Cermait- Celtic GodDeity"Honey-Mouth"

Son of the Dagda

Cermait was a son of the Dagda, the chief god of the Tuatha Dé Danann. His epithet Milbél means Honey-Mouth.

Death at the Hands of Lugh

Cermait was slain by Lugh Lámhfhada after Cermait had an affair with Lugh's wife. Cermait's three sons, Mac Cuill, Mac Cécht, and Mac Gréine, later avenged their father. In the Lebor Gabála tradition, the three brothers drowned Lugh in Loch Lugborta.

The Last Kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann

Cermait's three sons became the final kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann, ruling Ireland jointly before the arrival of the Sons of Míl. Each married one of the three sovereignty goddesses of Ireland: Mac Gréine wed Ériu, the goddess from whom Ireland takes its name. When the Milesians arrived, the poet Amairgin adjudicated between the two peoples, and the ensuing battles at Tailltiu ended in the defeat of the divine race. The three sons of Cermait fell in the fighting, and the Tuatha Dé Danann withdrew into the síd mounds beneath the hills.