Lugh

Irish mythological character and probable deity
Thing thunder_deity Q215683
Lugh
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Lugh

Summary

Lugh is a thunder deity[1]. Lugh ranks in the top 9% of thunder_deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (905 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lugh's father was Cian[3].
  • A child of Lugh was Cú Chulainn[4].
  • Lugh's image is recorded as Lugh spear Millar.jpg[5].
  • Lugh's image is recorded as Tricephale Carnavalet.jpg[6].
  • Lugh is recorded as male[7].
  • Lugh's instance of is recorded as thunder deity[8].
  • Lugh's instance of is recorded as solar deity[9].
  • Lugh's instance of is recorded as Irish mythical character[10].
  • Lugh's instance of is recorded as Celtic deity[11].
  • Lugh's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 203811874[12].
  • Lugh's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13513605r[13].
  • Lugh's IdRef ID is recorded as 050444026[14].
  • Lugh's part of is recorded as Tuatha Dé Danann[15].
  • Lugh's Commons category is recorded as Lugh[16].
  • Lugh's unmarried partner is recorded as Deichtine[17].
  • Lugh's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04n15[18].
  • Lugh's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lugh[19].
  • Lugh's worshipped by is recorded as Irish mythology[20].
  • Lugh's present in work is recorded as Táin Bó Cúailnge[21].
  • Lugh's present in work is recorded as Lebor Gabála Érenn[22].
  • Lugh's present in work is recorded as Cath Maige Tuired[23].
  • Lugh's owner of is recorded as Enbarr[24].
  • Lugh's owner of is recorded as Failinis[25].
  • Lugh's owner of is recorded as Fragarach[26].
  • Lugh's mount is recorded as Enbarr[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Lugh's father was Cian[3].

Personal Life

A child of Lugh was Cú Chulainn[4].

Why It Matters

Lugh ranks in the top 9% of thunder_deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (905 views/month).[2] Lugh has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Lugh is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Who were Lugh's parents?

Lugh's father was Cian[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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