Talk:Celtic Otherworld

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Since when is November 1 known as New Year's anywhere?! New Year's has run from December 25 to March 25 and between, but November 1?? GBC 14:35, 19 August 2005 (UTC)


 * See Samhain. That's (apparently) New Year's day in the Celtic calendar (not in the Christian one indeed). David [[image:Da Vit in Chu Nôm.jpg|23px|Da Vit]] 14:37, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Cleanup, Sourcing, Wikifying
I've made significant headway on this, but it could still use expansion and more Wikification. Right now the article mostly indicates Irish Otherworld beliefs, but the term is also used to cover some Welsh mythology. I'm wondering if this needs to be broadened a bit. --Kathryn NicDhàna 23:50, 9 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, this needs to be expanded. The Otherworld is NOT just a Celtic phenomenon, and one could argue that there isn't just ONE of them either (Mag Mell isn't necessarily the same Otherworld as Tir na nOg, for example). The article needs to address the generalities of spiritworlds around the globe. What about Norse cosmologies? Australian Dreamtime? Animistic traditions all over? Chinese Folk Taoist worlds? Buddhist otherworlds? There are LOTS of non-Celtic Otherworlds. If this is specifically about Celtic Otherworlds, then it needs a different name, though I'm not sure what that should be. Graidan (talk) 14:57, 30 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Then change the title, or accept responsibility for the fact that Wikipedia users have created the category "Otherworld," as Graidan's post indicates but does not acknowledge. Stop presenting opinions as taxonomic facts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.177.71.172 (talk) 15:10, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Translation
I will translate the article in 3-4 days.

Fmercury1980 15:41, 12 November 2006 (UTC)


 * As this is the English Wikipedia, it is confusing and inappropriate to have all this text in Spanish on the English Wikipedia, therefore, I am sorry but I have to revert this. Please translate your proposed additions first, and then contribute.  Also, where are you importing this from?  Spanish Wikipedia?  Please do not just import another article but seek to work with what we already have to co-create the English article. Thanks, and I look forward to your contributions in English. --Kathryn NicDhàna (?&bull;!) 20:55, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Orbis alia
Is this Latin translation of the term 'otherworld' from a particular ancient or medieval source? If so, it should be indicated. The earliest use I can find for the term is in Lucan's Pharsalia (I.454-8), though it's meaning there is a little obscure. I'm afraid my expertise isn't up to the job, but a section on terminology which notes other cognate Latin terms (such as alter orbis) might be a good addition to the article. ANB (talk) 18:44, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Merge
A merge request has been placed at Annwn, suggesting a merge here. I oppose such a merge; there is plenty that can be said specifically about the Welsh "Annwn".--Cúchullain t/ c 19:26, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

"Irish" mythology?
Surely the more accurate term would be "Gaelic" as the Scots share a Gaelic heritage and mythology with the Irish and the Gaels are technically speaking the predecessors of the modern Irish and Scots.

Should Tech Duinn redirect here?
This seems to be the main page where Tech Duinn is mentioned, so perhaps it should redirect here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.42.38.59 (talk) 20:20, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

The other option might be: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donn ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.42.38.59 (talk) 20:24, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Inverse Tir na nOg?
I seem to recall reading a story (Scottish, I think) in Ellis's Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends where the hero travels to an Otherworld beneath the water (?), spends some time there (years?) and then comes back and finds that only a few minutes have passed in our world. My copy of the book is currently inaccessible to me, but has anything watching the page heard of such a story? I was a kid when last I read the book so I wouldn't have known if it was an RS, but if the story is an authentic old Celtic myth it definitely should be mentioned in this article. Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 10:06, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Multiple names for ... the same Wikipedia article?

 * "In Irish mythology [the Celtic Otherworld] has several names, including Tír na nÓg, Mag Mell and Emain Ablach."

Um, doesn't that mean that Tír na nÓg, Mag Mell and Emain Ablach are synonyms, and should all redirect here? I note that Wikipedia is Not a Dictionary, so we should not have articles about each different name for one thing; nor especially is it a dictionary of old Irish. Policy on alternative names for a subject is to make them redirects, and to name those redirects in boldface in the lead section. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:13, 2 July 2022 (UTC)