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220 Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race[257]none of it himself, but to tell him when it was ready. When thelad brought the salmon, Finegas saw that his countenance waschanged. “Hast thou eaten of the salmon?” he asked. “Nay,”said Finn, “but when I turned it on the spit my thumb was burnt,and I put it to my mouth.” “Take the Salmon of Knowledge andeat it,” then said Finegas, “for in thee the prophecy is come true.And now go hence, for I can teach thee no more.”After that Finn became as wise as he was strong and bold, andit is said that whenever he wished to divine what would befall,or what was happening at a distance, he had but to put his thumbin his mouth and bite it, and the knowledge he wished for wouldbe his.Finn and the GoblinAt this time Goll son of Morna was the captain of the Fiannaof Erin, but Finn, being come to man's estate, wished to takethe place of his father Cumhal. So he went to Tara, and duringthe Great Assembly, when no man might raise his hand againstany other in the precincts of Tara, he sat down among the king'swarriors and the Fianna. At last the king marked him as a strangeramong them, and bade him declare his name and lineage. “I amFinn son of Cumhal,” said he, “and I am come to take servicewith thee, O King, as my father did.” The king accepted himgladly, and Finn swore loyal service to him. No long time afterthat came the period of the year when Tara was troubled by agoblin or demon that came at nightfall and blew fire-balls againstthe royal city, setting it in flames, and none could do battle withhim, for as he came he played on a harp a music so sweet thateach man who heard it was lapped in dreams, and forgot all elseon earth for the sake of listening to that music. When this wastold to Finn he went to the king and said: “Shall I, if I slay thegoblin, have my father's place as captain of the Fianna?” “Yea,surely,” said the king, and he bound himself to this by an oath.Now there were among the men-at-arms an old follower ofFinn's father, Cumhal, who possessed a magic spear with a head
CHAPTER VI: TALES OF THE OSSIANIC CYCLE 221of bronze and rivets of Arabian gold. The head was kept lacedup in a leathern case; and it had the property that when the nakedblade was laid against the forehead of a man it would fill him [258]with a strength and a battle-fury that would make him invinciblein every combat. This spear the man Fiacha gave to Finn, andtaught him how to use it, and with it he awaited the coming of thegoblin on the ramparts of Tara. As night fell and mists began togather in the wide plain around the Hill he saw a shadowy formcoming swiftly towards him, and heard the notes of the magicharp. But laying the spear to his brow he shook off the spell, andthe phantom fled before him to the Fairy Mound of Slieve Fuad,and there Finn overtook and slew him, and bore back his head toTara.Then Cormac the King set Finn before the Fianna, and badethem all either swear obedience to him as their captain or seekservice elsewhere. And first of all Goll mac Morna swore service,and then all the rest followed, and Finn became Captain of theFianna of Erin, and ruled them till he died.Finn's Chief Men: Conan mac LiaWith the coming of Finn the Fianna of Erin came to their glory,and with his life their glory passed away. For he ruled them as noother captain ever did, both strongly and wisely, and never borea grudge against any, but freely forgave a man all offences savedisloyalty to his lord. Thus it is told that Conan, son of the lordof Luachar, him who had the Treasure Bag and whom Finn slewat Rath Luachar, was for seven years an outlaw and marauder,harrying the Fians and killing here a man and there a hound, andfiring dwellings, and raiding their cattle. At last they ran him to acorner at Carn Lewy, in Munster, and when he saw that he couldescape no more he stole upon Finn as he sat down after a chase,and flung his arms round him from behind, holding him fast andmotionless. Finn knew who held him thus, and said: “What wilt [259]thou, Conan?” Conan said: “To make a covenant of service andfealty with thee, for I may no longer evade thy wrath.” So Finn
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285CHAPTER VIII: MYTHS ANDTALES OF
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287graphically not by a bounding li
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289NenniusThe earliest extant menti
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291wonderful success. It was speedi
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293doubt they were largely Breton.
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295Conqueror into England. 212 The
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301Anlawdd++--------------------+--
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303the original community of Gaelic
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305“I come from battle and confli
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307Sun-god into the western sea, an
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317giant form of Bran. They carouse
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323be weary. “Let us go into Lloe
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333The Story of Lludd and LlevelysT
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337after them a poisoned dart. Bedw
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357cauldron, and a blind man named
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359days past, but my wife has never
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361main current of the development
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363To render these names accurately
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365AILBACH (el-yach)Fortress in Co.
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375BŌV THE RED.King of the Danaans
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381CAULDRON OF ABUNDANCE. See equiv
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383ranges of the Balkans and Carpat
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385CHRY´SOSTOM, DION.Testimony of,
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387CONANN.Fomorian king, 101CONÁR
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389his death caused by Conall's “
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391CUCHULAIN (CUCHULLIN) (coo-hoo´
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393CUMHAL (cooál). Chief of the C
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395DALNY. Queen of Partholan, 96DAM
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401EBER DONN (Brown Eber). Milesian
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405EXCALIBUR.See Caliburn, 338, and
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407FERÁMORC.The kingdom of, over
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409FIANNA (feeánna) OF ERIN, THE.
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411Grania and, 296-304;bewails Osca
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435LUGH (loo), or LUGUS.1. See Apol
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437MACHA. Daughter of Red Hugh, 151
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449NUTT, MR. ALFRED. Reference to,
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453PLINY. Religion of magic discuss
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467VALLEY OF THE THRUSHES. Oisīn's
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