アイルランドの神話では、オェングスは次のようにさまざまに表現されている。
* 兵法家<ref name=Fermoy>[http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/fosterage.html ''The Book of Fermoy'' "The Fosterage of the House of the Two Pails"]</ref>
* 騎手<ref name=Fermoy />
* 船乗り<ref name=Fermoy />
* ダグザの息子<ref name=Fermoy />
In Irish myths, Aengus is variously described in the following terms:
* expert in arms
* horseman<ref name=Fermoy />* sailor<ref name=Fermoy />sailo
* son of the Dagda<ref name=Fermoy />
* of the many exploits<ref name="Tuag">{{cite web |last1=Gwynn |first1=Edward |title=The Metrical Dindsenchas: Tuag Inber |url=https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T106500D.html |website=Corpus of Electronic Texts |publisher=University College Cork |access-date=3 August 2019}}</ref>