Heroes of the dawn . S OF THE DAWN Sometimes, too, when great heroes weredying Dana would appear to them in theform of a grey-necked crow. The Dagda had a beautiful son calledAngus Oge, or Angus the young. Whereverhe went a multitude of white birds flew withhim, and the sweet singing of these birdsbrought love into the hearts of all who heardthem. Angus is supposed to have made hishome at Newgrange, near the Boyne—theunderground temple which was formerly calledBrugh na Boinne. The old stories say thatthree trees grew tliere which were alwaysheavy with fruit, and whoever rested at Brughna Boinn
Heroes of the dawn . S OF THE DAWN Sometimes, too, when great heroes weredying Dana would appear to them in theform of a grey-necked crow. The Dagda had a beautiful son calledAngus Oge, or Angus the young. Whereverhe went a multitude of white birds flew withhim, and the sweet singing of these birdsbrought love into the hearts of all who heardthem. Angus is supposed to have made hishome at Newgrange, near the Boyne—theunderground temple which was formerly calledBrugh na Boinne. The old stories say thatthree trees grew tliere which were alwaysheavy with fruit, and whoever rested at Brughna Boinne and ate of this fruit would bedeathless. One of the most powerful of the gods isManannan mac Lir, who is lord of the ancient times, when ships were in dangerof being wrecked, the sailors would call onManannan, and he would appear and guidethem to a place of safety. Manannans homewas on a wonderful island far out in thewestern sea, but sailors, passing to and fro intheir ships, were unaware that this island. WHEREVER HE WENT A NUMBER OF WHITE BIRDS FLEW WITH HIM THE ANCIENT GODS 5 existed, for Manannaii cast an enchanted mistover it which rendered it invisible. SometimesManannan would entice great kings and heroesto his isle, where death and sorrow wereunknown, but after a time spent there, whichseemed to the visitors no more than a day ortwo, they would return to their own people,only to find that their visit to the faery islandof youth had extended over months, andsometimes years. Two very magical things Manannan pos-sessed : one was a boat called the Ocean-Sweeper, and whoever used that boat neededneither oar nor sail—they simply wished to beat the place they were bound for, and theOcean-Sweeper glided swiftly over the sea, andwere the waves high as mountains it was nothindered in its progress. The other was amilk-white horse, Enbarr of the Flowing Mane,which could travel over the sea-waves asquickly as it could on land, and never get wet;it could fly through the
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