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Sidhe
Sidhe Irish
Mythological dolls come under the brand name of Sidhe which
is an Irish word pronounced Shee. The meaning of sidhe is
the beautiful subterranean dwelling of the people of the
Tuatha Dé Danann. These dolls take you backing Irish history
to a time of gods and goddesses to the time of CuChulain.
THE LEGEND OF
AONGHUS AND CAER
As Remembered by Marian Moloney
There is a swan legends linked with Newgrange, it is the
romantic story of Aonghus and Caer. Aonghus was a chieftain
of the Tuatha Dé Danann clan. He resided at Brú Na Bóinne.
His father was the Daghdha, of the Tuatha Dé Danann his
mother was Bóinn, the goddess of the river Boyne.
Aonghus fell madly in love with a maiden of his dreams. For
a year while he slept, the dream maiden visited him in but
if he dared reach out to her she would disappear. He
enlisted the help of his mother to find her. In order to
help her son, Bóinn searched Ireland. She searched for one
whole and could not find her.
Then Aonghus asked his father for help, the Daghdha, who
went to meet with Bodhbh, who was the king of the Tuatha Dé
Danann in Munster. Bodhbh said that the maiden was Caer
Iobharmhéith, and Bodhbh brought Aonghus to meet with her at
Loch Béal Dragan in Tipperary. Bodhbh told him Caer was from
Sídh Uamhain, in Connacht.
Caer’s father told the Daghdha that his daughter went in the
forms of a swan and a maiden on alternate years and the
following Samhain she would be a swan at Loch Béal Dragan,
the Daghdha told Aonghus to go there and call her to him. He
did as he was told, and Caer was in the shape of a beautiful
white swan, with over a hundred other swans for company. She
swam to him, and he too then became a swan, they embraced
each other and flew around the lake three times. |
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Then flew to Brugh na Bóinne together, Caer remained with
Aonghus in the Brugh after that. They put the dwellers of
Brú na Bóinne to sleep with their enchanting singing. After
many years living in both human and swan form they entered
the Brough in human from just before Samhain with arms
wrapped around each other for eternity. |
