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| | The Irish Mythological Cycle |
 | | Like other wonderful children, Bres grew twice as quickly as any other child until he was seven.[169] Though Elatha and Eri are brother and sister, she is among the Tuatha De Danann.[170] There is the usual inconsistency of myth here and in other accounts of Fomorian and Tuatha De Danann unions. |
 | | Elatha was son of Net, described by Cormac as “a battle god of the heathen Gael,” i.e. |
 | | Beli is also equated with Elatha, and since Don, reputed consort of Beli, was grandmother of Llew, equated with Irish Lug, grandson of Balor, Balor is equivalent to Beli, whose name is regarded by Professor Rhys as related etymologically to Balor’s.[195] Bile, Balor, and Elatha are thus Goidelic equivalents of the shadowy Beli. |
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