Name
|
Gender
|
Nation
|
Domain
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Key Facts
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Afagddu
|
M
|
Welsh
|
"ugly"
|
Son of Ceridwen
|
Ailill
|
M
|
Irish
|
Mortal hero from Connaught
|
Hero from Ireland who helped lead
the rest of Ireland against
Connaught with the help of Queen
Maeve/Medb
|
Andraste
|
F
|
Celtic
|
War Goddess
|
Boudicca, before taking on the
Romans, performed a rite to invoke
Andraste which included releasing
a live hare. After the sack of
London, Boudicca took her female
prisoners to Andraste's grove for a
sacrifice. However, the torture and
mutilation Boudicca inflicted may
have had more to do with
retribution for the rape of her
daughters than rite.
|
Anu
|
F
|
Irish
|
ancestral mother goddess
|
|
Arianrhod
|
F
|
Welsh
|
"Silver Wheel", both Virgin and Mother
|
Descendant of Don, failed virginity
test to become foot holder and
gave birth to Dylan and Llew Llaw
Gyffes
|
Bel
|
M
|
Celtic
|
God of Fire
|
Celebrated at Beltaine
|
Blodeuwedd
|
F
|
Welsh
|
|
Unfaithful wife fashioned for Llew
out of flowers
|
Boudicca
|
F
|
Celtic
|
Historical Queen of the Iceni
|
Led the Iceni of Eastern Britain in a
revolt against the Romans. Her
story is too great for just a
paragraph in a table. I recommend
you read further about her.
|
Braciaca
|
M
|
Romano-ce
lt
|
God of Malt
|
Part of tradition which leader gives
alcohol to warriors on the eve of
battle
|
Bran
|
M
|
Welsh
|
"the blessed"
|
Extremely large and extremely
moral, from Harlech (a town in
North Wales), head was cut off and
lived for years beyond his body
|
Branwen
|
F
|
Welsh
|
|
Sister of Manawydan and Bran,
dies of broken heart over death of
her son
|
Brigantia
|
3 F
|
Scottish
|
Her domain was the Northern Federation of
the Brigantes
|
War Goddess
|
Brigit
|
F
|
Irish
|
fertility, healing, wisdom
|
Daughter of the Dagda
|
Boann
|
F
|
Irish
|
deity of the river Boyne, fertility and
sovereignty, "white cow"
|
Mother of Oenghus (by Dagda),
husband of Nechtan. Gave birth to
3 sons whose names are the
same as the names of music
played by a harpist: sleep, sorrow,
laughter.
|
Caer
|
F
|
Irish
|
semi-divine love of Oenghus
|
Forced to spend every Samhain as
a swan until saved by Oenghus.
|
Cathbadh
|
M
|
Irish
|
Mortal Druid
|
Advisor to King Conchobar
|
Ceridwen
|
F
|
Welsh
|
witch, sorceress, area is Bala/ Lake of Tegid
|
Mother of Crearwy and Afagddu. To
compensate for Afagddu creates
potion for all knowledge which
brewed for 1 year. Gwion
accidentally licked 3 drops and
received all the knowledge meant
for Afagddu
|
Cernunnos
|
M
|
Celtic
|
"Horned God"
|
Usually depicted with stag antlers.
|
Clota
|
F
|
Scottish
|
the divine washer
|
Associated with the river Clyde
|
Cigfa
|
F
|
Welsh
|
|
Wwife of Pryderi
|
Codicius
|
M
|
Romano-ce
lt
|
Northern British war god
|
Root of name may be coch, which is
Welsh for red
|
Conall Cernach
|
M
|
Irish
|
mortal hero
|
Hero under King Conchobar.
Conchobar's treachery drove him
to the court of Connacht
|
King Conchobar
|
M
|
Irish
|
King of Ulster
|
Lusted for Deirdre
|
Cormac
|
M
|
Irish
|
son of King Conchobar. Mortal Hero
|
Hero under King Conchobar.
Conchobar's treachery drove him
to the court of Connacht
|
Crearwy
|
F
|
Welsh
|
"Beautiful"
|
|
Cu Chulainn
|
M
|
Irish
|
Mortal hero of Ulster
|
|
Cumhaill
|
M
|
Irish
|
Mortal King of Fianna until overthrown by Goll
mac Morna
|
Father of Finn
|
Dagda
|
M
|
Irish
|
|
Irish version of Esus, Symbolic
union with Morrigan on Samhain to
ensure future fertility and prosperity
|
Danu
|
F
|
Irish
|
ancestral mother goddess
|
Coincidence that her name is very
similar to Anu's? probably not...
also related to Don
|
Deirdre
|
F
|
Irish
|
|
Father was Fedlimid
|
Diarmid
|
M
|
Irish
|
mortal
|
In love with Grainne, hunted by
Finn, helped by Oenghus.
Eventually had 5 children with
Grainne but was killed by treachery
of Finn.
|
Don
|
F
|
Welsh
|
very early mother goddess
|
Mother of Math ap Mathonwy and
much of the Welsh pantheon
|
Donn
|
M
|
Celtic
|
"the brown or dark one"
|
He is the first to have been born
and then to die, there fore he rules
the underworld since he got there
first. All are descended from him.
|
Dylan
|
M
|
Welsh
|
the sea
|
Son of Arianrhod
|
Efnisien
|
M
|
Welsh
|
|
Angered by betrothal of Branwen to
Matholwch and castrated the
horses of the Irish in retaliation
|
King Eochaidh
|
M
|
Irish
|
mortal King of Ireland
|
Tricked into sleeping with his
daughter when tried to get back
Etain. By this time incest was
taboo.
|
Epona
|
F
|
Celtic
|
Horse Goddess
|
The Great Queen, protector of
soldiers and their horses in war
and of fertility outside of battle
|
Eriu (can be triple
goddess with
Banbha and Fodla)
|
F
|
Irish
|
Ireland
|
Offers a red liquor to her consort,
showing his right to kingship
|
Esus
|
M
|
Celtic
|
Good/All-Competent
|
Human sacrifices performed in
honor of him through hanging
|
Etain
|
F
|
Irish
|
mortal
|
Love interest of Midhir. Punishment
from jealousy of Fuamnach was to
be reborn 1000 years later and
married to King Eochaidh
|
Fedlimid
|
M
|
Celtic
|
mortal
|
Father of Deirdre, chief bard at court
of King Conchobar
|
Ferghus
|
M
|
Irish
|
Mortal Hero
|
hero under King Conchobar.
Conchobar's treachery drove him
to the court of Connacht
|
Finn
|
M
|
Irish
|
|
Gained knowledge after touching
the roasted flesh of the Salmon of
Knowledge, father of Oisinn, in love
with Diarmaid. He is the son of
Muirna and Cumhaill.
|
Fuamnach
|
F
|
Irish
|
goddess
|
Wife of Midhir who hated Etain out
of jealously
|
Gilfaethwy
|
M
|
Welsh
|
|
Brother of Gwydion, raper of
Goewin. Punishment for him and
Gwydion was to be changed into 3
different animals, each for a year,
mate and produce a child.
|
Goibniu/Govannon
|
M
|
Irish/Welsh
|
smith god
|
Considered the child of Brigid in the
Irish mythology and Danu in the
Welsh.
|
Goewin
|
F
|
Welsh
|
|
Virgin foot bearer for Math until
raped, Math married her after rape.
|
Grainne
|
F
|
Irish
|
mortal
|
In love with Diarmaid, pursued by
Finn
|
Gwawl
|
M
|
Welsh
|
|
Original suitor of Rhiannon
|
Gwern
|
M
|
Welsh from
Ireland
|
|
Son of Branwen and Matholwch,
murdered by his Uncle Efnisien
|
Gwion
|
M
|
Welsh
|
|
Eaten by Ceridwen and reborn as
Taliesin
|
Gwydion
|
M
|
Welsh
|
|
Nephew and student of Math
|
Llew Llaw Gyffes
|
M
|
Welsh
|
|
Son of Arianrhod
|
Llwyd
|
M
|
Welsh
|
Magician
|
From Annwn, punished house of
Rhiannon for trickery agfainst
Gwawl
|
Lugh
|
M
|
Irish
|
"skilled in many arts"
|
Cconquered the evil creatures of the
other world
|
Mabon
|
M
|
Welsh
|
hunter god
|
Son of Modron
|
Mac Da Tho
|
M
|
Irish
|
god of communal feasts, especially
connected with otherworld feasts
|
Hosted reconciliatory feast
between Ulster and Connaught
|
Queen Maeve, Medb
|
F
|
Irish
|
some consider her the same as Morrigan.
Queen who helps to overthrow the Ulster
Connaughts.
|
|
Manannan
|
M
|
Irish
|
"King of the Land of Promise", he was
associated with rebirth and other magical
powers
|
God of the Sea, hapeshifter, chief
dwelling is the Isle of Man, has 3
legs
|
Manawydan
|
M
|
Welsh
|
craftsman, magician
|
|
Math ap Mathonwy
|
M
|
Welsh
|
|
Magician and King of Gwynedd
|
Matholwch
|
M
|
Welsh from
Ireland
|
|
Mate of Branwen, King of Ireland
|
Matronae
|
3 F
|
Latin for
Celtic
|
triple mother goddesses representing:
strength, power and fertility
|
|
Midhir
|
M
|
Irish
|
|
In love with Etain, married to
Fuamnach
|
Modron
|
F
|
Welsh
|
creation
|
The ultimate mother goddess, the
first
|
Morrigan, (Badbh,
Nemain and Macha
are the triple
goddess form)
|
F
|
Irish
|
"queen of the demons", fertility and
destruction, from Connacht, Nemain
represents fury, Badbh represents rage or
violence and has the symbol of the raven.
Macha is a territory and fertility goddess, and
predicts the destruction by the Tain Bo
Cuailnge
|
Consort of Dagda, symbolized by
the horse, as a sovereignty
goddess she was the consort of
the mortal kings through a ritual
union which was a prosperity rite
|
Muirna
|
F
|
Irish
|
|
Mother of Finn, wife of Cumhaill,
ensured safety of her son during
overthrow of husband by given him
to Druidesses
|
Nantosuelta
|
F
|
Latin for
Celtic
|
She is seen in a long robe with long, flowing
hair pulled up with a diadem. Her symbols
are a house, a pot, sometimes a raven or
honeycombs. She is a domestic goddess.
|
Her mate is Sucellus.
|
Nechtan
|
M
|
Irish
|
guardian of a well which overflowed and
became the river Boyne
|
Husband of Boann
|
Ness
|
F
|
Irish
|
|
Mother of King Conchobar
|
Niamh
|
F
|
Irish
|
enchantress, of Golden Hair
|
She lures Oisinn, son of Finn, to
the land of Forever Young (Tir na
n'Og)
|
Nuadu
|
M
|
Celtic
|
|
|
Oenghus
|
M
|
Irish
|
nicknames mac Og or young son, god of love, "of the birds"
|
Son of Dagda and Boann's affair.
Helped Grainne and Diarmaid
escape Finn. Foster father to
Diarmaid. Through enchantment
was conceived and born on the
same day. Loved Caer. Home
said to be Newgrange.
|
Oisinn
|
M
|
Irish
|
|
Son of Finn
|
Pryderi
|
M
|
Welsh
|
associated with horse
|
|
Pwyll
|
M
|
Welsh
|
associated with horses
|
Won, lost and won Rhiannon from
the otherworld (Annwn) with
Rhiannon's help.
|
Rhiannon
|
F
|
Welsh
|
represented by birds or horses, name means "Great Queen"
|
Wife of Pwyll, mother of Pryderi,
wife of Manawydan
|
Rosemerta
|
F
|
Celtic
|
"Great Provider", prosperity, regenerative
powers. Her symbols are an offering plate
and a cornucopia. Sometimes she is shown
with a bucket...possibly relating to butter
churning or cheese making.
|
Her mate was given the latin name
Mercury.
|
Saluviae
|
3 F
|
Latin for
Celtic
|
triple goddesses over springs
|
|
Sharvan the Surly
|
M
|
Irish
|
Monster
|
One Eyed giant in the Forest of
Duvnos
|
Sheela-na-gig
|
F
|
Celtic
|
goddess of both creation and destruction
|
Her images are used though the
medieval period.
|
Silvanus
|
M
|
romano -
celtic
|
god of wild things
|
|
Sinann
|
F
|
Irish
|
patron goddess of the river Shannon
|
|
Sirona
|
F
|
Celtic
|
also Sabrina?
|
goddess of hot springs and healing
|
Sucellus
|
M
|
Latin for
Celtic
|
He is a hammer god and is shown with a
long-shafted hammer.
|
He is the consort of Nantosuelta.
|
Taliesin
|
M
|
Welsh
|
"Radiant Brow"
|
Beautiful, greatest satirist and
bard. Had gift of prophecy.
|
Taranis
|
M
|
Celtic
|
Sky/Thunder
|
Human sacrifices performed in
honor of him through burning
|
Teutates
|
M
|
Celtic
|
Tribal God
|
Human sacrifices performed in
honor of him through drowning
|
