CHAPTER VIII.

The Fisher King in the Conte du Graal, in the Queste, and in Borron and the Grand St. Graal--The accounts of latter complete each other--The Fish is the Salmon of Wisdom-- Parallel with the Fionn Saga--The nature of the Unspelling Quest--The Mabinogi of Taliesin and its mythological affinities--Brons, Bran, Cernunnos--Perceval's silence: Conte du Graal explanation late; explanation from the Fionn Saga-- Comparison of incident with _geasa_; nature of latter; references to it in Celtic folk-tales and in old Irish literature, Book of Rights, Diarmaid, Cuchulainn--_Geasa_ and _taboo_ page 207