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| Aidin (Irish) In Myth: (AW-deen ir AE-deen) Aidin was the wife of Oscar, a grandson of Fionn MacCumhal who died in the Battle of Gabhra. When she heard of his passing, she also died of greif, and they were buried together by Ossian. An Ogham stone marks their joint grave as an eternal testament to the power of romantic love. In Majik and Ritual: Love Spells Aife (Irish, Scottish) In Myth: (AW-fah or EE-Fah) Also spelled Aoife. Aife was a Goddess and queen of the Isle of Shadow, an honor she shared with her rival and sister Scathach. Scathach operated a school on the isle where she trained fighters, including the nearly invincible Red Branch Warriors. Aife also ran a school for warriors, but was much less successful than her sister. Aife was not vulnerable to majik, and commanded a legion of fierce horsewomen. She had a son by Cuchulain whom she kept from Cuchulain until the boy was of age to join the Red Branch. Other sources place her as a consort of the sea God Manann or of one of his sons, and say she stole an Alphabet of Knowledge from the deities to give to humankind. For this transgression, and her general meanness, she was transformed into a crane by the elder deities. Some legends say she haunts the countryside in this form to this day, others that she was accidentally killed by hunters. In Majik and Ritual: Call on Aife for protection, for general knowledge, or for aid in teaching. Through pathworking, she can also help teach us lessons of the Threefold Law. Correspondences: The Crane, the Lance Aife (Irish) She succeeded her older sister, Aobh, as the wife of the Sea God Lylr. She was jealous of her step-children (who were also her nieces and nephews), and turned them into swans for nine hundred years. numerous sources feel she is the same as the Aife mentioned above. Aige (Irish) In Myth: A woman from oral tradition who was turned into a fawn be an angry faery, though some sources say it was a Druidess who did this. Afterwards she ran wild across the island andplunged into the bay which today still bears her name. By doing so she grounded forever the evil power of the faery who changed her. The only detail the accounts of her leave out is whether of not her drowning was a deliberate act or an accident. Other accounts say she was slain by a hunting party of a High King. In Majik and Ritual:Call on her to help ground negativity ot to work banishings or staying spells. Ailbe (Irish) In Myth: (AWL-buh or EEL-buh) This daughter of Cormac MacArt was known for her brilliance and clever wit. She was able to answer a set of trick questions posed to her by Fionn MacCumhal who became so enamored of her sagacity that he fell in love with her and asked her to come share his home. In Majik and Ritual: Ailbe can help strengthen your mental prowess. Call on her before tests or other events which need brain work. She can also aid you in overcoming obstacles and bestow the gift of blarney, the cherished Irish art of glib gab. Correspondences: The Throat Chakra |