Cian

In Irish mythology, Cian was nicknamed Scal Balb. Scal Balb is a nickname borne by other personages & means “dumb champion.” “Dumb” here means not being able to talk. He was the son of Dian Cecht, the doctor/physician of the Tuatha De Danann. He’s best known as the dad of Lugh Lamhfada. His brothers are Cu, Cethen, & Miach. Cian means “enduring one,” it signifies long, enduring, far, & distant.

Cian was unalived by the sons of Tuireann. For which Lugh demanded various treasures from around the world as eraic (or compensation).

In the saga Cath Maige Tuired, Cian’s marriage to Ethniu is a dynastic 1 following an alliance between the Fomorians & the Tuatha De Danann. Ethniu & Cian had a son named Lugh. In the Lebor Gabala Erenn, Cian gives Lugh to Tailtiu, the queen of Fir Bolg as a foster child.

Cian’s downfall, & the subsequent revenge by his son, Lugh, forcing on the perpetrators the impossible “quest” for treasures is told in “The Fate of the Children of Tuireann.” In the story, Cian is killed by the sons of Tuireann (Brian, Iuchar, & Iucharba) after trying unsuccessfully to escape from them in the form of a pig.

Lugh set them on a series of seemingly impossible tasks/quests as recompense. They completed them all. But were mortally wounded completing the final task/quest. Despite Tuireann’s pleas, Lugh denied them the use of 1 of the items they’d retrieved: the magic pigskin of Tuis that healed all wounds. They succumbed to their wounds/injuries. Tuireann died from grief over their bodies.

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