Ceithen

Role: son of Cainte · First appears: The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 1

Ceithen was one of the three sons of Cainte, with Cu, and the brother of Cian. He and Brian and the other sons of Tuireann were enemies, and whenever the groups met, fighting was sure to follow.

When Lugh prepared to battle the Fomor, Ceithen joined Cian and Cu in promising to help him and gather the Riders of the Sidhe.

Relationship record

Life events

• Cian, Cu, and Ceithen promised to help Lugh against the Fomor and gather the Riders of the Sidhe.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 1)
  • With: Lugh Cian Cu
  • “‘Each one of us will keep off a hundred from you in the battle,’ said they. ‘That is a good help,’ said Lugh; ‘but there is a help I would sooner have from you than that: to gather the Riders of the Sidhe to me from every place where they are.’”

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

• parent: Cainte “his brothers Cu and Ceithen, that were the three sons of Cainte”
• enemies with Brian “And it is the way it was between the three sons of Tuireann and the three sons of Cainte, they were in hatred and enmity towards one another, so that whenever they met there was sure to be fighting among them.”
• siblings with Cian “And presently he saw three armed men coming towards him, his own father Cian, with his brothers Cu and Ceithen, that were the three sons of Cainte, and they saluted him.”
• siblings with Cu “And presently he saw three armed men coming towards him, his own father Cian, with his brothers Cu and Ceithen, that were the three sons of Cainte, and they saluted him.”

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