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Rh to the Otherworld. The two halves would thus be complementary parts of one and the same myth. The first tells how a mortal is invited to fairyland, journeys thither successfully and weds a fairy queen, but disobeys her injunctions, loses her, becomes insane and has to be cured by a magic remedy. The second tells of a wondrous journey, in which the hero, aided by a helpful beast, fights his way through terrible dangers back into the Otherworld and so returns to live with his supernatural wife.

While accepting in the main Prof Brown's conclusions, I would urge—and he would hardly deny it —that the larger part of our romance is paralleled by The Slothful Gillie even more nearly than by The Sick-bed of Cuchulain. This will be readily seen from the following table of contents:

The Slothful Gillie.

Yvain + The Lady of the Fountain.