Footnote 1240:[(return)]

O'Grady, ii. 290. In this story the sea is identified with Fiachna's wife.

Footnote 1241:[(return)]

Joyce, OCR 253 f.

Footnote 1242:[(return)]

IT iii. 211 f.; D'Arbois, ii. 185.

Footnote 1243:[(return)]

O'Curry, MS. Mat. 388.

Footnote 1244:[(return)]

A similar idea occurs in many Fian tales.

Footnote 1245:[(return)]

Evans, Welsh Dict. s.v. "Annwfn"; Anwyl, 60; Gaidoz, ZCP i. 29 f.

Footnote 1246:[(return)]

Loth, i. 27 f.; see p. [111], supra.

Footnote 1247:[(return)]

Pp. [106], [112], supra.

Footnote 1248:[(return)]

Guest, iii. 75; Loth, i. 29 f.

Footnote 1249:[(return)]

Skene, i. 264, 276. Cf. the Ille tournoiont of the Graal romances and the revolving houses of Märchen. A revolving rampart occurs in "Maelduin" (RC x. 81).