Di Consentes 122 n. 8
Dieva de ̄li, Die ̃vo sune ̃liai 152, 186–7, 189,
228–9, 235
Die ̃vas, Dievs 167, 170–1
Dimstapatis 270
Dindshenchas 17
Dione 140, 192
Dionysus 175, 182, 417
Dioskouroi 186–9, 190 n. 81, 230–2
identified with Morning/Evening Stars 234
Dius Fidius 166, 172
Divs (Armenian) 176
Diwo ̄na ̄ 192
Diwya 140, 192
Dnieper 259, 278, 285
dogs
detect gods 134
feast on battle carnage 476, 491–2, 499
guard way to underworld 392
dokana 191
Dolaya ̄tra ̄ festival 213
Donar 249
Donbettyr 285–6
Donn, house of 388
doors and gates
heroes’ massive doors 426
of song 44
of heaven 170, 222–3
of underworld (and doorkeeper) 391
Dospota ̄s 138, 270
dragons 255–9, 430, 444
guarding treasure 430
of the deep 347–9
dramatic songs 68–9
Drangue 259
Draupadı ̄ 438
drink of sovereignty 416
druí, Druids 27–8, 30, 71, 72, 331, 359
duels 486–7
Dumézil, Georges 4, 276–7, 448
Dunkel, G. E. 192
Durante, Marcello 4, 72–3, 482
Dusii, duz 294
dvandva 100–1, 125 n. 18
dwarfs 161, 295–6, 462
Dyaus 166–71, 181, 184–6
Dyeus 166–73, 238
all-seeing/-knowing 171–3
as bull 184–5
as father 170–1, 181–6
doors 170
‘great’ 169
house 169–70
rain/clouds 169
earth, Earth 173–85
as mother 175–8, 179, 180, 181–3
all-bearing/-nurturing 179
as cow 184–5
back, bones, hair, navel 344–5
broad 178–9
dark 179–80
receives dead 180, 388
Easter 214, 217–18, 227, 236
‘eating’ the heart 88
fire ‘eats’ 268 n. 100
Echaid 146
Edda 18, 62
Egeria 288
eggs 231–2, 236
Egyptian cosmology 348
eisteddfod 72
elative expressions 112
Eleuthera, -ai, -eus 145
elixir of life 158–60
Eliya ̄na 285
elves 295, 296–7, 462
Elysium 349
emotions, idioms for describing 87–9
Empedocles 42, 80
Eochaid Mairccend 206
Eos, see Dawn goddess
Eostre 217, 227
epanadiplosis 106
epanalepsis 106–7
epic 68
epithets, ornamental 83–5
Epomeduos 418
Epona 137, 146, 418
Erce 177
Éremón 142–3
Erigone 226, 236
*ermina-, *ermana- 143
Etas ́a 203
Eteocles 400, 420, 472
eternity, expressions of 85–6
Etruscan 5 n. 11
etymological play on god’s name 324–5
Euenus 284 n. 13
Euripides 182, 315–16, 343, 500
Europa 185
Euryphaessa 219
eye taken by stream 278fable, see animal fable
fame 396–8, 400–4, 406–10
dependent on poetry 403–4
great, high, wide 407
linked with weapon/chariot 460514 Index