R, ruis, the dwarf elder in Ogham. The rochat, or ... - Rodney Mackay

person with something stuck in the throat, hoarse cry or
voice, a rook, a retching sound.
Also, the steward of the love-god Aonghas Og who had
a son by the wife of Donn. The infuriated god crushed the
child’s head between his legs but Roc used druidic arts to
revive it as a huge boar (lacking ears and a tail). Roc
charged the boar with following the career of Donn’s own
son Diarmuid and it eventually gored and killed the hero.
ROCABARRA, a largely invisible rock seen off the Hebrides
of Scotland. It has been seen twice and its third appearance
is expected to herald the end of the worlds of men and the
gods.
ROCAS, the rook, a crow, roc, the voice of a crow, from N.
hrokr, AS. hróc, the English rook. Confers with G. ròc, a
hoarse voice., Bry. roc’ha, to snore. After the steward of
Aonghas Og. Roc had a illegitimate son by the wife of Don,
the father of Diarmuid ua Duibhne. The angered husband
broke the child over his knee, but Rocas touched it with his
magic wand and it was reincarnated as an earless tailless
boar. This was the boar that destroyed Diarmuid. A totem
of all the sea-people. See snaithean.
ROIN, ROINEAG, RIOINN, RIONNEAG, Ir. roine, a hair,
especially the hair from a horse, Cy. rhawn, long coarse
black hair, Bry. reun, a hair or bristle, Skr. roman, hair, cf.
Ir. ruain, the hair from the tail of a horse or cow. Based on
Rhiannon the dark-haired Welsh goddess who the Gaels
called Samh or Mhorrigan. These hairs were considered to
have magical properties. See snaithean. See romhan. In
Romano-Gaul the goddess Epona, “divine Horse,” became the
favourite with the Roman horse-legions. Her worship may
have been introduced into Britain at the time of the
invasions. At the least, her attributes became fused with
those of Rhiannon and the Irish goddess Macha. Another
Irish “goddess” who may be connected was Etain Echraide,
“The Horse-ride,” the wife of Midir and of the king Eochaid
Airem. There is a single enigmatic Gaelic verse that alludes