#MythologyMonday: #Aillen mac Midhna is an incendiary being in #Irish mythology. Called "the burner", he burned #Tara to the ground every Samhain for 23 consecutive years. This only ended with the arrival of #Fionn Mac Cumhaill, who inhaled the poison from the enchanted Spear of Fiacha, a.k.a. Birgha (the Spit-Spear), to keep himself awake and slew #Aillen. The act won him the leadership of the #Fianna.` #Celtic
Source: irishmyths.com/2022/08/21/samhain-mythology/

#MythologyMonday: #Aillen, son of Miodna, is an incendiary being in #Irish mythology. Called "the burner", he is a member of the #TuathaDéDanann who reside in Mag Mell, the #Otherworld. `Aillén’s secret weapon, apart from his fire-breath, is his timpán (a lyre-like stringed instrument). He is a master of the suantraí (lullaby) style of ancient Irish music, which he deployed, every #Samhain, to put the denizens of Tara into a deep, death-like sleep.
Then he burned #Tara to the ground every
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#BookologyThursday #31DaysOfHaunting: `After lulling all the inhabitants of #Tara to sleep with his music, #Aillen, son of Miodna, burned the residence of the highking of #Ireland to the ground every #Samhain for 23 consecutive years with his fiery breath. This only ended with the arrival of #Fionn Mac Cumhaill, who inhaled the poison from his spear to keep himself awake and slew #Aillen, the former resident of Mag Mell in the #Otherworld. The act won #Fionn the leadership of the #Fianna.`
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