Editing Lugus (section)

===Lleu in Welsh mythology===
[[File:Jesus-College-MS-111 00370 185v (cropped) Math fab Mathonwy .jpg|thumb|The opening lines of the Fourth Branch of the ''[[Mabinogi]]'']] 
[[Lleu Llaw Gyffes]] (literally, "Lleu of the Skillful Hand" or "Steady Hand") is one of the protagonists of the Fourth Branch of the ''[[Mabinogi]]'', a set of Welsh stories compiled in the 12th-13th centuries. He is a prince whose story culminates in him becoming ruler of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]].<ref name=Hutton/>{{rp|68}}<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=James |last=MacKillop |title=Lleu Llaw Gyffes |encyclopedia=Dictionary of Celtic Mythology |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 |edition=Online |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198609674.001.0001/acref-9780198609674-e-3002 }}</ref> Though not depicted as other than human, Lleu is depicted with extraordinary or magical skills, like many other characters in [[Welsh mythology]].<ref name=Hutton/>{{rp|75}} Lleu (or characters similar to him) appears in other works of medieval Welsh literature. Notable examples are Lluch Llavynnauc (Lluch "of the Striking Hand" or Lluch "Equipped with a Blade") in ''[[Pa gur]]''; Lluch Lleawc (Lluch "the Death Dealing") in ''[[Preiddeu Annwn]]''; and Llwch Llawwynnyawe (Lluch "of the Striking Hand") in ''[[Culhwch and Olwen|Culhwch]]''.<ref name=Hutton/>{{rp|69}}

[[John Rhys]] was the first to relate Lleu to Lugus, which he did in 1888. Rhys drew a comparison between an episode in the ''Mabinogi'', wherein Lleu and his foster father [[Gwydion]] produce gold-ornamented shoes, and the inscription from Uxama Argaela, where the Lugoves are invoked by a group of shoemakers. This parallel has received a mixed reception.<ref name=Hutton/>{{rp|70–71}} [[Joseph Loth]] felt that the episode was minor and the conclusion extravagant.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Loth |first=Joseph |title=Le Mabinogi de Math vab Mathonwy d'aprés W. J. Gruffydd et la mèthode en celto-mythologie |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6473497q/f288 |journal=Revue Celtique |volume=46 |date=1929 |pages=272–300 }}</ref>{{rp|297–299}} [[Jan de Vries (philologist)|Jan de Vries]] agreed with Rhys, and further argued that the "Lugoves" in this inscription were Lleu and Gwydion.<ref name=deVries>{{cite book |last=de Vries |first=Jan |title=Keltische Religion |date=1961 |url=https://archive.org/details/keltischereligio0000vrie |url-access=registration |location=Stuttgart |publisher=W. Kohlhammer }}</ref>{{rp|52}}