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Irish Mythology Podcast

Deireadh Fómhair,  22, 2020

Episode 8

Dian Cecht and Nuada’s Silver Arm

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Welcome | fáilte 

In this episode we hear about Dian Cecht and how he recruits  the smiths, Gobniu and Credne to help him create a new arm for the deposed Chieftan Nuada..  We ask:

• What was Dian Cecht’s role in myth and in the old pagan religion?
• What is Dian Cecht’s relationship to Brehon Law?
• What makes Dian Cecht a symbol of the medical profession?
• Why were Blacksmiths considered to have supernatural powers?
• How do we resolve contradictions in medieval mythological texts?

Dian Cecht receives Ogma’s message and sets out to find a way of fighting back against Bres’s tyranny. He recruits the blacksmith Gobniu and the silversmith Credne to help him create a new arm for the former High Chief of the Gods, Nuada.

Resources

• The Second Battle of Moytura 
• Berba in the Metrical Dindshenchas
• Patrick’s Hymn in the Thesaurus Paleohibernicus
• The St. Gall Incantations
• Ireland’s Immortals, A History of the Gods of Irish Myth – Mark Williams
• A Guide to Early Irish Law – Fergus Kelly

credits

Written, presented and produced  by Marcas Ó hUiscín and Stephanie Ní Thiarnaigh. 

Music – Celtic Warrior by Damiano Baldoni (licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 public licence 

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