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Aine · salience 0.8

“As she sat combing her hair at the edge of Lough Gur, Gerold, the Earl of Desmond, saw her, seized her cloak, and by holding it gained power over her and made her his bride.”

Vila

“some tellings hold that a Vila can be captured or bound by stealing her wings, veil, or a lock of her hair while she bathes or dances, a motif shared with swan-maiden tales found elsewhere in Europe.”