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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Niall of the Nine Hostages (redirect from Echtra Mac nEchach Muigmedóin)
Niall's birth and early life is given in the possibly 11th-century tale Echtra mac nEchach Muimedóin ("The adventure of the sons of Eochaid Mugmedón")...
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Echtra Condla, ("The adventure of Connla") is an Old Irish echtra tale known in two variants from eight manuscripts, the earliest of which has been dated...
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Echtra Cormaic or Echtra Cormaic i Tir Tairngiri (Cormac's Adventure in the Land of Promise) is a tale in Irish mythology which recounts the journey of...
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third game in the Torchlight series. It is developed by American studio Echtra Games and published by Perfect World Entertainment for Microsoft Windows...
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the Echtra Cormaic. The branch created magical soporific music that assuaged those afflicted with injury or illness to sleep. In the Irish tale Echtra Condla...
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the Irish sea deity and Otherworld guardian Manannán mac Lir in the tale Echtra Cormaic. But these "apples" are actually "balls of red gold" hanging on...
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Fergus mac Léti (redirect from Echtra Fergusa maic Léti)
Fergus mac Léti (also mac Léte, mac Léide, mac Leda) was, according to Irish legend and traditional history, a king of Ulster. His place in the traditional...
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former long-time colleague Max Schaefer as he started the new game company Echtra Games. In 2020, he worked on the soundtrack to Torchlight III. All works...
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before they recognise each other. In Oisín in Tir na nÓg, his most famous echtra or adventure tale, he is visited by a fairy woman called Niamh Chinn Óir...
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