The Adventure of Fearghus mac Léide (‘the grey one’) followed by Fearghus mac Léide and the wee folk
The earliest version of this tale is of the late seventh/eighth century. It contains the earliest reference to the middle Irish word luchorpán (‘little body’) or leprechaun (in this case a water sprite). It has broad content/themes: honour price (again), inter-tribal/province strife, a magic sword, little people of the Otherworld, a monster serpent in a […]