The story comes from Ireland and Oisín, poet and warrior of Fians (see) also known by the name of Ossian, will go with Niamh from the Golden Hair, daughter of Manannan (the God of the Irish Sea) to Tír na nÓg (The Land of Youth). Oisín was devastated to hear this, but insisted that he had to see it with his own two eyes before he would accept it. The story of Oisín and Niamh bears a striking similarity to many other tales, including the Japanese tale of Urashima Tarō. Oisín’s journey to Tir na nÓg with Niamh Cinn Oir, Niamh of the golden hair, is one of the most loved and most familiar of the Irish Myths. Sadly, Niamh told him that time passed slowly in Tír na nÓg, and the land that he wanted to return to no longer existed. Oisín goes to Ireland, where 300 years have passed, and is saddened to learn that his family is gone and the Fianna have vanished. Oisín then comes across some men attempting to move a great stone. However, Oisín never forgot his native land, his father, and fellow warriors. Here is a short version of what was told to the participants….. A young woman, Sadbh, has been cast into the shape of a deer by a dark druid called Dorcha. Niamh of the Golden Hair. Another version concerns King Herla , a legendary king of the ancient Britons, who visited the Otherworld, only to return some two hundred years later after the lands had been settled by … Arriving there, Oisín found that Niamh had not promised too much, it truly was the land of happiness. Oisín then comes across some men attempting to move a great stone. Niamh agrees to let him ride the white horse back to his home, but warns him that if his feet were to touch the ground, he would become an old man. Oisín goes to Ireland, where 300 years have passed, and is saddened to learn that his family is gone and the Fianna have vanished. Despite his happiness with Niamh, Oisín felt homesick for Ireland on many occasions. Niamh lent him her magic horse, but warned him he must not get off it, as it would return without him, and there would be no way back. Niamh agrees to let him ride the white horse back to his home, but warns him that if his feet were to touch the ground, he would become an old man. And so the two spend many days in bliss. He asked Niamh if he could go back to Ireland for a visit. The fairy had fallen in love with Oisin and his poems and convinced him to join her to live happily ever after in a land beyond the sea. Niamh spirited him away to the fairy world of Tir na nÓg where the two lived happily for many, many years. When his longing became too strong to bear, he asked Niamh of the favour to return to Ireland to see them again. This invader was riding a majestic white horse across the tops of the waves, and as Fionn and Oisín and the rest of the Fianna stared in amasement, they could see that the invader was a beautiful young woman with long gold hair that flowed down past her waist and streamed out behind her in the wind. Eventually when the longing grew too great, Niamh lent him her magical … Oisín (Irish pronunciation: [ɔˈʃiːnʲ] aw-SHEEN; anglicized as / ʌ ˈ ʃ iː n / uh-SHEEN or / oʊ ˈ ʃ iː n / oh-SHEEN), Osian, Ossian (/ ˈ ɔː ʃ ən / AW-shən), or Osheen was regarded in legend as the greatest poet of Ireland, a warrior of the fianna in the Ossianic or Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. Oisín begged Niamh to let him return to Ireland, but she was reluctant.