Cian

For the given name, see Cian
In Irish mythology, Cían (Irish pronunciation: [kʲiːən], "long, enduring, far, distant"), also known as Scal Balb, son of Dian Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann, is best known as the father of Lug. In most versions, Lug's mother is the Fomorian princess Ethniu, but in some versions Cian is also known as Ethlend, hence Lug is known as Lug mac Ethlend
In the saga Cath Maige Tuired Cian's union with Ethniu is a dynastic marriage following an alliance between the Tuatha Dé and the Fomorians. In the Lebor Gabála Érenn (the Book of Invasions, or LGE) Cian gives the boy to Tailtiu, queen of the Fir Bolg, in fosterage.
Cían's demise, and the consequent revenge by his son Lugh, forcing on the perpetrators the impossible quest for treasures is given in Oidheadh Chloinne Tuireann ("The Fate of the Children of Tuireann"), the full romance of which only survives in late manuscripts, though synopses of the tale survive in medieval redactions of the LGE. The story goes that Cían was killed by the sons of Tuireann—Brian, Iuchar and Iucharba—after trying unsuccessfully to escape from them in the form of a pig (or a "lapdog", Irish: oircce in the LGE). Lug set them a series of seemingly impossible quests as recompense. They achieved them all, but were fatally wounded in completing the last one. Despite Tuireann's pleas, Lug denied them the use of one of the items they had retrieved, a magic pigskin which healed all wounds. They died of their wounds, and Tuireann died of grief over their bodies.

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Means: ancient in Gaelic.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Cian Healy	1987	Irish rugby union player
2	Cian Bornebusch	1959
3	Cian Bolger	1992	Footballer
4	Cian Ciaran	1976	Welsh musician
5	Cian Hughton	1989	Footballer
6	Cian Harries	1997
7	Cian O'Sullivan	1988	Gaelic football player
8	Cian Kelleher	1994
9	Cian Bohane	1991	Irish rugby union player
10	Cian O'Neill		Irish hurler
11	Cian Lynch	1996
12	Cian O'Callaghan	1979
13	Cian McCarthy	1989	Irish hurler
14	Saint Cían		6th-century Celtic saint
15	Cian Ward		Gaelic footballer
16	Cian Dillon	1988	Irish hurler
17	Cian mac Máelmuaid		10th-century Irish monarch
18	Cian d'Fhearaibh Bolg		Irish king
19	Cian O'Connor	1983	Irish hurler
20	Cian Furlong		Irish composer
21	Luciano Cian	1939	Italian presbyter
22	Cian Maciejewski	1988	Association footballer
23	Cian Melia		Irish showjumper
24	Paolo Cian	1966
25	Vittorio Cian	1862	Italian politician
26	Cian		Old Welsh bard
27	Liliana Cian