The #Irish goddess #Áine [ˈaːnʲə]) is sometimes represented by a red mare. The feast of Midsummer Night was held in her honor. As the goddess of love and fertility, she had command over crops and animals & is also associated with the sun and agriculture.
#SummerSolstice #Celtic
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#Áine is the daughter of the #Dagda, sister of #Aillen who burned Tara down each yr. Ancestor of multiple Irish families?! #FolkloreThursday

From the grave of #Aillen from Dún Aillen grew an apple tree. Likewise, a yew tree grew from that of #Báilé, her lover. After 7 years the trees were cut down and "poet's tablets" made from them. Much later the 2 tablets were brought together at #Samhain at #Tara, whereupon they sprang together and intertwined so that they could not be pulled apart.
Source: Dún Ailinne's Role in Folklore, Myth, and the Sacred Landscape
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#FolkloreThursday Both Baile and Aillinn died of grief when told of the others death. They built a tall rath of stone, an enclosure for the bon…
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From the grave of #Aillen from Dún Aillen grew an apple tree. Likewise, a yew tree grew from that of Báilé, her lover. After 7 years the trees were cut down and "poet's tablets" made from them. Much later the 2 tablets were brought together at #Samhain at #Tara, whereupon they sprang together and intertwined so that they could not be pulled apart.
Source: Dún Ailinne's Role in Folklore, Myth, and the Sacred Landscape
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200 yrs later, at Samhain, the High King called poets with their tablets of verse to gather at the Hill of Tara. Among those tablets were the yew tablet of Ulster, grown from the tomb of Baillé, and the applewood tablet of Leinster, sprung from Aillinn’s grave. 🧵

#Aillen, son of Miodna burned #Tara to the ground every #Samhain for 23 consecutive years with his fiery breath after lulling all the inhabitants to sleep with his music. This only ended with the arrival of #FinnMacCool, who inhaled the poison from his spear to keep himself awake and slew #Aillen. The act won him the leadership of the #Fianna.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aillen
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: #Aillen, son of Miodna, is an incendiary being in #Irish mythology. He played the harp and was known to sing beautiful songs. Called "the burner", he is a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann who resides in Mag Mell, the #Otherworld.… https://todon.eu/@NeuKelte/108510221859004244

#Aillen, son of Miodna burned #Tara to the ground every #Samhain for 23 consecutive years with his fiery breath after lulling all the inhabitants to sleep with his music. This only ended with the arrival of #FinnMacCool, who inhaled the poison from his spear to keep himself awake and slew #Aillen. The act won him the leadership of the #Fianna.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aillen
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For 23 years at Samhain a fire-breathing man of the Sidhe, Aillen, would lull the men of Tara to sleep with his #music before burning the palace to ground! Irish hero, Fionn mac Cumhaill was able to stay awake & slayed him; made leader of fianna! 🎨Beatrice Elvery #FaustianFriday

#Conaire was led by strange #bird-warriors to #Tara, where he became the rightful High King of #Ireland as "Conaire the Great". He was the son of the supernatural bird-warrior, #Nemglan, who placed a geis on his son not to harm birds.
Source: Bridgette Slavin `The Irish Birdman: Kingship and Liminality in Buile Suibhne`
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney on the #HillofTara: #Aillen, son of Miodna burned #Tara to the ground every #Samhain for 23 consecutive years with his fiery breath after lulling all the inhabitants to sleep with his music. This only ended with the arrival of #FinnMacCool, who inhaled
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney on the #HillofTara: #Aillen, son of Miodna burned #Tara to the ground every #Samhain for 23 consecutive years with his fiery breath after lulling all the inhabitants to sleep with his music. This only ended with the arrival of #FinnMacCool, who inhaled
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#Celtic #mythology: After lulling all the inhabitants of #Tara to sleep with his music, #Aillen, son of Miodna, burned the residence of the highking of #Ireland to the ground every #Samhain for 23 consecutive years with his fiery breath. This only ended with the arrival of #FinnMacCool, who inhaled the poison from his spear to keep himself awake and slew #Aillen, the former resident of Mag Mell in the #Otherworld. The act won #Fionn the leadership of the #Fianna.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aillen

#Aillen, son of Miodna, burned the residence of the highking of #Ireland to the ground every #Samhain for 23 consecutive years with his fiery breath. This only ended with the arrival of #FinnMacCool, who inhaled the poison from his spear to keep himself awake & slew #Aillen,
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#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: The #Irish goddess #Áine [ˈaːnʲə]) is sometimes represented by a red mare. The feast of Midsummer Night was held in her honor. As the goddess of love and fertility, she had command over crops and animals & is also associated with the sun and agriculture

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#Áine is the daughter of the #Dagda, sister of #Aillen who burned Tara down each yr. Ancestor of multiple Irish families?! #FolkloreThursday

#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: The #Irish goddess #Áine [ˈaːnʲə]) is sometimes represented by a red mare. The feast of Midsummer Night was held in her honor. As the goddess of love and fertility, she had command over crops and animals & is also associated with the sun and agriculture

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#Áine is the daughter of the #Dagda, sister of #Aillen who burned Tara down each yr. Ancestor of multiple Irish families?! #FolkloreThursday

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: #Áine [ˈaːnʲə]) is an #Irish goddess of summer, wealth and sovereignty. She is strongly associated with County #Limerick. The hill of Knockainey (Irish: Cnoc Áine) is named after her &and was site of rites in her honour, involving fire & the blessing
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#Áine is the daughter of the #Dagda, sister of #Aillen who burned Tara down each yr. Ancestor of multiple Irish families?! #FolkloreThursday

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: #Aillen, son of Miodna, is an incendiary being in #Irish mythology. He played the harp and was known to sing beautiful songs. Called "the burner", he is a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann who resides in Mag Mell, the #Otherworld. According to The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, he would burn #Tara to the ground every year at #Samhain with his fiery breath after lulling all the inhabitants to sleep with his music. This only ended with the arrival of #FinnMacCool, who inhaled the poison from his spear to keep himself awake and slew #Aillen. The act won him the leadership of the #Fianna.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aillen