Myths and legends ; the Celtic race . s end is come, begs to be allowedto change back into human form before he is had liefer kill a man than a pig, says Brian, whotakes throughout the leading part in all the brothersadventures. Kian then stands before them as a man,with the blood from Brians spear trickling from hisbreast. I have outwitted ye, he cries, for if yehad slain a pig ye would have paid but the eric [blood-fine] of a pig, but now ye shall pay the eric of a man ;never was greater eric than that which ye shall pay ;and the weapons ye slay me with shall tell the tale tothe aven
Myths and legends ; the Celtic race . s end is come, begs to be allowedto change back into human form before he is had liefer kill a man than a pig, says Brian, whotakes throughout the leading part in all the brothersadventures. Kian then stands before them as a man,with the blood from Brians spear trickling from hisbreast. I have outwitted ye, he cries, for if yehad slain a pig ye would have paid but the eric [blood-fine] of a pig, but now ye shall pay the eric of a man ;never was greater eric than that which ye shall pay ;and the weapons ye slay me with shall tell the tale tothe avenger of blood. Then you shall be slain with no weapons at all, ^ The other two were The Fate of the Children of Lir and The Fate of the Sons of Usna. The stories of the Quest of the Sonsof Turenn and that of the Children of Lir have been told in full bythe author in his High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances,and that of the Sons of Usna (the Deirdre Legend) by MissEleanor Hull in her Cuchulain, both published by Harrap and Co114. The Boat of Mananan 114 THE QUEST OF THE SONS OF TURENM says Brian, and he and the brothers stone him to deathand bury him in the ground as deep as the height of aman. But when Lugh shortly afterwards passes that waythe stones on the plain cry out and tell him of hisfathers murder at the hands of the sons of uncovers the body, and, vowing vengeance, returnsto Tara. Here he accuses the sons of Turenn beforethe High King, and is permitted to have them executed,or to name the eric he will accept in remission of thatsentence. Lugh chooses to have the eric, and he namesit as follows, concealing things of vast price, and in-volving unheard-of toils, under the names of commonobjects : Three apples, the skin of a pig, a spear, achariot with two horses, seven swine, a hound, acooking-spit, and, finally, to give three shouts on a brothers bind themselves to pay the fine, andLugh then declares the meaning of it. The threeapples are those w
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