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Lug


An Irish sun-god whom some scholars have seen as the origin – through the Welsh Llwch – of Lot and Lancelot.

He was the father of Cuchulainn, the Irish counterpart of Gawain. He owned a magic spear called the Luin of Celtchar that may precede the Bleeding Lance of the Grail legend.


See also
Llwch Lleminawc | The Legend of King Arthur