Associated with midsummer, prosperity, and sovereignty, love and fertility.

Name(s): Aine, Áine

Etymology: Aine’s name is said to mean “brightness, radiance, glory”; the Irish word án translates to “bright, brilliant, splended, noble.”

Parents: Aine’s father has been said to be Eogabal, a foster son of Manannan mac Lir; he is also the father of Aine’s sister Grainne. (Other sources say that her father was Fer I and that Eogabal was his father and thus her grandfather.)

Affiliations: Tuatha de Danann

Locations: Aine is said to dwell in a fairy mound at Cnoc Aine (Knockainey) located in County Limerick.

Tales: Aine’s stories tend to be sad ones involving forced marriages, and appear to be connected mainly with her role as ancestress of Irish families.

Other details: Aine is associated with a red mare.

Aine is said to be an ancestor of several families in Ireland, likely a function of her association with sovereignty.