• In Irish mythology, Goibniu (Old Irish pronunciation: [ˈɡovʲnʲu]; Modern Irish: Gaibhne) was the metalsmith of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He is believed to...
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    queen"); Lugh; Nuada; Aengus; Brigid; Manannán; Dian Cecht the healer; and Goibniu the smith, one of the Trí Dé Dána ("three gods of craft"). Several of the...
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    continental parallels: Irish Lugh and Welsh Lleu are cognate with Lugus, Goibniu and Gofannon with Gobannos, Macán and Mabon with Maponos, and so on. One...
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    medieval texts, Nuada is described as having two brothers, Dian Cécht and Goibniu. Ethadon is named as one of Nuada's sons and Gaible his grandson. Gaible...
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  • Brigid, daughter of the Dagda, and his son was Ruadan, who was killed by Goibniu. In the First Battle of Magh Tuiredh, King Nuada of the Tuatha Dé Danann...
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  • notes that Danu's three sons might be better fit by the craftsmen deities, Goibniu, Luchta, and Creidhne and suggests that the gods of danu may refer to them...
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  • smith' Gofannon, Welsh god of blacksmithing, ale, architecture and building Goibniu, Irish god of blacksmithing, one of the Trí Dée Dána Lugh, god of craftsmen...
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  • gabus ‘gifted, clever’. His apparent counterpart in Irish mythology, Goibniu, in addition to his duties as a smith, also takes on the role of a divine...
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  • Biccreo) was the father by Danu (or Brigid) of Creidhne, Luchtaine, and Goibniu. His other sons included Brian, Iuchar, and Iucharba, who killed Lugh's...
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  • Danann, but he also worked with bronze and brass. He and his brothers Goibniu and Luchtaine were known as the Trí Dée Dána, the three gods of art, who...
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