Mac Gréine
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Mac Gréine
Mac Gréne
[Irish, son of the sun]
Sometimes also Cethor. King/warrior of the Tuatha Dé Danann who, with brothers Mac Cuill and Mac Cécht (1), kills Lug Lámfhota. Possibly a euhemerized sun-god, he is also the usual consort of Ériu, an incarnation of Ireland. He was killed by Amairgin. Least cited of the three brothers, he has little other mythology of his own.
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In Irish mythology, Mac Gréine of the Tuatha Dé Danann was a son of Cermait, son of the Dagda. Mac Gréine's given name was Céthur and was named Mac Gréine after his god, Grian, the sun. Mac Gréine is Irish for "Son of the Sun". His wife was Ériu.
He and his brothers Mac Cuill and Mac Cecht killed Lug in revenge for their father. The three brothers became joint High Kings of Ireland, rotating the sovereignty between them a year at a time, covering twenty-nine or thirty years depending on the source consulted. They were the last kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann before the coming of the Milesians.
| Preceded by Fiacha |
High King of Ireland (with Mac Cuill and Mac Cecht) AFM 1730-1700 BC FFE 1317-1287 BC |
Succeeded by Eber Finn and Eremon |
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