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===In other cycles and traditions=== * In the [[Ulster Cycle]] he fathered [[Cúchulainn]] with the mortal maiden [[Deichtine]]. When Cúchulainn lay wounded after a gruelling series of combats during the ''[[Táin Bó Cuailnge]]'' (Cattle Raid of Cooley), Lugh appeared and healed his wounds over a period of three days. * In ''Baile in Scáil'' (The Phantom's Trance), a story of the [[Historical Cycle]], Lugh appeared in a vision to [[Conn of the Hundred Battles]]. Enthroned on a daïs, he directed a beautiful woman called the Sovereignty of Ireland to serve Conn a portion of meat and a cup of red [[ale]], ritually confirming his right to rule and the dynasty that would follow him. * In the [[Fenian Cycle]] the [[dwarf (mythology)|dwarf]] [[harp]]er [[Cnú Deireóil]] claimed to be Lugh's son.<ref>"[https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095619885 Cnú Deireóil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916220618/https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095619885 |date=16 September 2024 }}", Mackillop (1998) ed., ''Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology''.</ref> * The [[Luigne]], a people who inhabited Counties [[County Meath|Meath]] and [[County Sligo|Sligo]], claimed descent from him. * Ainle is listed as the son of Lug Longhand (here called "Leo lam-fota")<ref name=metrical-III-p009/> and is killed by Curnan the Blacklegged in the Rennes Dinsenchas.<ref name=rennes-082/> Ainle, whose name means "champion" is described as being renowned and glorious, but in the same poetic verse is also described as being a weakling with no grip in battle.<ref name=metrical-III-p009>{{harvp|Gwynn|1924|pp=9–11}}, ''The Metrical Dindshenchas'' Part IV. Poem/Story 3:"[https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T106500D/text003.html Druim Cliab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916220538/https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T106500D/text003.html |date=16 September 2024 }}", and notes, {{URL|1=https://archive.org/stream/metricaldindsenc04royauoft#page/376/mode/2up |2=p. 377}}</ref> * Lugh appears in folklore as a [[trickster]], and in [[County Mayo]] thunderstorms were referred to as battles between Lugh and Balor, which leads some to speculate that he was a storm god.
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