Abandinus (Romano-Celtic) A god of whom we know little of, except an inscription reference in Cambridgeshire, England. Abarta (Irish) "Performer of Feats". A God of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Abelard & Heloise (Breton) God of love, loyalty, and couples. He and Heloise died together and were buried in the same tomb. They were faithful in their love until the end. Two tree's, one dark skinned and one light are said to have grown intertwined above their joint grave. Abellio (Gaelic) A god of apple trees. A local deity of the Garonne valley. Abhean (Irish) The harper God of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Accasbel (Irish) The God of mead and wine. Was said to have created the first public drinking establishment in Ireland. Adammair (Irish) A God of sex and stamina. The husband of the mistress of the beasts, Flidais. He was such a virile lover that it is said to have taken seven mortal women to satisfy him. Addanc (Welsh) Addanc is part of the Celtic flood myth. The same as the Judeo-Christian flood with Moses. He was said to have created and rode a giant wave on the flood near his home on the Lake of Waves. The God Dwyvan and his wife, Dwyfach escaped the flood in an arc. He was slain by Peredur. and the waters receded.
Adna (Irish) He was a Bard God in the employment of King Conchobar. Aeda (Welsh) He was the dwarvish faerie king who sought after the hand of the giantess, Vivionn, whom he later killed. Aedh (Irish) Son of Ler, sometimes considered the Father of Macha. He is a Lord of fire, and may thus be considered as a male aspect of Brigit. He was a fourth century B.C.E. King of Ireland who ruled jointly with his two brothers, Climbaeth and Dithorba, which make up one of the little known male triplicities in Celtic Lore. Aengus (Irish) Also known as Aengus MacOg. He was a harpist of the Tuatha De Danann and the son ofthe Daghda and Boand. Associated with birds,"songbirds". He is considered a God of Beauty, Perfection and Love. He was a renown musician, though there is no accountance of him being a bard. Aericura (Romano-Celtic) A chathonic underworld god. Aesun (Irish) An Irish God who's name means, "to be" Aesun is mostly reffered to by the Persians and in Scandinacia.
Ai (Irish) or Aoi Mac Olloman The bard and poet God of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Son of Olloman. Aichleach (Irish) Also spelled Ailach. He killed Fionn MacCumhal during the Fianna rebellion. Ailill Agach (Irish) Also known as Ailill Edge of Battle. He is the father of mythic voyager Mail Duin. He was killed by a rival clan from Leinster prior to his sons voyage.
Ailill Dubh-Dedach (Irish) A warrior God who like the Greek Achilles, could not be harmed by any weapon, yet the myths allude his only one weakness. He was killed trying to win the hand of Princess Delbchaem. Ainle (Irish) The brother of Naoise and Ardan. One of the little known male Trinities. Aitherne (Irish) He is a bard and God of courage. He stole the infamous three cranes of denial, deceit, and Churlishness from King Midhir, which took away Midhir's access to the Land of the dead leaving him vulnerable. Alaunus (Germanic) He's the Celtic version of Apollo, who was revered in the areas of Mannheim and Salzburg in Germany.
Albiorix (Gaulish) Also known as Teutates. "King of the World" Alisanos (Gualish) Also known as Alisaunus. A Gaulish God of stone, specific to the region of the Cite d'Or. He was most likely the diety of the standing stones of Brittany. Amaethon (Welsh) Also Amathaon The god of agriculture, son of the goddess Don. He is directly responsible for the war between the deities of the underworld, led by Arawn, and the Children of Don. In the Battle of the Trees (Battle of Cath Godeau) Amaethon's brother Gwydion transformed trees into warriors with whose help the deities of the underworld were defeated. Ambisagrus (Breton) Originally from Gual Ambisagrus was a God of rain, wind, hail and fog. He is the equal to the Roman God Jupiter. Amergin (Irish) A harper God of magick and seer's. Many poems today parting wish of the Goddess triplicity, Fodhla, Erie, and Banbha that Ireland would be named for them so that the glory of the Tuatha De Danann would not be forgotten. Amorgin (Irish) Another poet God who is boasted for wisdom, wealth, and his quick tongue. The father of Conall of the victories.
Angus (Gaelic) or, Angus Mac Oc His name means "son of the young"; A Gaelic Eros known for his physical beauty and golden hair; his kisses become birds.
Angus Og (Irish) or, Aengus Og, Also known as Oenghus. He is the son of Dagda and Boann, Brother of Danu. He is the god of fatal love (a kin to Cupid). Angus' kisses turn into singing birds, and the music he plays draws all who hear it to his side. Anind (Irish) A God of Immortality. He could not be bound to his grave for he sprung to life each time it was dug. He was later inshrined at Dun na Sciath, a circular stone fort in West Ireland. Anluan (Irish) A Connacht warrior who fought against Ulster Red Branch Warriors. He led Queen Maeves three thousand troops into battle where he was beheaded, but victorious. Arannan (Irish) A son of Milesius, who climbed to the top of the shipsmast during the invasion of Ireland. He fell and was killed. Legends attribute his death to the Tuatha De Danann's Protection spell. Arawn (Welsh) Arawen, Arawyn, Arrawn) Lord of Annwn, the underworld and realm of departed spirits. Arawen rode a pale horse and with a pack of white hounds with red ears he would hunt to gather souls for the otherworld. The god Amathaon stole his dogs, named lapwing and roebuck, which led to the Battle of the Trees where his forces were defeated. A tale in the Mabinogion tells of how he makes a pact with Pwyll, to exchange places with him for one year, in order that Pwyll might defeat his enemy, King Hafgan. Though Arawn set no conditions upon the exchange, when the pact was successfully concluded and each of them had returned to his own heritage, Arawn discovered that Pwyll had denied himself of his own accord the rights of a husband to Arawn's Lady. Thus Arawn swore an eternal vow of friendship and support to Pwyll and bestowed unto him the title Pen Annwn. Sucellos is his Gualish equal. Arca Dubh (Irish) He was a king of the minor Irish kingdom known as Airgialla. He possessed a great shield that none could penetrate. On it's top sat Babd, the Irish Goddess of war and death in her crow form. He is also thought to be the same as Goll MacMorna, a fierce Fianna warrior. He was partially blind, but deemed the greatest seer in Celtic history. Ard Greimme (Irish/Scottish) His name means "high power". He was an ancient Sun God and father of the famed warrioress sisters Aife and Scathach. Artaius (Gaulish) A God of sheep and cattle hearders from Celtic Gual. The Romans identified him with Mercury. Avagdu (Welsh) Afagddu Son of Cerridwen and Tegid, dubbed the ugliest child in the world while his sister, Creirwy, was most beautiful. Due to a potion brewed by his mother he became what was said to have been the most learned man in the world. Avalloc (Welsh) The father of the goddess Modron. His status is unclear, but he is occasionally mentioned as the king of the otherworld or the kingdom of Avalon.
Balor (Irish) He is the god of death and the king of the Fomorians, a race of giants who were the enemy of the Tuatha de Dannan. He was the son of Buarainech and the husband of Cethlenn. Although Balor was born with two good eyes, one was ruined in an accident; the eye is so hideous that he only opens it in battle so that its venom will slay whoever is unlucky enough to catch glimpse of it; his daughter marries Cian. Belatu-Cadros (Welsh) Also known as Belatucadros. A god of war and of the destruction of enemies. His name means "fair shining one". The Romans equated him with their god Mars. Belenus (Gualish) Also known as Bel or Belenos. God of light, and referred to as "The Shining One". He is in charge of the welfare of sheep and cattle. His wife is the goddess Belisama. He can be compared with Apollo and Minerva of Rome, and with the Irish god Bile. His festival is Beltine, in May. Beli (Welsh) Brother of Bran the Blessed, and reputed to be father of all the Gods in some cycles. The Name is derived from root for "bright". Compaired to Bile, Bel, and Belenos.
Bendigeidfran (Welsh) The Cymric equivalent of Bran. Bile (Irish) The god of the underworld, life and death. He is regarded as the ancestor of the Irish. His consort is the Goddess Danu. Bile is the father of Mil. Legend has it that he arrived on May 1 with his son and grandsons at the river Kenmare and drove the Tuatha Dé Danann to the underworld. Upon their arrival they met three goddesses who embodied Ireland. They made the invaders promise that they name the island after one of the goddesses, and they chose Eriu. Thus, Eire, Eyre, and Eiriu are the Irish names for Ireland. He is also known as Bel, Belenus, and the Welsh god Beli. Borvo (Gaulish) Also known as Bormanus, and Bormo. His name means "To Boil". The God of hot mineral springs and healing. He was identified with Apollo by the Romans. Bran (Irish) "The Raven" A master of the Isle of Britain, he is a cauldron God, associated with a cauldron of regeneration which would revive the slain while leaving them voiceless. Being mortally wounded and his cauldron destroyed; he instructed his adherents to decapitate him and bear the head to London to bury it, where it was to become a protectant to the Isle. He is the son of Llyr and Penarddun, and brother of Branwen and Manawydan.
Bress (Gaelic/Irish) (Bres) Elathan's son; His name means "beautiful"; God of fertility and agriculture; one of the first kings of the Tuatha De Danaan. married to Brigit of the Tuatha de Dannan.
Bodb the Red (Irish) He succeeds his father as king of the Gods.Ler: The gaelic Poseidon; married to Aebh, Bodb's daughter, with whom he has four children. After she dies he marries Aeife, who out of jealousy turns the children into swans.
Camulus (Gaulish) Also known as Camulos Of the invincible sword:. A God of war mentioned by the Romans. The name signifies "Heaven"; God of war and sky; akin to Mars, only more savage. He gave his name to the Roman town of Camulodunum or Colchester.
Caswallawn (Breton) God of war. Cenn Cruaich (Gaelic) The Heaven-God (akin to Zeus).
Cermait (Irish) Called the "honey-mouthed" king of the bards and God of eloquence and literature. sometimes considered an aspect of Oghma.
Cernunnos (Gaulish) "The horned one". an archaic and powerful deity, widely worshipped as the "lord of wild things". The earliest known depictions of Cernunnos were found at Val Camonica, in northern Italy, in about 400 BC. He was also portrayed on the Gundestrup Caldron, a silver ritual vessel found at Gundestrup in Jutland, Den., and dating to about the 1st century BC.
Cocidius (Breton) A God of hunting. The Romans equated him with their Silvanus. Corb (Irish) A God of the Fomorians.
Condatis (Breton) A personification of water..
Credne (Irish) Also known as Creidhne. He was the god of metal working. One of the trio of Smithy-Gods of the Tuatha De Danaan, as were Goibhniu and Luchta.
Curoi Mac Daire (Irish) A Celtic Sun diety; a giant armed with an ax, who brings storms..
Dagda (Irish) Also known as Daghdha and Ollathair (Great Father). He is king of the Tuatha de Dannans and father of many Gods. God of earth; "good God"; he posses a living harp and the "undry," a cauldron, where everyone find sustenance in proportion to his/her merits.He possess a magic club which is said to heal the sick or slay the living. He has a secret affair with Boann which results in the birth of Oenghus. He is a formidable fighter, but a God of simple tastes who dresses in a brown tunic, hooded cape and leather boots.
Dewi (Welsh) The Red Dragon god. The emblem of Wales.
Diancecht (Irish) God of medicine; he once saved Ireland by killing the giant serpent that was destroying cattle throughout the land. God closely associated with healing and mending of physical ills. He crafted a well which bring those deceased back to life if thrown in. It was filled with stone by the Fomorians. He also killed his own son whose skill in healing endangered his father's reputation. Married to Morrigu; among their children are Etain, who marries Ogma, and Cian, who marries Ethniu, daughter of Balor, the Fomor.
Dön (Welch) He was the leader of one of the two warring families of gods His children were the powers of light, the other family's children were the powers of darkness.
Dwyn (Irish) A god of love.
Dylann (Welch) sea god. Son of Arianrhod.
Elathan The beautiful Miltonic Prince of Darkness with golden hair. Eoch (Irish) An important figure associated with a sacred well, and water in general. Also called "the Daghda", a fertility God. Various names and epithets of his seem to link him to horse-cults, fire, and knowledge. He is the father of many of the others, including Mider, Aengus, Oghma, and Bodb Dearg.
Esus (Gualish) Also known as Hu'Hesu. The dying God. He is equated with either Roman deities, Mars or Mercury. Human sacrifices to Esus were hanged and skewered with a sword. He is usually pictured as a woodcutter.
Faus (Gualish) A Pyrenean god of beech trees.
Fiachra (Irish) A son of Ler. Gilfaethwy (Welsh) The brother of Gwydion. His uncontrolled lust for Goewin encompassed his doom.
Goibhniu (Gaelic/Irish) A God of smithcraft, One of three craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan. The other two were Luchta and Creidhne. Aside from his craftsmanship, he is known as the provider of the Fled Goibnenn, a Sacred Feast. Associated, among other things, with brewcrafting, he is said to have formulated a draught of immortality; and a potion that enables those who drink it to become invisable;the Gaelic Hephaestus, he also is called the "devine architect." His name survives in Abergavenny, Goibhniu's River. Govannon (Welsh) God of smiths and metalworkers. The weapons he makes are deadly in their aim, the armor unfailing in its protection. Those who drink from his sacred cup need no longer fear old age and infirmity. Grannus (Germanic/Celtic) A god of healing, associated with mineral springs. The center of his cult was Aquae Granni (Achen, Germany). His consort is the fertility goddess Sirona. Gwydion (Welsh) The Cymric equivalent of Goibhniu. In Welsh sources his hall is the Milky Way. He was the tutor and mentor of Llew. In the Battle of the Trees (Battle of Cath Godeau) he transformed trees into warriors with whose help the deities of the underworld were defeated. Gwyn ap Nudd (Welsh) He is the Lord of the Underworld and master of the wild hunt.
Hafgan (Welsh) A lord in Annwyn, and a mortal enemy of Arawn, he may only be slain if struck a single killing blow; to strike a mercy-blow to his mortally wounded body would be to revive him again. This is accomplished by Pwyll when he comes to Arawn's aid, as related in the First Branch of the Mabinogi.
Idech (Irish) King of Dommu.
Ilbrech (Irish) A son of Manannan, he rules over a section of Donegal County.
Ler (Irish) A God of the sea. Father of Bran, Fiachra, Aedh, Manannan, and numerous others.
Leucetious (Gualish/Celtic) A god of thunder. Llew Llaw Gyffess (Welsh) The Cymric equivalent of Lugh. In the Mabinogion, he is portrayed as a youth who struggles against a series of malign geases cast by Arianrhod, and is assisted by Gwydion. He is later slain due to circumstances arising from his wife Blodeuedd's infidelity. In all of this he is portrayed rather naive, and does not appear to be a pantheon Chieftain.
Llyr (Welsh) The Cymric equivalent of Ler. God of the sea. Luchta (Irish). One of a triple Smithy-Gods, his aspect is that of a wright, a mechanic, and an artificer. Lugh (Irish) He is also known as Lugh- Lamh-fada, Llew in wales and Lugos in Gual. Son of Cian and Ethniu and father of Chullain. called the "long-handed" or "far-shooter"; Considered the chief Lord of the Pantheon, he is the called son of the Sun. He possesses a magic spear and magic hound; The Milky Way is called "Lugh's Chain"; he is the "master of all art," an accomplished carpenter, smith, warrior, harpist, poet, physician, cup - bearer, and bronze-worker. His special day, Lugnasadh (the first of August), was one of the four great festivals in the Irish calendar.
Luxovius ( Gaulish) A God of the waters of Luxeuil. Consort of Bricta.
Mabon (Welsh) The Hunter God associated with youthfulness, he is offtimes conflated with Pryderi. His full name is "Mabon Ap Modron", which simply means "Son of Mother". Also known as the Son of Light (akin to the Roman Apollo). He was the god of liberation, harmony, music and unity.He has the power to make land flourish or waste away.
Manannan (Irish) Also Manannan Mac Lir. Ler's son; "God of the headlands"; patron of sailors and merchants. A sea-God and master of magic, his Name is the root for the Isle of Man, and for the district of Manannan in Scotland. His famed possessions include the yellow shaft, the red javelin, the boat, the wave-sweeper, a horse called Splendid Mane, and three swords named retaliator, great fury, and little fury; he has the gift of in exhaustable life. He has several titles: Lord of Mists, Lord of the Land of Women, and as Lord of the Land beneath the Waves. He was believed to have been Cannonized with the name of Michael by Christian Mythology.
Manawydan (Welsh) TheGod of the sea and fertility. Cymric equivalent to Manannan. Manawydan ap Llyr, son of Llyr and Penarddun and brother of Branwen and half brother of Nisien and Efnisien. Manawydan was a scholar, a magician, and a peaceful man. He married the Goddess Rhiannon, widow of Pwyll of Dyfed and mother of Pryderi.
Maponos (Irish) A Celtic God associated with youth. Math (Welsh) Uncle to Llew. Tutelary to Gwynedd in North Wales. He is considered the premier sage of Britain. Old beyond reckoning, most skilled in Magick, and knowledgeable beyond measure. It was said that he could hear anything uttered in the presence of the slightest breeze; the wind would carry the words to him. Requires a virgin to rest his feet upon, apparently to prevent him from touching the earth and therby loosing his powers. Mathonwy (Welsh) Also known as Math ap Mathonwy. God of sorcery. Father to Math.
Mider (Irish) God of the underworld; His Name derives from the root for "middle", and implies judgement or negotiation. His abode is Falga, the Isle of Man; Etain (Ogma's daughter) became his wife, but she was aken away by Angus.
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