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Midir and is
In this version, Midir is Aengus's foster-father, while Elcmar is the husband of Boann cuckolded by the Dagda.
There is no love lost between Elcmar and Oengus, and Elcmar is watching the infamous hurling match that led to Midir losing his eye.
Elcmar kills Midir, and it must be assumed this is because of his daughter's abduction and shaming by Midir.
As the daughter of Dagda, she is also the half sister of Cermait, Aengus, Midir and Bodb Derg.
Midir does not know that the butterfly is Étaín, but it becomes his constant companion, and he has no interest in women.
Eventually it lands on the clothes of Óengus, who recognises it as Étaín, but he is at war with Midir and cannot return her to him.
Eochaid, warned by his foster-father that Midir is a being of great power, sets him a series of tasks, including laying a causeway over Móin Lámrige, which he performs reluctantly.
He chooses one, but Midir later reveals that Étaín had been pregnant when he had taken her, and the girl he has chosen is her daughter.
All of these similar tales of abduction by another suitor – and this allegory includes Lancelot, who whisks her away when she is condemned to burn at the stake for their adultery – are demonstrative of a recurring Hades-snatches-Persephone theme, positing that Guinevere is like the otherworld bride Étaín, who Midir, king of the Underworld, carries off from her earthly life after she has forgotten her past.
In the First Recension of the Lebor Gabála, Midir of Brí Léith is made the " son of Induí son of Échtach son of Etarlam ".
On the third occasion Midir reveals his identity and tells Étaín who she really is, but she does not know him.
One such game compels Midir to build a causeway across the bog of Móin Lámrige: the Corlea Trackway, a wooden causeway built across a bog in County Longford, dated by dendrochronology to 148 BC, is a real-life counterpart to this legendary road.
But at the appointed time, Midir brings fifty women, who all look alike, and tells Eochu to pick which one is Étaín.
When Étaín is brought back to the Otherworld by her original sídhe lover Midir, Crochen accompanies them and on their way to Midir's underground palace they spend some time in a mound known as Síd Sinche.
Crochen is so impressed by this síd that she asks Midir if this is his palace.
Aengus is fostered by Midir, and when he grows up takes possession of the Brug na Boinne from Elcmar.
# Midir visits Aengus, but is blinded by a sprig of holly thrown by boys playing the Brug, and after he has been healed by the physician Dian Cecht, he demands compensation from Aengus: among other things, the hand of the most beautiful woman in Ireland.
Midir knows the fly is Étaín, and she accompanies him wherever he goes.
On the third occasion Midir reveals his identity and tells Étaín who she really is, but she does not know him.

Midir and one
Then Midir used his magical powers to turn fifty women into similar to Étaín, offering the king the possibility to choose only one.
But at the appointed time, Midir brings fifty women, who all look alike, and tells Eochu to pick which one is Étaín.

Midir and Old
In the Mythological Cycle of early Irish literature, Midir ( Old Irish ) or Midhir ( Modern Irish ) was a son of the Dagda of the Tuatha Danann.
He plays an important role in the Old Irish saga Tochmarc Étaíne (" The Wooing of Étaín "), which tells of the lives of the beautiful Étaín, the lover of Midir of the Tuatha Danann, who was turned into a fly by Midir's jealous wife, which had been swallowed by the wife of Étar, an Ulster warrior.

Midir and Irish
Later, after Ailill has fully recovered and Eochu has returned home, Midir comes to Tara and challenges Eochu to play fidchell, an ancient Irish board game, with him.
Later, after Ailill has fully recovered and Eochu has returned home, Midir comes to Tara and challenges Eochu to play fidchell, an ancient Irish board game, with him.

Midir and Tochmarc
In Tochmarc Étaíne Midir names her Bé Find ( Fair Woman ).
* Tochmarc Étaíne (" The wooing of Étaín ": a mythological tale featuring Aengus and Midir of the Tuatha Danann, incomplete )

Midir and Wooing
In the Wooing of Etain, Aengus was able to partially lift Fuamnach's spell against Etain, the horse goddess he had won for his brother Midir.

Midir and Étaín
This time, Midir wins, and demands an embrace and a kiss from Étaín.
Midir was the husband of Fúamnach, but later fell in love with Étaín, receiving the help of his foster-son and half-brother Aengus ( also Oengus ) to make her his new bride.
Eochaid won all but the last, when Midir won and asked a kiss from Étaín as his prize.
Eochaid kept his word and allowed Midir the kiss, but Mider turned himself and Étaín into swans and left the royal residence through the chimney.
Finally, Midir suggests they play for a kiss and an embrace from Étaín, and this time he wins.
Eochu agrees that Midir may embrace Étaín, but when he does, the pair fly away through the skylight, turning into swans as they do so.
Finally, when they set to digging at Midir's síd at Brí Léith, Midir appears and promises to give Étaín back.
Later, Midir appears and tells him that Étaín had been pregnant when he took her, and the woman Eochu had chosen was his own daughter, who had been born in Midir's síd.
When Midir fell in love with Étaín and married her, Fúamnach got so jealous that she cast several spells on her as soon as the couple arrived in Midir's residence in Brí Léith:
When Étaín changed from being a pool to a worm and subsequently a beautiful scarlet fly ( cuil corcrai ), she joined Midir once more as his companion.
* Second, on a visit to Midir ( escorted by Lug, the Dagdae and Ogmae ), Fúamnach announced that she would drive Étaín away from him and employed a spell which she had learnt from her fosterfather: she conjured up a mighty wind which blew Étaín through the air for the duration of seven years, after which she came to Óengus ( Mac Óc ) in the Brug.
Because of her loyalty to Étaín and her respect to this dwelling, Midir gives it to her and names it in her honour before bringing Étaín to his palace at Bri Leith.

Midir and which
They arrange to meet, but Midir casts a spell which causes Ailill to fall asleep and miss the assignation.
He stole three cranes from Midir, which stood at his door and refused entry or hospitality to anyone who approached.

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