Aine

Also known as: Leanan Sidhe · Family: Tuatha de Danaan · Role: goddess · First appears: The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Aine

Aine of the Sidhe was said by some to be Manannan’s daughter, though others said she was the Morrigu. One time, Oilioll Oluim killed her brother; in revenge, Aine bit off the ear of Oiliol, Oilioll’s son. Her revenge was fulfilled when Oilioll and his seven sons were killed at Magh Mucruimhe.

At Luimnech, Aine enchanted a great yew-tree beside the river Maigh and placed inside it a little man playing sweet music on a harp. One time, a dispute arose between Aine and her sister Aoife (daughter of Manannan), also a daughter of Manannan: each upheld the hurling skill of the man she loved. Their disagreement led to a great match between the Men of Dea and the Fianna near Loch Lein.

Relationship record

Life events

Oilioll Oluim killed Aine's brother.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Aine)
- With: Oilioll Oluim
- “Oilioll Oluim, a king of Ireland, killed her brother one time, and it is”
Aine enchanted a yew-tree by the river Maigh and placed a harp-playing little man inside it.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Aine · 📍 Luimnech)
- “she made a great yew-tree by enchantment beside the river Maigh in Luimnech, and she put a little man in it, playing sweet music on a harp.”
Aine bit off Oiliol’s ear in revenge for her brother.(The Fianna · Oisin's Children · Part 1)
- With: Oiliol
- “And Oiliol was the first son they had; it was he that had his ear bitten off by Aine of the Sidhe in revenge for her brother, and it was his son married Oisin’s daughter afterwards.”
A dispute between Aine and Aoife led to a hurling match between the Men of Dea and the Fianna.(The Fianna · Diarmuid and Grania · The Wood of Dubhros · Part 1 · 📍 Loch Lein)
- With: Aoife (daughter of Manannan)
- “There rose a dispute one time between two women of the Tuatha de Danaan, Aine and Aoife, daughters of Manannan, son of Lir, for Aoife had given her love to Lugaidh's Son, and Aine had given her love to a man of her own race, and each of them said her own man was a better hurler than the other. And it came from that dispute that there was a great hurling match settled between the Men of Dea and the Fianna of Ireland, and the place it was to be played was on a beautiful plain near Loch Lein.”

The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Aine

parent: Manannan (The text attributes this parentage to what some people said.) “And as to Aine, that some said was a daughter of Manannan, but some said was the Morrigu herself, there was a stone belonging to her that was called Cathair Aine.”
enemies with Oilioll Oluim (Aine's revenge followed Oilioll's killing of her brother.) “And it was the bad feeling about that judgment that led to the battle of Magh Mucruimhe, and Oilioll and his seven sons were killed there, and so Aine got her revenge.”

The Fianna · Oisin's Children · Part 1

enemies with Oiliol “And Oiliol was the first son they had; it was he that had his ear bitten off by Aine of the Sidhe in revenge for her brother, and it was his son married Oisin's daughter afterwards.”

The Fianna · Diarmuid and Grania · The Wood of Dubhros · Part 1

parent: Manannan “There rose a dispute one time between two women of the Tuatha de Danaan, Aine and Aoife, daughters of Manannan, son of Lir, for Aoife had given her love to Lugaidh's Son, and Aine had given her love to a man of her own race, and each of them said her own man was a better hurler than the other.”
siblings with Aoife (daughter of Manannan) “There rose a dispute one time between two women of the Tuatha de Danaan, Aine and Aoife, daughters of Manannan, son of Lir, for Aoife had given her love to Lugaidh's Son, and Aine had given her love to a man of her own race, and each of them said her own man was a better hurler than the other.”

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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.