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  2. Immram - Wikipedia

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    Brendan discovering the Faroes and Iceland Stamp sheet FR 252–253 of Postverk Føroya Issued: 18 April 1994 Artist: Colin Harrison. An immram (/ ˈ ɪ m r É™m /; plural immrama; Irish: iomramh [ˈʊmˠɾˠəw], 'voyage') is a class of Old Irish tales concerning a hero's sea journey to the Otherworld (see Tír na nÓg and Mag Mell).

  3. Celtic Otherworld - Wikipedia

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    In some tales, the Otherworld is reached by going under the waters of pools, lakes, or the sea, or else by crossing the western sea. [1] In Irish Immrama ("voyage") tales, a beautiful young Otherworld woman often approaches the hero and sings to him of this happy land. Sometimes she offers him an apple, or the promise of her love in exchange ...

  4. Mag Mell - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Otherworld - Wikipedia

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    The Irish Otherworld is more usually described as a paradisal fairyland than a frightening place. [6] Many Celtic Immrams or "voyage stories" and other medieval texts provide evidence of a Celtic belief in an otherworld. One example which is helpful to understand the Celtic concept of the otherworld is The Voyage of Saint Brendan.

  6. Manannán mac Lir - Wikipedia

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    Manannán or Manann, also known as Manannán mac Lir ('son of the Sea'), [3] is a sea god, warrior, and king of the otherworld in Gaelic (Irish, Manx, and Scottish) mythology who is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

  7. Silver Branch - Wikipedia

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    The Silver Branch or Silver Bough (Irish: An Craobh Airgid) is a symbol found in Irish mythology and literature. Featured in the Irish poem The Voyage of Bran and the narrative Cormac's Adventure in the Land of Promise, it represents entry into the Celtic Otherworld or Tír na nÓg.

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