Morgaine's Well : Stories

orgaine's brother lay dieing with her son's sword in his chest at Camlann. He cried for the mother to come take him home... Only she had been dead for many years and could not answer. Instead a tiny woman came to him in a dress of black with a silver sash. She was old, so very old. She brought Arthur onto her boat and took him to her home, to her well, where he remains.

As Arthur lost his consciousness, slumbering into eternal sleep, he had a question... When this old woman who responds to the name mother dies, who will tend the well? Don't we all have an obligation to nurture that which nurtured us?

Aine Of Knockaine

Aine, was a faerie queen considered to be the sweetheart of the fae. She was a love goddess who stood in strong opposition of rape. Her day of celebration is Midsummer eve. In Limerick, Aine, was a faerie queen. She was goddess of cattle which would make her a goddess of plenty. The celtic people measured their wealth in cattle which gives rise to atleast one very famouse myth about Maeve, another queen of faerie.

Some equate her to the Goddess Dana. There are several myths about her marital status and to whom she was wed. In one version she married Manannan Mac Lir, (Manannan son of Lir) in other versions of the myth she is the wife or rape victim of Gerold Iarla.

Another name by which she is known is Aillen, an other world fertility monster. That version of the myth probably came with the rise of christianity when the place for the feminine in spirituality evaporated and perverse old men with problems with their own manhood came to power.

Her story is one of power. She is a reminder that who ever we may marry or be victimized by life is always full of plenty from which we can draw strength and at the very least rule our own lives.

The Story of Aine of Knockaine
Aine, was a faerie queen considered to be the sweetheart of the fae.

Nemaine/Macha
Nemaine is considered to be an aspect of Macha who is an aspect of the Morrigan or the goddess of war.

Branwen's Tragedy
In spring, a little bird, a pigeon, appeared with a broken wing in the castle and Branwen was lucky enough to find it.

The Swan Maiden
Their search ends at the home of Bruigh Mac, who claims Caer to be his enchanted daughter turned into a swan.

Medea's Tears
Medea was a princess of Colchis, daughter of king Aeetes, granddaughter of Helios the sun god and a niece of the infamous witch Circe.