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==Modern depictions== {{main|Irish mythology in popular culture}} * Aengus appears in the Irish poet [[William Butler Yeats]]'s poem "[[The Song of Wandering Aengus]]",<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/146/9.html The Song of Wandering Aengus], Bartleby.com; [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55687/the-song-of-wandering-aengus "Source: The Wind Among the Reeds (1899)"], poetry foundation.org.</ref> which describes Aengus's endless search for his lover. * Aengus Og appears in [[James Stephens (author)|James Stephens']] novel ''[[The Crock of Gold (novel)|The Crock of Gold]]'',<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1605/1605-h/1605-h.htm ''The Crock of Gold'']</ref> where his aid is solicited by the Philosopher. * In the ''[[Copper (TV series)|Copper]]'' episode "Husbands and Fathers", Corcoran tells O'Brien to take Annie upstairs and tell her a story. O'Brien says to Annie, "I shall tell you about the Dream of Aengus and the Wooing of Etain." * Aengus and his father the Dagda appear in [[Kate Thompson (author)|Kate Thompson]]'s young adult novel ''[[The New Policeman]]''. Aengus acts as the protagonist's guide to [[Tír na nÓg]] and helps him restore it to its timeless state. * Aengus is the primary antagonist of ''[[Hounded (novel)|Hounded]]'', Book 1 of ''[[The Iron Druid Chronicles]]''. * Aengus makes a brief appearance leading his father's funeral in [[Hellboy: The Wild Hunt]]. Although Angus himself never speaks, his father Dagda is a frequent character in other [[Hellboy]] stories. * The name of Aengus appears also in the song of [[Johnny Flynn (musician)|Johnny Flynn]] "Wandering Aengus" from album "Sillion" (2017). * Aengus appears in season four of ScyFy's "[[The Magicians (American TV series)|The Magicians]] " television show, though he is portrayed as a puzzle-loving trickster god. * Aengus as Maccan appears as a villain in three novels in the [[Outlanders (book series)]] written by [[Mark Ellis (American author)|Mark Ellis]] under the pen-name of James Axler.
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