Celtic fairy traditions
Lugh
Lug receives a palace in Dagda’s distribution of the Sidhe dwellings. This places him within the divine society that continues after the conquest of Ireland. In the rebirth discussion, Lugh appears to Dechtire and identifies himself with her child, Cuchulainn. Evans-Wentz interprets the connection as incarnation, making heroic ability an expression of divine pre-existence.
Also known as Lug
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Principal account
ReportedLug receives a palace in Dagda’s distribution of the Sidhe dwellings. This places him within the divine society that continues after the conquest of Ireland.
Further detail
ReportedIn the rebirth discussion, Lugh appears to Dechtire and identifies himself with her child, Cuchulainn. Evans-Wentz interprets the connection as incarnation, making heroic ability an expression of divine pre-existence.
Context & interpretation
Evans-Wentz combines named informants, manuscript narratives, and his own psychical theory in a 1911 survey. This entry preserves those distinctions: collected belief and literary tradition do not establish the physical existence of an Otherworld.
Original passages
Source 1
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
palaces in his kingdom. He gave one sid to Lug, son of Ethne, another to Ogme ; and for himself retained two — one called Brug *Open this page in the book
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Source 2
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
sun-deity ^ of the earliest cycle. Lugh appears to Dechtire, the mother of Cuchulainn, and tells her that he himself is her little child,Open this page in the book
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Location recorded at citation review: Celtic fairy traditions; active reader leaf 400
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