- An
Echtra or
Echtrae (pl.
Echtrai), is a type of pre-Christian Old
Irish literature about a hero's
adventures in the
Otherworld or with
otherworldly beings...
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Traditional singing Mythology Cycles Mythological Fenian Ulster Kings Aos Sí
Echtrai Immrama Tuatha Dé
Danann Firbolg Fomorians Legendary creatures People Anglo-Irish...
- horse. The
tales of
mortals who
visit the
Otherworld are
referred to as
echtrai (adventures) and
baili (visions, ecstasies). The path
across the sea is...
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mythical texts that do not fit into any of the cycles;
these include the
echtrai tales of
journeys to the
Otherworld (such as The
Voyage of Bran), and the...
- fairyland, the land of the gods or a utopia. They are
distinguished by date;
echtrai are older,
dating from the 7th century,
while the
earliest immram dates...
- Ireland, with the
series dubbed into an
Irish language with the
title Echtrai Bhrain. A DVD
version was
released in ****an in 2005 with ****anese, English...
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mytholgical texts that do not fit into any of the cycles;
these include the
echtrai tales of
journeys to the
Otherworld (such as The
Voyage of Bran), and the...
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tales that do not fit into
these cycles – this
includes the
immrama and
echtrai,
which are
tales of
voyages to the 'Otherworld'. The
introduction of Christianity...
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However there is a
dissenting camp of
scholars who hold that "these
tales [
echtrai] are
literary compositions written within the
Christian period". The concept...
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traditions present in
Asturias and
Galicia related with
Gaelic immrama and
echtrai, like The
Voyage of Máel Dúin, The
Voyage of the Uí Chorra, The Voyage...
