#FolkloreThursday for a #Celtic #ValentinesDay: Áine, daughter of either the #fairy king Cuilenn or a #Scottish king, was the lover of #FionnMacCumhail, by whom she had two sons. Áine and her sister #Milucra fought for Fionn’s affections. Milucra turned him into a graybearded ancient who would be uncompelled by lust, but Áine restored him to youth with a magical drink. Fionn, however, married neither of the sisters.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: Milucra hoped to win over the legendary hero #Fionn mac Cumhaill, #Áine's lover. Knowing that her sister had sworn never to marry a man with gray hair, #Milucra secretly cast a spell on the lake near the summit of #SlieveGullion so that anyone who swam in it would grow old. One autumn day she tricked Fionn by asking him to fetch her golden ring from the lake, and he emerged as an old man with gray-white hair. His men, the Fianna, forced her to give him a healing potion from her cornucopia. Fionn became young again, but his hair did not regain its true color. This is said to be the origin of his name Fionn, which means "white". In some versions of the tale, Milucra turned out to be the Cailleach Bhéara (Calliagh Birra), an ancient goddess.
Source: Slieve Gullion - Wikipedia