Fairy List
Aine
(Irish)
Extracted from "Fairy Faith in the Celtic Lands" by Wentz.
The
Fairy Goddesses, Aine and Fennel (or Finnen).—‘There are two hills near
Lough Gur upon whose summits sacrifices and sacred rites used to be
celebrated according to living tradition. One, about three miles
south-west of the lake, is called Knock Aine, Aine or Ane being the
name of an ancient Irish goddess, derived from an, “bright.” The other,
the highest hill on the lake-shores, is called Knock Fennel or Hill of
the Goddess Fennel, from Finnen or Finnine or Fininne, a form of fin,
“white.” The peasantry of the region call Aine one of the Good
People; and they say that Fennel (apparently her sister
goddess or a variant of herself) lived on the top of Knock Fennel’
(termed Finnen in a State Paper dated 1200).
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