Editing Balor (section)

==Name==
The name ''Balor'' may come from [[Proto-Celtic language|Common Celtic]] ''*Boleros'', meaning "the flashing one".<ref name="ohogain"/>

In the early literature he is also referred to as ''Balor Béimnech'' (Balor the smiter),<ref name="ohogain"/> ''Balor Balcbéimnech'' (Balor the strong smiter),<ref name=lge-para312&331&364/> ''Balor Birugderc'' (Balor of the piercing-eye),<ref name=cmt-ss133/> ''Balor mac Doit meic Néid'' (Balor, son of Dot son of Nét)<ref name=cmt-ss128/> or ''Balor ua Néit'' (Balor, grandson of Nét).<ref name=cmt-ss050/>

Later forms are ''Balor Béimeann''{{sfnp|O'Donovan|1856|p=18}} or ''Balar Bemen'' (''Ogygia'', 1685),<ref name=oflaherty-ogygia-eng/> and ''Balór na Súile Nimhe'' (Balor of the Evil Eye).<ref name="ohogain"/>