Aengus
Sign in to saveIn Irish mythology, Aengus or Óengus is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann and probably originally a god associated with youth, love, summer and poetic inspiration. The son of The Dagda and Boann, Aengus is also known as Macan Óc ("the young boy" or "young son"), and corresponds to the Welsh mythical figure Mabon and the Celtic god Maponos. He plays a central role in five Irish myths.
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- Irish
- Deity.name
- Aengus
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- Heroes of the dawn (1914) (14566173909).jpg
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- Aengus, illustration by Beatrice Elvery in Violet Russell's Heroes of the Dawn (1914)
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- the Tuatha Dé Danann
- Deity.abodes
- Brú na Bóinne
- Deity.animals
- Swan
- Deity.siblings
- Oghma an Cermait (brother)
- Deity.children
- Diarmuid Ua Duibhne (foster-son)
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In Irish mythology, Aengus or Óengus is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann and probably originally a god associated with youth, love, summer and poetic inspiration. The son of The Dagda and Boann, Aengus is also known as Macan Óc ("the young boy" or "young son"), and corresponds to the Welsh mythical figure Mabon and the Celtic god Maponos. He plays a central role in five Irish myths.
==Name== In Old Irish his name is Óengus or Oíngus , a name attested in Adomnán's Life of St Columba as Oinogus(s)ius. This is believed to come from a Proto-Celtic name meaning "true vigour". The medieval Dindsenchas derives it from "one desire", explaining that Boann gave him the name because her union with the Dagda had been her only desire. In Middle Irish this became Áengus, and in Modern Irish Aonghus , .