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Dían Cécht

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physician of the Túatha Dé Danann in Irish literature


See also: Airmed
Airmed (Oirmed)
A woman of the Túatha Dé Danann, daughter of the physician Dían Cécht and a healer in her own right. Her name appears to refer to the Irish word airmed ‘measure of grain’, which echoes that of her brother Míach (míach ‘sack of grain’).
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Míach
(time-frame ass. with Fir Bolg, Túatha Dé Danann, Fomoire)
Apparently from míach ‘measure (bushel, sack) of corn / grain’; a mythological figure of Irish literature, a son of Dían Cécht and brother to Airmed
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Núadu Argatlám
(time-frame ass. with Túatha Dé Danann)
Núadu Argatlám (‘of the Silver Hand’), ruler of the Túatha Dé Danann in Irish literature
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Túatha Dé (Danann)
A common Irish designation for a group of supernatural or magical figures in Irish history, broadly equivalent to the áes síde. In the pseudo-historical tradition represented by Lebor gabála Érenn and other texts, they are presented and arguably, to some extent euhemerised as the pre-Christian people that conquered Ireland from the Fir Bolg and were later overcome by the sons of Míl (the Gaels).
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Sources

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McLeod, Neil, “The not-so-exotic law of Dian Cécht”, in: Geraint Evans, Bernard Martin, and Jonathan M. Wooding (eds), Origins and revivals: proceedings of the First Australian Conference of Celtic Studies, 3, Sydney: Centre for Celtic Studies, University of Sydney, 2000. 381–393.
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