Editing Maponos (section)

===Irish mythology===
His counterpart in [[Irish mythology]] would seem to be [[Aengus|Mac(c) ind Ó‘c]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fee |first1=Christopher R. |first2=David A. |last2=Leeming |title=Gods, Heroes, & Kings: The Battle for Mythic Britain |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 |pages=67–68 |quote=... a sacred youth who became Maponos and later Mabon in Wales, son of the great mother Modron or Matrona. In Ireland, Mabon was Mac ind Og or Aonghus Og (Angus or Oenghus), son of the god known as the Dagda (Daghdha) and the sacred river Boann. |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195174038.001.0001|isbn=978-0-19-517403-8 }} Online edn, Oxford Academic, 3 Oct. 2011. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mees |first=Bernard |title=Celtic Curses |publisher=Boydell and Brewer |date=2009 |page=17 |doi=10.1515/9781846157004-005}}</ref> (Hamp 1999) (“Young Son”, “Young Lad”), an epithet of Angus or Oengus,<ref>{{cite book |title=Celtic mythology |last=Mac Cana |first=Proinsias |author-link=Proinsias Mac Cana |date=1970 |location=Feltham |publisher=Hamlyn |page=33 |quote=In Ireland the obvious parallel to Mabon-Maponos is ''Mac ind Óg'', 'The Young Lad', also known as ''Oenghus''.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Myths and legends of the Celts |last=MacKillop |first=James |author-link=James MacKillop (author) |date=2006 |location=London; New York |publisher=Penguin |page=35 |quote=The British divinity [Maponos] is additionally the counterpart of the Irish Angus Óg, god of youth, beauty and (qualifiedly) love, especially when he is referred to by one of the many forms of his patronymic, Mac Óc, Mac-ind-Óc, etc.}}</ref> the eternally youthful spirit to be found in [[Newgrange]] called [[Brú na Bóinne|Bruigh na Bóinne]], a pre-Celtic [[Neolithic]] [[Tumulus|barrow]] or [[chambered tomb]]. [[Irish mythology]] portrays him as the son of [[the Dagda]], a king of the [[:Category:Irish gods|Irish gods]], and of [[Boann]], a personification of the [[River Boyne]]. In [[Irish mythology]], the Macc Óc frequently features as a trickster and a lover.