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Topic: Cermait


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  Cermait MacLugh
Cermait's father was Lugh Lamfada and his mother was Moytura Shearbeinn.
Most Adainoth are named for their fathers, but with Cermait's sons it is not so.
Cermait and Fadainn were married (further details are not known).
www.angelfire.com /planet/cearn/adainen/adainoth/ind00117.htm   (218 words)

  
 Tuatha Dé Danann
An unnamed wife had affair with Cermait, the son of Dagda.
Her other sisters also married the sons of Cermait: Banba was married MacCuill, while Fodla was the wife of MacCecht.
Cermait, the son of Dagda, had seduced Lugh's unnamed wife.
www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/danann.html   (7434 words)

  
 Tuatha De Danaan Family Tree
Cermait honey-mouth a son of the Dagda N
Cermait's three sons shared kingship of Ireland when invaded by the Sons of the Gael N. Three of Ogma's children ruled briefly over the divine race S58.
According to one source, the same as Cermait, the Honey-mouthed S57.
baharna.com /celtic   (1432 words)

  
 Lugh
Lugh had several wives; one, unnamed, had an affair with Cermait, son of the Dagda.
Lugh killed him in revenge, but Cermait's sons, Mac Cuill, Mac Cécht and Mac Gréine, killed him in return, drowning him Loch Lugborta.
He was the father of Cuchulainn by the mortal Deichtine, and came to his son's aid in Táin Bó Cuailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley).
www.keywordmage.net /lu/lugh.html   (681 words)

  
 Ogma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He had two nicknames, which tell us much about his character.
One was Cermait, meaning "the honey mouthed", relating to the Irish gift of the gab, known as blarney, and the other was Grianainech, "the sunny faced", believed to come from his great wisdom.
He has a son Tuirenn, whose three sons murder Cian, the father of the sun-god, Lugh.
www.janih.com /kitiana/celtic/ogma.html   (241 words)

  
 Cermait MacLugh & Fadainn (MacLugh) Family
This page charts the family history of Cermait MacLugh and Fadainn (MacLugh).
Click here to display the entire genealogy tree report of family Cermait MacLugh and Fadainn (MacLugh), or search the family tree surname index or view the family tree report summary.
This HTML report was created using the software generator GenoPro 2.b15.
www.angelfire.com /planet/cearn/adainen/adainoth/family.fam00056.htm   (201 words)

  
 Part 87 of The Metrical Dindshenchas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A great meeting was held at Caendruim (which is called Usnech) between the three sons of Cermait, the Dagda's son, and Lug son of Ethne, to make peace with him in regard to their father Cermait, whom he had slain through jealousy about his wife.
Now the sons of Cermait, namely, Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht, and Mac Greine, had laid a plot to kill Lug.
He himself stayed at that spot, and it may be from him that the lake and the place had their name, Loch Lugborta, for till then his name was Lugaid, but thenceforth Delbaeth, that is Dolb-aed, from the enchanted fire.
www.ucc.ie /celt/published/T106500D/text087.html   (280 words)

  
 The Witches Way Celtic Goddesses
Invented the Ogam script alphabet and carried a huge club similar to Hercules'.
Variants: Oghma, Ogmios, Grianainech (sun face), Cermait (honey-mouthed).
Called Pwyll pen Annwn (Pwyll, head of Annwn) because he replaced Gwynn ap Nudd as ruler of the underworld at one time.
www.witchesway.net /links/goddesses/celtic.html   (2095 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Possibly the aspect of Dea Domnu honoring the Goddess of Battles, and the warriors who fought and died, even when they lost.
Cermait A son of the Daghda; Father of Mac Cecht, Mac Grainne, Mac Cuill Chrom Dubh Dark god of cold, hunger and the night.
Cian Mac DianCech He rescued the Formorian maiden Ethne, and on her fathered Lugh.
www.personal.utulsa.edu /~marc-carlson/history/go2.txt   (3033 words)

  
 The Battle at Tailltin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
And after they had rested for a while, they went on to Inver Colpa in Leinster, and Heremon and his men joined them there.
And then they sent messengers to the three kings of Ireland, the three sons of Cermait Honey-Mouth, and bade them to come out and fight a battle that would settle the ownership of the country once for all.
So they came out, and the best of the fighters of the Tuatha de Danaan with them, to Tailltin.
www.mc.maricopa.edu /~tomshoemaker/celtic/Tailltin.html   (765 words)

  
 DAGDA
His affair with Boann caused a great magic to be used — he made the Sun stand still for nine months and their son Angus was begotton, gestated and born in one day.
The known children of dagda are Angus, Bodh Dearg, Cermait, Midir, Aine and Brigit.
He may have been the brother or father of Ogma.
www.druidschool.com /site/1030100/page/471212   (690 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Mider: God of the underworld; his abode is Falga, the Isle of Man; Etain (Ogma's daughter) became his wife, but she was taken away by Angus.
Ogma (Cermait): The "honey-mouthed" king of the bards and god of eloquence and literature; Ogham script is named for him; he married Etain, daughter of Diancecht.
Bodb the Red: He succeeds his father as king of the gods.
www.ladyoftheearth.com /celtic/deities-1.txt   (458 words)

  
 Danu and Bile - Primordial Parents?
In attempting to weave all of these elements into a consistent whole they were unable to avoid some confusion, giving incompatible genealogies to some characters and assigning the same narrative role to different characters in different passages.
Thus the role of the "three gods" appears to shift between several triads of characters (the three sons of Delbaeth; the three sons of Bres; the three sons of Cermait) at various points in the text.
Also, harmonising different stories from different sources required coming up with a single name for each functional character.
www.mythicalireland.com /mythology/tuathade/danubile.html   (3119 words)

  
 Conversions
The title, Altrom Tig Da Medar or "The Nurture of the Houses of the Two Milk Vessels" is preserved in the manuscript known as the Book of Fermoy.
The story actually begins after the Milesians defeated the Tuatha De Danann, where the three sons of Cermait (grandsons of Dagda) were killed in the battle of Tailtiu (see the Coming of the Milesians).
Manannán MacLir helped the surviving Danann to retreat from the sights of mortal men to one of the many hidden domains, known as sidh.
www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/conversion.html   (1494 words)

  
 Irish Gods: Oghma
It was originally intended to be carved upon the edges of standig stones.
He was also called Cermait, which means `honey-mouthed` or Grainainech, meaning `sunny-faced`.
He married Etain, daughter of Diancecht, the God of Medicine, and got several children.
members.fortunecity.com /celticmyth/oghma.html   (93 words)

  
 Gods and Fighting Men: Part I: Part I Book III: The Landing
And the names of those three queens were often given to Ireland in the after time.
The Sons of the Gael went on after that to Teamhair, where the three sons of Cermait Honey-Mouth, son of the Dagda, that had the kingship between them at that time held their court.
And these three were quarrelling with one another about the division of the treasures their father had left, and the quarrel was so hot it seemed likely it would come to a battle in the end.
www.sacred-texts.com /neu/celt/gafm/gafm09.htm   (1460 words)

  
 Lebor Gabala Erenn pt 4
Oengus mac Oc nad Aed Caem and Cermait Milbel, those are the three sons of the Dagda.
Orbsen was the name of Manannan at first, and from him is named Loch Orbsen in Connachta.
The three sons of Cermait, moreover, ut diximus; Mac Cuill - Sethor, the hazel his god; Mac Cecht - Tethor, the ploughshare his god; Mac Greine - Cethor, the sun his god.
www.ancienttexts.org /library/celtic/ctexts/lebor4.html   (1956 words)

  
 Christine’s Faery List: Cían
Cían Mac Cainte (Weep Son of Clear Water)
Triple god and son of Cermait: Honeyed One.
He strikes a spark and kindles a fire for the King of Erin: Snowdrop Land.
www.tartanplace.com /faery/gods/cian.html   (397 words)

  
 An Irish Myth Concordance
When Ethlinn bore a child (Lugh), Balor would have had it killed, but Birog rescued it (40).
Birthplace of Cermait Honey-Mouth - in the house of the Dagda at the Brugh na Boinne (80) Blai-Slieve - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland (q.v.) (62) Boann - a water goddess, wife of Nechtan and mother, by the Dagda, of Angus, she is associated with the River Boyne (DIM).
Also see Dabilla (80) Bodb - (Bove) see Rudrach and Dergcroche (117) Bodb Dearg - (Bove Darrig) son of the Dagda, he was king of Connacht when Bres and his army landed in Ireland to battle Lugh (43).
www.imbas.org /articles/irish_myth_concordance.html   (3807 words)

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