 65-disgraced, 69-out-
lawed, 70-curious poem of, 67
Transformations, mystical, 229—of Ta-
liesin, 573
Transmigration, 15

Trefoil, a sacred plant, 448-on British
coins, 601, 602

Triads, ancient, 3-mythological, 27-
mentioned by Aneurin and Taliesin,
29-derived from ancient bardic lore,
30-systematical, 200

Triplets, moral, 75-derived from the
school of the druids, 79

Trystan, a mystical personage, 439, 440
Tumulus of the egress, 193
Twice born, 258

Twrch, boar, a mystical title, 414-
Trwyth, 614
Ty Gwydrin, 212

Tydain Tad Awen, Apollo, 193, 526
Tylwyth Têg, the British fairies, 156
U

Un Duw Uchaf, 103
Uncovered temples, 305-
Unity of God, 87, 103
Unspotted weapon of the bard, 326
Universal peace, 60
Urien of Reged, 59, 502
Uthyr Bendragon, 120, 187, 429, 557
Utter darkness, 190, 203

V

Vale of the beaver, scene of a mystical
conflict, 266

Vadimon, or Vandimon, Janus, Noah,
158, 159

Veil of the temple, 171, 562-of the
mystical lots, 483, 489
Venedotian, Vortigern, 361
Vervain, use of, 43-a sacred plant,
220-exhibited in the festival, 273-
used in casting lots, foretelling events,
&c. 275-several names of, ib.-
-an in-
gredient in the purifying cauldron, 276
Vessel with the iron door, 120
Viaticum of Llevoed, a moral poem, 83

TT

Vices of the gods, 254
Victims, when slain, 171
Vindication of the bards, 3
Vipers, 19-symbolical, 544
Vortigern, 329-treachery of, 335, &c.
341-deposed and re-elected, 341-
parricide and usurpation of, 342-
over-rules the British council, 361–
character and death of, 373-elegy
upon the death of, 380
Vortimer, elegy upon the death of, 336
-battles of, 357, c.
W

Wand of the bards, 206
Wandering island, 155
War deemed lawful by the druids, 61-
of the splendid mover, a sacred song,
510-war song of the Britons, 374-
warriors praised by Taliesin, 62
Warburton's account of the mysteries,
254

Water of inspiration, 40, 185, 213, 214
-of immortality, 227, 228-of the
cauldron, why poisonous, 220-of pu-
rification, 250-water-dweller, Hen-
gist, 328

Weapon not to be held naked in the pre-
sence of a bard, 60

Wear of Gwyddno, 238, 248
Web of heroism, a magical standard,

A.

A, natural expression of that vocal power

408

Ab, hab, av, hav, primitives, 474
Abaris, a Druid, 184-his country ascer-

tained from ancient writers, 189
Ac, ach, primitives. 480

Ad, adh, had, hadh, primitives, 487
Aedh, the Dis of the ancient Gauls, 167
Af, haf, primitives, 517
Ag, Hag, primitives, 496
Al, hal, primitives, 500
Alphabet of the Bards, 254-the same as
the Etruscan, 271-upon what prin-
ciples founded, 278-how copied
from nature, 328

Alphabets of trees, acknowledged by the
Arabians, Hebrews and Chaldeans,
305, &c.-inferred from metaphors,
306

Alphabets of the nations sprung from
one origin, 335

Am, ham, primitives, 506
An, han, primitives, 512

Analogy between the Bardic and Greek
letters, 329

Annwn, the deep, or lower regions, 175
Antediluvian, astronomy and chronology,
21, 28

Antediluvians, their advantages in the
acquisition of experience, 9
Ap, hap, primitives, 517
Apollo, worshipped in Britain, 190
Ar, har, primitives, 524
Armorican language, related to the
Welsh and Cornish, 220-its dialec-
tical difference from the Welsh existed
in the age of Cæsar, 221-a test of
Celtic dialects, 222

Articulate sounds have their appropriate
force in expressing ideas, 364
Arts cultivated by the Antediluvians, 9
As, has, primitives, 531

At, hat, primitives, 537
Authority and subordination essential to
civil society, 46
Authority, patriarchal, 48

B.

B, natural expression of that articulate

power, 441

Ba, Va-primitives, 475

Babylonians, visited Stonehenge, 196
Bards, Ancient British, 245-disciples
of the Druids, 246-profess druidism,
152,309-preserve druidical tradition,
152, 270

Be, ve, primitives, 476

Belgæ of Britain, whence, 208, &c.-
Celta, for the most part, 229
Bi, vi, primitives, 478

Boreada, name of the Druids, 189
Britain, probably colonized by a patri-
arch, who was born in the first postdi-
luvian century; that is, about 500
years after the deluge, or in the age
of Abraham, 104, &c.-the early his
tory of, an important study, 117
Britons, from Armorica, 167-traded

with Spain in their own vessels, 228
Bryant, objections to his opinion of the
aggrandisement of Nimrod's party, and
of the house of Ham, 115
Bu, vu, primitives, 480

C

C, natural expression of that articulate
power, 443

Ca, primitive, 482

Cad Goddeu, a mystical poem, 258
Cadmus, a Carian, 317-his letters, ib.
&c.

Ce, che, primitives, 483

Celta, state of society amongst them,
118-Noachidæ, 121-primitive inha
bitants of great part of Europe, 122—
descendants of Gomer, 123—and, pro-
bably, of Ashkenaz, 127-the Hy-
perboreans of early authors, 176-two
principal branches of, 211.
Celtic language, distinguished from the
Gothic, 215-essential to druidism,
218-fixed and established by druid-
ism, 223-preserved in Armorica to