saffronhare

I've had Aengus macOg on the brain big time over the last few days. We've spent the last several months getting to know each other, and it's feeling like time for some more dedicated devotionals. I sense his hand in recent events and wish to offer some thanks.

The Song of Wandering Aengus
~ William Butler Yeats

I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire aflame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And some one called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.

Bits o'Myth for my own memory:
Also, pretty: http://stormwatchjewelry.com/114angusmacog.htm

Very impressed with teh Wikipedia entry (nice summing up): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aengus

Aengus macOg: One of the Tuatha de Danaan (Children of Danu), the son of was the illicit child of Dagda and Boand (a river goddess). He is sometimes called Angus the Young, for he was conceived and born in the same day. God of youth, love, and beauty. He had a gold harp that made irresistibly sweet music. His kisses became birds carrying love messages. Work with him in matters related to love. (Angus Mac Og)

macOg means "young son" and became his name when Boann said:'Young is the son who was begotten at break of day and born betwixt it and evening', referring to his magical conception and gestation. Due to his magical birth, he has powers over time.

Aongas-Og was the child of Dagda and Boand. Boand was the wife of Elcmar and they were supposedly the first inhabitants of the mystic mound Newgrange. Dagda gained access to Newgrange by sending Elcmar on a day-long errand, which stretched to nine months due to Dagda's magical mastery over time. While Elcmar was absent, Dadga seduced his wife Boand who conceived and bore their son Aongas also known as Aongas the Young because he was conceived and born on the same day. Aongas later came to take the Brugh from Elcmar aided by his father the Dagda.
He fostered Diarmuid Ui Duibhne when his father Donn was banished from the Fianna and took him to Brugh Na Boinne to rear as his own. He also reared a son of his steward's whose mother was Crochnuit therefore he was a half-brother of Diarmuid. He protected Diarmuid when he was on the run from Fionn and the Fianna after the elopement with Gráinne.