Goibniu
Irish · deity · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Divine smith of the Tuatha Dé Danann, forger of unerring weapons and brewer of the ale of immortality.
Domains
- smithcraft metalwork
Powers
- Forge spear-points that never miss
- Brew the ale that wards off old age
- forges a finished spear-head with three blows of the hammer
Epithets
- Gobban Saer Gobán the Wright (folk-survival as master builder)James MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (1998), s.v. Goibniu / Gobán Saer (secondary)
Relations
- equated with: GofannonExact cognates < Celtic *gobann- 'smith' (cf. Gaulish Gobannos, absent from this corpus). Goibniu is a living mythic smith-leech-brewer; Gofannon a faded literary echo (Math, Culhwch) — name secure, lore asymmetric.J. T. Koch (ed.), Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia (2006), s.v. 'Gofannon' (secondary); J. MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (1998) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Cath Maige Tuired; Lebor Gabála Érenn (primary)