An Chraobh Airgid

God or goddess

Goibniu

Goibniu

The smith of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

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Before the war with the Fomorians he promised that for every spear or sword broken, though the fighting lasted seven years, he would make a new one, and in his forge he made each weapon in three turns. Ruadán, the son of Bres, came to him for a spear and wounded him with it; Goibniu pulled it out, killed Ruadán with it, and was made whole in the well of Sláine. The Crane Bag of Manannán held a girdle of his, where his name is spelt Goibhne.

In the tales

  • The Second Battle of Mag Tuired A beautiful king who gives nothing, a stranger with every art, an eye no army can face, and a harp that plays sorrow, laughter and sleep.

See also

  • Bres The beautiful king of the Tuatha Dé who gave nothing, son of a Fomorian king.
  • The Crane Bag Manannán’s bag of treasures, full at high tide and empty at the ebb.
  • The Fomorians Old enemies of the gods. In folklore, giants.

Sources

Medieval manuscript. Written down by Irish scholars between the eighth and seventeenth centuries.

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