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Updated: May 7, 2025
See that you do not tarry. And Ian turned away with a sinking heart, for he would fain have followed the youngest daughter of the knight of Grianaig. 'You did not obey my counsel, said the raven, hopping towards him, 'and so trouble has come upon you. But sleep now, and to-morrow you shall mount the horse which is in the giant's stable, that can gallop over sea and land.
There dwelt a knight in Grianaig of the land of the West, who had three daughters, and for goodness and beauty they had not their like in all the isles. All the people loved them, and loud was the weeping when one day, as the three maidens sat on the rocks on the edge of the sea, dipping their feet in the water, there arose a great beast from under the waves and swept them away beneath the ocean.
At this some one fetched to her the knight of Grianaig, and when Ian had told his tale, he vowed that the maiden was right, and that his elder daughters should never wed with men who had not only taken glory to themselves which did not belong to them, but had left the real doer of the deeds to his fate.
Next he sprinkled the water over the heroes, who came to life again, and together they all journeyed to the other side of the island, and there the raven met them. 'At last you have followed the counsel that was given you, said the raven; 'and now, having learned wisdom, you may go home again to Grianaig.
Long he waited, but wait as he might, the basket never came back, for in their joy at being free the knight's daughters had forgotten all about Ian, and had set sail in the ship that had brought him and his brothers to the land of Grianaig. At last he began to understand what had happened to him, and while he was taking counsel with himself what had best be done, the raven came to him.
So Ian mounted the horse and set her face to the sea and her back to the shore, and she was off, away and away till she reached the church of Grianaig, and there, in a field of grass, beside a well of water, he leaped down from his saddle. 'Now, the horse said to him, 'draw your sword and cut off my head. But Ian answered: 'Poor thanks would that be for all the help I have had from you.
And the knife was so sharp that it cut off the giant's head with a blow. 'Now go and tell the daughter of the king of Grianaig; but take heed lest you listen to her words, and promise to go no further, for she will seek to help you. Instead, seek the middle daughter, and when you have found her, you shall give me a piece of tobacco for reward.
'Since we have done you wrong, answered Ian, the youngest, 'build us a ship, and we will go and seek your daughters. Let them be to windward, or to leeward, or under the four brown boundaries of the sea, we will find them before a year and a day goes by, and will carry them back to Grianaig. In seven days the ship was built, and great store of food and wine placed in her.
And the man who was standing by made answer: 'This is the place where dwell the three daughters of the knight of Grianaig, who are to be wedded to-morrow to three giants. 'How can we find them? asked the young man again. And the overlooker answered: 'To reach the daughters of the knight of Grianaig you must get into this basket, and be drawn by a rope up the face of this rock.
At Christmastide that year, when families met together and great feasts were held, Ian, the youngest of the three brothers, said: 'Let us have a match at shinny on the lawn of the knight of Grianaig, for his lawn is wider and the grass smoother than ours. But the others answered: 'Nay, for he is in sorrow, and he will think of the games that we have played there when his daughters looked on.
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