Lugh

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A pre-Christian Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past: the son of Cian and Ethniu. Irish

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lug

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Lugh, from Old Irish Lug, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌᚐ (luga), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Related phrases

high kingmac ethlennmac ethnennsamh ildánach

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