Aislings Oenguso
Aislinge Oenguso [ 'aʃlʴiŋʴe' oinɣuso ], also Aislinge Ængusso ("Oengus' dream face"), is in the Ulster cycle of Irish mythology a Remscéla ("prehistory") of the Táin Bó Cuailnge ("The cattle robbery of Cooley "). It is preserved in a single manuscript from the 15th century.
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Oengus , the son of Dagda and Boann , sees a beautiful woman in a dream and can only think of her since then. With the help of the elven king Bodb of Munster and the royal couple Ailill mac Máta and Medb of Connacht , he can find them. It is Cœr Ibormeith [ kair 'ivormʼeθ ] from the elven hill Síd Uamain in Connacht, the daughter of the elven prince Ethal Anbuail [ ' eθal 'anvuːilʼ ]. On one day a year, namely Samhain (November 1st), his dream woman can be seen in the shape of a swan on a lake in southern Ireland together with 150 companions. Oengus also transforms into a swan and unites with the desired. Together they then fly to Oengus' Síd Brug na Boinne , where they settle in human form. Only at Samhain they both turn into swans for a day and a night. In gratitude for the help, Oengus donated 300 warriors to Queen Medb's army during the Connacht war campaign against Ulster .
See also
literature
- Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 .
- Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .
Web links
- Chapter Aislinge Oenguso in the article Aengus in the English language Wikipedia
- Original Irish text Aislingi Oengusai in Thesaurus Linguae Hibernicae
- English translation The Dream of Oengus in The Celtic Literature Collective
- German translation The dream face of Óengus by Markus Osterrieder, CeltoSlavica
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. S 675 f.