Eliud is a human ancestor in Christian folklore, from Britain. Eliud is a personal name attested in two distinct source traditions: in the New Testament genealogy of Matthew as an ancestor (the son of Achim and father of Eleazar) and, separately, as the name (also given as Elihud) of a legendary king of the Britons in medieval pseudo‑historical regnal lists reported from Geoffrey of Monmouth. Neither attestation treats Eliud as a supernatural being; both present him as a human figure within lineage or regnal sequences.
In the Christian textual tradition represented by the Gospel of Matthew, Eliud appears within a structured genealogy that traces descent from Abraham through David and the Babylonian exile to Joseph; the supplied text names Achim as the father of Eliud and Eliud as the father of Eleazar, situating him as one link in the messianic ancestral chain. In the medieval pseudo‑historical tradition as preserved in summaries of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Eliud (also spelled Elihud) is listed among the legendary kings of the Britons and is said to have come to power in 221 BC, placed between the rulers Urianus and Cledaucus. The sources provide no narrative origin tale, miraculous birth, or founding deed for Eliud beyond these placements in genealogical or regnal lists.
No physical or iconographic description of Eliud is attested in the supplied sources. In both the Matthew genealogy and the Geoffrey‑derived regnal list he appears only as a name within a sequence: in Matthew as the son of Achim and father of Eleazar, and in the British list as a named monarch who succeeds Urianus and precedes Cledaucus. The sources therefore offer no information about age, dress, visage, or symbolic attributes.
The provided materials attribute no supernatural abilities, behaviors, or powers to Eliud. In the Gospel account his role is that of an ancestral link in a canonical genealogy; in the Geoffrey‑derived regnal listing he functions as a named legendary sovereign within a constructed chronological sequence. No deeds, miracles, moral character sketches, or magical capacities are described in the supplied excerpts.
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- [1]Eliud. Wikipedia: Eliud (summary of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s account, noting Eliud/Elihud as a legendary king of the Britons, came to power in 221 BC, preceded by Urianus and succeeded by Cledaucus)wiki
- [2]Christ's Family Tree | Matthew 1:1-17 (archive transcription). Archive transcription of Matthew 1:1–17 including the wording 'and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar' (Matthew 1:14–15 in the supplied text).literary
- [3]Christ's Family Tree | Matthew 1:1-17 (alternate archive). Alternate archive copy of Matthew 1:1–17 containing the same genealogy lines naming Eliud between Achim and Eleazar.literary
- [4]Eliud (Wikidata). Wikidata item corresponding to the name Eliud and linked summaries.other