Midir’s Family Tree

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Family

• Aengus Og(child)— Adopted

  Midir fostered Aengus Óg for nine years in his síd at Brí Leith. When Aengus learned the truth of his parentage, Midir helped him confront the Dagda and claim Brú na Bóinne as his birthright.

• Étaín(spouse)— Marriage

  Midir took Étaín as his wife, but his jealous first wife Fuamnach transformed her into a fly and drove her from the Otherworld. A thousand years later, Midir found Étaín reborn as a mortal queen and won her back in a game of fidchell at Tara, rising through the roof as a pair of swans.

• The Dagda(parent)

  Midir is a son of the Dagda who dwells in the síd of Brí Leith. He features prominently in the Tochmarc Étaíne, where he woos Étaín across multiple lifetimes.