Lugh

Also: Lugh Lámhfhada

Celtic (Irish) tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains: skill in all arts, kingship, the sun (in later readings)
Symbols and attributes: Spear; sling
Parents (per the sources used): Cian and Ethniu

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

Key myth

At Tara, the doorkeeper turns him away until he lists every craft he practises, and he becomes leader of the gods against the Fomorians. The festival of Lughnasadh is named for him.

Where sources differ or caution applies. The sun-god reading is a modern interpretation.

Primary sources

Cath Maige Tuired

All sources for the Celtic (Irish) pantheon

Lineage in the sources used: Cian, Ethniu, Balor.

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More traditions

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

Elsewhere in the world

Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Lugh: craft, smiths and making, sky, storm and thunder, war and fighting, the sun and light. This is overlap in one area only.

Norse