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Main Celtic Deities: (An introductory list)
Celts:
Dagda Math Magog Dwyn Ogma Belinus
Esos Teutates Taranis Mabon Borvo Epona
Beli Govannon Diancecht Lludd Gwydion Amaethon
Lleu Dylan Ler Llyr Bran Manannan
Dana Morrigan Brigit Blathnat Arianrod Blodeuwedd
Creirwy Keridwen
Wales:
Gwydion Aranrhod Dylan Bendigeidfran Branwen Manawydan
Pwyll Pryderi Caridwen Bran Penarddun Branwen
Manawydan Nisien Efnisien Belatucadros Dewi Govannon
Gwynn ap Nudd Lleu Llyr Math ap Mathonwy Modron Rhiannon
Ireland:
Balor Bres Elatha Eriu Bile Boann
Nechhtan Oengus Banbha Fodla Brigit Cliodna
Creidhne Goibhniu Luchta In Dagda Danu Donn
Dian Cecht Lir Lug Morrigan Macha Nemhain
Nuada Ogma Cathbadh Conall Cernach Conchobar Cu Chulainn
Cu Roi Deirdre Naoise Fedelma Ferghus Finn
Grainne Mac Da Tho Medb Oisin Partholon
Britain:
Belatucadrus Cocidius Condatis Tyne Coventina Cuda
Mogons Nodens Sulis Vitiris
Gaul:
Rosmerta Nantosuelta Sucellus Abnoba Andraste Belenus
Borvo Cernunnos Damona Epona Esus Nehalennia
Ogmios Sirona Taranis Teutates Lugus
The Irish sagas:
The Mythological Cycle: Deals with the pagan Celtic gods/supernatural beings.
The Ulster Cycle: Deals with the exploits of the warrior caste of pre-Christian Ireland.
The Historical Cycle: Deals with the activities of "historical" figures.
The Fenian Cycle: Deals with the tales of Finn Mac Cumaill and his band of followers, the Fianna.
Abnoba
(Gaul) Goddess of the hunt (similar to the Roman Diana)
Achall
In Irish legend, Achall was a loving sister who died of sorrow when her brother was killed in battle.
Achtan
The Irish heroine who bore Cormac, the king.
Achtland
In Celtic legend, this mortal queen could not be satisfied with human men, so she took a giant as her spouse.
Adsagsona
Celtic goddess of the underworld and of magic.
Aebh
Wife of Lêr.
Aed
Son of Lêr.
Aeifé (Aife)
Third wife of Lêr. She is the evil stepmother of Aedh, Conn, Fiachra, and Finnguala, who transforms them into talking swans when her anger overcomes her. Her deed is discovered; she is transformed into a vulture, and made to stay eternally in the winds.
Aeron
(Wales) God of war.
Æs Sídhe
Means "the folk of the mounds", the fairies.
Ainé
Queen of the fairies. Other fairy queens were Aoibhinn, Cliodna, and Aynia.
Airmed
A goddess of the Tuatha de Danaan of Ireland. She was the goddess of witchcraft and herb lore.
Alator
A war god worshipped in Britain.
Amaethon
(Britain) God of agriculture.
Andraste
(Britain) Andraste is a warrior goddess, the goddess of victory.
Angus (Mac Oc)
Gaelic god of youth and god of love and beauty. He had a magical harp of gold whose music was so sweet that no one could hear and not follow it.
Annwn
(Britain) The otherworld.
Anu
One of the ancestor goddesses of Ireland. Some mythographers claim she is the same goddess as Aine, others say Danu.
Ardwinna
A Celtic goddess of the forests.
Arianrhod
(Wales) The goddess of the moon. A magician goddess, who like Artemis lived in orgiastic maidenhood surrounded entirely by women, although it is also said she lived a wanton life, mating with mermen. She was the most powerful of the children of the mother goddess Don. Her palace is the Corona Borealis.
Arnamentia
(Britain) Goddess of spring water.
Artio
Celtic goddess of wildlife, who was usually depicted in the form of a bear.
Badb
(Ireland) One of the three war goddesses known collectively as the Morrigan. She was depicted in the form of a raven with a crimson (bloody) mouth.
Balor
(Ireland) God of death.
Banba (Banbha)
Irish earth goddess, she was part of the triad that included Eriu and Folta (Fodla).
Bebhionn
An Irish underworld goddess and a patron of pleasure.
Belatucadros
(Britain) God of war and of the destruction. His name means "fair shining one". The Romans equated him with their god Mars.
Belenus (Bel or Belenos)
(Gaul) God of healing and 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. They can be compared with Apollo and Minerva.
Beli Mawr
(Wales) Welsh ancestor deity.
Belisama
Goddess of light and fire, the forge and of crafts. She is the wife of the god Belenus.
Bheara
(Ireland/Scotland) [Also Cailleach Bheur {see Cailleach below} or Cally Berry] She controlled the weather. When a handsome young man was kind to her, she changed herself from an ugly old hag into a beautiful young woman and rewarded him with her favors. She is also considered to be the "White Lady" and the wife of Manannan the Sea God; you can see her in the sunlight sparkling on the water.
Bilé
Gaelic god of the underworld from whom sprang the first men, and considered by some to be the father of the gods.
Boann
(Irish) Boann is the goddess of rivers and fertility.
Bobd the Red
A son of Dagda and king of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Boibhniu
Celtic god of smiths.
Bors
A king of Gaul.
Borvo
(Gaul) God of healing.
Brân
(Britain) God of the underworld.
Branwen
Welsh love goddess.
Bres
(Gaelic) God of fertility and agriculture; one of the first kings of the Tuatha De Danaan.
Bride
Scotland's version of the Celtic Irish Brigid.
Brigandu
Celtic France version of the Celtic Irish Brigid.
Brigantia
Celtic Briton version of the Celtic Irish Brigid.
Brighid (Brigit)
(Gaelic) Brighid was the goddess of fertility, therapy, metalworking, and poetic inspiration. She is the wife of Bres. She is known as Caridwen (Cerridwen) in Wales. There are three sisters by the name of Brigit in Irish myth (daughters of In Dagda) who are the patron-goddesses of learning (poetry), healing and smithcraft.
Bronach
An Irish goddess of cliffs.
Caer
An Irish swan maiden with whom Ængus (god of poetry) fell in love. He became a swan also.
Cailleach
An ancient goddess of the pre-Celtic peoples of Ireland. She controlled the seasons and the weather; she was the goddess of earth and sky, moon and sun.
Cairbré
A son of Cormac.
Cairpré
A bard of the Tuatha Dé Danann and a son of Ogma.
Camulus
(Gaul) God of the sky and of war.
Canola
(Irish) According to the myth she was the inventor of the Irish harp. She had a disagreement with a lover, and so she left his bed to wander the night. Hearing beautiful music, she stopped and sat down; soon she fell asleep in the open air. Wakening to daylight, Canola discovered the music had been made by the wind, blowing through the rotted sinews clinging to the skeleton of a whale. Inspired by the sight and remembering its magical sound, she built the first harp.
Caradawc
Caradawc of the Strong Arms was a son of Brân.
Carlin
(Scotland) She was the spirit of the eve of Samhain (Halloween), the night the year turned to winter, and the ghosts of the dead roamed the world of the living.
Carman
(Irish) A destructive witch, she was the goddess of evil magic. She had three equally destructive sons: Dub ("darkness"), Dother ("evil"), and Dian ("violence"). The Tuatha de Danaan, the deities ruled by the goddess Danu, fought against Carman with their most powerful weapons. Finally the sorceress Bechuille, was able to undo Carman's curses. Her sons were destroyed and Carman put in chains, where she died of grief.
Cartimandua
(Britain) A legendary warrior queen who waged war against the Roman Empire, she was the leader of the Brigantes, descendants of the goddess Brigantia.
Cathubodva
Gaulish war goddess.
Ceibhfhionn
(Ireland) Goddess of inspiration.
Cenn Cruaich
(Gaelic) The heaven-god (akin to Zeus).
Cernunnos
(Gaul) Cernunnos was the god of the underworld and of animals. The horned (reindeer horns) god of virility, he is accompanied by a ram-headed serpent and a stag. He was often depicted holding a bag of money, possibly signifying he was considered a god of fertility also.
Cerridwen
(Wales) Cerridwen is the goddess of dark prophetic powers. She is the keeper of the cauldron of the underworld, in which inspiration and divine knowledge are brewed.
Cessair
(Irish) A great magician, she became the first queen of Ireland. She and her band of female followers inhabited the land after the Great Flood.
Cethé
Son of Diancecht.
Cethlenn
Wife to Balor.
Cethlion
(Irish) Prophetess of the Formorians who warned of their impending doom at the hands of the Tuatha de Danaan.
Cian
A son of Diancecht.
Cliodna
(Gaelic) Goddess of beauty and the otherworld.
Clûd
Goddess of the river Clyde.
Cocidius
(Britain) God associated sometimes with forests and hunting (linked with the Roman god Silvanus), sometimes with war (equated with Mars).
Conairé
Conairé the Great; high king of Ireland.
Conall Cernach
(Irish) Powerful warrior; his name means "strong and victorious".
Conchobar
Conchobar's intended bride, Deidre, eloped with Noisi. Conchobar killed Noisi and his brothers and Deidre died of sorrow.
Condatis
(Britain) God who personified the waters, sometimes considered a war god.
Coranians
A mythical tribe of dwarfs.
Corb
An Iberian god.
Cormac
Known as "the Magnificent". Descendant of Conn "the Hundred Fighter". His reputation was akin to that of Solomon.
Corra
(Scotland) Goddess of prophecy.
Coventina
(Britain) Goddess who personified a holy spring that had healing powers.
Creidhne
Creidhne was the god of metal working. One of the trio of craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan, as were Goibhniu and Luchta.
Cu Chulainn
A hero akin to Heracles or Theseus, born with the strength of a man and a burning rage to conquer all in his path. His famous exploits are described in Táin Bó Cuailgne [The Cattle Raid of Cuailgne (or Cooley)].
Cuda
(Britain) Mother goddess.
Cu Roi
(Irish) A sorcerer who transforms himself into various guises.
Dagda (Cian)
The god who was the supreme head of the People of Dana. (The equivalent of Cronus.) Dagda possesses a bottomless cauldron of plenty and rules the seasons with the music of his oaken harp. With his mighty club Dagda can slay nine men with a single blow, and with its small end he can bring them back to life. He was father to Brigit, Angus, Mider, Ogma, and Bobd the Red.
Dairé of Cualgne
Owner of the Brown Bull.
Damona
(Gaul) Goddess of cattle and of fertility and healing; her name means "divine cow".
Dana (Danu)
The goddess from whom Tuatha Dé Danann (The People of Dana) were descended. She was the daughter of the god Dagda (the Good), and had three sons, who had only one son between them, Ecne (Knowledge). She was another of the three war goddesses known collectively as the Morrigan.
Dechtere (Dechtiré)
(Irish) The mother of Cuchulain. There are a number of versions of his birth, of which two follow: one, Dechtere accidentally swallowed a mayfly while drinking a cup of wine, became pregnant from this event, and bore Cuchulain; two, She was impregnated by the god Lugh with his own soul, and vomited him into life as Cuchulain, thereby remaining a virgin.
Deidre
Deidre was the beautiful intended bride of Conchobar. She ran off with Noísi (Naoise), and died of sorrow when Conchobar killed him and his brothers.
Dewi
(Wales) The Red Dragon god. The emblem of Wales.
Dia Griene
(Scotland) The daughter of the sun in ancient Scotland. She appears in a folktale in which, held captive in the Land of the Big Women, she is freed by the Cailleach, disguised as a fox, and a helpful young bumbler named Brian.
Diancecht
(Irish) Diancecht is the god of healing. He killed the giant serpent that was destroying cattle throughout the land. He also killed his own son whose skill in healing endangered his father's reputation. He is the one who fashioned a fully functional arm of silver for Nuada.
Dil
(Ireland) Goddess of cattle.
Domnu
Mother goddess of the Fomors.
Dön
(There are two differing versions of Celtic Mythology with one of them probably based on the Welsh people's tales.)
1. Don, the mother goddess; the Welsh equivalent of the Irish Danu.
2. According to the predominant story, Dön 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.
Druantia
Goddess of fir trees.

Eadon
(Ireland) Goddess of poetry.
Elathan
A king of the Fomors.
Elen
(Wales) In the Mabinogian, the Welsh mythic epic, this heroine appears as the world's first highway engineer. When her land was threatened, she magically built highways across the country so that her soldiers could gather and defend it.
Ellylion
The Welsh elves.
Emer
(Irish) An exceptionally beautiful, and intelligent, woman who knew it! Before she would allow the hero Cuchulain to sleep with her she demanded a number of heroic tasks be successfully completed, reasoning that her superior endowments warranted it.
Epona
The horse goddess. Usually portrayed as riding a mare, sometimes with a foal.
Erc
A king of the Fir Bolgs at Tara.
Eremon
First king of Ireland.
Eri
(Irish) The mother of Bres.
Eriu
(Irish) The goddess for whom Ireland is named. In Gaelic Ireland is rendered as Erin, which means the "land of Eriu".
Esus
(Gaul) God equated with either Roman deity Mars or Mercury. Human sacrifices to Esus were hanged and skewered with a sword. Esus is usually pictured as a woodcutter. His sacred animal was the bull.
Etain
(Irish) An early sun goddess of ancient Ireland and wife to Mider.
Etan
Wife of Ogma.
Ethne
(Irish) An ancient Irish goddess that subsisted on the milk from a sacred cow from India.
Ethniu
Daughter of Balor.
 

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