Cult of Gods

Dian Cécht

Celtic (Irish) tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains
healing
Symbols and attributes
The well of Slane
Folio 309r of the Book of Kells (Trinity College Dublin), c. 800.
Folio 309r of the Book of Kells (Trinity College Dublin), c. 800.

Key myth

Physician of the gods. He made Nuada's silver arm, and his son Miach later grew a real one; Dian Cécht killed Miach out of jealousy.

Primary sources

  • Cath Maige Tuired

All sources for the Celtic (Irish) pantheon

Place in the family graph

Choose a deity to see where it comes from. Dashed lines are links the sources describe that are not parent and child.

DanuLirManannán mac LirThe DagdaThe MorríganBoannNuadaBalorOgmaDian CéchtBrigidAengus ÓgEthniuCianLugh

More traditions

Odin rides to Hel, W. G. Collingwood, after the Poetic Edda.NorsePapyrus of Ani, British Museum (New Kingdom), a Book of the Dead.EgyptianA chaos monster and a sun god, drawn by L. Gruner for A. H. Layard's Monuments of Nineveh.MesopotamianVishvarupa Vishnu, Kashmir or Himachal, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection.Hindu

Elsewhere in the world

Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Dian Cécht: craft, smiths and making. This is overlap in one area only.

Egyptian

Ptah

craftsmen, creation by speech

Mesopotamian

Enki / Ea

fresh water, wisdom, craft

Aztec (Mexica)

Xipe Totec

spring renewal, goldsmiths

Yoruba (Orisha)

Ògún

iron, war, hunting

Roman

Minerva

wisdom, crafts, strategy

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