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92 Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race[113]do, he answered that he was a carpenter.“We are in no need of a carpenter,” said the doorkeeper; “wehave an excellent one in Luchta son of Luchad.” “I am a smithtoo,” said Lugh. “We have a master-smith,” said the doorkeeper,“already.” “Then I am a warrior,” said Lugh. “We do not needone,” said the doorkeeper, “while we have Ogma.” Lugh goeson to name all the occupations and arts he can think of—he isa poet, a harper, a man of science, a physician, a spencer, andso forth, always receiving the answer that a man of supremeaccomplishment in that art is already installed at the court ofNuada. “Then ask the King,” said Lugh, “if he has in his serviceany one man who is accomplished in every one of these arts,and if he have, I shall stay here no longer, nor seek to enter hispalace.” Upon this Lugh is received, and the surname Ildánachis conferred upon him, meaning “The All-Craftsman,” Prince ofall the Sciences; while another name that he commonly bore wasLugh Lamfada, or Lugh of the Long Arm. We are reminded here,as de Jubainville points out, of the Gaulish god whom Caesaridentifies with Mercury, “inventor of all the arts,” and to whomthe Gauls put up many statues. The Irish myth supplements thisinformation and tells us the Celtic name of this deity.When Lugh came from the Land of the Living he broughtwith him many magical gifts. There was the Boat of Mananan,son of Lir the Sea God, which knew a man's thoughts and wouldtravel whithersoever he would, and the Horse of Mananan, thatcould go alike over land and sea, and a terrible sword namedFragarach (“The Answerer”), that could cut through any mail.So equipped, he appeared one day before an assembly of theDanaan chiefs who were met to pay their tribute to the envoys ofthe Fomorian oppressors; and when the Danaans saw him, theyfelt, it is said, as if they beheld the rising of the sun on a drysummer's day. Instead of paying the tribute, they, under Lugh'sleadership, attacked the Fomorians, all of whom were slain butnine men, and these were sent back to tell Balor that the Danaans
CHAPTER III: THE IRISH INVASION MYTHS 93defied him and would pay no tribute henceforward. Balor thenmade him ready for battle, and bade his captains, when they hadsubdued the Danaans, make fast the island by cables to theirships and tow it far northward to the Fomorian regions of ice andgloom, where it would trouble them no longer.The Quest of the Sons of TurennLugh, on his side, also prepared for the final combat; but toensure victory certain magical instruments were still needed for [114]him, and these had now to be obtained. The story of the questof these objects, which incidentally tells us also of the end ofLugh's father, Kian, is one of the most valuable and curious inIrish legend, and formed one of a triad of mythical tales whichwere reckoned as the flower of Irish romance. 85Kian, the story goes, was sent northward by Lugh to summonthe fighting men of the Danaans in Ulster to the hosting against theFomorians. On his way, as he crosses the Plain of Murthemney,near Dundalk, he meets with three brothers, Brian, Iuchar, andIucharba, sons of Turenn, between whose house and that of Kianthere was a blood-feud. He seeks to avoid them by changing intothe form of a pig and joining a herd which is rooting in the plain,but the brothers detect him and Brian wounds him with a castfrom a spear. Kian, knowing that his end is come, begs to beallowed to change back into human form before he is slain. “I hadliefer kill a man than a pig,” says Brian, who takes throughoutthe leading part in all the brothers' adventures. Kian then standsbefore them as a man, with the blood from Brian's spear tricklingfrom his breast. “I have outwitted ye,” he cries, “for if ye hadslain a pig ye would have paid but the eric [blood-fine] of a pig,85 The other two were “The Fate of the Children of Lir” and “The Fate ofthe Sons of Usna.” The stories of the Quest of the Sons of Turenn and that ofthe Children of Lir have been told in full by the author in his “High Deeds ofFinn and other Bardic Romances,” and that of the “Sons of Usna” (the DeirdreLegend) by Miss Eleanor Hull in her “Cuchulain,” both published by Harrapand Co
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PREFACE 3Warwickshire, Leicestershi
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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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311like gold, and sitting on a pure
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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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325beneath his dignity to take veng
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327rules over the one-and-twenty ca
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329river Conway is still called the
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331special circumstances, and Blode
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333The Story of Lludd and LlevelysT
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337after them a poisoned dart. Bedw
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341Here let us pause for a moment t
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343And first Kai was overthrown, an
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345him sleeping, and doubted her fa
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349lord, had been lamed. Peredur ha
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351that the Graal was the Cup of th
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353promoting increase, wealth, and
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355More remotely still the cauldron
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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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367AMYN´TAS II.King of Macedon, de
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369ARIÁNROD. Sister of Gwydion;pr
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371AVON DIA. Duel between Cuchulain
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373BEN´DIGEID VRAN, or “BRAN THE
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375BŌV THE RED.King of the Danaans
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377BRIGINDO.Equivalents, Brigit and
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379BURY, PROFESSOR.Remarks of, rega
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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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397DECIES. Son of King of the, wooe
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399DINÓDIG. Cantrev of, over whic
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401EBER DONN (Brown Eber). Milesian
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403ERINN (ERIN). See Eriu, 132;refe
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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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413GAE BOLG. The thrust of, taught
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415GERM(ghermawn—g hard). Diuran
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417GOWRA (GABHRA). References to Os
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421HEININ.Bard at Arthur's court, 4
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423INDIA. Dolmens found in, 53;symb
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425IRON AGE. The ship a well-recogn
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427JOHN, MR. IVOR B. His opinion of
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429KIAN. Father of Lugh, 109;brothe
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431LAND OF THE DEAD. “Spain” a
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433LISMORE. “The Dean of Lismore'
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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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439MALORY. Anticipated by Wace, 338
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441MATIÈRE DE FRANCE. Source of Ro
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443MILED.1. Sons of;conquer the Peo
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445MOYTURA, PLAIN OF.1. Scene of Fi
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447NECHTAN. Dūn of the sons of, 19
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449NUTT, MR. ALFRED. Reference to,
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451OSSIANIC SOCIETY. “Transaction
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453PLINY. Religion of magic discuss
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455RATH GRANIA. King Cormac and Fin
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461STRABO. Characteristics of Celts
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463TELLTOWN (TELTIN). Palace at, of
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465TUATHA DE DANANN (thoo'a-haw day
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467VALLEY OF THE THRUSHES. Oisīn's
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