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The two pigmies who had followed him at once seized the ball and made off with it, not without expressing their contempt for the thief who had returned their kindness with such ingratitude; and Elidorus, though he sought it carefully with penitence and shame, could never again find the way into the underground realm.
Such tales, however, throw but little light on this one of Elidorus; and it will therefore be more profitable in considering it to confine our attention to those generally resembling it current among Celts and Teutons.
The tale of Elidorus Celtic and Teutonic stories of theft from supernatural beings The thief unsuccessful Cases of successful robbery Robbery from the king of the serpents Robbery of a drinking-cup, or horn The horn of Oldenburg and similar vessels The Luck of Edenhall The cup of Ballafletcher These vessels sacrificial and pagan.
Giraldus, with whom alone we have to do in this chapter, lays the scene of what is perhaps his most famous story near Swansea, and states that the adventures narrated occurred a short time before his own days. The story concerns one Elidorus, a priest, upon whose persistent declarations it is founded.
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