Bran mac Febail embarks upon a quest to the Other World. One day
while Bran is walking, he hears beautiful music, so beautiful, in
fact, that it lulls him to sleep. Upon awakening, he sees a
beautiful silver branch in front of him. He returns to his royal
house, and while his company is there, an Otherworld woman appears,
and sings to him a poem about the land where the branch had grown.
In this Otherworld, it is always summer, there is no want of food
or water, and no sickness or despair ever touches the perfect
people. She tells Bran to voyage to the Land of Women across the
sea, and the next day he gathers a company of men to do so. After
two days, he sees a man on a chariot speeding towards him. The man
is Manannan mac Lir, and he tells Bran that he is not sailing upon
the ocean, but upon a flowery plain. He also reveals to Bran that
there are many men riding in chariots, but that they are invisible.
He tells Bran of how he is to beget his son in Ireland, and that
his son will become a great warrior. Bran leaves Manannan mac Lir,
and comes to the Isle of Joy. All the people upon the Isle of Joy
laugh and stare at him, but will not answer his calls. When Bran
sends a man ashore to see what the matter is, the man starts to
laugh and gape just like the others. Bran leaves him and sails
farther. He then reaches the Land of Women, but is hesitant to go
ashore. However, the leader of the women throws a magical clew
(ball of yarn) at him which sticks to his hand. She then pulls the
boat to shore, and each man pairs off with a woman, Bran with the
leader. For what seems to be one year, although it is in actuality
many more, the men feast happily in the Land of Women until Nechtan
Mac Collbran feels homesickness stir within him. The leader of the
women is reluctant to let them go, and warns them not to step upon
the shores of Ireland. Bran and his company sail back to Ireland.
The people that have gathered on the shores to meet him do not
recognize his name except in their legends. Nechtan Mac Collbran,
upset, jumps off the boat onto the land. Immediately, Nechtan Mac
Collbran turns to ashes. Bran and his company relate the rest of
their story to the Irish, and then sail across the sea, never to be
seen again.
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