Silver Branch of Emain
The silver branch of Emain is the singing apple-branch carried by a woman of the Otherworld who visits the hero Bran mac Febail in the medieval Irish tale Immram Brain, the Voyage of Bran. The branch bears silver apples and sweet blossoms, and its music lulls those who hear it to sleep while the branch itself sings of the delights of the Land of Women across the sea. When Bran refuses to part with the branch and follows its bearer, he begins the famous voyage that carries him and his company from island to wonder-filled island. Messengers of the Irish Otherworld are traditionally shown bearing