Lug, called Lamfhada ('of the long arm') or Samildanach ('many-skilled'), was one of the sons of the Dagda to whom a brugh was allotted when Angus Og was forgotten. A story was told about him in The Book of Conquests of how he came to Tara in the time of Nuada of the Silver Hand and asked to join the Tuatha. He was told that only one claiming a special skill could be admitted. He claimed skill as a carpenter, a smith, a warrior, a poet, a harper, a historian, a hero and a sorcerer. He was told that all these posts were already filled. He asked if there was any man there who possessed all the skills at once; on those grounds he was admitted into the Tuatha. Lug was handsome and polished, unlike his father, the Dagda, who was a more primitive deity. It was Lug who killed Balor of the one eye, the leader of the fomorians, and put an end to the long war between them and the Tuatha De Danann.

[Motifs: A141; A151.1.1]