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Cian

Celtic (Irish) tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains: father of Lugh
Partner: Ethniu
Children: Lugh

Folio 309r of the Book of Kells (Trinity College Dublin), c. 800.

Key myth

A son of Dian Cécht, who with Ethniu became the father of Lugh.

Primary sources

Cath Maige Tuired

All sources for the Celtic (Irish) pantheon

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More traditions

Odin rides to Hel, W. G. Collingwood, after the Poetic Edda.

Papyrus of Ani, British Museum (New Kingdom), a Book of the Dead.

A chaos monster and a sun god, drawn by L. Gruner for A. H. Layard's Monuments of Nineveh.

Vishvarupa Vishnu, Kashmir or Himachal, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection.