Imram Brain-The Voyage of Brân by Savage_dragon
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Bran mac Febail (modern spelling: Bran mac Feabhail) 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.
This poem was written down between A.D. 700 and 900, by Christian monks.
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Comments (24)
kagemusha77
Beautiful render, he looks so dangerous, lovely atmosphere!
adrie
Amazing scene dear Angel, as always excellent work love it.
cece7894
Fantastic Scene, Well done!
Faemike55
Very cool story and image, Angel
bazza
Interesting story and scene Angel, very well done!!
Star4mation
Super image Angel. Love the story too :)
loligagger
Excellent story and image!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cimaira
Wonderful story/legend. And awesome looking character and scene.
hardwaretoad
A familiar story, kind of like the sirens that lured them there Greek guys to their doom. He's a rugged lookin' cuss, when that gull crap hits him he'll probably vaporize ~ that's sh!t's caustic!
mgtcs
Beautiful looking image and mood my friend, spectacular story Angle, thank you for sharing!
starfire777
Fantastic work!!!
odile
Nice composition. The character is well posed and I like his fierce expression.:)
eekdog
mean looking pirate, cool ship and setting.
MarWeiss6
Wonderful Work.
linwhite
Whoa...he's hot!!!! Great job!!!
teecee2107
Yep, that's a man !! Love his expression. Well done.
mininessie
wow..love this character!!! and so interesting story!
RodolfoCiminelli
Splendid scene my friend.....!!!
Rhanagaz
Excellent image and fine story, Angel! And this Bran mac Febail seems to have much better dating abilities!...A land entirely of women?...Hum...Sounds dangerous - or is it just because I grew up with three bigger sisters?...
Crudelitas
He looks so grim and ready for anything! A great character and the background looks really great with the ship!
Tholian
Nice visualization of the poem you've shared with us. Well done.
three_grrr
Very cool .. he's a bit reminiscent of Johnny Dep in the Pirates series, but a little more "manly", ya know? Gorgeously done!
crender Online Now!
Magnificent and beauty done!!
3dpoetry
Awesome work.