Celtic Gods and Goddesses

Dictionary of Celtic Dieties, Heroes & Mythical beings

In Celtic mythology the line between human and God(dess) is often blurred. Below you will find a list of Goddesses and Gods as well as humans and other beings from Celtic myth.

  • Abarta – “performer of feats”, a member of the Tuatha de Danann. In a jealous rage over not getting the covetted post of chief warrior of the Fianna he captured some of his fellow warriors and carried them to the Otherworld. Fionn MacCumhal rescued them but Abarta remains there, plotting revenge.
  • Abellio – A Gallic God of apple trees, local to the Garonne valley, France.
  • Abhean – an Irish God, harper/poet of the Tuatha De Danann. Son of Bec-Felmas, he was killed by Aungus
  • Abnoba – A Romano-Celtic Goddess of forests and rivers. Local to the Black Forestarea the namesake of the Avon river in England, and its continental cognates. Also, a Goddess of the hunt.
  • Achall (AKH-ahl)- an Irish mortal woman who grieved so intensley for her warrior brother that she died. She is the namesake of the Hill of Achall near Tara. Her presence can be sought at passing over rituals, to strengthen family bonds, or heal from family dysfunction.
  • Achtan (AKH-tan)- Irish daughter of a wicked Druid, mother of Cormac mac Art. Associated with motherly love and perseverence in seeking the best for our children.
  • Achtland (AHKT-lawnd)- Pan-Celtic goddess/queen whom no mortal man could sexually satisfy, so she took a giant from the faery realm as her mate. Invoked for sex magick.
  • Adandinus – A Romano Celtic god of which little is known except an inscription found in Cambridgeshire, England.
  • Adsullata (AED-soo-LAWT-ah) – A Breton (Continental) Goddess that originated in Gaul she is thought to be the origin of Sul. She is associated with hot springs and rivers and may have been a sun deity. Invoke her for purification and solar rites.
  • Aebh/Aobh (Aev)- The Welsh first wife of Lir and mother of the Four Swans of the Sorrows, she died giving birth to Fionnuala.
  • Aebhel/Aeval – am Irish Goddess, faery and Munster Queen who held a midnight court where she demanded men bow to te women’s sexual wishes. Invoked for sex magick and wise judgements.
  • Aed – an Irish underworld God. Son of Lir and Aobh.
  • Aengus mac Og/Oenghus- Son of Dagda and Boann, he was said to been born outside of time. He had a golden harp that made irrestibly sweet music and his kisses were turned to doves carrying love messages. He had a brugh (faery palace) on the banks of the Boyne. God of youth, love, beauty, perseverence and self-sacrifice.. He also had power over time.
  • Aericura – A Romano-Celtic underworld God.
  • Aerten/Aerfen/Aeron (AER-teen)- Welsh Goddess of fate, often equated with the Greco-Roman Three Fates. She presided over tribal battles and reportedly demanded three human sacrifices every three years to ensure victory. Her home was at Glyndyfrdwy on the River Dee. She may be invoked to win victory over your enemies and make peace.
  • Aesun (Aee-son)- Early Irish god whose name means “to be”.
  • Afallach – father of Modron
  • Agrona – a war Goddess of strife and slaughter often equated with Macha. Namesake of the river Aeron in Wales.
  • Ailill MacMatach- King of Connacht, husband of Medb.
  • Aibell (AW-bel or EE-bel)- means “most beautiful” most of which is known about her is afer she was demoted to a regional faery queen. She was thought to be an Irish earth Goddess whose hom was a large grey rock (Craig Liath) in Killaloe. She is the guardian of the Clan O’Brien. She is said to posess a harp that, if one hears, forbodes death. Invoke her for music magick, earth magick and eco-magick. She’s associaed with stones and leaves.
  • Ai Irish poet member of the Tuatha De Danann.
  • Aibheaog (AWV-ay’ok)- Irish Goddess from County Donegal. Also called Tobar Brid (“well” “Brighid”). her magick well contained powerul healing powers, particularly for toothaches; for relief the sufferer need only leav at the well a white stone to symbolize the decaying tooth. Invoke her for healing and for Midsummer rituals. She is associated with wells and the number five.
  • Aidin (Aw-deen or AE-deen)- Irish wife of Oscar, when he died at the Battle of Gabhra she grieved so much that she died also. They were both buried by Ossian where an Ogham stone marks thier grave.
  • Aefe – see Aoife
  • Aige – Irish women who, according to oral tradition was turned into a fawn by an angry faery or druidess.When she ran across the island into the bay which bears her name she forever grounded the negative power of she who transformed her. Other accounts attribute her death to the hunting party of a High King. Invoke Aige for rituals to ground negativity, or binding or staying spells.
  • Ailbe – Irish daughter of Cormac MacArt, known for her intelligence and wit. She so impressed Fionn MacCumhall that he fell in love with her and asked her to share his home. Invoke her before tests and other intellectual events, overcoming obstacles or eloquence. She is associated with the throat chakra.
  • Aille – (Awl or Awl-uh) -An Irish chieftan, after her husband, Meargach of the Green Spear, was killed by Oscarin the battle of Knock-on-Air, she had her chief druid, Fer Gruadh administer a sleeping potion so that Fionn could be abducted.The Fianna pursued the Druid, but he overpowered them with a spell. However when the spell ran out Oscar killed the Druid and Aille killed herself. Invoke Aille to find a lever way to overcome an enemy or to temper your need for revenge.
  • Ailinn – (AW-leen or EE-leen) -Princess of Leinster (Ireland) , lover of Baile of the Honeyed Speech; an evil faery told each falsely of the other’s death. Both died of broken hearts as she had planned, and were buried in adjoinging graves. A yew and apple tree grew from the graves and intertwined. Leter generations used the wood from the trees to make magick wand. Invoke her to to bless you own wands, or as a protectress of romanti love. She’s associated with apples.
  • Aimend (Aw-mend or EE-mend)- said to be the daughter of a king of Corco Loidhe, she was also a minor Irish sun Goddess.
  • Ain (Awn)- Along with her sister Iaine these Irish princesses married thier own brothers so that no other family could rule Ireland. They are credited with inventing war in order to claim the rest of Ireland, but also with the Brehon Laws which gave women high status including property rights, and that no child can be alled illegitimate. Invoke them to protect family, land or property.
  • Aine (AWN-ay or ee-AWN-ay)- Irish goddess of crops, cattle, sun, fire and love popular in her native Munster. A twin of Grian. Also faery queen of Knockaine; associated with Summer Solstice and fruitful harvest. She was raped by Ailill Olum, a king of Munster who was the consort of medb. Aine’s magickal arts destroyed him for her violation of her. She made a geise (a solemn vow) never to sleep with a man with grey hair. She became infatuated with Fionn but would not sleep with him after her jealous sister tricked him into an enchanted lake that greyed his hair. She is thought to have given meadowssweet its delicate scent. Some think she was also a minor moon Goddess. Invoke her a protectress of women, animals and the environment. Also, in Misummer rites, aid in keeping promises, banishing spells or solar magick. She is associated with attle horns, faery burghs, illuminated writings, the color brown, milk, waxing moon and balefires.
    A perhaps seperate entity, the daughter of Ouel, a sage and seer of the Tuatha De Danann was also named Aine.
  • Airmid (AWR-meet or EER-meet)- Irish Goddess of medicine and healing arts, daughter of Diancecht. Her and her brother forged the silver hand of Nuada. After the death of her brother she tended to all of the herbs of the world, which grew on his grave. She had laid them out on her cloak by their properties, but her jealous father shook the cloak and nearly all the wisdom was lost. Call on her for general magick, learning herbalism, healing, or for inspiration in crafts or undrstanding family loyalty. She corresponds to caduceus wands, silver, hazel, chamomile, rosemary and the number seven.
  • Almha (AHL-val)- an Irish Goddess of which nothing is known except that she was a goddess of the Tuatha De Danann and that a hill inb southern Ireland bears her name.
  • Alaunus – a God equzated with Apollo, worshipped in the areas of Mannheim, Germany and Salzburg, Austria.
  • Albiorix – meaning “king of the world” A God equated with the Gaulish God Teutates.
  • Alisanos – son of Don, Welsh God of agriculture of the region of the Cite d’Or. He was responsible for the war between the Arawn and the Children of Don. The Romans equated him with Jupiter.
  • Amerach – a Druidess from Ulster who cast a spell of agelessness over Fiongalla. Call upon her to put aside your perception of linear time and the ability to perceive other worlds. She is also associated with the number two.
  • Amergin (Ah-mor-gin)- The Druid judge and poet who led the Milesian invasion of Ireland.
  • Ancamna – a Gaul water Goddess
  • Ancasta – a Goddess possibly related to Andraste who survives only through an inscription of her name in Hampshire.
  • Andarta – a Gallic warrior and fertility Goddess local to France
  • Andraste – meaning “the invicible one”, she was a war goddess of Breton and Gaul, who was invoked to ensure victory (particularly by Queen Boadicea who sacrificed Roman women to her in 62AD to ensure success in her battles against the Romans). Call upon her to overcome your enemies.
  • Anextiomarus – a tribal deity of Briton.
  • Ankou (Awn-koo)- the being Death. Ankou’s black cart can be heard rattling along rural roads as he comes to take the dying soul on the first leg of the journey to Tir-na-nog.
  • Anu/Ana/Catana (AW-noo) – thought by some to be synonymous with Dana and Danu. A virgin aspect of the Irish Triple Goddess. Associated with prosperity, abundance, fertility (which suggests she was perhaps a mother goddess as well) love of the land and environmental responsibility. One source says she is the virgin aspect with Danu as the virgin and Macha as the crone, another names Danu as the mother aspect and Badb. She’s associated with waxing moon, emeralds, blood, moonstones.
  • Aoife/Aifa (Ee-fa)- This name refers to two different entities. The first is a faery queen and the mother of Cuchulains’ son Conloach. The second was the Irish wife of Lir that turned her step-children into swans. (See The Four Swans of the Sorrows
  • Arawn- Welsh Underworld God. He once switched places with Pwyll for a year, during which time he defeated Arawn’s rival, Hafgan and refrained from sleeping with his wife, resulting in a gift of pigs and a long friendship between the two.
  • Ardwinna/Dea Arduinna – a woodland Goddess who nhaunted the forests of Ardennes (Belgium, Luxemburg, France). She demanded a fine for animals killed on her land, yet expected animal sacrifices on her feast day. She is thought to be a counterpart to Ireland’s Flidias. Call on her for animal magick or finding a familiar. She corresponds with the strength Tarot card.
  • Argante – (ar-GAN-tay) – a healer of Avalon, probably a powerful Druidess who can be called upon for healing.
  • Ariadne – (awr-ee-AWD-nah) – a Greek creatress Goddess worshipped in Celtic Gaul. Call upon her for aid in protection, manifestation. Her correspondences are the spider web, sulphur, thread, yarn.
  • Arianrhod – meaning “silver wheel” thought to refer to the moon. She was a Goddess of the wheel of the year, reincarnation. Some beleive her Otherworld island Caer Arianrhod is where sould go when departed, and that she decides their fate. She was a decsendant of Don, mother of Dylan and Llew Llaw Gyffes. Associated with the ability to set limits and turning obstacles into opportunities.
  • Arnemetia – a British-Celtic Goddess of spring waters, also likely a minor sun deity associated with healing and purification.
  • Artio – Artio of Muri, a Goddess usually depicted as a bear who is known from inscriptions found in the Bern region of Switzerland. Her consort was Essus. Originally most likely a Tuetonic deity she is depicted as a Goddess of fertility, harvest and wildlife. Invoke her for fertility spells, animal magick, or for personal courage and strength., or if the bear is one of your familiars or totem animals. Her correpondences are bears, geode stones, and the Strength Tarot card.
  • Arvernus – Gallic matron-like Goddess of the Arverni.
  • Avalloc – father of the Welsh Goddess Modron He is sometimes mentioned as the king of the otherworldly kingdom of Avalon.
  • Aufaniae – Continental matron-like deities.
  • Aveta – Gallic Goddess of birth and midwifery.
  • Badb/Badhbh/Badb Catha (Bayv)- A crone aspect of the Triple Goddess. Also a war Goddess, linked with the Beansidhe (banshee) who if seen washing a warrior’s bloody clothes, foretold death. She also appeared over battles as a hooded crow, or a wolf running wild among the fighters. She helped run the Fomorians out of Ireland. Her name means “one who boils” as in the boiling cauldron of death and rebirth. Later she was seen as a sister to the crone Macha. Another source lists her as a mother aspect, wife of Ned, a war god. She is also associated with ravens. The Celts beleived the world would end when her cauldron boiled over and engulfed the earth. She was also a prophetess, foretelling of the fall of the Tuaths de Danann to the Milesians, and (many beleive) the Great Famine. She is said to rule over life, wisdom, inspiration and enlightenment. Call upon her (especially at Samhain) to make sprit contact, learn about past lives or foretell when you will die.
  • Balor (Bay-lear)- Sometimes called the grandfather of Lugh, he was the king of the Formorians, early invaders of Ireland in the myth cycle. He was for a time Danu’s consort, later replaced by Lugh.
  • Ban Chuideachaidh Moire (Ban-C’HOO-dayk-hax MOY-ruh)- an ancient, forgotten Goddess of childbirth.
  • Banba (Ban-na)- meaning “land unplowed for a year”. A warrior goddess who protected Ireland from invaders. One of the tri-form with Eriu and Foldha. Her story is a later addition to the myth cycle when the Dagda was seen as having birthed the Triple Goddess rather than the other way around. Her name may be derived from the word Banua, which means sow, connecting her with the Underworld. She can assist with spellwork, enhance leadership, help us to keep memories alive and aid in earth magick. She is associated ith Olivine.
  • Basilea – A Celtic queen of the continent credited with civilizing her subjects.
  • Bean Naomha – a Goddess of supreme wisdom that dwells as a trout in a well in County Cork. To get answers from her the seeker must crawl deosil around the well three times, each time taking a taking a drink and laying a stone the size of a dove’s eye on the rim. Call upon her for divination. She corresponds with fresh water fish.
  • Bebhionn- see Vivionn.
  • Bebo- a faery woman. Her affair with a king of Ulster made the kingdom prosper. A power force of abundance invoked for prosperity, fertility, sex magick and harvest sabbats.
  • Becuma- a Tuatha de Danann Goddess of magickal boats. CAll upon her to banish excessive jealousy.
  • Becuna Cneisgel- a faery, mistress of King Art. In revenge she brought mass infertility to Ireland. She plays the part of the crone that must be replced by the maiden. Evoke her at Samhain.
  • Bechoil- perhaps an early version of Danu little of whom is known.
  • Bel/Beltene/Bile/Belenus- Beleived by some to be Irish God of death, and others to be a god of Sun and Fire. The latter connect him with the Druids, science, healing, hot springs, fire, success, prosperity, purification, crops, vegetation, fertility and cattle. Some scholars believe Beltaine was originally celebrated in his honor. He was the husband of Belisama.
  • Belatu-Cadros- meaning “fair shining one”. A Welsh/Breton God of war and destruction of enemies, equated by the Romans to Mars.
  • Belisama/Belisma- Goddess of fire, light the forge, and crafts. Wife of Belenus, and Goddess of the Mersey River.
  • Bellah Postil- a young magician who posessed and staff that could take her wherever she wanted to go. She saved her husband after a crone turned him into a frog. Call her for love magick, astral projection.
  • Bellona- a Scottish Goddess of the battlefield, likely a derivitive of Badb.
  • Berecyntia- a Gaulish earth Goddess equated with Brigid. Call on her for earth magick and fertility.
  • Biddy Early- also known as the "White Witch of Clare", a nineteenth century wise woman who lived near the mountian of Echtaghe. She is said to have tossed a blue bottle containing powerful magick into a lake where it waits to be found. Her bottle represents the loss of magickal life, call upon her for aid in magick, when studying the "Old Way".
  • Biddy Mamionn- a midwife of Innishsark (Galway) who was imparted with faery herbal lore after healing a sick child for them. Call upon her for healing and childbirth. Her correspondences inclide knives and bloodstones.
  • Birog- a powerful druidess who helpd Cian in his quest for vengence against Balor.
  • Birren- wife of Bith, mother of Cessair.
  • Blai- Ossian‘s Tuatha mother (foster mother, or personal deity) A faery queen associated with Drumberg, call upon her for assistance in contacting faeries.
  • Blancheflour – mother of Tristan, sister of King Mark the Good.
  • Blathnat/Blanid (Blay-net)- probably a form of Blodeuwedd. She is a daughter of Midhir who helps Cuchulain steal her father’s magickal cauldron. She is associated with roses and is called upon for abundance and fertility magick.
  • Blodeuwedd – created out of flowers by Gwydion to marry Llew Llaw Gyffes.
  • Boann (Bo-ann)- goddess of water and fertility for whom the River Boyne is named. Her name is also spelled as Boan or Boanne. The is a goddess of rivers and heailng. In later myths she was relegated to the sea where she was queen of the ancient Formorian invaders, a race driven into the sea by the Tuatha De Danann where they became sea monsters. Associated with thirst for wisdom and willingness to not comform to rules.
  • Bodb Dearg/Bodb the Red- Son of Dagda, he succeeded his father as king of the Tuatha De Danann. He is connected primarily southern Ireland, the Galtee Mountains, Loguh Dearg, and Lough where it is said he had a sidhe or underground palace.
  • Borvo- meaning “to boil”. A Gallic god of hot mineral springs and healing.
  • Bracacia- God(dess) of malt and brewing
  • Bran- God associated with responsibity, caretaking “bridge building”
  • Brian- Along with Iuchar and Iucharba were sons of Danu. Their epic tale of an impossible quest is recorded in the Yellow Book of Lechan.
  • Brian Boru- Irish king who lived from 926-1014 CE. He was killed defeating the Danes at the Battle of Clontarf.
  • Brigid/Brighid (Breed)- The Great Mother Goddess of Ireland. The Irish spelling of her name is Brid, and is also spelt Brighid or Bridget. Brigid represents the supernal mother, fertility, hearth, feminine arts, and creative inspiration. She has also been worshipped as a warrioress and proctectress, a healer, and a guardian of children. Still others worship her as a goddess of agriculture, animal husbandry, medicine, crafting, compassion, peacemaking and music. She had an exclusive female priesthood at Kildare where 19 preistesses tended an ever-burning fire. The number of priestesses represent the number of years in a Celtic “Great Year”. In some myths depicted as the daughter of Dagda.
  • Caer – an Irish swan maiden with whom Aengus fell in love and became a swan also.
  • The Caillech (Call-y’ac)- Death goddess who presides over the cauldron of death and rebirth from her home in the Land of the Dead. She is the crone form of all Celtic Goddesses.
  • Cairpre (Kair-pra)- Chief Bard of the Tuatha De Danann, Son of Oghma.
  • Camma – a Breton Goddess of the hunt.
  • Camulus – a Gaulish war God.
  • Carman – a destructive witch/Goddess of eveil magick. Her three sons Dub (“darkness”), Dother (“evil”" and Dian “violence” ravaged Ireland. After the Tuatha De Danann battled her evil the sorceress Bechuille undid her curses, killing her sons and leaving her in chains where she died of grief.
  • Cartimandua – a warrior queen who was the leader of the Brigantes (descendents of Brigantia) and battled against the Romans.
  • Caswallawn – a British war God
  • Celi – Also known as Coel, God of life force and master of animals
  • Cenn Cruich – a Gaelic heaven-god, similar to Zeus.
  • Ceridwen – Goddess that was said to posess the cauldren of wisdom. Also associated with motherly love and inspiration.
  • Cernunnos (Ker-noon-noes)- The Greek name used to refer to the Celtic Great Horned God, who’s name is unknown.
  • Cessair (Keshar)- A prophetess of doom of the faery race known as Partholans who were the first to occupy Ireland. She is considered the first queen of Ireland.
  • Cian (Key-awn)- Sometimes a son and sometimes a father of the God Lugh. He was taught the art of shape-shifting into a woman.
  • Cigfa – wife of Pryderi.
  • Cleena- She escaped Tir-na-nog with her mortal lover before Caillech was ready to send her back. The Caillech sent faeries to lull her to sleep while a giant wave washed her back to the Land of the Dead. She has since existed in Irish mythology as a minor sea goddess, doomed by Caillech never to return to Ireland in mortal form.
  • Cliodna – Goddess of beauty and the Underworld.
  • Clota – Goddess of the River Clyde (Scotland).
  • Coel – Also known as Celi, God of life force and master of animals
  • Conchobar MacNessa- Son of Nessa and the Druid Cathbad. King of Ulster and uncle of Cuchulain.
  • Cocidius- a North Britain hunting God.
  • Conall Cernach- meaning “strong and victorious”. he was a legendary Irish warrior.
  • Condatis- the personification of water, a river God of Britain.
  • Conloach- Son of Cuchulain and Aoifa, Conloach grew up with Aiofe and later came to the mortal world in search of his father.
  • Contrebis- a local God of Lanacster region of Britain.
  • Covetina- a British Goddess of water and springs. In the area of Carrawburgh, along Hadrian’s Wall she was said to personify a holy, healing spring.
  • Credna/Creidhne- Bronze-worker god of the Tuatha De Danann.
  • Creiddylad- a Welsh Goddess, daughter of Llyr.
  • Crom Cruiach or Crom Dubh (Crom Croo/k)- An ancient sacrificial god of which little is known. The city of Dublin bears his name.
  • Cuchulain/Cuchulainn (Coo-cul-lan/Coo-HOO-lan)- A great warrior of Ulster, elavated to a demi-god in Ireland. He fell in love with the faery woman Fand. Her husband Manann, God of the Seas seperated them forever, decreeing that the faery world and the human world should never mix. He is associated with honor, discipline and self-sacrifice.
  • Curio mac Daire – a sun God beleived to be an axe weilding, giant who brought storms.
  • Cyhiraeth – a Goddess of streams. Later, a spectre who haunted woodlands, and whose shreik fortold death.
  • Dagda- His name means “the good god”. Later additions to the myth cycles has him as the father of the Triple Goddess. In early myths he is her descendent. God of death and rebirth, master of all trades, lord of perfect knowledge, generosity, humility and earthiness.
  • Dalon ap Landu – God of groves
  • Damara – a British fertility Goddess, associated with the month of May.
  • Damona – a Gallic Goddess, wife of Borvo, and known as the “Divine Cow”.
  • Danu/Dana (Dawn-na)- Her name literally means “great queen”. She was the first Great Mother Goddess of Ireland, said by some to be the mother of all goddesses. She is patroness of wizards, rivers, water, wells, prosperity, magick and wisdom.
  • Dea Arduinna – see Ardwinna.
  • Dewi – a Welsh God, represented by the “great Red Serpent”. The Welsh flag is a dirivitive of this.
  • Diancecht- Physician-magician of the Tuatha De Danann. Said by some to be the grandfather of Lugh. God of healing, medicine, regeneration, magick, silver-working.
  • Deirdre of the Sorrows- Prophetress her drew her own horoscope and charted her fate which was to be seperated always from love. She is finally forced to wed against her will and dashes herself to death on rocks in an act of defiance. This popular legend is one of the Three Sorrows of Irish mythology.
  • Dhonn (Theen)- Lord of the Underworld, consort of the crone Macha.
  • Don- the Welsh mother-Goddess. Her Irish equivilent is Danu. She is the wife of Beli and the mother of Gwydion
  • Donn- meaning “dark one”, God of the dead.
  • Druantia- Queen of the Druids; Mother of the tree calender. Fir Goddess. Presided over fertility, passion, sexual activities, trees, protection, knowledge, creativity.
  • Dylan- meaning “sea”. Virgin-born son of Arianhrod. Guardian of the mouth of the River Conway (North Wales).
  • Eochy (Y’oh-kee)- The Fir Bolg’s high king.
  • Elen Also known as Niwalen Goddess of dawn, dusk and the straight old track. Credited in the Mabinogion as the builder of the first highway, which she built magickally so her army could protect her land against invaders.
  • Emer an extremely beautiful ad intelligent woman who mad Cuchulain perform several heroic feats before she would sleep with him.
  • Epona (Ee-pone-ah)- British horse goddess vigorously adopted by pagan Rome, and by Scottish and Irish pagans. Her Irish name is Mare, and she is the bringer of dreams. Goddess of fertility, maternity, horses, prosperity, dogs, healing springs, crops. She was said to accompany the sould upon death She is also depicted with a cornacopia, suggesting she my have been a fertility Goddess.
  • Eriu (Air-ee-oo)- Goddess of sovereignty and protectress of Ireland, a daughter of Dagda. She is often part of the Triple Goddess in her maiden form. The native form of her nae, Erinn or Erin has been the poetic name for Ireland for centuries.
  • Esus – chief of tree sprits that sits in the first fork of the oak.
  • Etain (Ae-dawn)- Sometimes spelt Edain. She was queen of the Tuatha De Danann and a superb horsewoman. She was wooed out of the human world by her consort, King Midhir. Associated with horseback-riding and sometimes equeated with Epona.
  • Fagus- a Gualish/Pyrenean God associated with beech trees.
  • Fand- Along with Liban, twin goddesses of health and earthly pleasures. Fand, a wife of Mannann MacLir. A woman of the faery race fell in love with the hero Cuchulain, prompting Mannann to decree that the world of faeries and the world of humans shall never mix.
  • Fainna- Champions of the Reb Branch; the Fenians. The great fighting force serving under Ard Ri (High King); its last and greates leader was Fionn Mac Cumhal. It is said that the Fianna had a rule never to insult a woman.
  • Fionn MacCumhal/ Finn MacCool- Legendary giant being of Ireland who foresaw the coming of the Formorians, and banished an invading giant from Scotland. He married Grainne, a master herbalist and daughter of King Cormac. In may circles he is considered a god and is honored at Yule. He was the leader of the Fianna warriors.
  • Finvarra- a faery king who used games of chess to gain power over his enemies. He was a close friend of Oisin.
  • Flidias (Flee-daws)- Shape-sifting goddess of the woodlands and wild beasts. Sometimes depicted as the consort of the Horned God, she is beleived get travel on deer back or in a sleigh pulled by deer.
  • The Four Swans of the Sorrows- The four swans were semi-mortal children (including Fionnualaof Lir who were turned into swans for nine hundred years by thier jealous stepmother Aoifa. Thier beautiful voices sang the praises of the Irish dieties and won them honor in thier exile. Thier story is one of the Three Sorrows of the Irish myth cycle.
  • Franconian-Die-Drud- A druidess later associated with the horse goddess Mare, the bringer of dreams.
  • The Great Horned God- The most prevelant god of European paganism. He known by many names including Cernunnos and Pan, but his Irish name has been lost. He is the master of the hunt and comes into full power in late summer and early fall. He is a primal fertility god and consort the the Great Mother. He is depicted as a god of the woodlands, animal, revelry, and male fertility. His animal symbols include the stag, ram, bull, and horned serpent. He is associated with wildness and daring and car for the environment.
  • Govannon- the Welsh smith God, equivelent to Goibniu. The son of Don, and brother of Gwydion and Amaethon, he slew Dylan not realizing who he was.
  • Grainne- A Sun Goddess.
  • Grannos/Grannus- God of healing springs. His cult centered in Achen, Germany, and his consort was Sirona.
  • Gwen Teir Bronn- Celtic Goddess of motherhood
  • Gwydion- Associated with intelligence, perception, ability to learn from mistakes.
  • Hafgan – in Welsh mythology he battled Arawn for control over the Underworld. Hafgan was defeated by Pwyll, who had traded places with Arawn.
  • Hu the Mighty (Hue)- Druid God of the Solar cycle
  • Iaine (ee-AWN-ay)- Along with her sister Ain these Irish princesses married thier own brothers so that no other family could rule Ireland. They are credited with inventing war in order to claim the rest of Ireland, but also with the Brehon Laws which gave women high status including property rights, and that no child can be alled illegitimate. Invoke them to protect family, land or property.
  • Iuchar (U-char)- Along with Iucharba and Brian were sons of Danu. Thier epic tale of an impossible quest is recorded in the Yellow Book of Lechan.
  • Iucharba (U-car-bar)- Along with Iuchar and Brian were sons of Danu. Thier epic tale of an impossible quest is recorded in the Yellow Book of Lechan.
  • Kele-De (Kay-lay-day)- Mysterious Irish goddess whose followers formed an all-female cult known as the kelles. The early Christian Church once allowed the cult to flourish for a time in remote areas of Ireland. She and her high priestesses reserved the right to take any and all lovers they chose. Oddly enough she was probably originally a crone image.
  • Liban- Along with Fand, twin goddesses of health and earthly pleasures.
  • Lir- Welsh sea god whose name is sometimes adopted into the Irish pantheon. In Ireland some say Lir was another name for Manann, other say he was Manann’s father.
  • Lleu- Associated with sacrifice, skill and trust.
  • Luchtain (Lock-teen)- An Irish god of war, the carpenter god of the Tuatha De Danann.
  • Lugh (Loo)- Literally means “the shining one”. The Irish sun god, or god of light, who is celebrated at Lughnasadh. Like Brigid he was a god of many skills and was even said to be able to come into human form to worship among the Druids, for whom he was the primary deity. He is worshipped as a god of metallurgy, crafting, weaving, harvesting, and as a protector of the weak. He was the son of Eriu and his paternal grandfather was said to be Balor of the Formorians. Associated with justice leadership and valor.
  • Macha (Maax-ah/Mah-ha)- Death goddess of Ireland, a crone aspect of the Goddess who is sometimes synonymous with the Caillech. She rules over the cauldron of death and rebirth from her home in Tir-na-nog. The faeries are said to do her bidding. It is said that one baneful word from her can destroy the world. She is also credited with mingling attributes of the dieties within the human race. She is also depicted as a war goddess, a protectress, a goddess of cunning, force, sexuality, fertility, honor, athletic skill and sexual dominance over men.
  • Manann/Manannan (mac Lir) (May-nan)- A chameleon-like sea god. It is he who decreed that the world of faeries and the world of humans was always be seperated. Associated with devotion, forgiveness and faithfulness.
  • Manawydan – Associated with discretion, balance and responsibility.
  • Mare- An Irish horse goddess of the night who brings dreams. (The word “nightmare” is also derived from her name.)
  • Medb/Medb/Maeve (Mayv)- Faery queen of Ireland, also a legendary warrioress high queen of Connacht who reigned for eighty-eight years. She was sometimes viewed and a goddess of war, sexuality, revenge, generosity and non-jealousy and fertility in the early patriarchal period. Her name means “inebriating one” in her dark aspect she represents addiction in her light aspect the ecstasy of union with the divine.
  • Midhir (My-ter or Myah-ter)- First king of the Tuatha De Danann. He seduced Etain out of the human world and took her as his queen to live with him on the faery hill Bri Leith.
  • Morrigu/Morrigan/The Morrigan (Mor-ee-goo)- This Triple Goddess consists only of three crone aspects, symbolized by the carrion crow. She is beleived to be a later addition, brought by the Nemedian invaders. The Morrigu’s names are Neman (patron goddess of the bean sidhe), Badb (arbiter of life and death), and Macha (goddess of war). Also associated with courage, valor and sexuality.
  • Nechtan – a water God. His well was a source of knowledge.
  • Nemausus – God of the Spring of Nimes, and later of the city by the same name.
  • Nemetona – a Goddess of sacred groves and shrines
  • Niamh (Neeve)- A form of Badb who helps heros at death.
  • Niwalen Also known as Elen Goddess of dawn, dusk and the straight old track.
  • Nodens a river God of the Severn estuary in south-west Britain
  • Nuada (New-ag-ah)- Last king of the Tuatha De Danann. He had an invincible sword,one of the four treasures of the Tuatha De Danann. God of healing, water, ocean, fishing, the sun, sailing, childbirth, dogs, youth, beauty, spears and slings, smiths, carpenters, harpers, poets, historians, sorcerers, writing, magick, warfare, incantations. He was forced to abdicate his throw to the Milesian invaders.
  • Oghma (Ohg-mah)- Often spelt Ogham, he is the god of writing, communication, elequence, physical strength, inspiration, magick, art, music, reincarnation, and poetry who gave the Ogham alphebet to the Druids.
  • Oisin (Oh-Sheen)- Son of Finn MacCool and Saba who traveled to Tir-na-nog and back. Only he and Dagda traveled to the Land of the Dead and were able to return again. As a result he was in good graces with the faery folk of Ireland, who would seek him out for company, and escpecially for a game of hurling.
  • Ollav Fola (Oh-lahv Foh-lah)- A powerful king in the line of Eremon. Also a poet.
  • Raiden- a God of thunder and lightening.bbb
  • The Red Branch- A chivalrous order of warriors of Ulster who were taught their battle skills by the Goddess Scathach. Their fortress was called Emain Macha.
  • Rhiannon- a Welsh horse goddess associated with animals, endurance, graciousness.
  • Robur- a Gaullish God of oak trees.
  • Rudianos- a local Gallic God.
  • Saba- wife of Finn MacCool.
  • Sabrina- Celtic Goddess of the River Severn in south-west Britain.
  • Saone- wife of Finn MacCool, and a river deity.
  • Scathach (SKAH-yah’k)- Warrioress of the Underworld. This goddess was said to have a school on an island in the Irish sea where great warriors came to be trained. The hero Cuchulain was one of her students. Skatha did not train women. This was not sue to any sort of sexism, but rather it was due to the Celtic beleif that only women could teach men battle skills, and only men could teach them to women. Patroness of blacksmiths, healing, magick, prohecy, martial arts.
  • Segomo- a Gaulish God of war and victory
  • Sequanna- a Goddess of the river Seine.
  • Shoney- a Breton sea Goddess.
  • Sinend (Sheen-en)- A woman who went to the great well of knowledge, sacred to the Caillech, to do a spell, but was unprepared and irreverent. The Caillech was so enraged that the well’s waters rose up and sucked Sinend into themselves. She washed up on the River Shannon which bears her name. Denied entrance to Tir-na-nog, she is now a queen of well spirits in Ireland.
  • Sirona -a Goddess of rivers, astronomy and the Mosel Valley.
  • Smertios -a war God portrayed as a bearded athlete about to kill a snake with a club. He was especially worshipped by the Gaulish Treveri people.
  • Sucellos – a God of the continent, of which little is know. He is sometimes portrayed with a hammer, suggesting he is a Underworld God. Other times he hold a cup and a purse suggesting he is a fertility or proseperity God. One of his cosorts is Nantosuetta.
  • Sul – Goddess of the sun and sacred springs, especially at Bath.
  • Tailtiu- Foster-mother of Lugh. Connected with Lughnasadh. Goddess of Earth, agriculture, peace and prosperity. She is said to have died of exhaustion after clearing the fields of Meath.
  • Taliesin a driud bard associated with eloquence, transormation, creativity.
  • Tamesis – a Goddess of fresh waters, and the namesake of the River Thames in England and the Taimes, a French name for the Schele/Scheldt.
  • Taranis – Druid/Gaul God of thunder and lightening, and master of the sky. Romans reported him receiving human sacrifices.
  • Tarvos Trigaronos a Gallic bull God. Little is known of him except a monument on the Seine, near Paris, which is also associated with Esus.
  • Tea (Tay)- Along with Tephi, a co-founder and protector goddess of the sacred site at Tara.
  • Tephi (T’py)- Along with Tea, a co-founder and protector goddess of the sacred site at Tara.
  • Tethra (Tate-rah)- King of the Formorians after they were banished into the sea where they became grotesque sea monsters.
  • Teutates meaning “the god of the tribe”, he was worshipped especially in Gaul, a God of war, fertility and wealth. Equated with Albiorix and Caturix.
  • Trefuilngid Fre-Eochair- God of the shamrock and consort of the Triple Goddess.
  • The Triple Goddess- The three aspects of the goddess; maiden, mother and crone. Which three goddesses take each of her aspects varies greatly.
  • Tuan MacCarell (Toon Mc-Carel)- He was a god created by Danu. He is king of Irish deer herds, and is occassionally seen as another form of the Great Horned God.
  • Verbeia – a Goddess of the River Wharfe, in North Yorkshire, England.
  • Vosegus – Gaulish God of the Vosges Forest (France).
  • Yonne – a river deity

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