Celtic Gods.pdf

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Abandinus ( Romano-Celtic) A god of whom we know little of, except an

inscription reference in Cambridgeshire, England.

Abarta (Irish) "Performer of Feats". A God of the Tuatha Dé Danann .

Abelard & Heloise (Breton) God of love, loyalty, and couples. He and

Heloise died together and were buried in the same tomb. They were faithful

in their love until the end. Two tree's, one dark skinned and one light are

said to have grown intertwined above their joint grave.

Abellio (Gaelic) A god of apple trees. A local deity of the Garonne valley.

Abhean (Irish) The harper God of the Tuatha Dé Danann .

Accasbel (Irish) The God of mead and wine. Was said to have created the

first public drinking establishment in Ireland.

Adammair (Irish) A God of sex and stamina. The husband of the mistress

of the beasts, Flidais. He was such a virile lover that it is said to have taken

seven mortal women to satisfy him.

Addanc (Welsh) Addanc is part of the Celtic flood myth. The same as the

Judeo-Christian flood with Moses. He was said to have created and rode a

giant wave on the flood near his home on the Lake of Waves. The God

Dwyvan and his wife, Dwyfach escaped the flood in an arc. He was slain by

Peredur. and the waters receded.

Adna (Irish) He was a Bard God in the employment of King Conchobar.

Aeda (Welsh) He was the dwarvish faerie king who sought after the hand

of the giantess, Vivionn, whom he later killed.

Aedh (Irish) Son of Ler, sometimes considered the Father of Macha. He is

a Lord of fire, and may thus be considered as a male aspect of Brigit. He

was a fourth century B.C.E. King of Ireland who ruled jointly with his two

brothers, Climbaeth and Dithorba, which make up one of the little known

male triplicities in Celtic Lore.

Aengus (Irish) Also known as Aengus MacOg . He was a harpist of the

Tuatha De Danann and the son ofthe Daghda and Boand. Associated with

birds,"songbirds". He is considered a God of Beauty, Perfection and Love.

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He was a renown musician, though there is no accountance of him being a

bard.

Aericura (Romano-Celtic) A chathonic underworld god.

Aesun (Irish) An Irish God who's name means, "to be" Aesun is mostly

reffered to by the Persians and in Scandinacia.

Ai (Irish) or Aoi Mac Olloman The bard and poet God of the Tuatha Dé

Danann . Son of Olloman.

Aichleach (Irish) Also spelled Ailach . He killed Fionn MacCumhal during

the Fianna rebellion.

Ailill Agach (Irish) Also known as Ailill Edge of Battle . He is the father

of mythic voya ger Mail Duin. He was killed by a rival clan from Leinster

prior to his sons voyage.

Ailill Dubh-Dedach (Irish) A warrior God who like the Greek Achilles,

could not be harmed by any weapon, yet the myths allude his only one

weakness. He was killed trying to win the hand of Princess Delbchaem.

Ainle (Irish) The brother of Naoise and Ardan. One of the little known male

Trinities.

Aitherne (Irish) He is a bard and God of courage. He stole the infamous

three cranes of denial, deceit, and Churlishness from King Midhir, which

took away Midhir's access to the Land of the dead leaving him vulnerable.

Alaunus (Germanic) He's the Celtic version of Apollo, who was revered in

the areas of Mannheim and Salzburg in Germany.

Albiorix (Gaulish) Also known as Teutates . " King of the World "

Alisanos (Gualish) Also known as Alisaunus . A Gaulish God of stone,

specific to the region of the Cite d'Or . He was most likely the diety of the

standing stones of Brittany.

Amaethon (Welsh) Also Amathaon The god of agriculture, son of the

goddess Don. He is directly responsible for the war between the deities of

the underworld, led by Arawn, and the Children of Don. In the Battle of the

Trees ( Battle of Cath Godeau ) Amaethon's brother Gwydion transformed

trees into warriors with whose help the deities of the underworld were

defeated.

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Ambisagrus (Breton) Originally from Gual Ambisagrus was a God of

rain, wind, hail and fog. He is the equal to the Roman God Jupiter.

Amergin (Irish) A harper God of magick and seer's. Many poems today

parting wish of the Goddess triplicity, Fodhla, Erie, and Banbha that

Ireland would be named for them so that the glory of the Tuatha De Danann

would not be forgotten.

Amorgin (Irish) Another poet God who is boasted for wisdom, wealth, and

his quick tongue. The father of Conall of the victories.

Angus (Gaelic) or, Angus Mac Oc His name means "son of the young";

A Gaelic Eros known for his physical beauty and golden hair; his kisses

become birds.

Angus Og (Irish) or, Aengus Og , Also known as Oenghus . He is the son

of Dagda and Boann, Brother of Danu. He is the god of fatal love (a kin to

Cupid). Angus' kisses turn into singing birds, and the music he plays

draws all who hear it to his side.

Anind (Irish) A God of Immortality. He could not be bound to his grave for

he sprung to life each time it was dug. He was later inshrined at Dun na

Sciath, a circular stone fort in West Ireland.

Anluan (Irish) A Connacht warrior who fought against Ulster Red Branch

Warriors . He led Queen Maeves three thousand troops into battle where he

was beheaded, but victorious.

Arannan (Irish) A son of Milesius, who climbed to the top of the

shipsmast during the invasion of Ireland. He fell and was killed. Legends

attribute his death to the Tuatha De Danann 's Protection spell.

Arawn (Welsh) Arawen, Arawyn, Arrawn ) Lord of Annwn , the

underworld and realm of departed spirits. Arawen rode a pale horse and

with a pack of white hounds with red ears he would hunt to gather souls for

the otherworld. The god Amathaon stole his dogs, named lapw ing and

roebuck, which led to the Battle of the Trees where his forces were

defeated. A tale in the Mabinogion tells of how he makes a pact with Pwyll,

to exchange places with him for one year, in order that Pwyll might defeat

his enemy, King Hafgan. Though Arawn set no conditions upon the

exchange, when the pact was successfully concluded and each of them

had returned to his own heritage, Arawn discovered that Pwyll had denied

himself of his own accord the rights of a husband to Arawn's Lady. Thus

Arawn swore an eternal vow of friendship and support to Pwyll and

bestowed unto him the title Pen Annwn. Sucellos is his Gualish equal.

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Arca Dubh (Irish) He was a king of the minor Irish kingdom known as

Airgialla. He possessed a great shield that none could penetrate. On it's

top sat Babd, the Irish Goddess of war and death in her crow form. He is

also thought to be the same as Goll MacMorna, a fierce Fianna warrior. He

was partially blind, but deemed the greatest seer in Celtic history.

Ard Greimme (Irish/Scottish) His name means "high power". He was an

ancient Sun God and father of the famed warrioress sisters Aife and

Scathach.

Artaius (Gaulish) A God of sheep and cattle hearders from Celtic Gual.

The Romans identified him with Mercury.

Avagdu (Welsh) Afagddu Son of Cerridwen and Tegid, dubbed the

ugliest child in the world while his sister, Creirwy, was most beautiful. Due

to a potion brewed by his mother he became what was said to have been

the most learned man in the world.

Avalloc (Welsh) The father of the goddess Modron. His status is unclear,

but he is occasionally mentioned as the king of the otherworld or the

kingdom of Avalon.

Balor (Irish) He is the god of death and the king of the Fomorians, a race

of giants who were the enemy of the Tuatha de Dannan. He was the son of

Buarainech and the husband of Cethlenn. Although Balor was born with

two good eyes, one was ruined in an accident; the eye is so hideous that

he only opens it in battle so that its venom will slay whoever is unlucky

enough to catch glimpse of it; his daughter marries Cian .

Belatu-Cadros (Welsh) Also known as Belatucadros . A god of war and

of the destruction of enemies. His name means "fair shining one". The

Romans equated him with their god Mars.

Belenus (Gualish) Also known as Bel or Belenos . God of light, and

referred to as " The Shining One ". He is in charge of the welfare of sheep

and cattle. His wife is the goddess Belisama. He can be compared with

Apollo and Minerva of Rome, and with the Irish god Bile. His festival is

Beltine , in May.

Beli (Welsh) Brother of Bran the Blessed, and reputed to be father of all

the Gods in some cycles. The Name is derived from root for "bright".

Compaired to Bile, Bel, and Belenos.

Bendigeidfran (Welsh) The Cymric equivalent of Bran.

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Bile (Irish) The god of the underworld, life and death. He is regarded as

the ancestor of the Iri sh. His consort is the Goddess Danu. Bile is the father

of Mil. Legend has it that he arrived on May 1 with his son and grandsons

at the river Kenmare and drove the Tuatha Dé Danann to the underworld.

Upon their arrival they met three goddesses who embodied Ireland. They

made the invaders promise that they name the island after one of the

goddesses, and they chose Eriu. Thus, Eire, Eyre, and Eiriu are the Irish

names for Ireland. He is also known as Bel, Belenus, and the Welsh god

Beli.

Borvo (Gaulish) Also known as Bormanus , and Bormo . His name means

"To Boil". The God of hot mineral springs and healing. He was identified

with Apollo by the Romans.

Bran (Irish) " The Raven " A master of the Isle of Britain, he is a cauldron

God, associated with a cauldron of regeneration which would revive the

slain while leaving them voiceless. Being mortally wounded and his

cauldron destroyed; he instructed his adherents to decapitate him and bear

the head to London to bury it, where it was to become a protectant to the

Isle. He is the son of Llyr and Penarddun, and brother of Branwen and

Manawydan.

Bress (Gaelic/Irish) ( Bres ) Elathan's son; His name means "beautiful";

God of fertility and agriculture; one of the first kings of the Tuatha De

Danaan . married to Brigit of the Tuatha de Dannan.

Bod b the Red (Irish) He succeeds his father as king of the Gods.Ler: The

gaelic Poseidon; married to Aebh, Bodb's daughter, with whom he has

four children. After she dies he marries Aeife, who out of jealousy turns

the children into swans.

Camulus (Gaulish) Also known as Camulos Of the invincible sword: .

A God of war mentioned by the Romans. The name signifies "Heaven";

God of war and sky; akin to Mars, only more savage. He gave his name to

the Roman town of Camulodunum or Colchester .

Caswallawn (Breton) God of war.

Cenn Cruaich (Gaelic) The Heaven-God (akin to Zeus).

Cermait (Irish) Called the " honey-mouthed " king of the bards and God

of eloquence and literature. sometimes considered an aspect of Oghma.

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