The Dagda, who was the leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann, is said to have given birth to Aengus, the Celtic god of love, youth, and poems. He was a nice young man who was known for making people feel at ease with what he said. Among his many other powers, he could also change how he looked.
Aengus was the name of the Irish god of love, youth, and poems. He lived on Br na Bóinne with his family. The god Dagda was his father, the river goddess Boann was his mother, and the gods Midir and Brigid were his brothers. Midir was his foster father, and Brigid, his mother, was a flame goddess who married High King Bres. He was young, which was one of his best qualities and often gave him strength. He was often able to trick people or get away with things on their behalf because of how smart he was and how he had grown up. He had four different guns on him. Two of them were spears and two were swords.
Besides that, birds would often circle above him. For him, they would deliver texts and do mean things. Most of the stories about Aengus are about him meeting his true love. It all worked out in the end, but he had to work hard and use his skills to make it happen. No other god was stronger than Aengus. Everyone in the Celtic group of gods was a strong god in their own right. On the other hand, Aengus stood out because he had such a wide range of personalities.
For heathen people, the god of love came from an affair. His father, the Dagda, had loved King Nuada of a Silver Hand’s wife for a long time. He was married to the river goddess Boann and sometimes went by the name Elmar. The marriage wasn’t working out, and Boann slept with the Dagda when Elcmar wasn’t around for a short time.
In the end, Boann found out that she was going to have a baby. She was afraid that her husband would find out the truth about what she had done when he got home. Because of this, she and the Dagda came up with a plan. Among other things, he could keep the sun in the sky for nine months. Elcmar wouldn’t know that she gave birth while he was away because it would look like she was only pregnant for a day. They gave the boy to Aengus’ half-brother to raise as if he were his own. They wouldn’t have to tell Elcmar that Aengus wasn’t his dad that way.
Aengus was a smart and sneaky young man who got what he wanted by being smart. Even when people were criticizing him, he always found a way to get back at them. With the help of his skills, he got through everything that happened to him, good or bad. In the past, Aengus and the Dagda worked together to take Elcmar’s house. With the help of tricks, the Dagda stole Elcmar’s home at Br Na Bóinne from him and his wife, Boann. They asked to stay for two days when they went to see him. In old Irish, though, a single day and a night could also mean forever.
At first, Elcmar agreed wholeheartedly, but later he realized he had made a mistake. The poor man lost his home when Aengus and the Dagda showed up, and he and his wife were already split up. They broke up in the end anyway. Aengus, on the other hand, used his father’s tricks against him. In this way, Karma tastes bad. In the end, Aengus fell in love with Étan, a beautiful human woman. But Midir, his brother and foster father, had always liked her, which made him sad. They fought hard to win her heart. In the end, Midir beat Aengus, and Étan picked him to be her husband.
Midir got what he earned, which was bad for Aengus. When his ex-wife found out about his second marriage, she was furious. To break up the happy couple, this witch turned Étan into a fly. Because of his skills, Aengus can recognize Étan in her new style, but she sadly died soon after. A woman got pregnant after she fell into a glass of wine and was sucked up. After Midir’s wife had died, Aengus found her and cut off her head as punishment.
Over time, Aengus’s dreams kept coming back to a woman. After just one short meeting, he knew he had to find her because he was deeply in love with her. His parents were so determined to help him find love and happiness that they asked a friend to help them. King Body Derg, the Munster, found Caer Ibormeith after looking for a year. After she left, Aengus went after her right away and finally found himself near a body of water called the Dragon’s Mouth. At this time of the year, he found the 150 women who had been locked up and made to live as swans for a whole year.
There was the woman who would become his one and only, but he couldn’t pick her out because there were so many of them. He made a deal with the guys who had already taken the women to free them. After the woman turned into a swan, he knew who his true love was and could marry her. People who were being held captive agreed to turn into swans, and their attackers did it. When Aengus realized it was his job to find her, he changed into a swan. When he found her, he grabbed her by the hand and took off with her. They sang a song that lulled their prisoners to sleep so they could get away.
In a different story, Aengus hadn’t been seen in a while. When he got home, he saw that his dad had left all of his things to his boys and nothing to him. Aengus was furious and determined to do something to get his money back. So he asked his father the same question that he and her father had asked Elcmar. His father didn’t figure out the trick, so Aengus was free to stay for as long as he wanted. As a result, Aengus got the family house. Even though they didn’t like each other, Aengus demanded that the Dagda rest there.
Diarmuid Ua Duibhe, who was Aengus’s foster son, became like a real son to him. The young woman Diarmuid loved was already together with a strong man. The family was so angry that they decided to get back at Diarmuid by killing him. Aengus felt sorry for his foster son because he had known love before and tried to keep him safe. He helped him get guns and gave him places to hide. But Diarmuid’s family found him and killed him anyway, even with his help. Aengus brought his foster son’s body back to his house and used magic to bring him back to life.
