Aoife (daughter of the King of Lochlann)
Role: daughter of the King of Lochlann · First appears: The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3
Life events
- Aoife, married to Mal, fell in love with Lugaidh's Son because of his praise.(The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3)
- Aoife left for Ireland with her nine foster-sisters and landed at Beinn Edair.(The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3 · 📍 Beinn Edair)
- “And when he was gone Aoife made a plan in her sunny house where she was, to go over to Ireland, herself and her nine foster-sisters. And they set out and went over the manes of the sea till they came to Beinn Edair, and there they landed.”
- Aoife told Finn she loved Lugaidh's Son and had come to Ireland seeking him; Finn welcomed her.(The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3)
- With: Finn
- “And Finn asked news of her, and she told him the whole story, and how she had given her love to Lugaidh's Son, and was come over the sea looking for him; and Finn made her welcome.”
- Finn gave Aoife to Lugaidh's Son and warned that she brought war and battles.(The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3)
- With: Finn Lugaidh's Son
- “‘And it is to you she is come,’ he said; ‘and here she is to you out of my hand, and all the war and the battles she brings with her; but it will not fall heavier on you,’ he said, ‘than on the rest of the Fianna.’”
- Aoife stayed with Lugaidh's Son without being asked for.(The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3)
- With: Lugaidh's Son
- “And she was with Lugaidh's Son a month and a year without being asked for.”
- Aoife belonged to Lugaidh's Son and became the mother of his children.(The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3)
- With: Lugaidh's Son
- “And from that out she belonged to Lugaidh's Son, and was a mother of children to him.”
The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3
- married with Mal “And Aoife, daughter of the King of Lochlann, that was married to Mal, son of Aiel, King of Alban, heard the great praise the poets were giving to Lugaidh's Son, and she set her love on him for the sake of those stories.”
- courtship with Lugaidh's Son “And Aoife, daughter of the King of Lochlann, that was married to Mal, son of Aiel, King of Alban, heard the great praise the poets were giving to Lugaidh's Son, and she set her love on him for the sake of those stories.”
- admired: Lugaidh's Son “And Aoife, daughter of the King of Lochlann, that was married to Mal, son of Aiel, King of Alban, heard the great praise the poets were giving to Lugaidh's Son, and she set her love on him for the sake of those stories.”
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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.