CHAPTER VIII.

The Fisher King in the Conte du Graal, in the Queste, and in

Borron and the Grand St. Graal--The accounts of latter

complete each other--The Fish is the Salmon of Wisdom--

Parallel with the Fionn Saga--The nature of the Unspelling

Quest--The Mabinogi of Taliesin and its mythological

affinities--Brons, Bran, Cernunnos--Perceval's silence: Conte

du Graal explanation late; explanation from the Fionn Saga--

Comparison of incident with _geasa_; nature of latter;

references to it in Celtic folk-tales and in old Irish

literature, Book of Rights, Diarmaid, Cuchulainn--_Geasa_ and

_taboo_ page 207

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