Aine

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As an embodiment of sovereignty, Aine can both grant and remove a man's power to rule. The descendants of Aulom, the Eoganachta, claim Aine as an ancestor.
By Old Irish law, only an "unblemished" person can rule, by maiming him this way, Aine rendered him unfit to be king. As an embodiment of sovereignty, she can both grant and remove a man's power to rule.
Eoganachta
In early tales Aine is associated with the semi-mythological King of Munster, Ailill Aulom, who is said to have raped her, an assault ending in Ãine biting off his ear, hence the name Aulom "one-eared".