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He blessed a well called Slane so that the Tuatha Dé could bathe in when wounded; they became healed and continued fighting. It would heal any wound but Decapitation .

He made King Nuada 's silver arm. Dian Cecht's son, Miach , replaced the silver arm with an arm of flesh and blood; Dian Cecht killed him out of professional envy.

Dian Cecht's healing powers were invoked in Ireland as late as the 8th Century .


ETYMOLOGY

  • Dein-jikkā-φitus'', which would have meant ‘quick-healing nourishment.’ The Brittonic form of this name would therefore have been similar to---''Dēnīccāhitus.''

  • According to this theory, the compound would have developed in Old Irish as ''Diancecht'' before being later re-analysed as two separate words, as in the form ''Dian Cecht''.