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Page 257
... blood - stained tracks of the Grendel's mother . Near the edge of a gloomy mere they found the head of Aschere . And when they looked at the fiord itself , it seemed to be blood - stained - stained with blood that ever welled upwards ...
... blood - stained tracks of the Grendel's mother . Near the edge of a gloomy mere they found the head of Aschere . And when they looked at the fiord itself , it seemed to be blood - stained - stained with blood that ever welled upwards ...
Page 308
... blood should be spilt in Erin than for generations and ages past , and many heroes and bright torches of the Gaels should lose their lives . For love of her , three heroes of eternal renown must give their lives away , the sea in which ...
... blood should be spilt in Erin than for generations and ages past , and many heroes and bright torches of the Gaels should lose their lives . For love of her , three heroes of eternal renown must give their lives away , the sea in which ...
Page 310
... blood who belonged to a class that in those days had been trained to be chroniclers , or story - tellers . The Lavarcam was a clever woman , and she marvelled at the wondrous beauty of the child she came to teach , and at her equally ...
... blood who belonged to a class that in those days had been trained to be chroniclers , or story - tellers . The Lavarcam was a clever woman , and she marvelled at the wondrous beauty of the child she came to teach , and at her equally ...
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Acrisius Aphrodite Apollo Arachne arms Atalanta Baldur beautiful Beowulf birds blood Cathbad chariot Charlemagne child children of Lîr Conor creature cried cruel dark daughter dead dear death Deirdrê Diana dreams earth Echo Emain Macha Erin Eros Eurydice evil eyes face fair father fear fell fierce flowers Freya Ganelon gazed goddess gods gold golden Grendel grew grey Halcyone hand happiness heard heart hero honour Hrothgar Hyacinthus Kemoc king knew land Lavarcam listened live Loch Etive looked Marpessa Meleager Midas mighty monster mother mountain Naoise never night nymphs Odin Olympus Orpheus palace Pallas Athené passed Perseus Phaeton Polydectes Psyche queen river Roland Sea of Moyle slay sleep smiled song Sons of Usna sorrow soul spoke stood sweet swiftly sword thee thing thou told trees voice warriors weary wind wings woman words Zephyrus Zeus