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Dictionary definition: Áed
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- A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
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Áed
1.
Son of Ainmire in the
Cycle of Kings
and father of
Domnall (1)
.
2.
The son of Eochaid Lethderg, prince of Leinster, who was carried off to a
brugh
, or palace of
fairyland
, by two women of the
sídh
who were in love with him and who held him captive for three years. At the end of this time Áed escaped and made his way to St
Patrick
, who freed him from fairy domination. Patrick later restored him to humanity in his father's court. Folk motif: F379.1. See S. H. O'Grady,
Silva Gadelica
(London, 1892), 204–20.
3.
One of the four children of Lir in
Oidheadh Chlainne Lir
[The Tragic Story of the Children of Lir].
4.
A son of
Bodb
Derg who sees the children of Lir but ...