Diancecht/ Dian Cecht
Ireland. Physician-magician of the Tuatha. Once he destroyed a terrible baby of the Morrigu. (I'm not sure what this is refering to, if anyone knows this legend could they please mail it to me so I can add it to myths page.) When he cut open the childs heart, he found three serpents that could kill anything. He killed these, burned them and threw the ashes into the nearest river. The ashes where so deadly that they killed everything in the river and caused it to boil. This is how the river Barrow (boiling) got it's name. Dianchet had several children: sons Miach, Cian, Cethe and Cu, and a daughter Airmid. God of healing, medicine, regeneration, magic, silver-working.
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