Tarvos Trigaranus. Gaulish. "The Bull with Three Cranes." A relief found on a pillar in 1711 in Notre Dame along with a relief showing the Gaulish god Esus. The Divine Bull with a triad of Otherwotld birds is a familiar feature of insular Celtic tradition. The scenes shown on these two reliefs are obviously an episode from some myth. We would not be making a too wild guess to see some connection with the Brown Bull of Cuailgne (see Tain).

Tea. [I] See Tara. Tech Duinn. [I] The House of Donn, the gathering place of the dead, said to be an island lying to the southwest of Ireland presided over by Donn, god of the dead. There is an obvious parallel with Welsh " mythology. for Annwn (the Otherworld and place of the dead) is perceived as an island lying off southwest Wales (Dyfed), sometimes as Lundy Island. ,

Tech Screpta. Sometimes Teach Screpta. The libraries of ancient Ireland presided over by leabhar-coimdaech. Many of these libraries were destroyed during the Viking raids.

Tegid Foel. [W] Husband of Ceridwen at Penllyn. He is the father of Afagddu, the ugliest man in the world. and of Morfan, a warrior so ugly that no man would fight him at Camlann. fearing he was a devil.

Teirnyon. [W] See Teyrnon. Tethra. [I] A Fomorii who seemed to be a sea god. He owned the , sword Orna, formed by Ogma. which was, significantly, picked up by Manannin Mac Lir at the second battle of Magh Tuireadh.

Teutates. Gaulish god likened to Mercury by Caesar. The root of the name is retained in Irish, Welsh, and Breton and signifies "the people." It is argued that it was the Celts who designated the Germanic people crowding on their 'eastern borders as "the people," or Teutons, which name has survived as a designation for any .. speaker of a Germanic language. Teutates was therefore thought to be a "tribal god." The Gauls, says Caesar, "regard him as the inventor of all the arts, the god who directs men upon their journeys and their most powerful helper in trading and getting money."

Teyrnon. [W] Lord of Gwent Is-Coed. He always releases the colt that his mare foals on Beltaine, May Eve. Keeping watch, he sees a great claw come through the stable window and seize the newborn colt. He strikes off the claw with his sword and then rushes out. He fails to see anything, but on his return to the stable he finds that a child, in swaddling clothes, has been left at the door. He and his wife bring up the child as their own son. Later they learn the child is the son of Pwyll and Rhiannon and return it. The boy is named Pryderi. The name Teyrnon is also given as Ternan but refers to a sixth century Christian missionary to the Picts and is thought to be one and the same with the Cornish St. Erney, whose name is remembered at St. Erney near St. Germans and also at North Hill east of Bodmin Moor, where the name is recorded as St. Torney. Teyrnon and other early Celtic Christian saints are frequently mixed up with mythological characters.

Three, Significance of. See Triads.

Tigernmas. [I] "Lord of death." Son of Follach. A High King who is said to have introduced the worship of an idol called Cromm Cruach (Blood Crescent), which involved human sacrifice at the feast of Samhain. Tigernmas was slain during the frenzied worship of the idol.

Tiobraide Tireach. [I] An Ulster king who slew Conn of the Hundred Battles.

Tir. [I] The Irish word for "land" or "country." Tlachtga. [I] A goddess who is also the daughter of the druid Mug Ruith of Munster. She produced three sons by different fathers at one birth and died in the process. She gave her name to the Hill of Tlachtga, now the Hill of Ward, Co. Meath, which is associated with the Samhain Festival.

Tobar. The Irish word for "well." See Wells.

Torc Triath. [W] King of Boars. Sometimes given as the Orc- Triath. This is the Irish equivalent of the Welsh Twrch Trwyth, hunted in the story of Culhwch and Olwen. The Torc Triath is listed as being among the possessions of the fertility goddess Brigid, daughter of the Dagda.

Tory Island. [I] Chief island of the Fomorii. The name derives from torach (tower-like), which is an apt description of the island. However, it is here that Conann built his tower, which the Nemedians attacked, and that Balor of the Evil Eye had his daughter imprisoned in a tower of crystal.

Trachmyr. [W] One of Arthur's two herdsmen. The other was Eli. Transmigration of Souls. A basic pre-Christian belief among the ancient Celts. See Otherworld. Souls migrated from the Land of the Living to the Land of the Dead and vice versa. They also migrated through various births. Not only could people be reborn as other people, they could go through various changes. Fintan survived the Deluge by changing into a salmon. Gwion Bach also achieved several changes.

Treasure Bag of the Fianna. [I] It contained numerous articles with magical properties, such as the knife and shirt of Manannin Mac Lir. It was made form the skin of Aoife, who was killed while in the form of a crane. Also known as the "Crane Bag."