#aengus mac og

[forfeda-project]

THE LIVES OF ÉTAÍN

This piece depicts the themes and symbols around the character of Étaín from Tochmarc Étaíne and her various transformations throughout the tale. The two faces depict Étaín's two incarnations a thousand years apart, flanked by suns and moons to represent that "all time is made up of days and nights." The swan and fly represent Étaín's two animal forms, while the cup and pitcher represent the cup of the wife of Étar, and Étaín's skill at serving drink, by which Eochaid seeks to recognize her. Finally, the vegetation and swirling billows on the outside of the frame symbolize the "fragrant and wonderous herbs" of Aengus's crystal sun-bower, and Fuamnach's magical winds.  This was my submission to the late Ralph Kenna's EÍRÍ art project through the Irish Post in 2022, based on the prompt of Evoking Ireland's Resiliant Female Icons. The Wooing of Étaín is one of my favorite Irish myths, and I've always wanted to take a crack at representing some of the themes of the story. Hello everyone, it's been quite a while! I've been on a bit of an impromptu hiatus due to general life stuff and a bit of artistic burnout in the last year or so, but I've got a few works in progress that I'm hoping will help get me back into the swing of things!

[pinksabatha]

made this little patch for Caer Ibormeith and Aengus mac Og! im very happy with it :)

[emdoug]

Quick sketch!

Caer & Aengus 🌟

[maypoleman1]

21st March

The First Day of Spring

Aengus by Beatrice Elvery. Source: Heroes of the Dawn by Violet Russell/ Wikipedia

Today is the First Day of Spring, following yesterday’s Vernal Equinox. It is the first day of the year in which daylight hours are greater than those of the night. This made it very significant for the ancient religions. The Celts paid particular honour to Aengus Mac Og, their god of youthfulness today. Aengus was a sun god, who was conceived and born in the space of a single day when his father, the mighty Dagda made love to a mortal woman, cuckolding her husband by magic, having him believe a single day rather than nine months had passed when he returned home to find his wife with a babe in arms. Aengus grew up to be beautiful, muscular and ever-youthful and married a swan who alternated as a seductive maiden. This time-warping explains the god’s attachment to the Equinox. Aengus’ palace was Brugh na Boinn which survives as several inscribed standing stones in County Meath, Ireland.

Today also used to be St Benedict’s Day, which was the last day on which to safely sow peas if you wish to avoid a failed crop.

[honoringthor]

Maponos “great son” 🎼🗡️🎶🎵

He was a young deity from Northern Britain though there’s evidence of him in Gaul. The Romans syncretic with Apollo. In iconography he’s depicted with a harp.

So maybe Maponos is a god of and healing, music?

Mabon ap Modron “son of mother”🗡️⛓️‍💥🎵🐕🏹

In the Mabinogi, Mabon appears in Culwch and Olwen where he is rescued by king Arthur and his knights. He’d been kidnapped when he was 3nights old and kept in Gloucester. His rescue was part of a series of “impossible “ tasks. They had to get him because he was the only one who could keep up with the hunting dog, Drudwyn who was the only one who could track the wild boar, Twrch Trwyth. 🐗

He appears to have joined King Arthur’s war band as referenced in the poem Pa Gur and The Dream of Rhonabwy.

There’s also a Mabon fab Mellt who “stained the grass with blood”.

Some think he may be inspiration for the Irish Aengus Mac Og. ❤️

There’s a female(or male) Cornish Saint Mabon/Mabyn/Mabena who is the patron saint of St Mabyn.

🎵🎶🏹🐗

In modern times many people call the fall equinox “Mabon”. Aidan Kelly chose the name Mabon for the fall equinox in the 70s. (Don’t know if anybody was using it before that). I guess he wanted to use a Celtic legend similar to Greek myth. He seemed to think the legend of Mabon was like the story of Persephone, Because they both got kidnapped? Far as I can tell that’s pretty much it. Mabon doesn’t seem to have any connection the harvest.

That said, I still tend to use Mabon as the name of the fall equinox too. I think it’s because I studied Wicca before anything else.

🍁🌾🍂🌽

Sources…..

Wikipedia

Maponos

Mabon ap Modron

[aodhan-art]

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

[thesharkbaitspellbook]

Apples

We see apples everywhere in myth. However, one of the problems identifying apples in religion, mythology and folktales is that as late as the 17th century, the word "apple" was used as a generic term for all (foreign) fruit other than berries, but including nuts. So thinking of what we know as an apple today may not be very helpful in piecing together what was actually meant. On the other hand, apples themselves are originally native to a region in Asia, not spread until the 14th century… therefore in a way they are a "foreign fruit" and the associations put onto them from myth and folklore would still hold.

Correspondences:

Magical Properties/Rules: food for departing spirits/dead, love, health, attracting unicorns, underworld, healing, peace, rebirth, immortality, beauty, wisdom, sex, fertility, harvest

Deities: Idunn, Satan, Beelzebub, Hel, Gia, Hera, Aphrodite, Athena, Manannán mac Lir, Macha, Epona [this for me is mostly because of the Legend of Zelda games], Eris, Nehalennia, Venus, Dagda, Aengus Og

Heroes/Places/Things: Hercules, Tree of Life, Avalon, Teachers, Johnny Appleseed [USA Folklore figure], Mythical gardens, Snow White

Ways to with: The fruit, oil, seeds, fragrances, candles, imagery, infusions, decorations, the trees, apple blossoms, culinary infusions

Apple colors:

Red: Passion, vitality, strength, survival, fertility, courage, sexual potency, mercy, action, danger, war, fire element, conflict, sports, independence, assertiveness, competition

Yellow-Pleasure, success, happiness, learning, memory, concentration, persuasion, inspiration, imagination, solar magic, charm, confidence, air element, travel, flexibility

Green- Prosperity, abundance, money, physical & emotional healing, growth, luck, marriage, tree/plant magic, acceptance, weather, counteract envy/greed/jealousy

Sayings: [good little spell inspo!]

Apple a day keeps the doctor away

Apples to Oranges

Apple of my eye

Being a bad apple in the bunch

Uses:

Dried apple slices are some of my favorite offerings

Apple Cider [including the alcoholic kind] is also a favorite of mine

SO MUCH KITCHEN MAGIC TO BEHOLD

If you have an iPhone… you always have apple imagery with you…. interesting little note

Apple scents for several uses

Seeds are good jar spell ingredients

Fall activities often involve apples

Leaving out an apple to the ancestors.

I found Apple wine once that was pretty good for sex magic.

[fiantacleasai]

Introduction

Hi there! You can call me Bat. It/Its pronouns. My username is in Gaeilge (Irish) and means Fiery Trickster. (was previously under the UN Gaelcryp) TLDR; I am: 27, queer, nonbinary, autistic, adhd, disabled, and a spoonie. I am an Astrologer, based in Hellenistic Astrology. I do incorporate this into my practice. I am a cosmic folk hedge witch, with an emphasis on spirit work and am learning the folk traditions of the Appalachian, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish. I'm a Gaelpol, Lokean, and Animist. Actively learning decolonization, antifascism, abolitionism, anarchy and harm reduction. Covid Vigilant. Please only follow if you are over 18, minors don't follow. You are not in a safe space if you are a folkist or any other form of white supremacist, an informed appropriator(including Lilith devotees), racist, ableist, queerphobic, anti-Semitic, pro-Israel or a zionist, fatphobic, anti-masker (or just not masking bc u don't care anymore!), or harm apologist. Also note that I am Wicca Critical. ---------------------Long Version--------------------------

I have been a witch/magic practitioner for the past 6 or so years. I practice mainly folk magic as of recently, focusing my studies on Appalachian, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and occasionally Swedish traditions. I've been learning slowly about my ancestry and where my family comes from in order to both connect with my ancestors and venerate them, as well as learning about the places of my family's origin and their folk traditions. My family is heavily tied to the Appalachian regions, namely of North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Georgia. A great many of them seem to have emigrated from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Another subset of ancestors seem to have emigrated from Sweden and Germany.

That said, I'm also trying to learn about the land I live on currently in the Pacific NW and figure out how to practice the traditions of my homelands while I reside here and incorporate the land respectfully. I have felt homesick for Ireland since I was about 7 years old, and I've wanted to be involved in anything Irish I could find. I feel that the land Herself is calling me back, to the place where my ancestors called home. I'm trying to learn the language and hope that one day I will be able to, at the very least, visit for a long while. I consider myself a hedge witch as well, not for the aspects of solitude but rather for the hedge-jumping/spirit-flight and focus on the Otherworld and spirit work. Connecting and communing with spirits has been a primary focus of my craft since the beginning. As far as my beliefs go. I have been particularly focused on Gaelpol/Irish & Scottish Polytheism the past 4 or so years. (and now learning about Welsh) I am a Flame Keeper for Brighid, tending Her flame for 24 hours every 20 days. She is the goddess and deity that I have worshipped the longest, and felt a strong connection to first. Of the Tuatha De Danann, I also hope to form relationships with Donn, Lugh, Manannán mac Lir, Áine, and Aengus Og. Within the past year I've also been connecting to Heathenry, through an unexpected connection to Loki. Though heathenry will not be a particular focus in my practice, I consider myself a Lokean and devotee of Loki and honor their family (partners and children) as well. I use he/they/she pronouns for Loki, personally. I am a strong Animist and have been, without the word, since I was very young. It is important to me to honor and get to know house spirits, land spirits, animal spirits, and plant spirts. I believe in fate and partial pre-determinism and that the planets give us signs through astrology. I believe electional astrology and astrologic magic are ways to work with the universe with some self-determinism. I believe in soul-transmigration and of course, the Otherworld. I believe in the soul having many parts - much like in Norse paganism.

As a disabled person, I am always on the hunt for things to make my practice more accessible. I also am hungry for community, as being inside all the time due to trying to stay safe from covid and just generally often being home-bound is so lonely. As an ever-growing and changing person, I allow myself to morph and grow as I learn and experience more. So this post will likely be updated over time.

[belladonnaslover]

gods of my lineage

Irish Celtic

Name

Pronunciation

of

Symbols

Lugh

Lúg

Warrior, craftsman, savior

Sun, storms, raven, lynx, spear

Brigid

Bri-guhd

Wisdom, poetry, healing , protection

Fire, oak, 3 circles, serpent, crescents back to back

Aengus

Ang-guhs

Youth, beauty, love

Cat, dove, dove/sparror, deer, pink , red, green

Macha

Ma-chuh

War, life and death

Red, acords, crow

Goibniu

Gō-ē-nú

Smithing and hospitality

Sword, hammer, lance head, beer

Ogma

Og-muh

eloquence, inspiration, language, magic, music, physical strength, poets, writers

Chains, vines

Lir

Lər

Sea

Personification of the sea

Badb

Ba-th or baðβ]

War

Banshee, crows

Bodb Derg

Bod Dərg

Red Crow

Red, crows

Balor

Bā-lor

Giants and the scorching sun

giants

Caer Ibormeith

Kī-ər i-vuhr

sleep and dreams

Whites, swan, yew

Fódla

Fó-luh

Triple goddess of ireland

giants

Bres

Bres

Tryant god of fertility

beauty

Ériu

Érū

Modern goddess of ireland

Earth, soil, land of abundance

Neit

Nēt

War and battle

Arrows and shield

Banba

Bon-ba

Triple goddess of ireland

Protection and soil

Cailleach

Calliagh

disease and plague

Winter and blue

Manannán mac Lir

Mananán moc Lər

Sea and oceans

white water, green or a stylized fish.

Danu

Danū

Nature

stones, horses, seagulls, fish, amber, gold, flowing water, air, wind, earth, moon, keys and crowns.

Dagda

Dag-duh

fertility, agriculture, manliness and strength, as well as magic, druidry and wisdom

Pigs, harp, staff, cauldron

Morrigan

Mor-ēgan

 death and fate

crow, the badb.

Cernunnos

Sr-nuh-nōs

nature, grain, wealth, and horned animals

a stag and the ram-horned serpent, bulls, dogs & rats

Dian Cecht

Dīan Sect

healing and medicine

 Oak and Mistletoe

Áine

ónyuh

 crops and cattle

Moon, silver & white items and meadowsweet

Belenus

Bel-enus

healing

Light and sun

Nemain

Nèmān

Triple goddess of ireland

havoc

Arianrhod

Arēan-dōd

beauty, fertility, and reincarnation

silver wheel (spinning tools i.e. shuttle, yarn

Boann

Bō-an

the River Byone

A white cow, Hazelnuts, salmon

[egglantine23]

PJO Celtic gods au intro

I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to actually post this au I have been working on it for a long time and probably has the most content out of anything I make. So let begin!

There are Celtic gods, the gods from Ireland, Great Britain, and Gaul. In cannon we know there are not many left and more are fading away. Now the au, due to all the fading the gods have all come to gather under there Irish name the Tuatha De Dahann or children of the Danu, and to the gods that apply they go as either there Irish, welsh, Scottish, or very rarely there name from gaul. For example Lugh is the Irish name but Lugus is the Gaulish name(think Roman and Greek). For simplicity the gods basically fuse there other names together and go by one name now, so the Gaulish god once known as Lugus now goes by Lugh and is the same person as the Irish god Lugh. The gods that appear in the au are Lugh, the Morrigan, Dian Cecht, Cailleach, Aengus Og, Brigd, Manannan Mac Lir, and Arawn.

Not all of these gods are major figures in Celtic mythology and the loss of many major gods is the reason the gods now raise and are very close to and protective of there Demi-god children. Celtic Demi-gods also have not had to deal with monsters like other Demi-gods due to the close relationships between the people and magical creatures. But although they are safer they have to deal with the responsibilities of the faded and older Demi-gods work as or even fully become minor gods. They used to have a school for the Demi-gods and even mortal children to teach them life skills in the mortal world, magic, and other skills, sadly due to there not being enough students it was shut down in 1902 and a small after school and summer day program is used instead that focuses on teaching magic and self defense. The school and program are run by fairies employed by the gods that are also in charge of the seasons but if you have ever seen Ireland and Great Britain they don’t change much.

I introduced the fairies before in the post about porcupine so I won’t go over them here.

Unlike the greek gods who moved to the US the Celtic gods stayed in Ireland and Great Britain since they’re connected to the Irish people and the island itself not western culture. Some Demi-gods do live in the US like Aisling who lives in Modesto California(my hometown because I find it funny) since her ma works in viticulture.

Aisling is one of the main characters in this au along with her family, her dad is the god Arawn. Now in the mythology Arawn has a wife but nothing is known about her so I made her a actual character, Fiona in known as ma to there children, and Mary is known as mum. Arawn and Fiona have been married for centuries and in the late 17 hundreds or early 18 hundreds they met Mary a 40 year old childless widow and all three fell in love and got married turning Mary into a minor goddess and second queen of Annwn. Together they have 4 sons Patrick, Sean, Gillian, and Bart and 1 daughter Aisling. Patrick is the oldest at 24, the twins Sean and Gillian are 22, Bart is 20, and the youngest Aisling is 16.

[newx-menfan]

Not-Prodigy is a Chosen Scion; Basically adopted by a God or Goddess (Thoth of the Netjer, in this case). The rest are born Scions; Not-Surge’s father is Susano-O of the Kami (although I have her Epic Strength rather than Sky), Not-Wind Dancer’s father is Quetzalcoatl of the Teotl, Not-Wallflower’s dad is Aengus Mac Og of the Tuatha De Dannan, Not-Elixir’s father is Nezha of the Shen, and Not-Icarus’s father is Apollo of the Theoi.

That’s cool- is it gods from different religions/faiths?

[tipsycad147]

Aengus: Celtic God of Love & Beauty

Aengus is the Celtic God of love, beauty, and poetic inspiration. His story begins before he was even born. His father Dagda and mother Boann were having an affair. Boann was married to Nechtan and when she conceived Aengus Dagda and Boann knew they had to hide the pregnancy. They decided to make the conception, pregnancy, and his birth to all happen in one day. To do this Dagda stopped the sun from moving for nine months. With the Sun stopped, they were able to hide their affair and so Aengus was born. After his birth, he was given to his foster father Midir to raise.

But his story does not end there. Once Aengus came of age he ended up tricking his father out of his own home. By the time Aengus had come of age, his father Dagda had already divided up all of his land between his other children, so he had none left to give to Aengus. This hurt Aengus, so Aengus asked his father if he could live there “a day and a night” which his father, of course, said yes. But his father forgot something, that “a day and a night” was the same thing as simply saying “day & night”. So by his father saying yes, his father ended up giving his palace to Aengus to live there for all of time. But the most well-known myth about Aengus is how he met Caer. Caer is a shapeshifting Celtic Goddess of dreams and prophecy. She would change each Samhain from a beautiful woman to a swan, spending a year in each form. Caer came to Aengus in his dreams each night. In the dreams, Aengus fell in love with Caer but each time he woke she disappeared.

He became determined to find the woman he loved so he and his family searched for Caer. After three years of searching, he found her father and asked for her hand in marriage. Her father told him the truth, no one could make Caer do anything she didn’t want to do. But if Aengus would need to go on Samhain to the lake of the Dragon’s Mouth. Then he would need to pick her out in her swan form from her 150 handmaidens, he then might win her and she would go to him of her own free will. So on Samhain, he went to the lake and upon seeing all of the swans he was worried he wouldn’t find her. He then saw one that was more beautiful and elegant than all of the rest and he knew it was Caer so he called out to her.

She then changed into her human form and went to him. But she told him she would only be his wife if she could return to the water. To show her his agreement to her terms, he changed himself into a swan so they could be together even in the water. They then swam and danced together in the water and soon flew off together to his home Brugh na Boinne singing a beautiful song. The song was so beautiful that it put all that heard fell to sleep for three days.

Aengus goes by a few names such as O’engus, Aonghas, Aengus ‘Og, “Aengus the Young”, Mac ind ‘Og, “Son of Young”, Maccan, and Mac ‘Og. He is the God of love, beauty, youth, dreams, and poetic inspiration. The animals connected to him the most are swans, songbirds, sparrow, cat, and deer. It is said that 4 birds fly about his head and they represent his kisses which is where we get the xxxx’s when we sign love letters. Other symbols of his are harps and swans. The herbs that are associated with him are violets, cherry, basil, sycamore, birch, and elder. He is connected to the element of Air and the direction of East. Crystals connected to him are sapphire, tourmaline, ruby, jasper, rose quartz, peridot, and copper. His colors are green, red, and pink. He wasn’t just about romantic love, it was any type of love and it was common for him to help lovers in need. He was often called upon to help resolve lover’s quarrels or to enhance relationships. If you wish to call on him its best done at Samhain, but he is also connected to Imbolic and Beltane. His home was Brugh na Boinne which means “hostel on the Boyne River”. It sits next to the river that was named after his mother Boann. It is said that when he was at his home that it was full of good cheer of friendship. That the trees were always heavy with fruit and he always had a pig roasting ready for a celebration. Overall, he embodied love in all of the various forms from the passion of romance to the good cheer or friendship.

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[ristoria]

[lairderg]

Hi there, I know this isn’t super related but I’m new to this side of tumblr, do you know of any blogs of angus Mac og?

I don’t off the top of my head! How bout y’all? I’m sure it exists somewhere!

[wyldezoo]

Aengus Mac Og, Irish God of Love

[incorrect-tuatha]

Alternative responses to "I love you", Tuatha Edition:

The Dagda: Thanks!

Nuada: *laughs nervously*

Manannán Mac Lir: I'm sorry.

Brigid: Who doesn't?

Bres: A horrible decision, really.

The Morrígan: *laughs hysterically*

Aengus: *finger guns*

Áine: I know.

Ogma: Why.

Lugh: YEET

Dian Cecht: If only there was someone out there who loved you.