#aengus óg

[jackypaperstudios]

Aengus Óg, victim of patriarchy

Aengus Óg, the Mac Óg, is generally regarded as the Irish god of love, although it’s difficult to know if this is how he was worshipped originally. He is himself a lover, a protector of lovers, a great hunter, and it is said he turned four of his kisses into birds, whose fluttering is felt in the hearts of lovers. So why haven’t you ever seen a statue of him? Danu, the Morrígan, the Dagda, the…

[rosesforhekate101]

The Song of Wandering Aengus

I went out to the hazel wood,Because a fire was in my head,And cut and peeled a hazel wand,And hooked a berry to a thread;And when white moths were on the wing,And moth-like stars were flickering out,I dropped the berry in a streamAnd caught a little silver trout. When I had laid it on the floorI went to blow the fire a-flame,But something rustled on the floor,And someone called me by my name:It…

[theavalonianwitch]

Angus Óg/Aengus

A guide

I've decided to write a little profile and deity guide on some of my Gods for anyone who might want more information or want to work with/worship them. So I've decided to start with Aengus :)

Disclaimer: Aengus is found in both Irish and Scottish paganism as both religions overlap greatly (Scottish Paganism originated from the Irish). I'm Scottish, so this will mostly be tailored towards Scottish Paganism and my understanding of Angus Óg as a Scottish pagan.

Not much is known about Celtic Gods as a whole in the modern day and things are very muddled, so there will be different understandings/interpretations of the Gods.

This is from my own experience working with him as well as research.

Angus Óg is the Irish & Scottish Celtic God associated with love, youth, beauty, poetry, and life.

In Scottish Folklore he is the son of Beira. Bride is often depicted as his lover.

Other names: Aengus, Aonghas, Óengus

Symbols/Associations: Harps, white birds, roses, rose quartz, rubies, a white horse

Planet Association: Venus

Season: Summer

Colours: Green, red, pink, gold

Offerings: Wine, roses (and other flowers), apples, feathers, honey, rose quartz

Devotional Acts:

Writing poetry or songs (especially about love)

Spending time with loved ones

Acts of kindness

Making drawings/paintings/artwork of him or related to him

Planting flowers/gardening

Having a self care day/night

Taking a meditative bath

Listening to music, especially love songs

Honouring Bride and Spring

My Experience: From my experience, Angus Óg is very open. He is quite playful yet patient. He seems happy when I create art for him and is always really kind and encouraging about it. He feels full of energy and wisdom and likes hearing about all my little crushes and speaking about relationships. He is intelligent and well-spoken and likes you to take care of yourself and your loved ones. His presence is gentle and soft, yet radiant.

I've found he is a really good deity for beginners and would recommend reaching out to him if you're interested in Celtic Paganism!

[reejindeed]

Aengus Óg!

[thevirginwitch]

DON'T CALL ME MABON

WHY MABON IS AN INAPPROPRIATE NAME FOR THE AUTUMN EQUINOX

by Anna Franklin

The name ‘Mabon’ as a term for the neopagan festival of the autumn equinox (along with the Saxon term ‘Litha’ for the summer solstice) was introduced in 1973 by the American witch and writer Aiden Kelly (b. 1940). His blog for 21st September 2012 explains:

“Back in 1973, I was putting together a “Pagan-Craft” calendar—the first of its kind, as far as I know—listing the holidays, astrological aspects, and other stuff of interest to Pagans. It offended my aesthetic sensibilities that there seemed to be no Pagan names for the summer solstice or the fall equinox equivalent to Ostara or Beltane—so I decided to supply them… I began wondering if there had been a myth similar to that of Kore in a Celtic culture. There was nothing very similar in the Gaelic literature, but there was in the Welsh, in the Mabinogion collection, the story of Mabon ap Modron (which translates as “Son of the Mother,” just as Kore simply meant “girl”), whom Gwydion rescues from the underworld, much as Theseus rescued Helen. That’s why I picked “Mabon” as a name for the holiday…” bd

Curiously, his own tradition, the New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn, did not follow him in this and instead called the autumn equinox ‘Rites of Eleusis’.  However, the term took off and was used in many American books, and by extension, the readers of those books in the UK and elsewhere.

The association of the god Mabon with the festival is certainly not an ancient or traditional despite the claims in various books and websites where you might read ‘the Celts celebrated the god Mabon on this date’.

In order to see why the name of Mabon for the autumn equinox is an inappropriate one we need to examine the tales of Mabon.

The Celtic God Maponius

There is certainly a Celtic god whose title was Latinized as Maponus, which is not an actual name but means something like ‘divine son’. He is known from a number of inscriptions in northern Britain and Gaul in which he is addressed as ‘Apollo Maponus’ identifying him with the Graeco-Roman sun-god Apollo. Like Apollo, all the evidence suggests that he was a god of the sun, music and hunting – significantly, he was not a god of the harvest or of the corn.

It is not known whether he was widely worshipped before the coming of the Romans, but with them his cult spread along Hadrian’s Wall amongst the Roman soldiers stationed there. Several stone heads found at the Wall are identified as representing Maponus.

He was also known in Gaul where he was invoked with a Latin inscription at Bourbonne-les-Bains, and on a lead cursing tablet  discovered at Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme where he is invoked along with Lugus (Lugh) to quicken underworld spirits to right a wrong. 

It is possible that there are some place names associated with him, such as Ruabon in Denbighshire, which may or may not be a corruption of Rhiw Fabon, meaning ‘Hillside of Mabon’. be During the seventh century an unknown monk at the Monastery at Ravenna in Italy compiled what came to be called The Ravenna Cosmography, which was a list of all the towns and road-stations throughout the Roman Empire. It lists a Locus Maponi (‘place of Maponus’) which has been tentatively identified with the Lochmaben stone site.

It is possible that Mabon’s Irish equivalent is the god Aengus, also known as the Mac Óg (‘young son’).

 Literary Sources

A character called Mabon is found as a minor character in the Mabinogion, a collection of eleven – sometimes twelve – Welsh prose tales from the Middle Ages. He is called Mabon ap Modron, meaning ‘son of the mother’, which has led to speculation that his mother Modron (‘mother’) may be cognate with the Gaulish mother goddess Matrona. There are no inscriptions dedicated to her from ancient times, so this cannot be verified. Whether or not the Mabinogion tale of the hero Mabon stems from a thousand year old story of the god Maponus is uncertain, but since the stories contain the names of other known Celtic gods (transliterated into heroes) it is certainly possible.

The Mabinogion is a collection of medieval Welsh stories which would have been recorded by Christian monks. They don’t seem to have been very widely known until they were translated into English in 1849 by Lady Charlotte Guest, who invented the title Mabinogion since each of the four branches ends with the words “so ends this Branch of the Mabinogi”. In Welsh, mab means ‘son’ or ‘boy’ or ‘youth’, so she concluded that mabinogi meant ‘a story for children’ and (erroneously) that mabinogion was its plural.  Another possibility is that it comes from the proposed Welsh mabinog meaning something like ‘bardic student’.   

The stories now included in the Mabinogion are found in two manuscripts, the older White Book of Rhydderch (c.1300–1325) and the later Red Book of Hergest (c.1375–1425) and Lady Charlotte Guest used only the latter as her source, though later translations have drawn on both books.

The first four tales, called The Four Branches of the Mabinogi, are divided into Pwyll, Branwen, Manawydan and Math and each of these includes the character Pryderi. The Mabinogion scholar W.G.Gruffydd suggested that the four branches of the collection represent the birth, exploits, imprisonment and death of Pryderi.

Mabon is mentioned in the Mabinogion story of The Dream of Rhonabwy in which he is described as one of the King’s chief advisors and fights alongside him at the Battle of Badon. His biggest role comes in the story of Culhwch and Olwen (originally from White Book of Rhydderch). In it is the only known reference to Olwen, and Mabon is still a very minor character in the story. One task of the heroes is to search for Mabon ap Modron, who was imprisoned in a watery Gloucester dungeon. Arthur’s cousin Mabon had been taken from his mother Modron when he was only three nights old, and no one knew whether he was alive or dead. After asking the oldest animals,  they were finally directed to the oldest creature of all: the great Salmon of Llyn Llyw. The salmon recalled hearing of Mabon, and told them that as he swam daily by the wall of Caer Loyw, he heard a constant lamentation. The salmon took Cei and Gwrhyr upon his back to the castle, and they heard Mabon’s cries bewailing his fate. Mabon could not be ransomed, so seeing that force was the only answer, the knights fetched Arthur and his war band to attack the castle. Riding on the salmon’s back, Cai broke through the wall and collected Mabon, both fleeing on the back of the salmon.

Let us suppose for a moment that the god Maponus and the literary hero Mabon are one and the same. We must remember that all the evidence points to Maponus being the young sun god, his youth meaning that he would represent the morning sun or the sun newly reborn after the winter solstice. His theft from his mother after three days would make sense in this light – the three days being the three days the sun stands still at the winter solstice. The imprisonment of the young god underground equates to the sun in the underworld before he is ‘released’ to begin his reign as the new sun. In Culhwch and Olwen, Mabon is said to be imprisoned inside a tower in Gloucester, from which he is freed by Cei and Bedwyr. The ‘missing sun’ or ‘imprisoned sun’ is a premise found in the solar myths of many cultures to explain the night or the shorter days of winter, especially those around the three days of the winter solstice. Such tales often include themes of captivity or the theft of the sun (i.e. the god or object that represents it) and its rescue by a band of heroes, such as Jason and the Argonauts rescuing the Golden Fleece (the sun) from the dragon or the Lithuanian sun goddess Saule, was held in a tower by powerful king, rescued by the zodiac using a giant sledgehammer, or the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu hiding in a cave.

An earlier source that mentions Mabon is the tenth century poem Pa Gur, in which Arthur recounts the great deeds of his knights in order to gain entrance to a fortress guarded by Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr. In this, Arthur describes Mabon fab Madron as one of his men and says that Mabon is a servant of Uther Pendragon. A second Mabon is mentioned, Mabon fab Mellt (‘Mabon Son of Lightning’) and this is interesting, since the sky/storm god is often the father of the sun god in myth, as Zeus is the father of Apollo.

Mabon defeats the monstrous boar, and in myth the boar is often a symbol of winter and the underworld, just as the sun after the winter solstice defeats winter. Mabon then is the divine sun-child born at the winter solstice and this is his festival – he is not the aged god of the harvest or the seed in the ground as Kore is in Greek myth. As Sorita d’Este says:

“Honour Mabon as a Wizard, a Merlin type figure, as the oldest of men and beasts, honour him as the Son of the Mother, and a hero – don’t take that away from him by ignorantly using his name as if it is a different word for Autumn Equinox.  If you really believe that the Old Gods of these lands still live, that they should be honoured and respected, then do that.  Don’t join the generations who tried to belittle the Gods in an effort to diminish their power.”[1]

© Anna Franklin, The Autumn Equinox, History, Lore and Celebration, Lear Books, 2012

[aodhan-art]

Orbsen mac Allot aka Manannán mac Lir giving a teenage Aengus Óg a much needed lecture on consent

[thebeautifulbook]

THE CROCK OF GOLD by James Stephens. (1912) Art binding by Bayntun. Illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie.

This comic novel is a mixture of philosophy, Irish folklore and the "battle of the sexes", it consists of six parts: The Coming of Pan, The Philosopher's Journey, The Two Gods, The Philosopher's Return, The Policemen, and The Thin Woman's Journey. It rotates around a philosopher and his quest to find the most beautiful woman in the world — Cáitilin Ni Murrachu, daughter of a remote mountain farm — and deliver her from the gods Pan and Aengus Óg, while himself going through a catharsis.

source

[etymology-of-the-emblem]

The Sword of Begalta / ベガルタの剣 and Sword of Moralta / モラルタの剣

The Sword of Begalta (JP: ベガルタの剣; rōmaji: begaruta no ken) and the Sword of Moralta (JP: モラルタの剣; rōmaji: moraruta no ken) are two sacred swords of similar appearance and name; the former is tied to the Crest of Reigan, while the latter is to the Crest of Fraldarius. As you likely expected, the names of these blades are intertwined: in the Irish folklore, Moralltach and Be[a]galltach, rendered with the same katakana as in Three Houses, are two swords originally belonging to the sea god Manannán mac Lir. Their names meaning "Great Fury" and "Little Fury", respectively, the blades were handed over to the god Aengus Óg, who then gave them to his foster son, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne. Diarmuid was a member of the fianna (a band of warriors) of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the star of the tale The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne. At the wedding of their leader and Gráinne—daughter of the High King Cormac mac Airt—the bride and Diarmuid grew attracted to each other (or in some versions, Diarmuid's loyalty succumbed to a geis placed on him by Gráinne). After the guests of the wedding fell asleep from the drinks Gráinne gave them, she eloped with Diarmuid.

Fionn, furious that one of his men had taken his wife, designated Diarmuid a rival he and his fianna must kill. However, his men still respected their former ally, and would often betray their leader to allow Diarmuid and Gráinne safe passage. When next Fionn and Diarmuid met, it was for a year-long feast Gráinne and her children held to repair bonds with Fionn and Cormac. When trouble sounded from the mountain Benbulbin, Diarmuid disregarded his wife's advice and took not his more powerful blade Moralltach, which he used in every previous instance in the tale, but the weaker Be[a]galltach. After learning of the wild boar that has claimed thirty warriors' lives, Diarmuid challenged it. He claimed victory, but not before getting gored himself and breaking his blade on it's hide. Though water consumed from Fionn's hands had healing properties, the bitter warrior twice let his fingers run dry, letting Diarmuid slowly die.

In Fire Emblem, the stats of the Sword of Moralta and Sword of Begalta resemble their inspirations: The Sword of Moralta has one more point of Might and a Critical stat equal to a Killing Edge. The Sword of Begalta makes up for the deficit with a Hit stat of 100, rather than 75, and 5 Weight points less. It's also possible the reason one of the blades is related to the leading house of the Leicester Alliance is due to the occasional conflation of Manannán mac Lir and King Leir, supposed founder of the city of Leicester and inspiration for Shakespeare's King Lear.

This was a segment from a larger document reviewing the name of most every weapon and item in Three Houses and Three Hopes. Click Here to read it in full.

[norelorn]

10 songs tag

I got tagged to share 10 songs by @havocinthebluebox, thanks :)

@the-raven-that-refused-to-sing @fayilien @mossijuniper @magicmusicdreams @sleepyearthbabe @varvunhavuja @satanknowz @bloodwithinroses are tagged to share music if they want to.

[landoflustfulladies]

Conleth McAngus, the Wandering Son of Aengus the Mac Óg, here to throw money at the problem and live in endless passion~

Órlaith McAngus, the Golden Princess of Aengus the Mac Óg, here to watch over Aengus’s projects and enjoy the spoils of wealth and power~

[spookyseasonfacts]

I wish I had a source for this information, but I forget which book I read it in, and an internet search for "plague caused by demons with flaming swords" didn't help.

There is an Irish historical text from some time around the year 1050 describing an intriguing event. There was a deadly outbreak of disease, and some guy went looking for insight from Aengus Óg who is a famous spirit associated with love and youth. He did this by means of a vigil at Samhain (i.e. near the end of October) at an ancient mound believed to be an otherworldly portal, and he had a vision of demons with flaming swords proceeding from heaven and causing the plague.

[i-am-theseeker]

Aengus Óg, victim of patriarchy

Aengus Óg, the Mac Óg, is generally regarded as the Irish god of love, although it’s difficult to know if this is how he was worshipped originally. He is himself a lover, a protector of lovers, a great hunter, and it is said he turned four of his kisses into birds, whose fluttering is felt […]Aengus Óg, victim of patriarchy

[tarragonblack1235813213455]

-THEISMS OF THE WORLD

POLYTHEISM is a type of belief system that has several gods

HENOTHEISM is a type of polytheism in which only a single god is acknowledged and worshiped, but other gods are accepted as existing elsewhere

POLYTHEISTIC SOCIETY AROUND THE WORLD

ANCIENT EGYPT

There was, in Egypt, a society that existed more than 5,000 years ago. Their belief system was polytheistic. This meant that the population worshipped many gods.

PERSIA

There was, in Persia, a society that existed more than 4,500 years ago. Their belief system was polytheistic. This meant that the population worshipped many gods.

INDIA

There was, in India, a society that existed more than 4,500 years ago. Their belief system was polytheistic. This meant that the population worshipped many gods.

ANCIENT CHINA

There was, in China, a society that existed more than 4,000 years ago. Their belief system was polytheistic. This meant that the population worshipped many gods.

ANCIENT GREECE

There was, in Greece, a society that existed more than 3,000 years ago. Their belief system was polytheistic. This meant that the population worshipped many gods.

Το σπίτι των Θεών

■Zeus

The King of the Gods

■Hera

The Queen of the Gods

The Sister of Zeus

■Athena

The Goddess of Warfare

■Hades

The God of the Underworld

■Ares

The God of War

■Poseidon

The God of the Sea

■Helios

The God of the Sun

■Demeter

The Goddess of Agriculture

■Artemis

The Goddess of the Hunt

■Aphrodite

The Goddess of Love

■Dionysus

The God of Wine

The Son of Zeus

■Apollo

The God of the Arts

■Hermes

The Courier

JAPAN

There was, in Japan, a society that existed more than 2,750 years ago. Their belief system was polytheistic. This meant that the population worshipped many gods.

NORWAY, SWEDEN, DENMARK, AND ICELAND

There was, in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland, a society that existed more than 2,500 years ago. Their belief system was polytheistic. This meant that the population worshipped many gods.

Ásgarðr

Æsir

■Odin

The King of the Æsir

■Frigg

The Queen of the Æsir

■Thor

The God of Thunder

■Hod

The God of Darkness

■Loki

The Trickster

■Baldur

The God of Wisdom

■Heimdall

The Guard of Asgard

■Idunn

The Goddess of Fertility

■Tyr

The God of War

Vanir

■Njord

The King of the Vanir

■Freya

The Goddess of Love

The Daughter of Njord

■Freyr

The God of Prosperity

The Son of Njord

IRELAND

There was, in Ireland, a society that existed more than 2,500 years ago. Their belief system was polytheistic. This meant that the population worshipped many gods.

Tír na nÓg

■Dagda

The Leader of the Tuatha De Danann

■Diancecht

The Physician of the Tuatha De Danann

The God of Medicine

■Aengus

The Son of Dagda

■Áine of Knockaine

The Goddess of Love

■Aengus Óg

The God of Love

■Caer Ibormeith

The Goddess of Dreams

MEXICO

There was, in Mexico, a society that existed more than 2,250 years ago. Their belief system was polytheistic. This meant that the population worshipped many gods.

ANCIENT ROME

There was, in Italy, a society that existed more than 2,000 years ago. Their belief system was polytheistic. This meant that the population worshipped many gods. The idea of polytheism was, however, originally from Greece.

Domum Deorum

■Jupiter

The King of the Gods

■Juno

The Queen of the Gods

■Venus

The Goddess of Love

The Wife of Mars

■Neptune

The God of the Sea

The Brother of Jupiter

■Pluto

The God of the Underworld

■Mercury

The Courier

■Mars

The God of War

■Ceres

The Goddess of Agriculture

■Bacchus

The God of the Festival

■Sol

The God of the Sun

■Diana

The Goddess of the Moon

■Minerva

The Goddess of Wisdom

■Vesta

The Goddess of the Home

■Vulcan

The God of the Blacksmith

■Cupid

The God of Love

The Son of Venus

BRAZIL

There was, in Brazil, a society that existed more than 300 years ago. Their belief system was polytheistic. This meant that the population worshipped many gods. The idea of polytheism was, however, originally taken from Africa and imported into Brazil during the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

[theavalonianwitch]

Introduction Post!

Hey, I'm Nim, I'm 18 and I'm a Scottish lesbian witch. I practice eclectic polytheism, although I mostly focus on Norse and Celtic religion.

This is going to be a little blog about witchcraft, as well as a spiritual diary and grimoire. I'd also love to find some other witch and Pagan friends/mutuals!! (Pls interact)

Some of my primary deities I worship are:

- Odin

- Idun

- Skadi

- Aengus Óg

- Beira, the Cailleach (Queen of Winter)

- Amun-Ra

I'm also a huge fan of Arthurian legend (it's a special interest). I love horror movies, alternative music, and video gaming, but I won't post about those here.

Anyway, that's all <3

[dairedara]

Aengus Óg my beloved ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ it’s almost his birthday 🎂

[pippa-writes]

Aengus Óg isn’t even really the god of love, he’s just the god of Uppity Teenagers Who Say ‘Do You Know Who My Father Is????!!!!’ At Least Forty Times A Day and that’s just that.