Celtic Gods and Goddesses

GODS AND GODDESSES OF BRITAIN
Belatucadrus
God of unknown function (probably of light), the name means "fair shining one".
Cocidius
God of forests and/or hunting and/or war.
Condatis
God personifying the merginig of two bodies of water in North Britain, (in te Tyne-Tees region).
Coventina
Goddess personifying a sacred spring that had healing powers.
Cuda
Mother Goddess.
Latis
A Goddess associated with water and possibly with beer.
Matres Domesticae
An aspect of the triple mother Goddess, personifying/overseeing Britain.
Mogons
A God whose name means "great one", worshipped primarily in North Britain.
Nodens
God of healing.
Sulis
Goddess of healing who presided over the hot springs in Aquae Sulis (modern Bath).
GODS AND GODDESSES OF GAUL
Abnoba
Goddess of the hunt.
Andraste
Goddess of victory.
Belenus
"Shining one", God of light.
Borvo
God of healing, associated with springs.
Cernunnos
"The horned one", God of fertility and animals.
Damona
"Divine cow", Goddess of fertility and healing.
Dispater
Roman God of the Underworld; his cult thrived in Gaul.
Epona
Goddess of horses.
Esus
Equated with the Roman Gods Mars and Mercury.
Nantosuelta
Goddess of nature.
Nehalennia
Goddess of the sea.
Ogmios
God of eloquence and knowledge.
Rosmerta
"Great provider".
Sirona
Goddess of healing.
Sucellus
"Good striker", God of agriculture and forests, one of his symbols was a hammer.
Taranis
"Thunderer".
Teutates
God of war.
GODS AND GODDESSES OF IRELAND
Aine
Goddess of love.
Boann
Goddess of water and fertility.
Brigit (Brighid)
Goddess of fertility, healing, and poetry.
Cliodna
Goddess of beauty and the Otherworld.
Creidhne
God of metalworking.
Daghda
God of the earth.
Danu
Mother Goddess.
Dian Cecht
God of crafts and healing.
Donn
"Dark one", God of the dead.
Goibhniu
God of smiths.
Luchta
God of wrights.
Lugh
"Shining one".
Macha
Goddess of war and fertility, "Macha the crow"
Morrigan
Tripple Goddess of war and death.
Nechtan
Water-god with a sacred well of wisdom.
Néit
God of war.
Nemhain
Goddess of war and battle.
Fodla, Eriu, Banbha
Three Goddesses who Ireland was named for.
Oenghus
God of youth and love.
Ogma
God of eloquence and language.
Tuatha De Danaan
Gods who were patrons of magic and arts.
GODS AND GODDESSES OF WALES
Arianrhod
"Silver wheel", probably a Moon Goddess.
Dewi
God epresented by the Red Dragon.
Don
Mother Goddess.
Govannon
God of smiths & metalworkers.
Gwynn ap Nudd
God of the Underworld.
Lleu Llaw Gyffes
Welsh equivalent of the Irish Lugh
Llyr
God of the sea.
Math ap Mathonwy
God of sorcery.
Modron
"Divine mother".
Belatucadrus
God of unknown function (probably of light), the name means "fair shining one".
Cocidius
God of forests and/or hunting and/or war.
Condatis
God personifying the merginig of two bodies of water in North Britain, (in te Tyne-Tees region).
Coventina
Goddess personifying a sacred spring that had healing powers.
Cuda
Mother Goddess.
Latis
A Goddess associated with water and possibly with beer.
Matres Domesticae
An aspect of the triple mother Goddess, personifying/overseeing Britain.
Mogons
A God whose name means "great one", worshipped primarily in North Britain.
Nodens
God of healing.
Sulis
Goddess of healing who presided over the hot springs in Aquae Sulis (modern Bath).
GODS AND GODDESSES OF GAUL
Abnoba
Goddess of the hunt.
Andraste
Goddess of victory.
Belenus
"Shining one", God of light.
Borvo
God of healing, associated with springs.
Cernunnos
"The horned one", God of fertility and animals.
Damona
"Divine cow", Goddess of fertility and healing.
Dispater
Roman God of the Underworld; his cult thrived in Gaul.
Epona
Goddess of horses.
Esus
Equated with the Roman Gods Mars and Mercury.
Nantosuelta
Goddess of nature.
Nehalennia
Goddess of the sea.
Ogmios
God of eloquence and knowledge.
Rosmerta
"Great provider".
Sirona
Goddess of healing.
Sucellus
"Good striker", God of agriculture and forests, one of his symbols was a hammer.
Taranis
"Thunderer".
Teutates
God of war.
GODS AND GODDESSES OF IRELAND
Aine
Goddess of love.
Boann
Goddess of water and fertility.
Brigit (Brighid)
Goddess of fertility, healing, and poetry.
Cliodna
Goddess of beauty and the Otherworld.
Creidhne
God of metalworking.
Daghda
God of the earth.
Danu
Mother Goddess.
Dian Cecht
God of crafts and healing.
Donn
"Dark one", God of the dead.
Goibhniu
God of smiths.
Luchta
God of wrights.
Lugh
"Shining one".
Macha
Goddess of war and fertility, "Macha the crow"
Morrigan
Tripple Goddess of war and death.
Nechtan
Water-god with a sacred well of wisdom.
Néit
God of war.
Nemhain
Goddess of war and battle.
Fodla, Eriu, Banbha
Three Goddesses who Ireland was named for.
Oenghus
God of youth and love.
Ogma
God of eloquence and language.
Tuatha De Danaan
Gods who were patrons of magic and arts.
GODS AND GODDESSES OF WALES
Arianrhod
"Silver wheel", probably a Moon Goddess.
Dewi
God epresented by the Red Dragon.
Don
Mother Goddess.
Govannon
God of smiths & metalworkers.
Gwynn ap Nudd
God of the Underworld.
Lleu Llaw Gyffes
Welsh equivalent of the Irish Lugh
Llyr
God of the sea.
Math ap Mathonwy
God of sorcery.
Modron
"Divine mother".

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