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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.12,0:00:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a typical hero's journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.58,0:00:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the protagonist sets out on an adventure,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.88,0:00:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undergoes great change,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.15,0:00:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and returns in triumph \Nto their point of origin.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.87,0:00:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the Irish genre of myth\Nknown as Eachtrai,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.32,0:00:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the journey to the other world\Nends in a point of no return.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.53,0:00:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While there are many different versions\Nof the otherworld in Irish mythology,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.25,0:00:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most well-known example occurs\Nin the story of Oisin.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.94,0:00:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oisin was the son of Fionn mac Cumhall,\Nthe leader of a group of pagan warriors
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.35,0:00:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known as the Fianna.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.35,0:00:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Oisin rode with his companions one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.35,0:00:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was visited by \Nthe immortal princess Niamh.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.81,0:00:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two fell instantly in love
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.71,0:00:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Niamh put Oisin onto her white horse
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.25,0:00:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rode with him \Nto the edge of the Irish sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.17,0:00:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As they made for the horizon,\Nthe riders sunk into a golden haze.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.95,0:00:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They came to the shores of\Nthe gleaming kingdom called Tír na nÓg.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.83,0:00:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the home of the Tuatha Dé Danann,\Nthe people who ruled Ancient Ireland
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.66,0:01:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long before Oisin's time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.81,0:01:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the point of his arrival,\NOisin's every need was met.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.79,0:01:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He married Niamh in a grand ceremony\Nand was welcomed into her family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.61,0:01:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he wished to hear music,\Nhis ears filled with bewitching tones.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.72,0:01:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he hungered, golden plates\Nappeared laden with fragrant food.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.91,0:01:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He admired scenes of great beauty,\Nand colors that he had no name for.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.56,0:01:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All around him, the land and the people\Nexisted in a state of unmoving perfection.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.37,0:01:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what Oisin didn't know was that\NTír na nÓg was the land of youth,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.05,0:01:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which time stood still\Nand the people never aged.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.80,0:01:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In his new home, Oisin continued\Nto hunt and explore as he had in Ireland.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.99,0:01:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the land of youth, he possessed\Na strange, new invincibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.43,0:01:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of each day of adventuring,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.21,0:01:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oisin's wounds magically healed themselves\Nas he slept in Niamh's arms.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.35,0:01:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although glory and pleasure\Ncame easily to Oisin in the land of youth,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.60,0:01:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he missed the Fianna\Nand the adventures they had in Ireland.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.50,0:02:03.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After three years in Tír na nÓg, he\Nwas struck by a deep yearning for home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.100,0:02:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before he embarked on his journey back,\NNiamh warned him
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.66,0:02:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he must not alight from his horse\Nto touch the earth with his own feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.30,0:02:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Oisin reached the shores of Ireland,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.27,0:02:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it felt as if a shadow \Nhad fallen over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.60,0:02:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the hill where his father's palace lay,\Nhe saw only a ruin strewn with weeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.86,0:02:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His calls for his friends and family\Nechoed from derelict walls.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.48,0:02:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Horrified, Oisin rode until he came upon\Na group of peasants working in the fields.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.25,0:02:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were struggling to remove \Na boulder from their land,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.02,0:02:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and forgetting Niamh's warning,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.57,0:02:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oisin leapt from his horse and rolled it\Naway with his superhuman strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.26,0:02:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crowd's cheers soon\Nturned into shrieks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.09,0:02:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In place of the youth was an old man\Nwhose beard swept the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.68,0:02:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whose legs buckled under him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.85,0:02:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He cried out for Finn and the Fianna,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.47,0:02:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the people only recognized these names\Nfrom the distant past of 300 years before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.80,0:02:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time had betrayed Oisin
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.76,0:03:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his return to mortal lands\Nhad aged him irreversibly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.72,0:03:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout Irish folklore,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.35,0:03:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sightings of the land of youth\Nhave been reported in the depths of wells,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.44,0:03:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the brink of the horizon,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.60,0:03:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in the gloom of caves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.01,0:03:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But those who know the tale of Oisin\Ntell of another vision,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.90,0:03:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that of a shining princess carried upon\Nthe distant waves by a white horse,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.60,0:03:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still hoping for the return \Nof her doomed love.