#Aoife transformed the #ChildrenOfLir into swans, cursing them to remain so for 900 years. Even the magic of her foster father Bodb Derg was not enough to undo the damage—although he turned his foster daughter into a demon of the air (in some versions, a crane) in retaliation for her action. But the Children of Lir were left as swans with human emotions and human voices to sing of their woes.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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When #childrenofLir's grandfather #Bodb heard of what #Aoife had done he transformed her into an air demon for eternity! #FolkloreThursday

Jealous Aífe was changed into a crane in appropriate punishment for cursing Fionnuala and her brothers to be swans for 900 years.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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"Three times a hundred years shall you live on this lake, and three times a hundred on the Sea of Moyle, and three times a hundred at Inis Glora on the far western ocean! You shall be as you are until you hear the ringing of the Christian bell.."
#MythologyMonday #ChildrenofLir

#Celtic #Mythology: #Aoife was jealous of her fostersister #Aeb, who got #Lir as a husband before her, although #Aoife loved this king dearly. And then #Aeb gave birth to the lovely #ChildrenofLir while the jealous #Aoife was barren.
#Aoife could not bring herself to kill her husband's children, such as she could not have with him because of her infertility. She transformed the #ChildrenofLir into beautiful swans and left them their melodious voices.
Enchanted by Bodb Derg into an air demon, #Aoife watched over the fate of the #ChildrenofLir from the shadows.

The #ChildrenofLir, Fionnula, Fiachra, Aodh and Conn, were turned into swans by their stepmother #Aoife out of jealousy. They had to live on Lough Derravaragh, in the Straits of Moyle and on Inishglora for 300 years each.
Aoife was jealous of her fostersister #Aeb, who got #Lir as a husband, although Aoife loved this king dearly. And then #Aeb gave birth to the lovely Children of Lir while Aoife was barren.
Aoife was also jealous of the Children of Lir because her husband loved them more than her. She became ill with jealousy, which put her in the sickbed for a year. During this time, the plan to get rid of the children, that she loved like her own, developed.
Aoife didn't have the heart to kill the Children of Lir. She turned them into beautiful swans and left them their melodious voices.
Enchanted by Bodb Derg into an air demon, Aoife watched over the fate of the Children of Lir from the shadows.