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Island of St. Brandan

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The flying island, the supposed retreat of King Rodriʹgo. So called from St. Brandan, who went in search of the Islands of Paradise in the sixth century.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ishban
Ishbosheth
Ishmonie
Isiac Tablet
Isidorian Decretals
Isinglass
Isis
Islam or Islamism
Islamite
Island of Saints
Island of St. Brandan
Island of the Seven Cities
Islands of the Blessed
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Lanterns (The)
Isle of Mist (The)
Islington (The Marquis of)
Ismaelians
Ismenē
Ismenias
Ismeno (in Jerusalem Delivered)