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

#Newgrange was the palace (Brú) of #Bóand, goddess of the river beneath the mound. It was Bóand (sometimes called #Eithne) who first lived here with #Elcmar (sometimes #Nechtan). When she decided to take the #Dagda as her lover, she asked him to hold the sun steady in the sky for 9 months, so that her pregnancy could pass in what seemed to be a single day. This subterfuge worked, and #AonghusÓg was safely born.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Las historias de Daghda son abundantes! Una de ellas cuenta cómo Dagda tuvo una aventura con Boand, la esposa de Elcmar. Para ocultar…
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#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: Deceived by the goddess #Bóand with the god #Dagda, the #Irish god #Nuada was further deceived when the son of that affair, #Aonghus Óg, tricked the leader of the Tuatha dé Danann out of the great palace Brú na Bóinne, the great tumulus on the River Boyne.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #FaustianFriday: #Diancecht had inserted a prosthesis of silver for #Nuada's severed arm, but a black beetle lived in it, causing the king …
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Corgenn was forced by the #Dagda to carry the corpse of his beloved son, Áed Minbhrec, on his back until he found a stone the exact size and weight of the deceased. Only then could Corgenn rest. Thus the man hauled the body around #Ireland until he found a place for it: the ancient #hillfort of #GrianánAileach in Co. #Donegal.
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Historic sites, such as the Gríanán of Ailech had supernatural origins; grave of Áed son of the Dagda (pic via CC)

Coincheann was the murderer who killed the god #Dagda’s son, Áed Minbhrec, for seducing his wife.He was then sentenced to carry his victim’s body on his back until he found a stone of equal size beneath which to bury it. He finally laid his burden down at the famous #hillfort of #GrianánAileach.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Historic sites, such as the Gríanán of Ailech had supernatural origins; grave of Áed son of the Dagda (pic via CC)

#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