The White Goddess

Page 78

by Robert Graves

Rhiannon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

rhinoceros 1

Rhun ap Maelgwn 1

Rhys Ieuanc 1, 2, 3

Rialto 1

Rig 1, 2

Rimmon 1, 2

robin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Robin Goodfellow 1, 2

Robin Hood 1, 2, 3, 4

Robin Hood’s Hatband 1

Robin Hood’s Steed 1

roe 1, 2, 3

roebuck 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

Romantic Revival 1, 2

Rome 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46

Romulus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

rook 1, 2

rose 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

round-barrow 1, 2, 3

rowan-tree 1, 2

Rudra 1n

runic 1

rye 1, 2

Sabaoth 1, 2

Sabazius 1, 2, 3, 4

Sabians 1, 2, 3

sacrament 1

Sadb 1

Saecular Games 1

Salamon 1

Salem 1, 2, 3

Salma 1, 2, 3

Salmaah 1, 2, 3

Salmakides 1

Salmalassus 1

Salman 1

Salmaone 1

salmon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Salmone 1, 2

Salmoneus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Salmydessus 1

Salome 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Samas 1, 2

Samothea 1

Samothes 1

Samothrace 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Sampsonians 1

Samson 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Sant 1

sapphire 1, 2

Sappho 1, 2, 3, 4

Sarah 1, 2

sard 1, 2

Sardinia 1, 2

satire 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Saturn 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

Saturnalia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Satyrs 1, 2

Saul 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Scald-crow 1

scape-goat 1, 2

scarlet thread 1

scarlet-oak 1

scholars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

scorpion 1, 2, 3

Scota 1, 2, 3

Scotia 1

Scritch-owl 1, 2

Scylla 1

sea-beasts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

sea-mew 1, 2, 3

seal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Seanchan Torpest 1, 2, 3, 4

Sein 1, 2

Seraph 1, 2, 3

Sergius Paulus 1

serpent 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43

serpent-goddess 1, 2

serpentine 1, 2

service-tree 1, 2

Set 1, 2, 3, 4, 5n, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10n, 11, 12, 13

Seth 1, 2

Seven Pillars 1, 2, 3, 4

Seven Trees 1, 2

seventy-two scholars 1

Sextus Tarquin 1

Shakalsha 1

Shakespeare 1, 2, 3n, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Shechem 1, 2

Shekinah 1, 2

Sheol 1, 2, 3

Sherdina 1

shew-bread 1

shoemakers 1

shoulder 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Shu 1

Sibyl 1, 2

Sicels 1

sickle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Sidhe 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Silbury Hill 1, 2

Silchester 1, 2

silver 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

Silver Island 1, 2

Silvia 1, 2, 3

Simeon 1, 2, 3

Simonides 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

sin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Sipylus 1

Sir Gawain’s Marriage 1

Sir Hugh Evans 1

Sir-rush 1, 2

sirens 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Sistrum 1

Sisyphus 1

Sitwell 1

Skelton 1, 2n, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Sleeping Beauty 1

Slieve Mis 1, 2, 3, 4

sloe 1, 2, 3

Smith-god 1, 2, 3

Smiths 1, 2, 3

Socrates 1, 2, 3, 4

Sodom 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Sodomy 1, 2

Solan-goose 1

Solomon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7n, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Solyma 1

Son of Man 1, 2, 3, 4

Songs of Ascent 1

Sophia 1, 2, 3

Soranus 1, 2

sorb-apple 1, 2

Sothic Year 1

Southam 1

Southey 1

sow 1, 2, 63n, 3n, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

sow-goddess 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

sparrow 1, 2

Spenser 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Sphinx 1, 2

spiral 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Spiral Castle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Spirit of the Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Spring Equinox 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Stacey 1

stag 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

stag-mummers 1

Star-son 1, 2, 3

starling 1

Stoke Gabriel 1

Stonehenge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

stork 1

sturgeon 1, 2, 3

Stymphalus 1, 2

Suibne Geilt 1

Suleyman 1

Summer Solstice 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

summer stars 1, 2, 3, 4

swallow 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

swan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

swastika 1, 2, 3

swine-herds 1

Sycorax 1, 2

Tabernacles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Tabor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Taenarum 1

Taenarus 1, 2

Tailltean Games 1, 2

Taliesin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38n, 39, 40

Talmai 1

Talus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Tamar 1, 2

Tammuz 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Tanist 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Tannus 1, 2

Tantalus 1, 2, 3, 4

Taprobane 1, 2

Taranis 363n

Taras 1

Tarquin 1, 2, 3

Tartara 363n

Tartessus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6n

tattooing 1

Tau 1, 2, 3, 4

Tegid Voel 1, 2, 3

Telchines 1

Tell Amarna 1, 2, 3

Telmen 1, 2, 3

Tempe 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Tempest, The 1, 2, 3

Ten Commandments 1, 2, 3

Teraphim 1

Terebinth Fair 1

Tereus 1, 2n

Terpsichore 1

Tesup 1

Tethra 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Tethys 1, 2

Tetractys 1, 2, 3

Tetragrammaton 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8

Tewdwr 1, 2

Thaleia 1

Thasus 1

Thebes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Themis 1, 2, 3, 4

Theophilus 1, 2, 3, 4

Therapeutae 1

Theseus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Thespiae 1

Thetis 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 11

Thidrandi 1

Thomas of Erceldoune 1, 2, 3

Thor 1, 2

Thoth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Three Crimson-stained Ones 1

Three Graces 1, 2, 3, 4

Three Grey Ones 1, 2

Three Happy Astronomers 1

Three Maries 1, 2

thrush 1

thunderbolts 1, 2

Thyone 1

Thyrsus 1, 2, 3, 4

Tiamat 1, 2, 3, 4

Tibarenians 1

tiger 1, 2

tin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Tina 1

Titania 1

Titans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Tithonus and Aurora 1

Titian 1

Titias 1, 2

titmouse 1

titulus 1, 2

Tityus 1, 2

Tlaloc 1

toad 1, 2, 3, 4

toadstool 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Tobit 1, 2

Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song 1, 2

tooth 1, 2

Transcendent God 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Tree of Dathi 1, 2

Tree of Life 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Tree of Mugna 1, 2

Tree of Ross 1, 2

Tree of Tortu 1, 2

Tree of Usnech 1, 2

trefoil 1, 2, 3, 4

Trefuilngid Tre-eochair 1

Tresse 1

Triads 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Triptolemus 1, 2, 3

Triton 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Tritonis 1

Trojan horse 1

Trojans 1, 2

trout 1, 2

troveres 1, 2, 3

Troy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Troy Town 1, 2, 3

Troy-game 1

Tuatha 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Tubal Cain 1

tugen 1

tunny 1

turtle-dove 1

tutor 1, 2, 3, 4

twin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

Twrch Trwyth 1

Typhon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Tyrconnell 1

Tyre 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Tyro 1

Tyrrhenians 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Uath Mac Immomuin 1

unicorn 1, 2, 3, 4

Uraeus 1, 2

Urania 1, 2, 3, 4

Uranus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Uriah 1

Uriel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Urien ap Cynvarch 1

Varuna 1, 2

Venus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10n, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Venus Cloacina 1

Venus Erycina 1, 2

Veranus 1

Vergil of Toledo 1

Vesta 1, 2, 3, 4

Vestals 1, 2

Victoria 1, 2, 3

vine 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

Virgil 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Virgin Mary 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Vivien 1

Vortigern 1, 2

Vulcan 1, 2, 3n, 4

Vulture 1, 2

Wakes Week 1

Waning Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

War of the Bulls 1, 2

Waxing Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

weasel 1, 2

weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Well of the Antelope’s Jawbone 1

were-wolf 1

whale 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

wheel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

whistling for wind 1

White Goddess 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69

White Hill 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

White Hind 1, 2

whitethorn 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Wicklow Hills 1

Wieland 1

Wife of Usher’s Well 1n

wild olive 1, 2, 3, 4

wild-ass unicorn 1

William Rowan Hamilton 1, 2

William Rufus 1, 2

willow-tree 1

Winds of Fate 1

wine-god 1, 2, 3

winnowing feast 1

Winter Solstice 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

wisdom 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43

witch cult 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6n, 7, 8,9

witch’s besom 1

Woden 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

wolf 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Wolf-goddess 1

woodbine 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

woodpecker 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

work of the chariot 1, 2, 3

world-egg 1

Wotan 1, 2

wothyhi 1, 2

Wrath of Achilles 1

wren 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

wryneck 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Wyatt 1, 2, 3

Xisuthros 1

yew-tree 1

Ygdrasill 1, 2

Yngona 1

Yr Awdil Vraith 1, 2

Yule 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Zagreus 1, 2, 3, 4n, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Zakkala 1

Zarah 1

Zebulon 1, 2, 3

Zedekiah 1

Zelos 1

Zeno 1

Zetes 1, 2, 3

Zeus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61

Zeus Marnas 1

Ziggorath 1

Zio 1

zither 1

Zivis 1

Zodiac 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Zone 1, 2

Zoroastrians 1

About the Author

Robert Graves (1895–1985) was a poet, novelist and critic. His first volume of poems, Over the Brazier (1916), reflected his experiences in the trenches, and was followed by many works of poetry, non-fiction and fiction. He is best known for his novel, I, Claudius (1934), which won the Hawthornden and James Tait Black memorial prizes and for his influential The White Goddess (1948).

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