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Tir na nOg

(teer-na-nawg)

“The Land of Eternal Youth”

Tir na nOg is the most popular of the otherworlds in Irish mythology.  Tir na nOg was considered a place beyond the edges of the map, located on an island far to the west.  It could be reached by either an arduous voyage or an invitation from one of its fairy residents.  The isle was visited by various Irish heroes and monks in the echtrae (Adventure) and immram (Yoyage) tales popular during the Middle Ages.  This otherworld was a place where sickness and death do not exist.  It was a place of eternal youth and beauty.  Her, music, strength, life, and all pleasurable pursuits came together in a single place.  Here happiness lasted forever; no one wantd for food or drink.  It was the Irish equivalent of the Greek Elysium, or the Valhall of the Norse. 

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