Wikipedia:Peer review/Mag Mell/archive1

Mag Mell vs. Tír Na nÓg

We need an Irish mythology buff to clear up a bit of an article mess.

The article for Mag Mell (MM), a mythical Irish place, has been conflated with another mythical Irish place, Tir na nOg (TNN). But I'm starting to think that these two places should not be combined into one article. It seems the legend of Ossian belongs to TNN, and TNN is an island. MM, on the other hand, is beneath the sea and has a legend related to Cúchulainn. That's as much as I can make out.

So far I've been redirecting all TNN articles to MM, but if someone more knowledgable weighs in I'll bet we end up wanting two separate articles. If so, I recommend placing the TNN article at Tír Na nÓg. See the links here page of MM for all the redirects that will need fixing in that case...

Someone who knows what he/she's talking about: please help.

--Chinasaur 10:18, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I checked and I think I found out why these two got confused. Mag Mell is ruled by Tethra after he had died and the place is supposed to be underworld. The article of Manannan mac Lir says he ruled over "Blessed Islands", which is probably Tir Na nOg, and "Mag Mell". I don't know if Tethra got overthrown on Mag Mell or if it may just be a case of a parallel universe but it doesn't make sense for an underworld, Mag Mell, to be "Blessed Islands" as well but get mentioned separately so these two had to be different. Revth 00:58, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)