“Then one of my sons must get the Sword of Light,” Caintigern said. “Tell me where they must go to get knowledge of where it is.”
“Only the Gobaun Saor knows where the Sword of Light is,” said Aefa.
“The Gobaun Saor! Can he be seen by men?” said Caintigern.
“He can be seen,” said Aefa. “And there is one—the Little Sage of the Mountain—who can tell what road to go to find the Gobaun Saor.”
“Then,” said Caintigern, “my two sons, Dermott and Downal, will ride out to-morrow to find the Little Sage of the Mountain, and the Gobaun Saor, so that one of them may find the Sword of Light and come to rule over his father’s dominion.”
When the King of Ireland’s Son heard that, he went to the stable where the Slight Red Steed was, and put the bridle upon him and rode towards the Hill of Horns, on one side of which was the house thatched with the one great wing of a bird, where the Little Sage of the Mountain lived.
THE SWORD OF LIGHT
AND THE UNIQUE TALE WITH AS MUCH OF THE ADVENTURES OF GILLY OF THE GOATSKIN AS IS GIVEN IN “THE CRANESKIN BOOK”
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