Ethlinn

Role: mother of Lugh · First appears: The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Coming of Lugh · Part 1

A Druid foretold that Balor would die by his grandson, so he shut his only child, Ethlinn, in a tower on the Island of the Tower of Glass. She gave Cian her love when she saw him, saying his face was the one she had seen in her dreams. When her time came, she gave birth to Lugh; Balor ordered that the child be thrown into the sea.

After the battle of Magh Tuireadh, Lugh brought his mother to Teamhair and gave her in marriage to Tadg, son of Nuada. Their daughters were Muirne, mother of Finn, and Tuiren, mother of Bran.

Relationship record

Life events

• Balor shut his daughter Ethlinn in the tower after a Druid foretold his grandson would cause his death.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Coming of Lugh · Part 1 · 📍 Island of the Tower of Glass)
  • With: Balor
  • “Now a Druid foretold one time that it was by his own grandson he would get his death. And he had at that time but one child, a daughter whose name was Ethlinn; and when he heard what the Druid said, he shut her up in the tower on the island.”
• Ethlinn gave Cian her love.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Coming of Lugh · Part 2)
  • With: Cian
  • “And when she saw him she said that was the face she had seen in her dreams. So she gave him her love; but after a while he was brought away again on a blast of wind.”
• Ethlinn gave birth to Lugh.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Coming of Lugh · Part 2)
  • With: Lugh
  • “And when her time came, Ethlinn gave birth to a son. And when Balor knew that, he bade his people put the child in a cloth and fasten it with a pin, and throw him into a current of the sea.”
• Lugh gave his mother Ethlinn in marriage to Tadg.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 3 · 📍 Teamhair)
  • With: Lugh Tadg
  • “And as to Lugh's own mother, that was tall beautiful Ethlinn, she came to Teamhair after the battle of Magh Tuireadh, and he gave her in marriage to Tadg, son of Nuada.”
• Ethlinn and Tadg had a daughter, Muirne, who became Finn's mother.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 3)
  • With: Tadg Muirne
  • “And the children that were born to them were Muirne, mother of Finn, the Head of the Fianna of Ireland, and Tuiren, that was mother of Bran.”
• Ethlinn and Tadg had a daughter, Tuiren, who became Bran's mother.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 3)
  • With: Tadg Tuiren
  • “And the children that were born to them were Muirne, mother of Finn, the Head of the Fianna of Ireland, and Tuiren, that was mother of Bran.”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Coming of Lugh · Part 1

• child: Lugh “I am Lugh, son of Cian of the Tuatha de Danaan, and of Ethlinn, daughter of Balor, King of the Fomor,”
• parent: Balor “I am Lugh, son of Cian of the Tuatha de Danaan, and of Ethlinn, daughter of Balor, King of the Fomor,”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Coming of Lugh · Part 2

• courtship with Cian “And when she saw him she said that was the face she had seen in her dreams. So she gave him her love; but after a while he was brought away again on a blast of wind.”
• child: Lugh “And when her time came, Ethlinn gave birth to a son.”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 1

• child: Lugh “It is the shining of the face of Lugh, son of Ethlinn”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 3

• married with Tadg “he gave her in marriage to Tadg, son of Nuada.”
• child: Muirne “And the children that were born to them were Muirne, mother of Finn, the Head of the Fianna of Ireland, and Tuiren, that was mother of Bran.”
• child: Tuiren “And the children that were born to them were Muirne, mother of Finn, the Head of the Fianna of Ireland, and Tuiren, that was mother of Bran.”
• child: Lugh “And as to Lugh's own mother, that was tall beautiful Ethlinn, she came to Teamhair after the battle of Magh Tuireadh, and he gave her in marriage to Tadg, son of Nuada.”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Hidden House of Lugh

• child: Lugh “And the master of the house told them the young woman was the Kingship of Ireland for ever. ‘And as for myself,’ he said, ‘I am Lugh of the Long Hand, son of Ethlinn.’”

The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Coming of Finn · Part 1

• child: Lugh “And his mother, that was beautiful long-haired Muirne, daughter of Tadg, son of Nuada of the Tuatha de Danaan and of Ethlinn, mother of Lugh of the Long Hand, did not dare to keep him with her; and two women, Bodhmall, the woman Druid, and Liath Luachra, came and brought him away to care him.”
• child: Muirne “And his mother, that was beautiful long-haired Muirne, daughter of Tadg, son of Nuada of the Tuatha de Danaan and of Ethlinn, mother of Lugh of the Long Hand, did not dare to keep him with her; and two women, Bodhmall, the woman Druid, and Liath Luachra, came and brought him away to care him.”

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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.