Figure in this songLugh
The myth behind this song
A shepherd's cord. A riverbed stone. The end of an age.
The climax of the Lughnasadh Saga.
Balor of the Fomorians had an evil eye that destroyed everything it looked upon. It took four men just to lift the eyelid. He had caged his daughter, killed two of his three grandchildren, and believed prophecy could be outrun. At the field of Magh Tuireadh, Lugh proved him wrong — not with a war-god's weapon, but with a stone from a riverbed and a worn ox-hide cord.
What to Expect. Sparse tense percussion building from a single bodhrán strike to full battle ensemble Dramatic tempo shift from 60 BPM to 180 BPM as the stone flies One beat of absolute silence before the world breaks open triumph
The Mythology: The battle of Magh Tuireadh is one of the defining conflicts in Irish mythology. Lugh's sling-stone drove Balor's evil eye clean through his skull — and according to some accounts, the eye fell and destroyed a portion of the Fomorian army on its way down. The tyrant was killed by the very bloodline he tried to cage.
The sling over the sword. What does that choice say about Lugh?