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Echtra Condla
''Echtra Condla'' (the adventure or expedition of Conle) is an Old Irish text known in two variants from eight manuscripts, the earliest of which has been dated to c. 1100.〔Oskamp, Hans. P. A. 1974. “Echtra Condla.” Études Celtiques 14: 207; 211.〕 Nevertheless, the tale may have been written down first as early as the seventh century, which would make it one of the oldest vernacular Irish texts known.〔Oskamp, 207.〕 The two variants do not diverge sharply from one another, so that a single summary suffices for both.
==Summary==
''Echtra Condla'' opens at the Hill of Uisneach, where the tale's eponymous hero, Conle, is sitting with his father, Conn of the Hundred Battles, and their company. A mysterious woman appears, dressed "in unfamiliar clothing."〔McCone, Kim, trans. 2000. "Echtrae Chonnlai." Transcribed by Joanna Huckins, 2007. Line 9. http://www.scribd.com/doc/50666975/Transcription-of-Echtrae-Chonnlai-McCone〕 She explains that she belongs to the Aos Sí, the people of the Otherworld, and invites Conle to join her in a paradisical Otherworld where Conle can remain forever joyful and youthful. Though Conle can both see and hear her, everyone else can only hear her. Alarmed, the king asks his druid to prevent Conle from going with the síd woman, and the druid "sang against the voice of the woman," which forces her to depart. As she is being driven away, however, she tosses an apple to Conle.
Conle survives off of this fruit for an entire month, eschewing all other food and drink. Underlining the Otherworldly nature of this apple, it never diminishes, despite Conle's month-long meal. Moreover, at the end of the month, "a longing came upon Conle for the woman he had seen,"〔Oskamp, 226; cf. McCone, lines 53–54.〕 and the woman reappeared, this time on the plain of Arcommin. Again only Conle could see her, and after a brief exchange between the woman and Conn, she describes in fuller detail the paradise that awaits Conle should he go with her. This time the druid does not seem to be present, and "Conle sprang away from them, so that he was in the ship of crystal.".〔Oskamp, 228.〕〔Note that McCone says "pure ship" here (line 96)〕 The ship, apparently, is visible to the remaining company, but sails out of sight, taking the woman and Conle away forever. In three manuscripts, a sort of postscript follows, explaining that Art mac Cuinn was also called Art Óenfer (Art the Solitary) because after Conle's departure he was Conn's only son.〔McCone, lines 100–107.〕
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