Celtic Otherworld
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The Celtic Otherworld is a mystical realm in Celtic mythology often depicted as a paradisiacal land of eternal youth, beauty, and abundance, inhabited by deities and supernatural beings and accessible through special places or moments in the human world.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Otherworld | 1 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept in Celtic mythology
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mythological realm ⓘ supernatural realm ⓘ |
| accessibleThrough |
special moments in the human world
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special places in the human world ⓘ |
| associatedBeings |
Aos Sí
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fairies ⓘ gods ⓘ heroes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Brythonic mythology
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Irish mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Welsh mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ abundance ⓘ beauty ⓘ eternal youth ⓘ |
| characteristic |
absence of disease
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absence of old age ⓘ abundant feasting ⓘ everlasting music ⓘ timelessness ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Christian heaven
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Christian hell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Celtic mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
mystical realm
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paradisiacal land ⓘ |
| enteredVia |
caves
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dreams ⓘ enchanted forests ⓘ fairy forts ⓘ hills ⓘ islands ⓘ lakes ⓘ liminal times such as Samhain ⓘ mists ⓘ mounds ⓘ the sea ⓘ trances ⓘ visionary journeys ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Annwn
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Emain Ablach NERFINISHED ⓘ Mag Mell NERFINISHED ⓘ Síd NERFINISHED ⓘ Tír na nÓg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern fantasy literature
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neo-pagan spirituality ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
deities
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supernatural beings ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
destination of heroic voyages
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place of romantic encounters with otherworldly women ⓘ realm of the dead in some traditions ⓘ source of supernatural gifts ⓘ |
| spatialRelation | overlaps with the human landscape ⓘ |
| temporalRelation | coexists with the human world ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the Otherworld