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His name was commemorated in numerous place-names, such as Lugdunum ( Celtic * Lugdūnon or * Lugudūnon, " fort of Lugus "; modern Lyon, France ), capital of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis.

Other such place-names include Lugdunum Clavatum ( modern Laon, France ) and Luguvalium ( modern Carlisle, England ) It is also possible that Lucus Augusti ( modern Lugo in Galicia, Spain ) is derived from the theonym Lugus ,< ref >* García Quintela, Marco V. ( et al.

) " Souveraineté et sanctuaires dans l ' Espagne celte.

Études comparées d ' historie et d ' Archéologie.

Memoires de la Societé Belge d ' Etudes Celtiques 17 ( 2003 ) ( Brussels ): sometimes he has three faces, sometimes three phalluses, which may explain the plural dedications.

This also compares with Irish myth.

In some versions of the story Lug was born as one of triplets, and his father, Cian (" Distance "), is often mentioned in the same breath as his brothers Cú (" Hound ") and Cethen ( meaning unknown ), who nonetheless have no stories of their own.

Several characters called Lugaid, a popular medieval Irish name thought to derive from Lug, also exhibit triplism: for example, Lugaid Riab nDerg (" of the Red Stripes ") and Lugaid mac Trí Con (" Son of Three Hounds ") both have three fathers.