In Irish mythology, Miach was a son of Dian Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He replaced the silver arm his father made for Nuada with an arm of flesh and blood; Dian Cecht killed him out of jealousy for being able to do so when he himself could not. The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology. ... In Irish mythology, Dian Cecht was a god of healing. ... This article is about a mythical people of Ireland. ... In Irish mythology, Nuada or Nuadu Airgetlám (Silver Hand) was a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ...
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The Story of Miach and His Sister (The tale of Miach, Airmed & Dian Cecht)
As Miach became less of a boy and more of a man, he shared in the bounty of trust given to the physician, and assisted his father in the most intimate of matters.
Miach was of a generous nature, and tried without success to convince his father to share some lesser cures with the community, so that the suffering endured while traveling, or sending a messenger and waiting for the physician's visit, would be unnecessary.
Miach had been set to stir the water with the root end of a long birch sapling, while other men were setting stones in the sides of the well to stop them from collapsing.
Miach was a son of Dian Cécht the head physician of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Miach was a proponent of the method of natural healing of a person's own body rather than using prosthetics and artificial devices.
Dian Cécht was so jealous of Miach that he killed him and all the healing herbs grew from his grave which his sister Airmid then categorized and named according to their healing properties.
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