Also known as Lug, Lugh Lámhfhada, Lugh Lamhfhada
Lugh or Lug (; ) is a figure in Irish mythology. A member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, a group of supernatural beings, Lugh is portrayed as a warrior, a king, a master craftsman and a saviour. He is associated with skill and mastery in multiple disciplines, including the arts. Lugh also has associations with oaths, truth, and the law, and therefore with rightful kingship. He is also associated with intelligence. Lugh is linked with the harvest festival of Lughnasadh, which bears his name. His most common epithets are Lámfada ( ; "long hand" or "long arm", possibly for his skill with a spear or his
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Irish
- Deity.name
- Lugh
- Deity.image
- Lugh spear Millar.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Illustration of Lugh and his magical spear by H. R. Millar
- Deity.member_of
- the Tuatha Dé Danann
- Deity.deity_of
- God of Justice, war, kingship, craftsmen, skills, trade and harvests.
- Deity.other_names
- Lug, Lugus.
- Deity.roman_equivalent
- Mercury
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- solar deity
- Part of
- Tuatha Dé Danann
- Gender
- male
- Child
- Cú Chulainn
- Father
- Cian
- Image
- Tricephale Carnavalet.jpg
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- owner of
- Enbarr
- unmarried partner
- Deichtine
- worshipped by
- Irish mythology
- Commons category
- Lugh
- present in work
- Táin Bó Cúailnge
- mount
- Enbarr
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