Tochmarc Édaín

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The Wooing of Édaín: Tochmarc Édaín
Édaín: The Emerald Goddess’ husband Midir: Wren came to rescue her from the earth and bring her to the Many Colored Land; a land of music

There, there is neither ’mine’ nor ’thine’; white are the teeth there, black the eyebrows; a delight to the eye is the number of our hosts; every cheek there is the colour of the foxglove. Sweet warm streams flow through the land, choice mead and wine; matchless people without blemish, conception without sin, without lust. We see everyone on all sides, and no one sees us; it is the darkness of Adam’s trespass that hides us from the multitudes. (23)