Aengus

Irish · deity · mythic prehistoric · deity

God of love and youth, son of the Dagda and Boann, dwelling at Brú na Bóinne.

Parentage

Domains

love youth
poetry

Powers

Turn into a swan with his beloved
wins the Brú na Bóinne forever by the riddle of 'a day and a night'
seeks his dream-love Caer Ibormeith and joins her as a swan

Epithets

Mac ind Óc / Mac Óc
Óengus Óc
in Mac Óc

Sources

Aislinge Óengusa; Tochmarc Étaíne; Lebor Gabála Érenn

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