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Rh at pp. 331, 333-4. He should, perhaps, be farther identified with the Lugaid son of Ith who gave his name to the Kerry lake called Loch Lugdech, and better known as Lough Corrane, near Waterville. For a remarkable story about him and Fial his wife, see M. d'A. de J.'s Cycle, p. 253, and the ''Bk. ofBallymote, 39b, 40a''.

Page 554: with the Eo Feasa compare stories of the type of Siegfried eating of the heart of the dragon Fáfnir.

Page 579: for Ollathar read Ollathair.

Page 588: move the accent on towards the end of the word, or else cancel it, as its place is not known.

Page 619: I see now that the correspondence between the great conflicts entered on by Zeus in Greek mythology, and by the gods holding the same rank in the other Aryan mythologies, admits of being expressed more clearly than I have done. Thus the Titans conquered by Zeus correspond to the Coranians disposed of by Llûᵭ (p. 606), and the Giants quelled by the gods of Olympus with the aid of Heracles to the scourge of the First of May to which Llûᵭ put an end, while Typho, eventually destroyed by Zeus, has his counterpart in the Wizard Knight overcome by Llûᵭ: it is to be noted that in the story of both Typho and the Wizard Knight music plays a most important part, Irish and Norse literature agree, however, in giving us another, and presumably a more original, sequence of the conflicts. Thus the Fir Bolg begin a battle with the Tuatha Dé Danann at Midsummer: they are beaten in it, and they correspond to the Wanes at war with the Anses. In the next place, Nuada's right hand and arm were cut off in a duel with Sreng, which is usually made a part of the Fir Bolg war; but as this is represented extending over a long time, the encounter of Nuada with Sreng is probably to be treated as a separate struggle. The latter, whose name Sreng challenges comparison in point of origin and meaning with the English word strong, is to be set over against the Fenri Wolf biting off one of Týr's hands, and Typho disabling Zeus in his hands and his feet. The third contest was that of the Tuatha Dé Danann with the Fomori, who succeed in slaying many of the former's leaders, and are only beaten by the arrival of Lug the Sun-god, who slays Balor of the Evil Eye and begins his reign of prosperity. The