Tara

[I] Temuir and Temair in Old Irish. The site in County Meath that was the main royal residence of the High Kings and was regarded as the Irish capital. The name derives from the goddess Tea, wife of Eremon, the first Milesian High King. The ancient site dates back to 2000 b.c. and includes an intricate complex of fortifications. Five roads anciently led to provinces, three of which are still discernible. It is said that St. Ruadán (Ronán) of Lorrha pronounced a curse against Tara in a.d. 560 and this led to its abandonment as the seat of the High Kings. However, the annals show that as late as a.d. 786 Tara was neither cursed nor neglected.

Taranus

According to Caesar, the Gaulish god who “held the empire of the skies” and whom he likened to the Roman Jupiter. The name means “thunderer.” A Taran occurs in Welsh myth as the father of Gluneu.

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 Otherworld 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 Táin).

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 Manannán Mac Lir at the second battle of Magh Tuireadh.