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Aine Montgomery
Aine may refer to: * ﾃ（ne, Irish goddess of summer, wealth and sovereignty * ﾃ（ne (given name), an Irish female given name * Aine, Dahanu, a village in Maharashtra, India * Hugo Aine, French footballer * Princess Aine, a character in Mark Millar's ''Empress (comic book), Empress'' and ''Big Game (comics), Big Game'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ﾃ（ne
ﾃ（ne () is an Irish goddess of summer, wealth, and sovereignty. She is associated with midsummer and the sun,MacKillop, James (1998) ''Dictionary of Celtic Mythology'' Oxford: Oxford University Press pp.10, 16, 128 and is sometimes represented by a red mare. She is the daughter of Egobail,Cotterell, Arthur: ''The Encyclopedia of Mythology'', page 96. Hermes House, 2007. the sister of Aillen and/or Fennen, and is claimed as an ancestor by multiple Irish families. As the goddess associated with fertility, she has command over crops and animals and is also associated with agriculture. ﾃ（ne is associated with County Limerick, where the hill of Knockainey () is named after her. This hill was the site of rites in her honour, involving fire and the blessing of the land, recorded as recently as 1879.Meehan, CarySacred Ireland/ref> She is also associated with sites such as Toberanna (), County Tyrone; Dunany (), County Louth; Lissan (), County Londonderry; and ''Cnoc ﾃ（ne'' n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |