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The Merry Maidens at St Buryan Celebration of St Piran's Day in Penzance. Cornish mythology is the folk tradition and mythology of the Cornish people.It consists partly of folk traditions developed in Cornwall and partly of traditions developed by Britons elsewhere before the end of the first millennium, often shared with those of the Breton and Welsh peoples.
Canso or canson were songs concerning courtly love. Sirventes songs covered war, politics, morality, satire, humor, and topics outside of love. Tenso and Partiment is a dialog or debate between poets; Planh is a lament on a death. Pastorela is a song trying to win the affections and love of a shepherdess. Alba is complaint of lovers upon parting.
A love deity or lust deity is a deity in mythology associated with romance, sex, love, lust, or sexuality. Love deities are common in mythology and are found in many polytheistic religions . Female sex goddesses are often associated with beauty and other traditionally feminine attributes.
Áine - goddess of parental and familial love, summer, wealth and sovereignty; Banba, Ériu and Fódla - patron goddesses of Ireland; Bodb Derg - king of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Brigid - daughter of the Dagda; associated with healing, fertility, craft, platonic love, and poetry; Clíodhna - queen of the Banshees, goddess of fantasized love ...
' fairy lover '; [1] Scottish Gaelic: leannan sìth, Manx: lhiannan shee) is a figure from Irish folklore. [2] She is depicted as a beautiful woman of the Aos Sí ("people of the fairy mounds") who takes a human lover. Lovers of the leannán sídhe are said to live brief, though highly inspired, lives.
The use of love magic is notable in the narrative because he cannot understand the concept of love due to his loveless conception and consequent orphaning, a result of the love magic being used. [14] The magic is portrayed as a desperate and immoral act, and love potions have a reputation in the fandom as being the magical equivalent of date ...
Nicneven, Nicnevin or Nicnevan is a witch or fairy queen from Scottish folklore. She is often said to be the same figure as the Gyre-Carling or Hecate, but some scholars disagree with this. It is debated whether the name originally referred to a real woman or a mythical goddess. [1] [2]
In other fairy tales, a moura encantada lives in a castle under the earth and falls in love with a Moor instead of the Christian knight. These two variations are found only in Portugal. [15] Many of these legends try to explain the origins of a city or invoke historical characters, other legends present a religious context.