[43]Perseus, vol. iii. p. 15.
[44]Cf. The Cuchullin Saga, Grimm Library, vol. viii. p. 81.
[45]Vol. i. p. 96.
[46]Cf. supra, p. 23.
[47]A reference to Fortunio, one of the tales of our group, included in the fifteenth century collection of Straparola.
[48]The additions in italics are mine.—J. L. W.
[49]To this our present investigation enables us to add that while M. Cosquin’s shepherd lad unites the pastoral features with the courtly tournament, the Greek variant retains the flying steeds and gives us the tournament to boot.
[50]The number is of course far greater, but Mr. Campbell unfortunately did not live to know the Contes Lorrains or the Perseus.
[51]Popular Tales of the West Highlands, vol. iv. pp. 277, 278.
[52]‘The Black Horse,’ More Celtic Fairy Tales, p. 226.