CHAPTER VI.

The Lay of the Great Fool--Summary of the Prose Opening--The

Aryan Expulsion and Return Formula--Comparison with the

Mabinogi, Sir Perceval, and the Conte du Graal--Comparison

with various Gaelic märchen, the Knight of the Red Shield,

the Rider of Grianaig--Originality of the Highland tale--

Comparison with the Fionn legend--Summary of the Lay of the

Great Fool--Comparison with the stag hunt incident in the

Conte du Graal and the Mabinogi--The folk-tale of the twin

brethren--The fight against the witch who brings the dead to

life in Gerbert and the similar incident in the folk-tale of

the Knight of the Red Shield--Comparison with the original

form of the Mabinogi--Originality of Gerbert page 152

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