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==Family== Lugh is given the [[matriname]] ''mac Ethlenn'' or ''mac Ethnenn'' ("son of Ethliu or [[Ethniu]]", his mother) and the [[Patronymic surname|patriname]] ''mac Cein'' ("son of [[Cian]]", his father).<ref name=koch1200/> He is the maternal grandson of the [[Fomorians|Fomorian]] tyrant [[Balor]], whom Lugh kills in the ''[[Cath Maige Tuired|Battle of Mag Tuired]]''. Lugh's son is the hero [[Cú Chulainn]], who is believed to be an incarnation of Lugh.<ref>[[Walter Evans-Wentz|Evans-Wentz, Walter]] (1911). ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ffcc/ffcc270.htm The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224121903/http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ffcc/ffcc270.htm |date=24 February 2016 }}'', p.369</ref><ref>[[Eleanor Hull|Hull, Eleanor]] (1898). ''The Cuchullin Saga in Irish Literature''.</ref> He had several wives, including Buí (AKA Buach or Bua "Victory") and Nás, daughters of Ruadri Ruad, king of Britain. Buí lived and was buried at [[Knowth]] (Cnogba).<ref>{{harvp|Gwynn|1913|pp=40–47}} ''The Metrical Dindshenchas'', Part 3. Poem 4: {{URL|1=https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T106500C/text004.html |2=Cnogba}}</ref> Nás was buried at [[Naas]], [[County Kildare]], which is said to be named after her. Lugh had a son, Ibic "of the horses", by Nás.<ref>{{harvp|Gwynn|1913|pp=48–53}} ''The Metrical Dindshenchas'', Part 3. Poem 5: [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T106500C/text005.html Nás]</ref> It is said that Nás dies with the noise of combat. Therefore it is difficult to know where she dies. Lugh's daughter or sister was [[Ebliu]], who married [[Fintan mac Bóchra|Fintan]]. By the mortal [[Deichtine]], Lugh was the father to the hero [[Cú Chulainn]].
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