Caer Ibormeith

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In Irish mythology, Caer Ibormeith was a daughter of Sid Uamuin and Prince Ethal Anubal of Connacht. Every alternate Samhain she would change into a swan, in which form she would remain for a year before becoming human again the following Samhain. She eventually married Aengus, but first he had to pick her out, in swan form, from a group of one hundred and fifty other swans at Loch Bel Dragon. Having chosen correctly, he turned into a swan himself and they flew away, singing beautiful music that put all its listeners asleep for three days and nights. With Aengus, Caer was the foster-mother of Diarmuid.

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[edit] References

  • Jeffrey Gantz. 1982. Early Irish Myths and Sagas. Penguin.
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