Aillen
Sign in to savethumb|upright|Fionn mac Cumhaill fighting Aillen, illustration by [[Beatrice Elvery in Violet Russell's Heroes of the Dawn (1914)]] Aillen or Áillen is an incendiary being in Irish mythology. He played the harp or timpán and would lull his victims into a deep sleep with his music.
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thumb|upright|Fionn mac Cumhaill fighting Aillen, illustration by [[Beatrice Elvery in Violet Russell's Heroes of the Dawn (1914)]] Aillen or Áillen is an incendiary being in Irish mythology. He played the harp or timpán and would lull his victims into a deep sleep with his music.
==Character== Called "the burner", According to the most frequently repeated story, Aillén harasses Cormac's court at Tara every November 1 at Samhain.
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