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RavenStar · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:06 pm Post subject: Celtic Gods and Godesses

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This is a very long list... but hope someone will find something interesting here....

Aedh (fire).Irish.
A son of Ler. He is a Lord of fire, and may thus be considered as a
male aspect of the Brigit. He is one of the children of Ler
transformed into a swan by a wicked stepmother, see Conn for fuller
details.

Aengus (unique strength).Irish.
Son of the Daghda. Associated with birds, particularly songbirds. An
accomplished musician, He is considered a God of Beauty and
perfection of form.

Aeron (slaughtering).Welsh.
A war-god, a male Aspect of the Irish Morrigan. He is a later-period
male counterpart to Agrona, of earlier British belief.

Afagddu (utter darkness).Welsh.
The ill-favoured child of Ceridwen, whose name means "Dark"
or "Ugly", for whom the Potion of Knowledge is intended. This
Archetype reappears in the Arthurian cycle as a mortal warrior whose
unsurpassed ugliness prevents him from ever being struck at by an
opponent, for fear that he might be the Devil.

Agrona (slaughtering).British.
A warrior Goddess, seemingly a version of the Irish Morrigan, in that
she is associated with rivers as well. Later this archetype became
masculinized among the Cymri as Aeron, which see, above.

Aife I (pleasant, beautiful). Irish
Third wife of Ler, the evil stepmother of Aedh, Conn, Fiachra, and
Finnguala, who transforms them into talking swans in a heat of
jealous spite (she being childless). Her deed discovered, she herself
is transformed into a vulture, and made to stay eternally in the winds
.
Aife II (pleasant, beautiful). Irish
Lover of Ilbrech, she is transformed into a crane by a jealous rival.
In such form, and as a water-bird, she becomes a part of Manannan's
Realm; when at length she dies, he makes of her remains the fabulous
Crane Bag, in which he stores his chief treasures.

Aine (brightness, glow, splendour, glory).Irish.
A Faery Goddess of love and desire, she is also the tutelary Goddess
of Knockany, Munster. In that her name derives from the root
for "fire", She may be considered as an aspect of the Brigit. She is
sister to Grian; her father is either Fer Í or Eogabal.

Ancamna. Gaulish.
A Goddess known from inscriptions in the Moselle valley, near Trier.
Apparently recognized as a Consort to a divinity identified by the
Romans as Mars.

Andarta ( ... bear).Gaulish
An obscure continental Goddess known from inscriptions in Berne and
in the south of France. Apparently a Patroness of the Vocontii tribe,
and perhaps a counterpart or Aspect of Artio. She may also have a
connection with Andrasta (see immediately below).

Andrasta.British.
A warrior Goddess of the Iceni tribe, who accepted sacrifices of
hares and, perhaps, humans. She is perhaps best known as the deity
invoked by the Iceni warrior-queen Boudicca in her rebellion against
Rome. See also, Andarta immediately above, for a possible continental
connection.

Angus Scottish
The Scottish version of Aengus, and also a God of youthful vigour and
perfection of form. Much of His tale revolves around conflicts with
Cailleach Bheur, who attempts to deny Him His consort, Bride.

Arawn.Welsh.
Lord of Annwn, the underworld and realm of departed spirits. He makes
a pact with Pwyll, to exchange places with him for one year, in order
that Pwyll might defeat an enemy, King Hafgan. Though Arawn set no
conditions upon the exchange, when the pact was successfully
concluded and each 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 toward Pwyll.

Arduinna.Gaulish.
An Artemis/Diana-like figure, the tutelary Goddess of the Ardennes
Forest region. She seems to be a particular protectress of wild
boars, and is imaged as riding upon one at least once. Often
conflated with the Roman Diana.

Arecurius (one who stands before the assembly, lawgiver?). British.
A Tutelary God of northern Britannia during the Roman occupation.

Arianrhod (silverwheel).Welsh.
The mother of Llew, the tale of how she needed to be guiled into
granting him a name and arms is a mainstay of the Mabinogion. She is
associated with Night, with the star Polaris, and her hall is said to
be the aurora borealis. As her name clearly implies, she may very
well be a late version of a Moon-Goddess.

Artio (she-bear).Gaulish.
A Goddess of Bears, a protector and nurturer of ursine virtues.
Closely associated with the Helvetican city of Berne. See also,
Andarta.

Badb (raven) Irish.
One of the three Valkyrie-aspects of the Morrigan. As such, she is a
primary opponent of Cuchulainn.

Balor. Irish.
A King of the Fomorians, He is described as a one-eyed giant of
surpassing ugliness. His other eye, hidden beneath a drooping lid,
has the power to destroy an army if the eyelid is raised (it takes
four strong men to do so). He is slain by the son of his daughter
Eithne, Lugh.

Banbha (pig, sow).Irish.
One of the triplicity of Goddesses who are patronesses of all Ireland
(for whom, see Eriu and Fotla). Her Name derives from the same root
as "sow", or "pig". Banbha is the wife of the Tuatha King MacCuill.

Banghaisghidheach (white ...). Irish.
Chief of the cats of Kilkenny.

Banshee Irish and Scottish.
Any of a class of female spirits with a variable appearance -
sometimes as pale, ghostly maidens, sometimes as dark hags. They
foretell (but do not cause) death in a particular locale or among a
particular family or group by appearance and by a wailing shriek. See
also Cyhiraeth.

Belatucadros (shining one, bright). British.
Apparently an early version of Bran the Blessed, and clearly cognate
with Beli. He was honoured by common soldiers in the north of Britain
during the Roman occupation.

Belenus (bright). Gaulish.
The continental version of Beli, conflated by classical authors with
Apollo.

Beli (bright).Welsh.
Brother, or perhaps precursor, of Bran the Blessed, and reputed to be
father of all the Gods in some cycles. Quite possibly a solar deity
in early times.

Bendigeidfran.Welsh.
The Cymric equivalent of Bran.

Blodeuedd (flowerface).Welsh.
A woman created by Math out of flowers (those of Oak, Broom, and
Meadowsweet) to be a wife to Llew Llaw Gyffes. The match proved
unfortunate as she encompassed his death through infatuation with
another. For this, she was cursed by Gwydion to perpetual abhorrence
of sunlight, and transformed into an owl, a bird vilified and
detested by all other birds.

Boand (she of the white cattle).Irish.
Wife of Nechtain, and mother by the Daghda of Aengus Og. She is
associated with the river Boyne.

Bodb Dearg (Bodb the red).Irish.
A daughter of the Daghda, and the tutelary God over southern Connacht
and part of Munster.

Boudicca (victory).Irish/British.
A female personification of Victory, especially in a martial sense. A
very appropriate personification of her is seen in the historical
Boadicca, Queen of the Iceni, who fought the Romans to a standstill
in the first century CE. Although she ultimately lost, this original
Victoria resembles her namesake very strongly.

Bran (raven, crow).Irish.
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. His cauldron destroyed, and he mortally
wounded in a war to rescue his sister Branwen, he instructed his
adherents to decapitate him and, after many travels, bear the head to
London and bury it, where it would become a defense and a protection
to the whole Isle.

Branwen (white raven, white crow).Welsh.
In the Mabinogion, She is a central figure in being wed to the High
King of Ireland and thereby encompassing the doom of both the Irish
and Britons, when her brother Bran invades Ireland to rescue her from
the degradation she experiences at the hands of a vengeful Court.

Breas. Irish.
A solar deity, and ruler for a time of the Tuatha de Danaan.
Replacing Nuada after the latter's loss of his hand, Breas was noted
for his cruelty and arbitrary governance. He was harried from his
throne by being disfigured from a particularly scathing bardic
endictment by Cairbre.

Brianan ( ? ) Scottish
A very obscure figure, apparently a Divinity whose Name is used in
oaths and exclamations, often as an invoking force with which to hurl
fortune (sometimes good, but more usually bad) toward another.

Bride Scottish
Consort of Angus, a Scottish variant on Brigit.

Brigit (exalted one).Irish and British.
A triplicity of Goddesses associated with Fire and smithcraft, with
poetry, and with motherhood and childbirth. As an individual, she is
a daughter of the Daghda. In pre-Roman Britain, she was the tutelary
Goddess of the Brigantes tribe, and like so many Celtic Goddesses,
she has some riverine associations. She was conflated into Christian
mythology as Saint Brigit.

Cailleach Beara (crone of Beare).Irish.
A giantess associated with mountains. She holds in her apron huge
boulders with which to add to mountainous realms. She is a Tutelary
to southwest Munster. She also appears in tales describing a knight
being importuned by an old hag for love, acceptance of which
transforms her into a beautiful maiden.

Cailleach Bheur (genteel crone) Scottish
A giantess associated with Winter. She is said to be blue in color,
and a peculiarity of hers is that she emerges on Samhain as a ancient
hag, gradually ages in reverse, and disappears at Beltain as a young
and beautiful maiden.

Cairbre Irish.
Divine bard, son of Oghma and Etan. The power of his poetic eloquence
raised welts upon the face of Breas, King of the Tuatha de Danaan,
resulting in the loss of his throne (Kings must be unblemished
physically) when he insulted Cairbre.

Carlin Scottish
A spirit of the harvest, especially associated with Samhain-Eve (All-
Hallows Eve) as a protector against evil spirits - in elder times
images of Carlin made from ears of grain were placed in windows on
Hallowe'en night as a sign of his presence in the house, directed
toward "ghoolies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties, and things that
go 'bump' in the night".

Ceridwen (... white) Welsh.
A cauldron-Goddess associated with the brewing of a potion of
Knowledge which she created for the benefit of her child, Afagddu.
When the boy Gwion inadvertently tastes the brew instead, she pursues
him in a transformation hunt which is a thinly glossed description of
an initiatory rebirth. See also, Taliesin.

Cernunnos (horned one) Gaulish.
The horned God associated with the Wild Hunt. A lord of the natural
world, of animal and vegetive strength. See also, Gwynn and Herne.

Cian (distant, enduring (in time or space)).Irish.
A fairly obscure divinity, possibly the son of Dioncecht, and
certainly the father of Lugh. He has some associations with swine,
and could shape-shift into that form.

Conn (wolf ?, hound?). Irish.
A son of Ler, and twin brother of Fiachra. He, his twin, and two
other siblings (Aedh and Finnguala) are transformed into swans who
can speak and sing by a jealous and spiteful stepmother, Aife. They
spend many centuries in this form, and are eventually brought into
the household of a Christian missionary, who binds them together with
a silver chain. A Queen of Ireland hears of the remarkable birds and,
coveting them, attempts to seize them. In the ensuing struggle, the
chain breaks, and they become pillars of dust, representing human
bodies many centuries old.

Crearwy (light, beautiful). Welsh.
The favoured child of Ceridwen, sibling to Afagddu.

Credne (craftsman). Irish.
One of a triplicity of Smithy-Gods. He is an artisan of worked metal,
usually bronze, brass, or gold. The others are Goibhniu and Luchta.

Cruacha.Irish.
An obscure figure, maidservant to Etain.

Cúchulain (Hound of Culann, Colin's Dog).Irish.
Doubtlessly the best-known of the early Irish Heroes; ultimately
mortal, but of partially divine parentage; his father is Lugh.
Literature on Cúchulain is extensive, and he figures in a great many
tales and heroic cycles. Originally called Sétanta (and thereby
establishing a possible connection to an early Celtic tribe living in
Britain, the Setantii), he receives his name when, as a child of 7 he
inadvertantly kills the watchdog of the smith Culainn. He offers to
take the dog's place for a time, and is known as Culann's Hound ever
after. Described as short and dark, his battle-frenzy was legendary,
shaking him and distorting his features until it seemed certain he
would explode. Trained in martial skill (and love) by Scathach , he
is the quintessential Celtic hero, leading a frantically active life
in constant battle with enemies and seducing countless women. He is
primarily an Ulster tutulary, his home being what is now County
Louth. Early in his career, he was given a choice between a long and
peaceful life or a short but heroic one, and he chose the latter.
Thereafter, he finds himself often in conflict with one or another
aspect of Morrigan. In his final battle, he has himself strapped to a
pillar so that he might die standing. Afterwards, Morrigan sees to it
that his blood is scattered over the soil of Ireland.

CyhiraethBritish-Welsh
A water spirit, one especially associated with fountains, brooks, and
small streams. She had some attributes in common with the Scottish
Banshee, in that She was known to utter a piercing cry foretelling a
death.

Cymidei Cymeinfoll.Welsh.
A War-Hag, said to give birth every six weeks to a fully armed
warrior. Wife to Llasar, keeper of the Cauldron of Regeneration.

(the) Daghda (lord of skill).Irish.
An important figure associated with a sacred well, and water in
general. Also a fertility God. Various names and epithets (Eochaid
Ollathair, all-father; Ruadh Rofhessa, master of knowledge;
Deirgderc, redeye, the sun) of his seem to link him to horse-cults,
fire, and knowledge. He is the father of many of the others,
including Brigit, Mider, Aengus, Oghma, and Bodb Dearg. Interestingly
enough, he is often portrayed as a rather sly but bumptious rustic,
one who can be fooled, defeated, or bargained with by plying some
idiosyncrasy or personal trait. His favoured weapon is a giant club,
or maul.

Dáire MacDedad (based on a root for "fruitful, fertile"). Érainn
. A tutulary divinity among a people known as the Érainn, a Celtic
folk inhabiting some parts of Ireland before the arrival the Goidelic
Celts who form the basis for the Classic-age population, and who may
be the basis for tales of the Fomorians and Fir Bolg. There is some
type of connection between Him and a figure known as Bolg
(Lightning) - whether they are relatives or aspects of one another is
not clear. For another Erainn divinity, see also Mór Muman.

Danu. Irish,
Celtic, and general Aryan. A river Goddess whose name appears across
the face of Europe, the tutelary deity of many nations and places
(cf. Don River, Danube River, Denmark, etc.). In the isles, she was
the Mistress of the Tuatha De Danaan, the race of divine and semi-
divine inhabitants of Ireland before the coming of the Milesians.

Dioncecht (swift ...).Irish.
God closely associated with healing and mending of physical ills.
Don.Welsh.
The Cymric equivalent of Danu, which see, above. There seems to have
been some conflation between Don and St. Anne within Mediaeval times.

Donn (lord, master). Irish.
A God of the underworld, and of the dead. Associated territorially
with western Munster. The Romans recognized him as an aspect of their
own Dis Pater. Expectedly enough from his attributes, He is a silent
and solitary figure, unusual enough among the often tumultuous and
extroverted Irish divinities.

Druantia Gaulish ?
A forest Goddess, Patroness to coniferous trees, especially Firs. She
is said to be the "mother" of the Celtic Tree Calendar.

Ecne (Wise, enlightened).Irish.
An early divinity of wisdom and understanding, with possible
connections to poetry as well. He is said to be the grandson of Danu.

Efnisien (unpeaceful).Welsh.
Maternal half-brother to Bendigeidfran (Bran) and full brother to
Nisien. Quarrelsome and a natural antagonist, he is said to be able
to cause strife between two brothers when they were most loving. He
it is that is responsible for the heinous insult to the Irish leading
to Branwen's punishment; he it is that slays her son Gwern at the
feast of reconciliation. When the Irish begin using the Cauldron of
Regeneration to overwhelm Bran's forces, he feels remorse and,
pretending to be a slain Irish warrior, is cast alive into the
Cauldron, breaking it and killing himself.

Eochaid (horse-rider). Irish.
A very early Aspect of the Daghda, A solar deity associated with
lightning. Usually spoken of as one-eyed, and often refered to by an
epithet of Daghda's, Deirgderc, redeye, the sun.

Eogabal Irish.
An obscure figure, father (or perhaps grandfather) of Aine and Grian,
brother (or possibly father) to Fer Í.

Epona (divine horse). Gaulish.
Female associated with sovereignty and rulership. Aspect is as a
horse, which are sacred to her.

Eriu. Irish.
One of the triplicity of Goddesses who are patronesses of all Ireland
(for whom, see Banbha and Fotla). She it was whose name was applied
to all Ireland. Eriu is the wife of the Tuatha King MacGreine.

Ernmas.Irish.
Maternal divinity, the mother of the Morrigan triplicity and of the
Eriu triplicity.

Etain. Irish.
Second wife of Mider., and transformed by his jealous first consort,
Fuamnach, into a fly. By Eochaid She is the mother of Liban. She has
associations with horses, and may be a later period aspect of an
early sun goddess.

Etan .Irish.
Sometimes confused with Etain, above. The daughter of Dioncecht and
the wife of Oghma; she is considered a Patroness of craftsmanship and
artisans.

Fand (tear; but also Fann, weak or helpless person). Irish.
Wife of Manannan and a lover of Cuchullain. Her name apparently
derives from the same Aryan root that produces "Venus".

Fer Í (Man of Yew).Irish.
Divine harpist, seated and playing in his tree beside or above a
waterfall. Brother (or possibly son) of Eogabal, and uncle (or
possibly father) of Aine and Grian. His music had the power to make
all who heard it laugh, weep, or slumber, depending on His wish.

Fiachra. Irish.
A son of Ler, and twin brother of Conn, which see for a fuller
telling of their tale.

Fionn MacCumhaill (Finn MacCool) (Fionn = Fair, Light-haired)Irish.
Fionn is an Irish Hero, ultimately mortal but inhabiting a grey
region between mortality and divinity; he is, as it happens, a
maternal grandson of Nuada. The subject of thousands of tales, he
appears to be primarily a Leinster tutulary, and it has been
suggested that he evolved out of a time when clans living in Ulster
and worshipping a very obscure entity named Find were driven south
into Leinster by the Ui Niall. His character in the tales varies from
telling to telling; at times he is a paragon of the martial and
huntsman virtues, and in other contexts he is presented as bumptious,
crude, and oafish. In either case, he leads an incessently active,
vigorous, and frenetic life - constantly wooing maidens, fighting
various opponents, or getting involved in complex adventures. He has
connections to divine knowledge as well - one important tale has him
encountering while still a child a druid who has caught the Salmon of
Knowledge and is roasting it on a spit; Fionn reaches out to take a
piece but, burning his thumb, sucks it and thereby receives inner
wisdom. Note that his possible prototype, Find, was evidently a
divinity of wisdom and understanding.

Finnguala Irish
A daughter of Ler, sister to Aedh, Conn, and Fiachra and, like them,
a victim of Aife. She is also known as Nuala, as such regarded in
some legends as Queen of Faerie (connected thereby into English
mythology as Una).

Flidais (... deer).Irish.
A Celtic Artemis; a huntress figure associated with archery, the
sanctity of forests and the wildlife therein, and the chase. Unlike
Artemis, however, Her lustiness and sexual appetite is legendary. She
can be seen in forest, driving a chariot pulled by deer, and
accompanied by stags.

Fotla (Under-Earth). Irish.
One of the triplicity of Goddesses who are patronesses of All
Ireland. The others are Banbha and Eriu. Fotla is the wife of the
Tuatha King MacCeacht.

Gilfaethwy (servant of ...). Welsh.
The brother of Gwydion, his doom is encompassed by his uncontrolled
lust for Goewin.

Goewin. Welsh.
The footmaiden of Math, and the object of Gilfaethwy's uncontrolled
desires.

Goibhniu (smith).Irish.
A God of smithcraft, one of a trio (see also Credne and Luchta ).
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;
note the similarity with the Greco-Roman Hephaestus/Vulcan, a divine
smith who was also a brewer. His name survives in Abergavenny
(Goibhniu's River).

The Gorics Breton
Any of a class of minor cthonic Earth spirits, normally described
as "Gnomes", who indwell within dolmens and other megalthic remains.
The ruins at Tresmalouen host a subvariety, locally called Crions.

Grian.Irish.
Tutulary Deity of Cnoc Greine, Limerick. She has solar associations,
and is sister to Aine; her father is either Fer Í or Eogabal. She
also has some manner of association with Macha.

Gwydion.Welsh
The Cymric equivalent of Goibhniu. In Welsh sources his hall is the
Milky Way; he was a magician of high repute, and the tutor and mentor
of Llew.

Gwynn ap Nudd. (Southern) Welsh.
A Cthonic divinity, leader of the Wild Hunt, in chase of the White
Stag. Closely parallelling the Gaulish Cernunnos and British Herne,
he also has affiliations with the northern Welsh Arawn.

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.

Hafren.Welsh
Another river Goddess, she is the tutulary of the River Severn.

Ilbrech. Irish.
A son of Manannan, he rules over a section of County Donegal.

Ler. Irish.
A God of the sea. Father of Bran, Fiachra, Aedh, Manannan, and
numerous others.

Liban.Irish.
A water-spirit, the daughter of Eochaid, by Etain.

Llasar Llaes Gyfnewid. Welsh.
The husband of Cymidei, and bearer of the Cauldron later taken by
Bran.

Llew Llaw Gyffes (bright one of the steady hand).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 his
mother, Arianrhod, and is assisted by Gwydion. He is later severely
injured out of circumstances arising from his wife
Blodeuedd'sinfidelity. In all of this he displays a rather feckless
naivete, and does not appear as a pantheon Chieftain.

Llyr.Welsh.
The Cymric equivalent of Ler.

Luchta.Irish.
One of a triplicity of Smithy-Gods, his aspect is that of the wright,
a mechanic and artificer. The others are Credneand Goibhniu.

Luchtigern. (mouse-lord).Irish.
Chief of the mice of Kilkenny, slain by Banghaisghidheach.

Lugh (light, brightness). Irish.
Son of Cian, and considered the chief Lord of the Tuatha De Danaan,
the Celtic Zeus. His archetype appears to derive from an early solar
deity, and he has many epithets and sobriquets, among which:
Lamhfhada, Long-arm, refering to his skill with spear or sling;
Samildanach, much-skilled, having many talents; Ildanach, seer; and
Maicnia, boy-warrior.

MacCeacht (Son of the Plow). Irish.
Child of the Daghda, husband of Fotla, ruler of the Tuatha de Danaan.

MacCuill (Son of the Hazelwood). Irish.
Child of the Daghda, husband of Banbha, ruler of the Tuatha de
Danaan.
MacGreine (Son of the Sun). Irish.
Child of the Daghda, husband of Eriu, ruler of the Tuatha de Danaan.

Macha (field, plain). Irish.
One of the three Valkyrie-aspects of the Morrigan.

Maeve. Irish.
A War-Goddess, tutulary divinity of the Sovereignty of Ireland and of
Tara, the mystical heart of the island.

Manannan (he of the [Irish] sea). Irish.
A child of Ler, and the principal sea-God; his name seems to derive
from an earlier form of the Isle of Man. He possesses among other
things, the fabulous Crane-Bag, holder of all his treasures,
including Language. As with many Aryan Sea-Gods, he has a close
association with horses.

Maponus. British.
Lord of poetry and music; revered during the Roman occupation of
Britain.

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 spoken that was uttered in the presence of the
slightest breeze; the wind would carry the words to him.

Mathonwy. Welsh.
Father to Math.

Mabon (son, youth). Welsh.
The God associated with youthfulness, he is sometimes conflated with
Pryderi. His full name is "Mabon Ap Modron", which simply means "Son,
son of Mother".

Manawydan.Welsh.
The Cymric equivalent to Manannan.

Mider (central one). Irish.
His Name derives from the root for "middle", and implies judgement or
negotiation. Among the Tuatha De Danaan, he is a chieftain, and known
for his stinginess and misplaced pride. His first consort was
Fuamnach, who transformed his second, Etain, into a fly.

Modron (mother). Welsh, British, and Gaulish.
Often conflated with the Roman Matrona, she is the Tutelary of the
Marne in Gaul. In Britain, she appears as a washerwoman, and thus
there would seem to be a connection with the the Morrigan.

Mór Muman (The Great One of Munster).Érainn.
A tutulary divinity among a people known as the Érainn, a Celtic folk
inhabiting some parts of Ireland before the arrival the Goidelic
Celts who form the basis for the Classic-age population, and who may
be the basis for tales of the Fomorians and Fir Bolg. She has solar
connections and sovereignty associations, and seems also to be one
basis for the Morrigan triplicity. Mysterious and not well
understood, most tales of Her are late accretions from the Middle
Ages. See also, Dáire.

(the) Mórrigan (great queen).Irish.
A triplicity of Valkyries (see Badb, Macha, and Nemain), exalting in
battle frenzy, chaos, and the gore of slaughter. She/they have a
particular role in being the Choosers of the Slain; selecting,
severing from the body, and guiding to the afterworld the spirits of
fallen warriors. She has, however, many and diverse aspects and
functions. She has been closely associated with water in general, and
rivers in particular. She seems in this latter aspect to be a chooser
of the slain as well, in that she is seen by those whose fate it is
to die in an upcoming battle as a crone, washing their clothing
beside a river. See also Morgan le Fay, for a late version.

Nechtain (?, but cf. the Latin "Neptune").Irish.
Another water-spirit, He is associated with a sacred Well within
which live the Salmon of Knowledge. He is closely associated with the
Daghda, and has been conflated with him.

Nehalennia (steerswoman ?).Gallo-Belgic.
Primarily associated with protection of travelers over the sea. Her
known temple locations are always on the coast, and surviving
inscriptions often praise her for successfully completed voyages, or
implore her for similar journeys to come. She is invariably
associated with a large dog as a companion. She has occasionally been
conflated with the Roman Goddess Fortuna. Note also the Anglo-Saxon
Elen.

Nemain (frenzy). Irish.
One of the three Valkyrie-aspects of the the Morrigan.

Nemetona (she of the sacred grove). Gaulish.
A Continental Deity revered during Roman times; her name may be
cognate with the Irish Valkyrie Nemain, and in fact the Romans seem
to have regarded her as having some connection with Mars.

Nisien (peaceful).Welsh.
Maternal half-brother to Bendigeidfran (Bran) and full brother to
Efnisien. Well-favored, he was a natural diplomat of whom it was said
that he could make a peace between two embattled armies at the height
of their fury. He spent much of his time repairing the damage done by
Efnisien.

Noudens. Gaulish.
A derivation from Nuada, and as such revered during Roman times.This
name has the somewhat unenviable distinction of being borrowed by H.
P. Lovecraft to play a bit part in his famous Cthulhu Cycle.

Nuada (cloud maker or catcher).Irish.
A warrior God, He was twice king over the Tuatha De Danaan. He lost
his office when his arm was severed in combat with the Fomorians; as
Kings must be physically whole, he could not resume his kingship
until Dioncecht fashioned a silver arm for him, whereupon he was
restored to the throne in replacement to the ousted Breas.

Nudd. Welsh.
Another form of Nuada.

Oghma. Irish.
A child of the Daghda, a warrior God who is closely connected to
knowledge, magick, and eloquence. He is the inventor of Ogham script,
the Celtic variety of runes; and note well, he is said to have
designed the letters as a way of encoding knowledge--- they were not
granted to him by mystical vision.

Ogmios. Gaulish.
The continental equivalent of Oghma, portrayed as a bald old man
leading a contented group of followers by chains attached to their
ears.

Pryderi (care, thought). Welsh.
The son of Pwyll, whom he succeeds in his lands. He is stolen away as
a newborn infant by a nameless Fiend who, on a horse-thieving
expedition, drops him once more into the world when it is struck a
blow by the guardian of the horses. Note the equine connection with
his mother, Rhiannon.

Pwyll (wisdom, prudence). Welsh.
Lord of Arberth. Father of Pryderi, Husband of Rhiannon, trusted
associate of Arawn as related in the first book of the Mabinogi.

Rhiannon. Welsh.
Wife of Pwyll, mother of Pryderi. Unjustly accused of destroying Her
newborn son (who had been kidnapped by a nameless Fiend; see above),
She is compelled to take on the role of a horse, until Her son is
unexpectedly returned to her. She is considered as an aspect of the
Gaulish Epona, and the Irish Morrigan.

Scathach (Shadowed) Irish/Scottish.
"Lady of Shadows", or, "of the Shadowy Isle". She is a warrior, with
additional associations in smithcraft and oracular wisdom. She dwells
in Albannach (Scotland), on (most tales agree) the Isle of Skye
(Scaith), and is best known as the tutor of Cuchulainn in the arts of
both love and war.

Sequanna. Gaulish.
Patron Goddess of the River Seine.

Silvanus.
A woodland spirit associated with parks, villas, and fields, and at
an earlier date associated with the forest beyond the settlements,
the wildwood. He is a Roman Deity, but so closely did He resonate
with Celtic notions that He is often combined with other Celtic
Deities of similar attributes. But note well one difference: to the
Roman, the Forest was a place of fear, a nightmare land of chaos, and
thus Silvanus had for them a shadowy or darker side; to the Celt,
however, the Forest was Home, and as such held no mystery or fear.

Sinann. Irish.
Patron Goddess of the River Shannon.

Sirona (divine star).Gaulish.
A Continental divinity of healing and fertility.

Tailltiu. Irish.
Tutulary Goddess of the Telltown region of Ulster.

Taliesin (radiant-brow).Welsh.
A semi-mythical figure whose life has become deeply intertwined with
the Divinities of the Celts. He apparently lived in the 6th century
CE, and was regarded as the premier bard, or poet of his or any other
time. A book of his work exists, set down in the 13th century;
several of the works within it are regarded as genuine. He figures in
many tales, but chief among them is the story that he began as the
boy Gwion, was asked by the Cauldron-Crone Ceridwen to watch the
vessel in which she brewed a Knowledge potion, inadvertently tasted
it himself, was pursued by her in a chase involving many shapeshifts,
and was at length swallowed by Her, to be reborn nine months later as
the Divine bard Taliesin.

Taran (thunder). Welsh/Continental.
A war god who may very well be the source of the image I describe as
the God of the Wheel, below.

Tuireann. Irish.
Son of Oghma and Etan, Husband to the Brigit.

from obsidians dictionary of pantheons