Editing Aengus (section)

==Family==
Aengus' parents were [[The Dagda]] and [[Boann]], and his foster-father was variously [[Elcmar]] or [[Midir]].<ref>[http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/etain.html The Wooing of Etain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307235133/http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/etain.html |date=2015-03-07 }} The Celtic Literature Collective</ref><ref name="mythlegendromance"/><ref name=Fermoy />  He was said to have lived at [[Newgrange]] by the [[River Boyne]], where he raised Manannán's blonde-haired daughter Curcog as his foster.<ref name="mythlegendromance"/><ref name=Fermoy /> In the folklore of [[Scotland]], Aengus is the husband of [[Brigid]] and son of [[Cailleach|Beira, the Fairy Queen of Winter]].<ref name="Mackenzie">{{cite book |last1=Mackenzie |first1=Donald Alexander |title=Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend |date=1917 |publisher=Frederick A. Stokes Co. |location=New York, NY |url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tsm/tsm05.htm |access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref> His siblings include [[Aed (god)|Aed]], [[Cermait]], [[Bodb Derg]], and [[Brigid]]. Aengus is the foster-father and protector of [[Diarmuid Ua Duibhne]] of the [[Fianna]].  He rescues Diarmuid and [[Gráinne]] during their pursuit by the Fianna; after Diarmuid's death, Aengus takes his body back to the Brú na Bóinne where he breathes life into it when he wishes to speak with Diarmuid. According to ''Death Tales of the Tuatha de Danann'', Aengus kills his stepfather Elcmar in retaliation for killing Midir. Aengus has a son named Nemhannach who is mentioned in the [[Cath Finntrágha|Battle of Ventry]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Meyer|first=Kuno|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J-wNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1|title=Cath Finntraga|date=1885|publisher=AMS Press|isbn=978-0-404-63954-9|language=en}}</ref>