#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `#Newgrange was the palace (Brú) of #Bóand, goddess of the river beneath the mound. It was Bóand (sometimes called #Eithne) who first lived here with #Elcmar (sometimes #Nechtan). When she decided to take the #Dagda as her lover, she asked him to hold the sun steady in the sky for 9 months, so that her pregnancy could pass in what seemed to be a single day. This subterfuge worked, and #AonghusÓg was safely born.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`