wildbeewitch:

irelandseyeonmyths:

catchingtearsinrain:

Goddess Aesthetics | Áine | Irish Goddess of love, summer, wealth and sovereignty.

I like the mood board.

The text could be added to though. Aine is a sovereignty queen and that’s a specific type of historical deity. The other stuff isnt history or a product of our culture.

For example Summer. Theres loads of solar deities in paganism but Max Muller the person who came up with the solar myths in the 19th c didnt believe deities existed. His solar myth is a way of explaining that there are no deities.

The idea got into paganism because he was a theosophist. A kinda pre cursor/ancestor of modern paganism. Its long gone everywhere else.

The love thing comes in through Evans Wentz book fairy faith in celtic countries. Hes another theosophist so Aines not a deity to him and love is its own thing in theosophy anyway. Its not romantic love or anything a non theosophist would relate to.

Wealth… defo sounds modern and American. Tribal ireland had no money so there was no way to store wealth. No markets so there was no way to spend wealth. No towns so there was no reason to spend wealth. No neighbours to compete with etc.

A deity of wealth back then would almost be as useful as a solar deity in a cold country where it rains constantly n winter Never. Seems. To End.

Bring on summer, quick!

This is true, though I have this nagging feeling I did see something linking Áine to the sun or summer in a similar way to Lugh (read: vaguely and tangentially) but I can’t remember where I put to it down. Will report back.