Cuchulainn carries Ferdiad across the river. Charles Squire, Celtic Myths and Legends by E. Wallcousins. Source: The picture includes the caption: CUCHULAINN CARRIES FERDIAD ACROSS THE RIVER. In the picture, Cuchulain carries the body of Ferdiad, his left arm under Ferdiad's shoulders, his right arm reaching over Ferdiad and under Ferdiad's thighs. Ferdiad has curly blond hair. His head rests on Cuchulain's right shoulder. His left arm dangles from his side, a bleeding wound halfway down his bicep. Ferdiad wears a gray sleeveless tunic with a bandolier over hisright shoulder. He wears leather laced shoes on his feet, the laces reaching to his knees. Cuchulain stands calf-deep in a stream holding Ferdiad, looking down at him. Cuchulain wears a tri-horned helmet. His gray cloak billows out behind him. He wears a sleeveless tunic and his long brown hair is braided. He has a gray moustache. In the immediate left foreground is an outcropping of stone by the edge of the stream that Cuchulain is wading. In the background, trees on a hillside are bent left under high winds.