#Celtic#WyrdWednesday: There were portals or gates between the worlds like #Oweynagat through which the fairy folk came forth and through which humans could pass to visit them. However, for most people, the passage was one way, for it was rare for humans to return from fairyland— although they might return so far distant in time or place that they found nothing familiar to greet them.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
#WyrdWednesday: As a boy Elidyr used a hole in the riverbank as a portal to #Fairyland. He encountered two little men who took him to the #Otherworld, where he lived in ease and joy. All was beautiful there—bountiful land, beautiful people, endlessly sunny weather.
But when the prospective #Welsh hero tryed to steal a little gold ball he was caught by the fairies, who were angry and disappointed at his actions. They did not punish him but allowed him to go back to the surface world, free and safe. But thereafter, no matter how he sought, Elidyr could never find that riverbank entrance to fairyland.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
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