Mary Mac Cann

Father

Father is a paternal figure to Mary, likely her father, with a close and protective bond.

Patsy Mac Cann

Mary and Patsy are sisters or close female relatives, with a warm and supportive dynamic.

Art

Art is a suitor or lover to Mary, with romantic tension and frequent interactions.

Eileen Ni Cooley

Eileen and Mary are friends or confidantes, sharing personal matters and social activities.

Finaun Mac Dea

Finaun and Mary are likely relatives, with a warm familial dynamic.

Father

Father is a paternal figure to Mary, likely her father, with a close and protective bond.

Patsy Mac Cann

Mary and Patsy are sisters or close female relatives, with a warm and supportive dynamic.

Father

Father is a paternal figure to Mary, likely her father, with a close and protective bond.

Patsy Mac Cann

Mary and Patsy are sisters or close female relatives, with a warm and supportive dynamic.

Eileen Ni Cooley

Eileen and Mary are friends or confidantes, sharing personal matters and social activities.

Eileen Ni Cooley

Eileen and Mary are friends or confidantes, sharing personal matters and social activities.

Art

Art is a suitor or lover to Mary, with romantic tension and frequent interactions.

The Demi-Gods

Refuses to abandon the angels and takes charge after her father's disappearance.

Book I: Patsy Mac Cann

The daughter who shows compassion and refuses to abandon the angels.

I

Daughter of Patsy, affectionate toward the donkey and practical about their supplies.

II

Initially hides from the angels but returns when called; watches them warily.

III

First to arise in the morning; tends to her hair with unusual hesitation, feeling more disturbed by this new self-consciousness than by the angels' arrival.

IV

Takes charge, refuses to abandon the angels, and gives her savings to buy food.

V

Mary watches the angels sleep, tends the fire, and experiences an inner emotional and romantic awakening.

VI

Beats the donkey affectionately, then gives the angels a lecture on food at their request, explaining what is edible and what is not.

VII

Opens the basket, silently marvels at the provisions, serves the food with hospitality, and later gives the youngest angel extra potatoes and bread.

VIII

Questions her father about the food and burns the basket as instructed.

IX

Mentioned as the one who competently understands all that her father knows and has done.

X

Mary travels with her father and the angels, participating in conversations and sharing their nomadic lifestyle.

XI

Mary assumes a maternal role over the four men, demanding domestic obedience and ruling the camp at night, while her beauty and power are examined in depth.

XII

Sits on the other side of the brazier with the archangel; walks beside the donkey with Finaun, and lets Finaun plait her hair.

Book II: Eileen Ni Cooley

Accompanies her father and interacts with Eileen.

XIII

Identifies Eileen Ni Cooley from a distance and tries to slow the ass to avoid the encounter.

XIV

Present in the group, follows her father Patsy Mac Cann.

XV

Sits with Finaun but reacts fiercely when Eileen speaks, showing protectiveness and interest in the dynamics.

XVII

Admits she was thinking of other things during the story; volunteers to fetch food and whisky from the cart.

XVIII

Mary unyokes the ass, embraces him, and gives him soft sugar before returning to the house with food.

XIX

Gives away her potatoes to Art, watches the interactions between the adults, and later takes Art's arm to back away from the violence.

XX

Takes charge of cooking and listens to stories while managing the camp.

XXI

Prepares and serves potatoes and rabbit collops, following her father's commands.

XXII

Coldly remarks that the two men are 'a pair of dirty dogs.'

XXIII

Present during the incident, she fought the attackers with a stick and later stripped a woman of her clothes.

XXVI

Expresses her love for listening to stories.

Book IV: Mary Mac Cann

Central figure of the chapter, showing her character and actions.

XXVIII

Shares a transformative look of love with Art across the brazier; after her father's disappearance, she takes charge of the group, learning to think and act independently.

XXIX

Takes charge of foraging and organizing the group, recalls her father's tactics, and confronts Eileen Ni Cooley and Brien O'Brien.

The Encounter with Eileen Ni Cooley

Witnesses the fight and burial, sitting rigid with shock.

XXXI

Defies her father's plan to abandon the angels, proposes the reburial solution, and shares a tense but tender moment with him before he departs.

XXXII

Remembered by the ass as Mary Ni Cahan, the reason he returned home.

XXXIV

Awakens early, worries her father has left, but is relieved to find him returned with food. Delays breakfast to give him time to return unnoticed.

XXXV

Kisses the donkey, receives Finaun's blessing, shares a silent farewell with Art, and weeps when Art tears his wings.