Story source: Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1892).
Story page - Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire
There is a LOT that goes on here - so my simple notes version is going to be that one of the fae wants to marry a princess so he gets a task from the king. That task has killed 11 other people but those people probably were not one of the fae.
So off goes our hero, disguises are had and more tasks are piled on top of the original to achieve the original task. There are magic cows and giants and vessels for the milk - also missing giant's tongues and heads. After helping out the non laughing goblin who should be laughing, he finds out that he now has a sheep's wool back and 12 dead sons.
Another task! Go find the man who killed the sons! The sons come back to life, vengeance is had and the goblin laughs. But woe - a sneaky prince from another kingdom is trying to take credit and marry the princess.
The sneaky prince gets smacked, the fae marries the princess and the next day the lying prince gets roasted. Happy wedding feast!
"Sitting on the Giant feet, Mariposa Grove"
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davdenic
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