Guest Post by Jennifer Allis Provost My urban fantasy series, Copper Legacy, is set in a modern dystopia loosely based on New England. Magic has been outlawed, though the government still throws it around like cheap confetti. This is problematic for the main character, Sara Corbeau, who just happens to be an Elemental with an affinity for metal. One of the first questions I asked myself as a writer was where Sara could go to learn about the magic she was born with? Why, to the Otherworld, of course. But which Otherworld? My area of expertise, if you can call it that, is in Celtic mythology. The Irish had many names for the Otherworld, such as Tir Na nOg (Land of Youth), Mag Mell (Plain of Delight), and Ildathatch (Multicolored Palace). [Tweet this!] One could reach these plains of the Otherworld via mounds, or occasionally by travelling under the sea. Irish heroes often journeyed to one or more areas of the Otherworld, usually by invitation of the gods, the Tuatha de Danaan. Ireland is far …