presaged in personal names 400–1
reaches heaven 407–8
unageing 409
undying, unfading 396–7, 406, 408–10
unending 409–10
valued above life 402–3
won in combat 401–2
fate, Fates 379–86
Fata, Fata Scribunda 386
‘father begetter’ 87
father and son combat 440–2
fathers, going to join 393–4
Father Sky 170–1
female deities 138–41
Feretrius 248
Fer fio macc Fabri 378 n. 8, 384
Fergus mac Léite 444
ferryman of dead 389–90
fetter of death 489
fili 28, 30, 59
Finno-Ugric peoples 22–3, 149, 156 n. 123,
346, 352 n. 42, 368, 418
loan-words from IE 167, 231, 251
Fintan mac Bóchra 379
Fir Bolg 143, 162
fire 135
acquisition myths 272–4
fire-drilling 267, 272–3
fire gods, god Fire 145, 265–70
fire in waters, see Apa ̄m napa ̄t
Fjo ̨ rgynn, Fjo ̨ rgyn 140, 175, 241–2, 250
Flamen Dialis 419
flying imagery 44–5, 466–7, 485
Folde 177
Fomoire 164, 300
‘foot’ as metrical term 59–60
Former Gods 162–4
formulaic style 76
Forssman, Bernhard 352
forts 452–4
Fraŋrasyan 271, 277
Franks 200
Fravashis 484
Freyr and Freyja 140
‘friend to friend’ 114
friendship with gods 130
Frı ̄g, Frigg, Frîja 144
funerals 496–503
funeral games 501–2
honorific circling of tomb 502–3
Gabiae 132 n. 44
Gaelic oral tradition 17, 199, 216, 265, 370 n.
84, 390, 446
Gaia, Ge 174, 176, 179
Gandharvas 284–5
Garanus 262
Garm 392
gates, see doors
Ga ̄tha ̄s 14
metres 50
Gauls, Gaulish 16, 412
inscriptions 16, 52–3, 123, 125, 306, 333
verse 52–3
see also Caesar; Celts
Gayo ̄mart 358, 376
Gdanmaa 176
gender, grammatical 135–6, 143–4, 162, 174,
194–5, 274
of rivers 274
genealogies 70
genetic language in cosmogony 354–5
genres 63–72
Germanic tradition 17–18, 22
versification 54, 58
see also Caesar; Tacitus
Geryon(eus) 260–1, 262 n. 78, 300
Giants 126, 161, 165, 250, 297–302
primal giant 356–9
Gilgamesh epic 87 n. 38
Gimbutas, Marija 140, 498 n. 152
Ginnunga Gap 356
glory, see fame
gnomic verse 71–2
goat cars 152, 240, 248, 250, 282
goblins 293–5
god, gods 120–65
‘all the gods’ 122, 127
animal/bird transformations 152–3
announces identity 133
as celestials 120, 125, 126, 167–8, 181
as immortals 127
as king, father, herdsman 131
assembly 150–1
assist in battle 483–4
‘best, highest’, etc. 129–30
birth stories 312–13
‘celebrated’ 129
cosmic strides 152
distort doomed man’s perceptions 488–9
flying-shoes 152
food and drink 157–60
gait, unblinking gaze 133
givers of good things 132
goddesses 138–41, 143–6
‘God only knows’ 477
‘gods and men’ 100
golden limbs, possessions 153–4Index 515