Swan-Maiden

Stories tagged Swan-Maiden:

• Aengus and Caer Ibormeith Aug 13, 2025

  

  Aengus dreamed of a girl whose hair was like the long night and whose laughter ran like water over bells. Each dawn he woke with her name on his tongue and the shape of her missing in the bed’s other half. Poets say longing is the beginning of a road. Aengus walked it to the lake of the swans.

• The Dream of Aengus Aug 12, 2025

  

  In the time when the Tuatha Dé Danann ruled Ireland from their shining halls, there lived among them a god whose beauty and charm were renowned throughout all the realms. This was Aengus Óg, the Young Aengus, son of the Dagda and Boann, goddess of the river. He was the god of love and poetry, of youth and beauty, and wherever he walked, flowers bloomed in his footsteps and birds sang sweeter songs.