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The following is from “The Voyage of Maildun.” Its original date of composition is unknown. It is has been found copied down into medieval Irish manuscripts such asLebor na hUidre(The Book of the Dun Cowca. 1100 AD) andLebor Buide Lecáin(The Yellow Book of Lecan). P. W. Joyce introduces this ancient tale as “an account of the adventures of Maildun and his crew, and of the wonderful things they saw during their voyage of three years and seven months, in their curragh, on the western sea” (p. 79). The whole voyage has a sense of mystery to it, sometimes ominous, sometimes awesome, as Maildun and his fellows travel from one otherworldly episode to another in the manner of a distinctly Celtic Odyssey. In one particular episode, deep within the narrative, the atmosphere of mystery is unmistakably concentrated, and is simultaneously present in both the simplest and the most beguiling terms.
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Duffy, M.J. (2004). Mystery, The Genetic System, and Children’s Books. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) Mystery in its Passions: Literary Explorations. Analecta Husserliana, vol 82. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1017-7_14
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