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BOOK OF HERGEST, THE RED. Forms main source of tales in the “Mabinogion,” 344; the story of Taliesin

Date of account: Published 1911
Source: Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race
Reference: Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race · selected passage 158
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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59; Dermot of the Love Spot, friend of, 261; weds Grania, 261; Oisīn, son of, 261; Geena mac Luga, one of the men of, 262; teaches the maxims of the Fianna to mac Luga, 262, 263; Murna, the mother of, 266; Bran and Skolawn, hounds of, 266-269; weds Saba, 267; Saba taken from, by enchantment, 268; Niam of the Golden Hair comes to, 270; experience in the enchanted cave, 277, 278; Goll rescues, 277, 278; gives his daughter Keva to Goll, 278; “The Chase of Slievegallion” and, 278-280; “The Masque of,” by Mr. Standish O’Grady, 280, 281; the Hard Gilly (Gilla Dacar) and, 292-295; Grania and, 296-304; bewails Oscar’s death, 306; in all Ossianic literature no complete narrative of death of, 308; tradition says he lies in trance in enchanted cave, like Kaiser Barbarossa, 308

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