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In Irish mythology, Tír na nÓg (/ ˌ t ɪər n æ ˈ n oʊ ɡ / TEER-nan-OHG, [1] Irish: [ˌtʲiːɾʲ n̪ˠə ˈn̪ˠoːɡ]; lit. ' Land of the Young ') or Tír na hÓige ('Land of Youth') is one of the names for the Celtic Otherworld, or perhaps for a part of it. Tír na nÓg is best known from the tale of Oisín ("uh-sheen") and Niamh ...
The 'Land of the Ever Young' depicted by Arthur Rackham in Irish Fairy Tales (1920). In Celtic mythology, the Otherworld is the realm of the deities and possibly also the dead. In Gaelic and Brittonic myth it is usually a supernatural realm of everlasting youth, beauty, health, abundance and joy. [1]
Anann - another name for the Morrígan; Beag - minor goddess, known for possessing a magic well; Bé Chuille - sorceress of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Bébinn - goddess associated with birth; Boann - goddess of the River Boyne; Brea - minor god of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Bres - unpopular and treacherous fomorian king of the Tuatha Dé Danann
Niamh (/ n iː v /, also known as Niamh Cinn-Óir ("Golden-headed Niamh" or "Golden-haired Niamh")) is the lover or spouse of Oisín, son of Fionn mac Cumhail, in the Fianna Cycle of Irish mythology. In the story of Niamh, she was an otherworldly woman who fell in love with an Irish man named Oisín and carried him away to live with her in her ...
The Celtic deities are known from a variety of sources such as written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, religious objects, as well as place and personal names. Celtic deities can belong to two categories: general and local.
The girl’s name Fiadh (Fee-ah) is perhaps “the biggest Irish name of the 21st century,” says Ó Séaghdha. It was the second most popular girl’s name in Ireland in 2023, after Grace.
Ossian playing his harp, by François Pascal Simon Gérard, 1801 Oisín and Niamh on their way to Tír na nÓg, illustration by Albert Herter, 1899. Oisín (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɔʃiːnʲ, ɔˈʃiːnʲ]), Osian, Ossian (/ ˈ ɒ ʃ ən / OSH-ən), or anglicized as Osheen (/ oʊ ˈ ʃ iː n / UH-sheen) was regarded in legend as the greatest poet of Ireland, a warrior of the Fianna in the ...
In Irish mythology, Mag Mell (modern spelling: Magh Meall, meaning 'delightful plain') [1] is one of the names for the Celtic Otherworld, a mythical realm achievable through death and/or glory. Unlike the underworld in some mythologies, Mag Mell was a pleasurable paradise, identified as either an island far to the west of Ireland or a kingdom ...