{"id":10105,"date":"2014-10-08T15:38:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T14:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/mythologie-celtique-lugh-long-arm-strong-head-shining-roaring-sword.html"},"modified":"2025-10-04T21:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T20:56:29","slug":"mythologie-celtique-lugh-long-arm-strong-head-shining-roaring-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/mythologie-celtique-lugh-long-arm-strong-head-shining-roaring-sword.html","title":{"rendered":"The Roaring Sword of Lugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48161 size-full\" title=\"Lugh dit-on poss\u00e9dait une \u00e9p\u00e9e magique qui lan\u00e7ait des \u00e9clairs dans un vacarme assourdissant, par SKIES Stef Kervor 2021, d'apr\u00e8s : Chaudron de Gundestrup - https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gundestrup_cauldron\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gundestrup-chaudron-1300x780.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"780\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lugh was said to shine with such brilliancy that no one could look up at him shining. He\u00a0was called <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/en\/sol-invictus-enlightenment-thunder-intiwatana-apollo-tuatha-lug.html\">&#8220;son of the Sun&#8221;<\/a> because of this unusual luster.<\/p>\n<p>This bright light was possibly due to his Aesir status: giant Lugh was a major insider awakened by lightning.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Lugh or Lug is an Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past. He is known by the epithets L\u00e1mhfhada (&#8220;long arm&#8221; or &#8220;long hand&#8221;), for his skill with a spear or sling, Ild\u00e1nach (&#8220;Many skilled in arts&#8221;), Samhild\u00e1nach (&#8220;Equally skilled in Many arts&#8221;), Lonnbeimnech (&#8220;fierce striker&#8221; or Perhaps &#8220;sword-shouter&#8221;) and Macnia (&#8220;boy hero&#8221;), and by the matronymic Ethlenn mac gold mac Ethnenn (&#8220;son of Ethliu Ethniu gold&#8221;). He is a reflex of the Celtic god Lugus Pan, and his Welsh counterpart is Lleu Llaw Gyffes, &#8220;The Bright One with the Strong Hand<\/em>&#8221; <a href=\"#\">(Source)<\/a><span class=\"note\">Wikipedia UK<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back on these epithets: <em>&#8220;Long Arm&#8221;<\/em> may designate the ability to act at a distance, using technological weapon or paranormal power.<\/p>\n<p>The address to the spear may evoke the use of a technological weapon, like a ray pistol, of <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/en\/antique-technology-vajra-ankh-tau-xiuhcoatl-ray-pistol-zeus-thunderbolt.html\">widespread use in antiquity<\/a> &#8211; let us say pre-antiquity.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;Skilled in many arts&#8221;<\/em> could refer to paranormal power occuring in case of <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/en\/gigantic-walls-heavyness-lightning-conductor-heavy-tensegrity-power-of-spirit-temple-of-light.html\">awakening by lightning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20323 size-full\" title=\"Les \u00e9p\u00e9es ardentes ou flamboyantes sont fr\u00e9quentes dans la Bible ou autres mythologies antiques -- L'\u00e9p\u00e9e flamboyante par \/ The Flaming Sword by  Eug\u00e8ne Delacroix - The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH., Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=150194\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/epee-ardente-flaming-sword-688po.jpg\" alt=\"epee-ardente-flaming-sword-688po\" width=\"688\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Besides, Lugh was the bearer of the magic sword, which\u00a0description evokes one of those laser guns well known to fans of scifi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-21265 size-full\" title=\"La lance magique de Lugh est un rayon de la mort --  1905 illustration of Lugh's bloodthirsty magical spear by H. R. Millar -- Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=1010298\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lugh_spear_Millar-200po.jpg\" alt=\"Lugh_spear_Millar-200po\" width=\"200\" height=\"333\" \/>Last but not least: his particular sword earned him another nickname:\u00a0<em>&#8220;Roaring sword&#8221; <\/em>&#8211;\u00a0 what a great qualifier for lightning!<\/p>\n<p>With Lleu the Leu &#8211; ie <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/en\/philosophy-thinking-descartes-leibnitz-castaneda-brain-materialism-mind-spirit-will.html\">Wolf<\/a> in Old French &#8211; Welsh counterpart of Lug, the description is even clearer: <em>&#8220;The Shining One with the strong hand.&#8221;<\/em> The hero who emits light and projects it with his hand.<\/p>\n<p>This light which may <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/en\/antique-technology-vajra-ankh-tau-xiuhcoatl-ray-pistol-zeus-thunderbolt.html\">destroy or awaken<\/a>, as the lightning radius of <em>Unconquered Sun<\/em>. Often the <em>Sons of the Sun<\/em> are said shining, as Lleu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It has been said of the <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/en\/quetzalcoatl-popol-vuh-precolombian-balam-acab-black-jaguars-black-american-gods.html\">biblical gods<\/a> that their skin was translucent and luminous, which could be a consequence of the mutation of the nervous system induced by a lightning discharge.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>&#8220;That which doesn&#8217;t kill you makes you stronger,&#8221;<\/em> said Nietzsche. No doubt he thought of thunderbolt.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Who is this giant with\u00a0the big hand? asked Jehan. The old man answered :<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; I&#8217;ll tell you: this generous hand outside of normal dimensions was sculpted by someone who secretly thought of God Loug, God of Light with light of the sun\u00a0in the face &#8230; &#8220;Gifted Sklerijen Dremm Heol&#8221; (in Breton: God&#8217;s light, face of sun). He\u00a0was called &#8220;long hand&#8221;, &#8220;Dorn Braz&#8221; (big hand in Breton) to proclaim his immense ability, due to a divine assignment.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Then why this god Loug is here?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; The brother who carved the eardrum is one of ours. I knew him\u00a0when kid. He was asked to make a Christ, son of God, God himself, triumphant in glory: he did representing God Lough, God, and son of God, with his large hand &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19179 size-full\" title=\"Premier plan \u00e0 gauche : Garde de l'\u00e9p\u00e9e ma\u00e7onnique de Lafayette. L'objet original se trouve au mus\u00e9e de la Franc-ma\u00e7onnerie, \u00e0 Paris et date des environs de 1820 -- auteur  Image:Christophe Dioux -- La Fayette Masonic Sword -- https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:LaFayetteMasonicSword.png -- - Arri\u00e8re plan : Plate C of the Gundestrup cauldron -- Uploaded by Maire -- Public Domain --- https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Dagda#\/media\/File:Gundestrup_C.jpg --- modifi\u00e9s par Stef Kervor pour Eden Saga\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lugh-epee-hurlante-dagda-688po.jpg\" alt=\"lugh-epee-hurlante-dagda-688po\" width=\"688\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>So\u00a0both traditions are gathered in the purest spirit of St. Columban, to indicate to the one who &#8220;knows&#8221; that the temple is built according to the rules, in the right place and that it recognizes the unique and indivisible God !<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Our brother\u00a0sculptor \u00a0found out the best\u00a0means, no less, to pass in those pretty ornate pleats one of our purest symbols: the Spiral! The dexter Spiral &#8230; Spiral of Life &#8230; Yes!! Whoever did this knew his stuff &#8230; The Mystery of the universal salvation\u00a0&#8230; In Space and Time !!!&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<em><a href=\"#\">(source)<\/a><span class=\"note\">Henri Vincenot, Les chemins de Compostelle<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22311 size-full\" title=\"Pistolet laser, pixabay, domaine public\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/epee-laser-pixabay-688po.jpg\" alt=\"epee-laser-pixabay-688po\" width=\"688\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lugh the Son of the Sun was sparkling, his luminescent skin could take an unbearable brilliance<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3483],"tags":[2641,2640,223,2642,1400,2643],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10105"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36136,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10105\/revisions\/36136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}