CELTIC IRISH ART PRINT
BÓANN
THE COW GODDESS
8x11 By Jim FitzPatrick
BÓANN THE COW GODDESS.
This depiction of the legendary Bóann (She of the White Cattle) is my first attempt at the subject and shows her as the cow goddess, a symbol of fertility and wealth. It was Bóann who set in train the search for the beautiful girl seen in a vision by her son, the poet warrior, Aongus Óg.
This tale inspired W.B.Yeats wonderful poem’ The Dream of Aengus’.