Editing Abhean

{{Short description|Irish mythology character}}
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In [[Irish mythology]], '''Abhean''' ({{IPA|ga|ˈavʲənˠ}}), son of [[Bec-Felmas]], was a [[filid|poet]] of the [[Tuatha Dé Danann]], and in particular of [[Lugh]]. He was killed by [[Aengus|Óengus]] in front of [[Midir]], according to a poem by [[Fland Mainistreach]] in ''[[Lebor Gabála Érenn]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/lebor4.html|title=Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of Invasions|work=Celtic Literature Collective}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://members.aol.com/lochlan2/lebor.htm |title=The Lebor Gabala Erren |access-date=2006-08-02 |archive-date=2000-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815055843/http://members.aol.com/lochlan2/lebor.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Etymology==
The reconstructed [[proto-Celtic language|Proto-Celtic]] lexica at the universities of [[Leiden University|Leiden]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indo-european.nl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040902040511/http://www.indo-european.nl/|title=Home|archive-date=2 September 2004|work=Indo-European Etymological Dictionary|publisher=Leiden University}}</ref> and [[University of Wales|Wales]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/pcl-moe.pdf|title=Proto-Celtic &ndash; English lexicon|publisher=University of Wales}}</ref> suggest that this name may be derived from [[Proto-Celtic language|Proto-Celtic]] *''Ad-bej-ānos'', literally meaning 'at-striking-related-one' and possibly denoting the concept of 'harp-strumming'.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Ellis|first=Peter Berresford|authorlink=Peter Berresford Ellis|title=Dictionary of Celtic Mythology|edition=Oxford Paperback Reference|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1994|isbn=0-19-508961-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Wood|first=Juliette|authorlink=Juliette Wood|title=The Celts: Life, Myth, and Art|publisher=Thorsons Publishers|year=2002|isbn=0-00-764059-5}}

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121205053209/http://www.mythome.org/celtic.html Celtic Gods and their Associates]}}

{{Celtic mythology (Mythological)}}

[[Category:Arts gods]]
[[Category:Irish gods]]
[[Category:Tuatha Dé Danann]]
[[Category:Lugh]]


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