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Stories of Etain: Etain met Midir while he was staying with his foster-son, Aengus Óg, the god of love. First Fuamnach turned Etain into a pool of water, then into a worm, and then into a fly.
The couple rose lightly in the air, turned into white swans and then flew away toward the Fairy Mountains of the Land of Youth. In Irish mythology this was the name of the goddess of fire, poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god Dagda. Etar's queen unknowingly swallows the butterfly with her When she grows up in her new life, Étaín has no recollection of her past, and weds Eochaid Airem, In an attempt to win back his born-again wife, Midir approaches Eochaid in human form numerous times, gambling away all sorts of riches and However, instead of merely taking what he requested and was granted by Eochaid, Midir embraces Étaín in such a way that she remembers their former life together, and she allows him to whisk her away to his mound beneath the ground, Brí Léith, believed to be Ardagh Mountain in County Longford. But he did not take Her into his arms. Personally, I love the story, and I truly love the painting. I do see myth as important, but it is not always a lens of cosmic truth. One of the many stories surrounding him is that he once transformed himself into a falcon to save his friend Sadr ud-Din Arif from execution at the hands of a despot. In addition to providing insight on how we might deal with challenges, I also think they tell us something about the unfolding of human’s collective unconsciousness over time. Étaín is a character from Irish mythology with an extraordinary life story. I have not even started to cover the Celtic War Godesses, mainly because I am so uncomfortable with violence. Sounds like you are a true Celtic woman, who is not afraid of a battle.
Riley Winters is a recent graduate from Christopher Newport University with a degree in Classical Studies and Art History, and a Medieval and Renaissance Studies minor. In a way, the story of Étaín is not unlike the Greek myth of Bergin, O. and R.I. Best. Here's the hotlink:I accidently sent you to my obnoxious political blog in above post. Names from Celtic Mythology: Godchecker's mighty alphabetical index list of Celtic deity names – includes alternative names, titles, akas and nicknames of the Gods, Goddesses and spirits. I don’t know, but it’s something I like to ponder.Thanks for telling the story. Our open community is dedicated to digging into the origins of our species on planet earth, and question wherever the discoveries might take us. In early Goidelic mythology, Etain was a sun goddess.. Days later when She met Ailill his disturbing passion for Her had passed away. I have been looking at some of these recently and they do describe our ‘downfall’ and the imposition of the patriarchal code of monogamy on the previous matriarchal freer sexuality. Midir was a king of the Tuatha de Dannan; proud, handsome and regal.His wife was called Fuamnach, and was his equal in every way. Rather it instead begins with the introduction of her character to her second husband, Eochaid.