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Fortunate Isles
(redirected from Blessed Isle)

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Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blest, in classical and Celtic legend, islands in the Western Ocean. There the souls of favored mortals were received by the gods and lived happily in a paradise. Belief in the islands long persisted, and the Canaries and the Madeira Islands were sometimes identified with them.
Fortunate Isles
(Happy Isles) otherworld for heroes favored by gods. [Gk. Myth.: NCE, 861]
See : Heaven
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Captain Britain, as he likes to be called, promises that he is "the protector of this Blessed Isle and all who live here".
BRUM'S OWN CAPED HERO! MEET BRAVE CAPTAIN BRITAIN.. by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Sixteen years later, I returned to these blessed isles with my family - not expecting to see anybody I would have known all those years ago.
Great loss by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
Show the symbols of your faith proudly with these wonderful wall hangings from the blessed Isle of Ireland.
How to Choose Religious Irish Gifts by Molly Ridenhour / Hobbies community
 
 
 
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