num_pages: 176
description: Infinite possibilities marvelous beings and objects of extraordinary beauty: welcome to the Celtic other-world a place not misty and insubstantial but almost as real as our earth. An entire genre known as Immrama (Journeys) presents this alternative universe with its dazzling crystal doors and windows plentiful food and drink absence of sickness and abundant nobility. Sometimes it lies underwater at other times it's an island and time passes almost unnoticed there. Through some of the most celebrated stories in Celtic literature travel to this magic splendid realm. In The Voyage of Bran the sweet singing and enticing verses of an unknown woman lead a young King away from the life he had always known. Plunderers monstrous ants demon horse races a burning river and much more greet Maildun during his sag Other tales relate the adventures of such well-known heroes as Cu Chulainn Connla the Fair Cormac Nera and 10 others. Throughout original watercolors succeed in capturing all the magic of the Otherworld.
language: English
title: Tales of the Celtic Otherworld
publisher: Blandford Press