d Elysium, of a world below the waters, and of a world
co-extensive with this and entered by a mist.

The names of the Irish Elysium are sometimes of a general character--Mag
Mor, "the Great Plain"; Mag Mell, "the Pleasant Plain"; Tir n'Aill, "the
Other-world"; Tir na m-Beo, "the Land of the Living"; Tir na n-Og, "the
Land of Youth"; and Tir Tairngiri, "the Land of Promise"--possibly of
Christian origin. Local names are Tir fa Tonn, "Land under Waves";
I-Bresail and the Land of Falga, names of the island Elysium. The last
denotes the Isle of Man as Elysium, and it may have been so regarded by
Goidels in Britain at an early time.[1231] To this period may belong the
tales of Cuchulainn's raid on Falga, carried at a later time to Ireland.
Tir Tairngiri is also identified with the Isle of Man.[1232]

A brief resume of the principal Elysium tales is necessary as a
preliminary to a discussion of the problems which they involve, though
it can give but little idea of the beauty and romanticism of the tales
themselves. These, if not actually composed in pagan times, are based
upon story-germs current before the coming of Christianity to Ireland.

1. _The sid Elysium._--In the story of Etain, when Mider discovered her
in her rebirth, he described the land whither he would carry her, its
music and its fair people, its warm streams, its choice mead and wine.
There is eternal youth, and love is blameless. It is within Mider's
_sid_, and Etain accompanies him there. In the sequel King Eochaid's
Druid discovers the _sid_, which is captured by the king, who then
regains Etain.[1233] Other tales refer to the _sid_ in similar terms,
and describe its treasures, its food and drink better than those of
earth. It is in most respects similar to the island Elysium, save that
it is localised on earth.

2. _The island Elysium._--The story of the voyage of Bran is found
fragmentarily in the eleventh century _LU_, and complete in the
fourteenth and sixteenth century MSS. It tells how Bran heard mysterious
music when asleep. On waking he found a silver branch with blossoms, and
next day there appeared a mysterious woman singing the glory of the land
overseas, its music, its wonderful tree, its freedom from pain and
death. It is one of thrice fifty islands to the west of Erin, and there
she dwells with thousands of "motley women." Before she disappears the
branch leaps into her hand. Bran set sail with his comrades and met
Manannan crossing the s