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Nuada is cognate with the British god Nodens ; Lug is a reflex of the pan-Celtic deity Lugus, the name of whom may indicate " Light "; Tuireann may be related to the Gaulish Taranis ; Ogma to Ogmios ; the Badb to Catubodua.
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Nuada is killed in the battle by Balor.
In the 12th century pseudohistorical compilation Lebor Gabála Érenn she is listed among the Tuatha Dé Danann as one of the daughters of Ernmas, granddaughter of Nuada.
They also have many parallels across the Celtic world: Nuada is cognate with the British god Nodens ; Lugh is a reflex of the pan-Celtic deity Lugus ; Tuireann is related to the Gaulish Taranis ; Ogma to Ogmios ; the Badb to Catubodua.
Her husband is variously Nechtan, Elcmar or Nuada.
It has been suggested that he is Nuada under another name, or that his name is an epithet for Nechtan the river god.
The present day town of Maynooth in County Kildare is named after Nuada ( its Irish name is Maigh Nuad, meaning The plain of Nuada ).
He is equated with the Roman gods Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Silvanus, and his name is cognate with that of the Irish mythological figure Nuada and the Welsh Nudd.
The name Nodens is cognate with Old Irish Nuada, an important figure from the Irish Mythological Cycle.
In some traditions she is the daughter of Delbáeth, the mother of the Dagda and Ogma, and the wife of Nuada Airgetlám.
Seven years later Bres dies after taking a drink while hunting, and Nuada, having had his arm replaced, is restored.
He is deposed as king, and Nuada, who has had his arm replaced with one of silver by the physician Dian Cecht ( whose son Miach caused flesh to grow over it ), is restored.
Nuada is killed by Balor in the battle, but Lugh, Balor's grandson, kills the Fomorian leader with his sling, smashing his deadly eye through the back of his head where it wreaks havoc on the Fomorian ranks.
The conditions placed on Culhwch by his mother are similar to those placed on Lleu Llaw Gyffes by Arianrhod, and Culhwch's arrival at Arthur's court is reminiscent of the Irish god Lug's arrival at the court of king Nuada in Cath Maige Tuireadh.
As Nudd Llaw Eraint ( the earlier form of his name, cognate of the Irish Nuada Airgetlám, derived from the pre-Roman British god Nodens ) he is the father of Gwyn ap Nudd.
It is suggested that he is connected to the presumed deities ( or possibly two names for one deity ) Nuada Airgetlám and Nechtan of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Nuada and cognate
* Lludd Llaw Eraint, a mythical Welsh figure cognate with king Nuada Airgetlám
Lud may be connected with the Welsh mythological figure Lludd Llaw Eraint, earlier Nudd Llaw Eraint, cognate with the Irish Nuada Airgetlám, a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the Brittonic god Nodens.
The name Nudd, cognate with the Irish Nuada and related to the Romano-British Nodens, probably derives from a Celtic stem * noudont-or * noudent -, which J. R. R. Tolkien suggested was related to a Germanic root meaning " acquire, have the use of ", earlier " to catch, entrap ( as a hunter )".
Nuada and with
They made contact with the Fir Bolg, the then-inhabitants of the island, and Nuada sought from them half of the island for the Tuatha Dé, which their king rejected.
During this first great battle at Mag Tuired, Nuada lost an arm in combat with the Fir Bolg champion Sreng.
Nuada accepted, on the condition that Sreng fought with one arm tied up.
By this time Nuada had his lost arm replaced by a working silver one by the physician Dian Cecht and the wright Creidhne ( and later with a new arm of flesh and blood by Dian Cecht's son Miach ).
Making the connection with Nuada and Lludd's hand, he detected " an echo of the ancient fame of the magic hand of Nodens the Catcher ".
Ogma disarmed Balor during this battle, but Balor killed Nuada with his eye.
After Bres had ruled for seven years, Nuada had his hand, which had formerly been replaced with a silver one by Dian Cecht and Creidhne, replaced with one of flesh and blood by Dian Cecht's son Miach, with the help of his sister Airmed ; following the successful replacement, Nuada was restored to kingship and Bres was exiled.
Nuada was restored to the kingship after his arm was replaced with a working one of silver, but the Tuatha Dé's oppression by the Fomorians continued.
Balor killed Nuada with his terrible, poisonous eye that killed all it looked upon.
He replaced the silver arm his father made for Nuada with an arm of flesh and blood ; Dian Cecht killed him out of jealousy for being able to do so when he himself could not.
Making the connection with Nuada and Lludd's hand, he detected " an echo of the ancient fame of the magic hand of Nodens the Catcher ".
He falls in love with the elf Princess Nuala, which leads to his helping Prince Nuada by giving him the magical crown piece ( to control the Golden Army ) for her safety, but Princess Nuala kills herself to prevent Nuada from killing Hellboy.
Nuada and god
Dian Cecht, the god of physicians, made an artificial hand of silver for Nuada, and Nuada was named Nuada Airgetlám ( Nuada of the Silver Hand ).
O ' Rahilly speculated that Mug Nuadat may in fact have been the god Nuada rather than an actual historical person.
It is unclear whether his father was the short-lived High King Nuada Necht, the god Nuada Airgetlam of the Tuatha Dé Danann, or another figure of a similar name.
Nuada and Nodens
Making the connection with Nuada and Lludd's hand, he detected " an echo of the ancient fame of the magic hand of Nodens the Catcher ".
Nodens ( Lord of the Great Abyss or Nuada of the Silver Hand ) is a fictional character in the Cthulhu Mythos.
Nuada and ;
* Nuada ( first reign ) AFM unknown-1897 BC ; FFE unknown-1477 BC
* Nuada ( final reign ) AFM 1890-1870 BC ; FFE 1470-1447 BC
In the First Battle of Magh Tuiredh, King Nuada of the Tuatha Dé Danann lost his hand ; because he was imperfect, he could not be king.
Nuada and deity
This Nuada here is presumably an Ulster warrior but difficult to identify so that one is tempted to speculate the deity is meant.
Nuada and name
He may be Nuada under another name, or his cult may have been replaced by that of Nuada.
Other characters of the same name include the later High Kings Nuadu Finn Fáil and Nuadu Necht, and Nuada, the maternal grandfather of Fionn mac Cumhaill.
The name Nuada probably derives from a Celtic stem * noudont-or * noudent -, which J. R. R. Tolkien suggested was related to a Germanic root meaning " acquire, have the use of ", earlier " to catch, entrap ( as a hunter )".
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