Oisin
Oisin EuropeOr Ossian. ‘Little deer’, the Irish hero who spent 300 years as King of tirna n-Og,‘the land of youth’. In a wood he encountered a mysterious being with the beautiful body of a woman, but the head of a pig. She declared that the head was due to a Druidic spell, promising that it would vanish the very minute he would marry her. This happened, and they lived happily in‘the land of youth’ for many years. When Oisin wished to visit Ireland again, his wife told him centuries had passed, but if he must go, then he was to ride on a white steed and let not his own foot touch the ground. Unfortunately, he slipped, and in an instant the marvellous steed was dead and Oisin lay on the ground a blind old man.
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