With Lughnasadh fast approaching, it seems a good time to talk about the so-called "sun god" who has so many aspects that he is known as Samildanach or Master of Every Art. Surely his multifaceted nature shines but is Lugh Lamfhota truly a sun god? From what I know of him, his light is more like the flashing of a spear, like summer lightning, swift and brilliant and to the point. His nickname "long armed" goes more with a strike of lightning than with sunbeams. Was Lugh a sun god before he evolved into his multi-tasking form or is the sun god guise a neopagan development? He is likened to other gods, notably Mercury and Odin, putting him in a more mercurial than solar class.