CELTIC GODS AND GODDESS

Abnoba

the Goddess of the Hunt.

Adsagsona

Goddess of the underworld and of magic.

Aenugs mac Og(Angus, Angus Og, Oengus)

God of Love and Beauty; The healer of souls, associated with romance and courting.

Aife (Aoife) A Scottish Queen

whose rival was the Amazonian queen Scathach; consort of the sea god Manannan.

Aine

Irish Earth and Sun Goddess of the summer soltice and Midsummers Eve,with Finn as her consort; sorceress and Queen of the Faery, begotten by thespirits of fire and night; mate to Lugh.

Airmed

Goddess of witchcraft and herb lore.

Amaethon

Agriculture and harvest God called the Harvest King, who is associatedwith the fruits of the harvest and the sickle, hoe, and plow.

Andraste Andrasta

Fertility, war and death Goddess associated with sanctuaries in scared woods,like the one that existed on the Island of Mona(Anglesey).

Andraste

(Britain)

Warrior Goddess, the Goddess of Victory

Aobh

Goddess of Ireland(Eire) and wife of Llyr, the sea God.

Arawn

Death, war, and ancestral God who was the King of Annwn, of the underworld, and associated with the swine, magical beasts, the ancestral trees, water springs, shape-shifting,and the cauldron.

 

Ardwinna

Goddess of the Forests and woods.

Arianrhod

Stellar and lunar Goddess; daughter of Don (Dana); sister to Gwydion, Gbannon, and Amaethon; keeper of the "Silver Wheel" or "Silver Disc." Her palace is the Corona Borealis, which is called the Caer Arianrhod (the Northern Crown).

Artio

Celtic fertility Goddess of wildlife, who is portrayed in the form of a bear.

Badb (Badhbh, Badb Catha, Bav Bov, Bodhbh)

Druidess of the Tuatha De Danann and the Goddess of war, inspiration, fury, and wisdom; known as the Battle Raven, with her name meaning "Scald-crow"; sister to Anu, Morrigu, and Mancha.

Banba

Irish Earth Goddess representing the scared land; part of the triad that included Folta and Eriu.

 

Bebhionn

An Irish Underworld Goddess of Pleasure.

Bel (Belie, Eel, Belenus, Belenos)

Sun God of Light and healing referred to as "The Shining One." His wife is the Goddess Belisama; associated with a golden harp, golden curved sword, a and the sun disc; may also correspond to Bael, "The Source of Light or Life."

Belissama

Associated with the rising sun, a young Goddess of fire whose name means "like unto flame" and the bright and shinning one"; wife of Belenus.

Belisana

Goddess of healing, laughter, and the forests; assocaited with the sun's warmth and woodland plants and animals.

Blodenweld ( Blodewedd, Blodeuedd)

The most beautiful and treacherous Sun and Moon Goddess; called "White Flower" or "Flowerface"; associated with the white owl, the dawn, primroses. broom, cockle, oak, and meadowsweet.

Boann (Boi, Boanna)

"She of the White Cow" and Mother of the herds, she is a fertility Goddess of the river Boyn, fwife of the Daga, and mother to Angus Og, Bridget, Bdb the Red, Mider and Ogma.

Bodb Derg (Bodb the Red)

The son of Daga and Boann, Bard of the Tuatha De Danann, and King of the Sidhe.

Borvo (Bormo, Bormanus)

Healing God of unseen and concealed truth and inspiration through dreams; Fire of water, the golden God, a Celtic Apollo, associated with hot springs, a flute, the sun disc, and a golden harp.

Bran (Bron)

God of music and prophecy, protector of bards and poets: associated with sining, the Bard's harp, and the Sacred Head.

Branwen

Welsh love Goddess called the White-Blossomed One and Venus of the Northern Sea. Her names means White Raven.

Bres

God of fertility and agriculture and one of the first kings of the Tuatha De Danann.

Bridget (Bride, Brigid, Brigandu, briget, Brede)

Fertility Goddess of the Sacred Fire, the Sun, hearth, and home. Fire of fire, the bride Goddess of inspiration, poetry, medicine, healing, and smithcraft; daughter of Dagda and Boann, and wife to Bres; associated with the fire pot, Bridget's brass shoe, and the spindle and distaff.

Brigantia

Celtic Briton Goddess of nature and the Sun; associated with the rivers, mountains, and valleys of the countryside.

Bronach

An Irish Goddess of cliffs and precipices.

Caer

An Irish swan maiden and wife to Angus.

Cailleach

An Ancient Goddess of the pre-Celtic peoples of Ireland, who controls the seasons and the weather; she was the Goddess of Earth, Sky, Moon, and Sun.

Camulus

Celtic War God

Carman

A dark Goddess of destruction and ignorance. She had three sons; Dub(darkness), Dother(evil), and Dian(violence)

Cileac Bheur

The Scottish Goddess of winter. Her staff can freeze the ground and wither crops.

Ciodna

Young aspect of the Dark Goddess; her name means "Shapely One"; bird Goddess and Faerie Queen associated with extraordinary beauty, shape-shifting, and apples; accompanied by three magical birds.

Concobar, mac Nessa

"Concobar the son of the Black Queen"; also called Diamaide, "The Terrestrial God." Was the High Kind of Ulster and head of the Red Branch Heroes. His sister is Dechtere and Cu Chulain is his nephew.

Condatis

British War God

Cordemanon

God of knowledge, anscetry, and travel; associated with the Great Book of Knowledge, stone circles, and sacred sites.

 

Coventina

Goddess of the well and the womb of the Earth; associated with healing springs, sacred wells, childbirth, renewal, and the earth.

Creiddylad (Creudaylad)

Daughter of the Sea God Llyr and a sea queen,

Creidne (Creidhne, Credne)

Master sword maker named "The Bronze Worker"; associated with smiths, wrights, metal-working, and craftspersons.

 

Crom

God of storms, lighting, and thunder.

Cu Chulainn

The Hound of Culainn, he was born with the strength of a man & a burning rage to conquer all in his path; champion of Erin. His consorts are the Goddessess Fand, Aifa, & Finnabair-and Emer, who was a mortal woman-and he's the son of Lugh and Dechtire.

Dagda (Dagda Mor, Eochaidh Ollathair, Ruadh Rofhessa)

The "Good God" and Good Hand"; chieftain Earth God of life, death, wisdom, prosperity, abundance, and knowledge; husband to Boann and consort to Ethniu, Crea, & Morrigan. His Daughters are Brigit, Ceacht, & Porsaibhean, & his son's are Angus Og, Bodb the Red, Mider, & Ogma; associated with the oak trees, the flesh hook, a magical sword, the club, an inexhaustable cauldron, a magical harp, the chalice, & the rods of command; ruler of the bright half of the year.

Damona

Goddess of fertility and healing; her name means "divine cow."

Dana (Danu, Dannu, Anu, Ana, Anna, Ann, Don)

The Mother Goddess from whom the Tuatha De Danann were descended. Goddess of nature & consort of Bile. Descended from Nemed, shape-shifter & Goddess of wisdom and creation.

Dechtere (Cechtire)

She is refered to as a Goddess and sometimes as a mortal. She is the sister of Concobar mac Nessa & thus the daughter of the Black Queen(Nessa) & mother to Cu Chulain.

Deidre

"One who gives warning," or the older form of Derdriu, "Oak prphet"; a humanized Goddess in the Red Branch tale of the Exile of the son's of Uisnach; the daughter of the God Morgan.

Dewi

The Red Dragon God, which is the emblem of Wales.

Dia Griene

The darughter of the Sun in ancient Scotland.

Dainacht

"God of Curing or Swift in Power." Dainacht is the God of herbalism and healing; healing physician to the Gods; associated with the mortar and pestle. He is the father of Armedda and Miach, and grandfather to Lugh.

Donn

"The Brown or Darlk one" is the God of the Dead.

Dumiatis (Dumeatis)

God of creative thoght and teaching.

Dunus

The God of mountains and fortifications.

Dwyn

The God of love and mischief.

Edain (Etain)

Goddess of beauty and grace, and wife of King Mider; One of the "White Ladies' of Faery.

Eithlenn (Ethniu, Ehtna)

She is the daughter of Baler of the evil eye, the consort of the Dagda, and the mother of Lugh.

Elayne (Elen, Elen Lwyddawg)

Warrior Mother and Leader of the Hosts; powerful Goddess of Eire(Ireland), leadership and war.

Epona

The horse Goddess.

Eri (Irish)

The mother of Bres.

Erie (Eriu)

The Triple Mother Goddess of Erin, someimes kwon as Ir, from the which Ireland, the land of Ir, is derived; shape-shifter and Goddess of Sovereignty of the Land.

Esus

Aspect of the Dark God; woodland God associated with hunting, the sword, the Golden Bull(Tarvos), and the bow and arrow; pictured as woodcutter.

Fagus

Monadic God of all beech trees.

Fal

God of the wheel of light, with which he can perform great magic, including flying through the air.

 

Fand

Shape-shifter and Faery Queen of Ireland; daughter of the sea and wife to the sea God Manannan; ruler of the magical "Land Over Wave" and associated with the seagull.

Fen

A war Goddess associated with Morrigan.

Fend

The Sea Goddess and consort of Manannan mac Llyr.

Findabair

Goddess of Connacht and the Otherworld, of beauty, grace, and love; duaghter of Queen Medb of the Faery, who married a mortal man named Fraech.

Fliodhas

Goddess of the woodlands; protector of animals and forests, assoicated with the toe.

Gabba (Gabis of the Abyss)

Dark Queen and crone faceof the Drk Mother; her name means

Gobannon (Govannon, Goibniu, Goibhnie, Goibnll)

The Divine Smith and God of Magic, aka "Gobban the Wright & Gobban Saer, "The Master Mason."

Grian

Goddess of the Sun.

Gwalcmei

God of love & music & son of the Goddess Mei; the "Hawk or Falcon of May."

Gwydion

Shape-shifter & God of the arts, eloquence, Kindness, & magic.

Gwyn ap Nudd

God of the Otherworld, the death chase, & the Wild Hunt.

Hellith

God of the setting Sun & protector of souls of the dead.

Hertha(Herdda)

Earth Goddess of rebirth and healing.

Kernunnos(Kairn, Kairnunos)

Lord of animals & God of life, death, wealth, & knowledge.

Kerridwen (Cerridwyn, Ceridwyn)

The Goddess of knowledge & wisdom, who possessed the cauldron of inspiration.

Letha

Midsummer harvest Goddess

Llyr (Ler, Lir, Lear, Leer)

Sea God of music & King of the oceans.

Luchta (Lucta, Luchtaine)

Carpenter God & shield maker for the Tuatha De Danann.

Lugh (Lug, Lleu, Llew, Llaw Gyffes)

Champion of the Tuatha De Danann, Sun God, & Master of all arts; God of poets, Bards, smiths, & war.

Mabon (Mapon, Maponus)

"The Divine Son" & "the Son of Light"; God of sex, love, magic, prophecy, and power.

Macha (MAha)

A war Goddess & Druidess of the Tuatha De Danann. She may correspond to the Gaulish Epona -- the horse Goddess of wisdom. Emhain Macha (EVan MAha), "The tracing of Mach," was named after her, as was Ard Macha, or Armagh as it's know today.

Macha (Emhain Macha)

Irish Queen & Threefold Sun Goddess of fertility, war, & ritual games; the "Sun Woman" & wife to Nemed & Nuada; associated with the horse, raven, & crow.

Manannan (Mannan ap Llyr, Mannan Mac Llyr)

Shape-shifter; teacher; God of magic, the sea, & travel; cosort Rhiannon, consort to Fand, and son of Llyr. The Land of Promise, an Elysian island, his haime(home).

Math (son of Mathonwy)

Seasonal King and Welsh God of Magic, wisdom, enchantment, & sorcery; uncle & teacher to Gwydion; master Druid and teacher.

Medb (Maeve, Mab, Medhbh)

"Intoxication or Mead." She is a Warrior Queen & Goddess of sex, fertility, and sovereignty.

Mei (Mai, Meia)

Gwalchmei & a solar & Earth Goddess.

Merlin (Myrddin)

Woodland and nature God.

Mider (Midir)

The Faery King, God of the Undrworld, & consort to Etain: Bard & chess player; associated withe the Isle of Man, the Faery hill of Bri Leith, the chess board, and game pieces; son of Dagda & Boann, & brother to Angus, Bodb the Red, Lugh, Ogma. Mider's sister is Brigit. He is also the Sidhe Lord of Bri Leith.

Modrona (Modron, Madrona, Matrona)

The Great Mother of Mabon (light).

Morgana

The Death Mother and the Queen of Death, Goddess of fertility & war; daughter of Llyr (the sea) and Anuand (a shape-shifter).

Morrigan (Morrigana)

"The Phantom Queen or Great Queen" and a sea Goddess, she is the triple Goddess of War, who shape-shifts into a raven.

Morrigu

The Dark Gray Lady & Queen of the Sea; Goddess of life, death and magic.

Nantosuelta

River Goddess whose consort is Sucellos.

Nemetona

Protectress of the sacred Dyrnnemeton, Warrior Goddess of the oak groves, & patron of thermal springs.

Nemon (Neman, Nemain)

Daugther of Ernmas and sister to Macha, Goddess of War, whose name means "Venomous One" or "Frenzy."

Nessa

"The Black Queen," who is the mother of Concobar & Dechtire, & the grandmother of Cu Chulain.

Nimue (Niniane, Niviene, Nymmenche)

Student & Teacher to Merlin, her consort.

Nodenas

God of dreams and sleep.

Nuada (Lludd, Nudd, Lludd Llaw Ereint)

The Good Father; first king of Tara; consort to Fea, the war Goddess, & to Morrigan; powerful chieftain God of thunder, kingship, rebirth, war, & wealth, who carries one to the Tuatha De Danann's four treasures: the sword from Findias.

Nwyvre

God of space & firmament, & consort to Arianrhod.

O Donoghlle

The God of Lough Lean in Killarney, who visits the land of mortals at sunrise every Beltaine.

Ogma (Ogmios)

"the Binder," also known as the Trenfher, "Champion or Strong Man," & Grianainech, "Of the Sun-like Couuntenance." The God of eloquence, knowledge, & literature.

Pryderi

Youthful shape-shifter God & son of the Goddess Rhiannon and the God Pwyll.

Pwyll

Prince of Dyfed & King of the Otherworld. A pack of hounds accompanies him.

Rhiannon

Queen Mother, Qeen Mare, or the Great Queen, wife of Pwyll & Manannan.

Robur

Forest King & Monadic Tree God of the forests, particularly oaks.

Rosemerta

Goddess of abundance and plenty; wufe to Lugh.

Sadv

The ancient deer Goddess of the forests & nature; mother to Oisin, the poet.

Scathach (Scatbach)

"The Shadowy One"; a war Goddess who ran a school for young heroes (ie: Cu Chulain).

Sinann (Sinand)

The Goddess of the River Shannon. The White Trout & the Salmon of Knowledge are mostlikely avatars or incarnations of Sinann. AKA Cailb, Samuin (or Samain), Sesclend, Sodb, Saiglend, Samklocht, Gall, Cell, Dichoem, Dichuil, Dichuimne, Dichiunne, Dame, Darine, Der Uane, Egam, Agam, Gnim, Cluche, Cethardam, Nith Neuin, Noenden, Badb, Blosc, Blear, Uaet, Mede, Mod-----& she recited this list in one breath.

Sirona

Solar & atral Goddess; Brovo is her consort.

Smertullos

The Preserver & Lord of Protection, God of the abyss & unmanifested.

Sucellos

River God & twin to the Dagda, shape-shifter & god of fertility & death.

Taillte

Irish Earth Goddess & foster mother to Lugh.

Taliesin

Son of Kerridwen; poet, prophet, & bard.

Taranis

God of thunder, storms, & seasonal cycle.

Tarvos Trigaranos

God of vegetation & virility.

Tethra

Sea God of magic.

Tlachtga

The Matron Goddess of Tara.

Triana

The Triple Goddess; Sun-Ana, Earth-Ana, & Moon-Ana; Goddess of healing, knowledge, higher love & wisdom.

Vivianna (Vivian, Vivien)

Goddess of love, birth, life, mothers, childbirth, & children. Her consort is Merlin.

 

 

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