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There may be further triplism associated with his birth.

His father in the folktale is one of a triad of brothers, Mac Cinnfhaelaidh, Gavida and Mac Samthainn, and his father in the medieval texts, Cian, is often mentioned together with his brothers Cú and Cethen.

Two characters called Lugaid, a popular medieval Irish name thought to derive from Lugh, have three fathers: Lugaid Riab nDerg ( Lugaid of the Red Stripes ) was the son of the three Findemna or fair triplets, and Lugaid mac Con Roí was also known as mac Trí Con, " son of three hounds ".

In Ireland's other great " sequestered maiden " story, the tragedy of Deirdre, the king's intended is carried off by three brothers, who are hunters with hounds.

The canine imagery continues with Cian's brother Cú (" hound "), another Lugaid, Lugaid Mac Con ( son of a hound ), and Lugh's son Cúchulainn (" Culann's Hound ").

A fourth Lugaid was Lugaid Loígde, a legendary King of Tara and ancestor of ( or inspiration for ) Lugaid Mac Con.