World mythology & recorded folktales500 entries / 10 collections
Reading journeys / 4 stops

What does a return restore?

Four voyages test whether a former home can still be reached.

1
Irish

Connla follows the woman from the otherworld

Start with an invitation that leads away from the familiar world without a narrated return.

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2
Irish

The children of Lir become swans

Consider a release that restores human form after the old household has vanished.

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3
Irish

Oisín returns from the Land of Youth

Watch the difference between visiting a place and recovering its lost people.

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4
Irish

Máel Dúin returns without taking revenge

End with a traveler whose homecoming depends on abandoning the revenge that began his journey.

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After the last stop

Which detail changed when you returned to the source? Keep that question with you as you choose another route.

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