O’F "The King of Ireland's Son (Mac Riġ Eireann)" (, Beside the Fire) Mac Rígh Eireann agus Ceann Gruagach na g-Cleasann "The king's son of Ireland and the chief-magician's with his tricks" ( , No. XXIX, Annales de Bretagne ) H "The Snow, Crow, and the Blood" (). An untitled tale of Finn's three sons by the Queen of Italy collected at Glenties in Donegal () An Claiḋeaṁ Soluis: agus Fios-fáṫa-'n-aoin-scéil "The Sword of Light and the knowledge of the motive of the unique (?) tale" ( in Béaloideas 1). Fios ḃás an an-sgéalaiḋe agus an Claiḋeaṁ Solais "Knowledge of death of the Ansgéalidhe (Storyteller) and the Sword of Light" ( in Béaloideas 4). Scottish Gaelic folktales The publication of tales from the Highlands (, Popular Tales of the West Highlands) predate the Irish tales becoming available in print. "The Young King Of Easaidh Ruadh" () (, No. 1) c "Widow's Son" (Campbell, No. 2, 2nd variant) "Tale of Conal Crovi" (Campbell, No. 6) "Tale of Connal" (Campbell, No. 7) "Maol a Chliobain" (Campbell, No. 17) "The Widow and her Daughters" (Campbell, No. 41, 2nd variant) "Mac Iain Direach" (Campbell, No. 46) "An Sionnach, the Fox" (Campbell, No. 46, 4th variant;) "The Herding of Cruachan (Buachaillechd Chruachain)" (, No. 4.) m "The History of Kitty Ill-Pretts" (, No. 21) Commentary The sword of light (or glaive of light) is a trope artefact that occurs in a number of Gaelic tales. It also occurs in Irish folktales also, as described below. The "Quest for sword of light" (H1337) motif is also listed in Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Grouping One strand of the "sword of light" tale has been transmitted in French Canada as the tale of the "Sword of Wisdom", and assigned type 305A. However, the Irish cognate had not been catalogued as a tale type by Aarne-Thompson, though recognized in The Types of the Irish Folktale. One Story and Werewolf's Tale The quest for the sword of light is an added layer, attached to the core tale of the quest for "the one story", which forms a frame story to the Irish versions of the medieval werewolf tale, according to George Lyman Kittredge's 1903 study. "The one story" is actually shorthand, and Kittredge generally uses "the cause of the one story about women", as occurs in O'Foharta's version. Similar titles or sub-titles occur in Irish as well. The form