Lugh
Lugh is important to the Celtic people as a god of immense skill in many areas. He is not considered a war god, but he is honored as a great warrior. One tale says that Balor of the Evil Eye, was told he would be murdered by a grandson. So, he imprisoned his only daughter in a cave. While there, she is seduced by one of Balor’s enemies. His daughter had triplets. Balor kills two of the children, but Lugh escapes and is raised by a blacksmith. Sure enough, when he grows up, he ends up killing his grandfather Balor. (For a more detailed history of Lugh go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lughnasadh
Lugh is called sam ildanach which means, skilled in many different kinds of arts. War was a way of life to the Celts and smithcraft were said to have magical gifts because they mastered the element of fire. Gifts of creativity are honored at his festival. Lugh is associated with grain in mythology because he held a harvest fair in honor of his foster mother, Tailtiu on August 1. In Gaelic, the word for August is lunasa. It was later in Christian England that the harvest celebration on August 1st became named Lammas, after the Saxon phrase half maesse or “Loaf mass”. Many today celebrate Lughnasadh (festival of Lugh) with dancing, song, bonfires and blessings of the first harvest.
Lugh is important to the Celtic people as a god of immense skill in many areas. He is not considered a war god, but he is honored as a great warrior. One tale says that Balor of the Evil Eye, was told he would be murdered by a grandson. So, he imprisoned his only daughter in a cave. While there, she is seduced by one of Balor’s enemies. His daughter had triplets. Balor kills two of the children, but Lugh escapes and is raised by a blacksmith. Sure enough, when he grows up, he ends up killing his grandfather Balor. (For a more detailed history of Lugh go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lughnasadh
Lugh is called sam ildanach which means, skilled in many different kinds of arts. War was a way of life to the Celts and smithcraft were said to have magical gifts because they mastered the element of fire. Gifts of creativity are honored at his festival. Lugh is associated with grain in mythology because he held a harvest fair in honor of his foster mother, Tailtiu on August 1. In Gaelic, the word for August is lunasa. It was later in Christian England that the harvest celebration on August 1st became named Lammas, after the Saxon phrase half maesse or “Loaf mass”. Many today celebrate Lughnasadh (festival of Lugh) with dancing, song, bonfires and blessings of the first harvest.
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