Balor’s Family Tree

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Family

• Cethlenn(spouse),Ethniu(child)— Marriage

  Balor and Cethlenn imprisoned their daughter Ethniu in a crystal tower on Tory Island, hoping to prevent the prophecy that Balor's grandson would slay him.

Enemy of

• Lugh

  Balor of the Evil Eye imprisoned his daughter Ethniu in a crystal tower to prevent the prophecy that his grandson would destroy him. Lugh was born despite every precaution, and grandfather and grandson met as fated enemies at the Second Battle of Mag Tuired.

• Tuatha Dé Danann

  Balor, champion of the Fomorians, stood against the Tuatha Dé Danann at the Second Battle of Mag Tuired, his poisonous eye slaying all it gazed upon until Lugh drove a sling-stone through it.

Slain by

• Lugh

  Lugh killed his grandfather Balor at the Second Battle of Mag Tuired by casting a sling stone through Balor's destructive eye, driving it out the back of his head and turning its gaze upon the Fomorian host.

Slew

• Macha,Nuada Airgetlám

  Balor of the Evil Eye slew Nuada Airgetlám and his wife Macha at the Second Battle of Moytura, his poisonous gaze cutting down the king and queen of the Tuatha Dé Danann before Lugh could fulfill the prophecy and strike Balor down in turn.

Member of

• Fomorians

  Balor of the Evil Eye stood as the mightiest champion of the Fomorians, his single poisonous eye requiring four men to lift the lid, and all who fell under its gaze perished where they stood.

Associated with

• Second Battle of Mag Tuired

  Balor of the Evil Eye terrorized the field at the Second Battle of Mag Tuired, his lifted lid annihilating ranks of the Tuatha Dé Danann until Lugh's sling-stone punched through the eye and turned its death-gaze back upon the Fomorians.