Lugh
Irish · deity · mythological cycle · deity
Major Tuatha Dé Danann figure; samildánach (master of all crafts) and lámfada (long-armed). King of the Tuatha Dé during the Second Battle of Mag Tuired campaign, when he killed his maternal grandfather Balor of the Evil Eye with a sling-stone through the eye. Inaugurator of the Lughnasadh harvest assembly at Tailtin in honor of his foster-mother Tailtiu. Continental cognate Lugus attested across Gaul and Iberia (Lugdunum, Lugudunum, Luguvalium, etc.). Father of Cú Chulainn by Deichtire under the dominant Compert Con Culainn tradition.
Parentage
Children
Domains
- master of all crafts
- kingship of Tuatha Dé
- oath and sworn truth
- solar luminous
- harvest
Powers
- Work the one-legged battle-curse
Epithets
- Lámfada / Lámfhada
- Samildánach
- Lonnbéimnech
- Macnia / Mac Ethlenn
Relations
- enemy: Balor
- lover: Deichtire
- father of: Cú Chulainn
- equated with: Lugus
- equated with: Lleu Llaw Gyffes