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According to early Irish legend, she was a daughter of a king of the Corcu Loígde, a historical people. Circumstances imply she was a sun goddess.

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In Irish mythology, Aimend was the daughter of a king of the Corcu Loígde. Details of the story imply she was originally a sun goddess.

Etymology

This name appears to be derived from Proto-Celtic *aidu-mandā. The name literally means "burning stain," which may have been a byword for the notion of ‘sunburn’ (q.v. [1] [2] [3]). The Romano-British form of this Proto-Celtic name is likely to have been *Aedumanda (q.v. [4] [5] [6] [7]).


 
 
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Celtic Mythology. A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Copyright © James MacKillop 1998, 2004. All rights reserved.  Read more
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