CHAPTER VI.

The Lay of the Great Fool--Summary of the Prose Opening--The Aryan Expulsion and Return Formula--Comparison with the Mabinogi, Sir Perceval, and the Conte du Graal--Comparison with various Gaelic märchen, the Knight of the Red Shield, the Rider of Grianaig--Originality of the Highland tale-- Comparison with the Fionn legend--Summary of the Lay of the Great Fool--Comparison with the stag hunt incident in the Conte du Graal and the Mabinogi--The folk-tale of the twin brethren--The fight against the witch who brings the dead to life in Gerbert and the similar incident in the folk-tale of the Knight of the Red Shield--Comparison with the original form of the Mabinogi--Originality of Gerbert page 152