Goibniu- Celtic GodDeity

The Three Craftsmen

Goibniu was the master smith of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He worked alongside two other divine craftsmen: Creidhne the bronzesmith and Luchtaine the wright. When the Tuatha Dé Danann prepared for the Second Battle of Mag Tuired, the three worked in concert: Goibniu forged the spearheads with three strokes of his hammer, and the others shaped the shafts and fitted the rivets. The weapons they made never missed their mark and always killed when they struck.

The Wounding by Ruadán

During the preparations for battle, the Fomorian Ruadán was sent to spy on the divine smithy and disrupt weapons production. Ruadán attacked Goibniu with one of the smith's own spears, wounding him grievously. But Goibniu pulled the spear from his body and cast it back at Ruadán, killing him. Ruadán's mother Brigid mourned him with the first keening ever heard in Ireland. Goibniu healed himself by bathing in the Well of Sláine, the well of healing maintained by Dian Cécht and his family, and returned to his forge to continue his work.

The Feast of Goibniu

Beyond his forge, Goibniu hosted the Fled Goibnenn, the Feast of Goibniu, at which he served a special ale that granted immortality and protection from disease to all the Tuatha Dé Danann who drank it. Without that ale, the gods' divine nature would not have been sustained.