![]() ![]() ![]() There is no living race in it but women and girls only." Connla went into her boat, and was never seen again. though the bright sun is going down, we shall reach to that country before night. She urges him to come with her to her country: "Come into my shining ship. In another Irish legend, Connla is given an apple by a mysterious woman and a month later, is visited by her again. Oisín is taken by the sea to the Land of Youth, Tír na nÓg, by Niamh, the daughter of the king of that country, and he returns to Ireland a few weeks later only to find that many hundreds of years have passed in his absence. The Celtic Otherworld, in the myths and folktales from ancient Ireland, can be reached inside a hill, or through the depths of a lake, or across the sea. ![]() The latter often also features a castle instead of an island, sometimes known as the Castle of Maidens ( Chateau des Pucelles, Chastiaus des Puceles, Chastel as Dames). The Land of Maidens (or the Land of Women, the Island of Women, the Isle of Ladies, among other forms and names) is a motif in Irish mythology and medieval literature, especially in the chivalric romance genre. A detail of Castle of Maidens by Edwin Austin Abbey (c. ![]()
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