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1054: 1021: 112:("grĂșs") share Irish mythological reverence due to, especially in the latter case, being equally at home in flight, on land, and in water, which made it an especially magical creature able to transition to other worlds. Moreover, as the tall Crane stands upright when on land, it was associated with shape-shifting, back into human form. 76:
and found 150 girls chained in pairs, his girl Caer Ibormeith, among them. Óengus was told he could marry Caer if he could identify her in her swan form. He chose correctly and with that Óengus turned himself into a swan and they flew away together, to the
85:, which was his long standing place of residence. The pair sang beautiful music as they went, that put all listeners throughout Ireland asleep for three days and nights. Caer would marry with 73: 187: 138: 235: 58:’s dream, which lasted over a year, Caer Ibormeith stood beside his bed though when he reached out for her, she would disappear. Every alternate 228: 47: 195: 851: 1098: 221: 146: 170: 1122: 62:
she would turn to human form for one day, which begins at sunset, and after that, she would revert into being a
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shares the motif of transformation into swans, as swans and the associated
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Welsh
caer
Irish mythology
Ethal Anbuail
Sid Uamuin
Connacht
Óengus
Samhain
swan
Óengus
lake of the Dragon's Mouth
BrĂș na BĂłinne
Slane
Óengus
Tuatha de Dannan
Diarmuid
Fionnuala
children of Lir
cranes
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