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Dian Cecht
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Search complete. 9 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Dian Cecht".
Sep 9, 2026
The Green Grimoire Podcast Episode 2
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29:40DamhHOST
Mm.
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29:41Cerri LeeHOST
Um, unless you have Dian Cecht or, uh, Dian-
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29:46DamhHOST
Dian Cecht
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29:46Cerri LeeHOST
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29:46Cerri LeeHOST
Cecht.
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29:47Cerri LeeHOST
Dian Cecht?
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29:47DamhHOST
Yes.
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29:48DamhHOST
The healer.
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 16-Various
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119:11NPatel4NARRATOR
It was Nuada was king of the Tuath de Danaan at the time, but Manannan, the son of Lir, was greater again.
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119:20NPatel4NARRATOR
And of the others that were chief among them were Ogma, brother to the king, that taught them writing, and Dian Cecht, that understood healing, and night a god of battle, and Credenus the craftsman, and Goibniu the smith.
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119:38NPatel4NARRATOR
And the greatest among their women were Badb, a battle goddess, and Macha, whose mast feeding was the heads of men killed in battle, and the Morrigu, the crow of battle, and the Air and the Fodhla and the Banba, daughters of the Dagda, that all three gave their names to Ireland afterwards, and the Eadan, the nurse of poets, and Brigit, that was a woman of poetry, and the poets worshipped her, for her sway was very great and very noble.
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120:13NPatel4NARRATOR
And she was a woman of healing along with that, and a woman of smith's work, and it was she first made the whistle for calling one to another through the night.
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140:35NPatel4NARRATOR
Now as to Nauda.
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140:36NPatel4NARRATOR
After his arm being struck off, he was in sickness for a while.
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140:41NPatel4NARRATOR
And then Dian Cecht, the healer, made an arm of silver for him, with movement in every finger of it, and put it on him.
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140:49NPatel4NARRATOR
And from that, he was called Nauda Argatlam, of the silver hand, forever after.