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- proper noun Irish mythology The daughter of the Fomorian king
Balor , wife ofCian and the mother ofLugh and Delbáeth, and the grandmother ofCúchulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill.
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Lonnbeimnech ( "fierce striker" or perhaps "sword-shouter") and Tuatha Dé Danann, and his mother is Ethliu or Ethniu, daughter of Tory Island in 1835 recounts the birth of a grandson of Balor who grows up to kill his grandfather.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Lugh, Lú), son of Ethliu or Ethniu, is an apparent deity of pre-Christian Ireland.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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