Editing Dian Cecht (section)

==Genealogy==
Dian Cécht is described as a son of the [[Dagda]] in the ''Dindsenchas''.<ref name=metrical-dinnshenchas-magcorainn/> His children varied according to source.

Dian Cécht had fours sons, Cu, Cethen, [[Cian]] (the father of Lugh), and [[Miach]] according to a [[Tract (literature)|tract]] in the ''Book of Invasions'' (''[[Lebor Gabála Érenn]]''), although the same tract states that the fourth son, Miach the physician, was often not reckoned.<ref name="macalister-sect314">''[[Lebor Gabála Érenn]]'', {{harvp|Macalister|1941}} ed. tr. ¶314 pp. 122–123</ref> Cu, Cethen and Cian were called the "three sons of Cainté" in the late modern narrative ''[[Brian (mythology)|Aided Chlainne Tuirenn]]''.<ref name=fate-cainte/> Dian Cécht was grandfather to Lugh, since Cían son of Dían Cécht is the father of Lugh, by [[Ethniu|Ethne]] daughter of [[Balor]].<ref name="CMT055"/>

Dian Cécht had yet another son, Octriuil, who was also a physician: Dían Cécht's two sons Octriuil ({{langx|ga|Ochttríuil}}) and Míach, and his daughter [[Airmed]] chanted over the healing well named Sláine (cf. [[#Curative well|§&nbsp;Curative well]] below).<ref name="CMT123"/>

Dian Cécht's daughters were Airmed the [[Medieval medicine of Western Europe|she-leech]] (female physician) and [[Étaín|Étan]] the poet according to the aforementioned ''Book of Invasions'' tract.<ref name="macalister-sect314"/>