The story of Bran belongs to the class of Celtic literature known as echtai ... supernatural 'adventure' stories. The surviving text is dated to the 7th or 8th century AD and was translated from the Old Irish by Kuno Meyer in 1890. The story itself, however, is almost certainly much older and of pre-Christian origin. Imram Brain The Voyage of Bran, Son of Febal This is the beginning of the story.

Bran and the British Mysteries The Voyage of Bran son of Febal to the Land of the Living The Voyage of Bran is an early example of an Irish 'voyaging' story, and is believed to have been written down around 700 AD, although it has an earlier oral history. It is also believed to have inspired several other tales, which are set in a more explicitly Christian context. This version of the tale ...