Brú na Bóinne’s Connections

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Serves

• Aengus Og

  Aengus Óg claimed Brú na Bóinne from the Dagda by asking for it 'for a day and a night,' a trick of language that encompassed all of time. He dwells there still as lord of the great síd mound.

• The Dagda

  Brú na Bóinne (Newgrange) was the Dagda's seat of power and dwelling. He held it until his son Aengus Óg tricked him out of it by asking for it 'for a day and a night' — and every day is composed of days and nights.

Associated with

• Aengus Og,Étaín

  Aengus Óg sheltered Étaín at Brú na Bóinne after Fuamnach transformed her, keeping her in a crystal sun-bower within the mound until the jealous wind scattered her from his care.