Áine
Some accounts give her as the daughter of Manannán Mac Llyr, God of the hidden paths in the realms of the western ocean, while others say that she was no other than the great Morríghan herself.
Within Áine we see the triple aspect of the Morríghan in the powers attributed to her. As the Maiden, she has the ability to reward her devotees with the gift of poetry or with unfortunate madness. As a Mother deity, Aine is associated with lakes and wells with great powers of healing. Tobar-Na-Áine (Well of Áine) was credited with life-restoring powers. In her third aspect of the dark Goddess, she has the ability to appear to mortal men as a woman of great beauty known as the Leannan Sídhe, which means “Faery Lover”. — sacredfire.net
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