CAER

    Caer (yew berry) is a beautiful fairy maiden of Connacht, Ireland. She lived in the guise of a swan, adorned with necklaces of golden chains and tinkling golden bells. Angus, the handsome god of Love, saw Caer in a dream and fell so in love with her that he became seriously ill.
     According to one myth, when Angus finallly learned who she was, he asked her father Ethal, one of the Tuatha De Danann if he could marry her. Etha replied that it was her decision, but that Angus could propose to her if he could pick her out of a flock of swans. ON Samhain, Angus went to the Lake of the Dragonis Mouth, knew Caer immediatley, and called out her name. He was instantly transformed into a swan, and they flew away together.
    An alternate version of the myth has it that Angus had to get his own father, the Dagda to imprison Ethal in order to persuade him to give Caer to him in marraige. There is even another version in which it was Caer who enticed Angus to the lake, in order to change him into a swan. Caer and Angus are said to dwell happily as swans in the megalith of Brugh na Boinne, where they sing together beautifully.
     Call upon Caer for transformation, fairy magick, and happy endings after dificult beginnings. Air and water are her elements, the swan her sacred animal.