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The nature and functions of these ancient gods can be deduced from their names, the location of their inscriptions, their iconography, the Roman gods they are equated with, and similar figures from later bodies of Celtic mythology. Look up Iconography in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
A head of Minerva found in the ruins of the Roman baths in Bath Roman mythology, the mythological beliefs of the people of Ancient Rome, can be considered as having two parts. ...
Celtic mythology is found in a number of distinct, if related, subgroups, largely corresponding to the branches of the Celtic languages: The Celtic languages are the languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, a branch of the greater Indo-European language family. ...
The Goidelic languages (also sometimes called, particularly in colloquial situations, the Gaelic languages or collectively Gaelic) have historically been part of a dialect continuum stretching from the south of Ireland, the Isle of Man, to the north of Scotland. ...
The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology. ...
Scottish mythology consists of the myths and legends historically told by the people of Scotland. ...
The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology. ...
The Mythological Cycle is one of the four major cycles of Irish mythology, and is so called because it represents the remains of the pagan mythology of pre-Christian Ireland, although the gods and supernatural beings have been euhemerised by their Christian redactors into historical kings and heroes. ...
The Ulster Cycle, formerly the Red Branch Cycle, is a large body of prose and verse centering around the traditional heroes of the Ulaid in what is now eastern Ulster. ...
The Fenian Cycle also known as the Fionn Cycle, Finn Cycle, Fianna Cycle, Finnian Tales, Fian Tales, Féinne Cycle, Feinné Cycle, Ossianic Cycle and Fianaigecht, is a body of prose and verse centering on the exploits of the mythic hero Fionn mac Cumhaill and his warriors the Fianna Éireann. ...
Cycle of the Kings, also known as the Kings Cycle or the Historical Cycle is a body of Old and Middle Irish Literature. ...
The Brythonic languages (or Brittonic languages) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family. ...
Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre-Christian Britons, has come down to us in much altered form in medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin. ...
Historical sources Because of the scarcity of surviving materials bearing written Gaulish, it is surmised that the pagan Celts were not widely literate— although a written form of Gaulish using the Greek, Latin and North Italic alphabets was used (as evidenced by votive items bearing inscriptions in Gaulish and the Coligny Calendar). Caesar attests to the literacy of the Gauls, but also wrote that their priests, the druids, were forbidden to use writing to record certain verses of religious significance (Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.14) while also noting that the Helvetii had a written census (Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.29). Gaulish is the name given to the Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul before the Vulgar Latin of the late Roman Empire became dominant in Roman Gaul. ...
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overview of the re-assembled tablet detail of Mid Samonios The Gaulish Coligny Calendar was found in Coligny, Ain, France (46°23′N 5°21′E) near Lyons in 1897, along with the head of a bronze statue of a youthful male figure. ...
Druidry or Druidism was the religion of the ancient druids, the priestly class in ancient Celtic and Gallic societies through much of Western Europe north of the Alps and in the British Isles. ...
Rome introduced a more widespread habit of public inscriptions, and broke the power of the druids in the areas it conquered; in fact, most inscriptions to deities discovered in Gaul (modern France), Britain and other formerly (or presently) Celtic-speaking areas post-date the Roman conquest. This article is about the term Deity in the context of mysticism and theology. ...
Gaul (Latin: ) was the name given, in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ...
And although early Gaels in Ireland and parts of modern Wales used the Ogham script to record short inscriptions (largely personal names), more sophisticated literacy was not introduced to Celtic areas that had not been conquered by Rome until the advent of Christianity; indeed, many Gaelic myths were first recorded by Christian monks, albeit without most of their original religious meanings. This article is about the country. ...
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The mythology of Ireland -
The oldest body of myths is found in early medieval manuscripts from Ireland. These were written by Christians, so the formerly divine nature of the characters is obscured. The basic myth appears to be a war between two apparently divine races, the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Fomorians, which forms the basis for the text Cath Maige Tuireadh (the Battle of Mag Tuireadh), as well as portions of the history-focused Lebor Gabála Érenn (the Book of Invasions). The Tuatha Dé represent the functions of human society such as kingship, crafts and war, while the Fomorians represent chaos and wild nature. The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology. ...
Justinians wife Theodora and her retinue, in a 6th century mosaic from the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. ...
A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ...
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In Irish mythology, the Fomorians, Fomors, or Fomori (Irish Fomóiri, Fomóraig) were a semi-divine race who inhabited Ireland in ancient times. ...
Cath Maige Tuireadh (the (second) Battle of Magh Tuiredh) is a tale of the Irish Mythological Cycle in which the Tuatha Dé Danann defeat their enemies, the Fomorians. ...
Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland) is the Middle Irish title of a loose collection of poems and prose narratives recounting the mythical origins and history of the Irish race from the creation of the world down to the Middle Ages. ...
The Dagda The supreme god of the Irish pantheon appears to have been The Dagda. The name means the 'Good God', not good in a moral sense, but good at everything, or all-powerful. The Dagda is a father-figure, a protector of the tribe and the basic Celtic god of whom other male Celtic deities were variants. Celtic gods were largely unspecialised entities, and perhaps more like a clan rather than as a formal pantheon. In a sense, all the Celtic gods and goddesses were like the Greek Apollo, who could never be described as the god of any one thing. The Dagda is an important god of Irish mythology. ...
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Because the particular character of Dagda is a figure of burlesque lampoonery in Irish mythology, some authors conclude that he was trusted to be benevolent enough to tolerate a joke at his expense.
Irish tales depict the Dagda as a figure of power, armed with a spear and associated with a cauldron. In Dorset there is a famous outline of an ithyphallic giant known as the Cerne Abbas Giant with a club cut into the chalky soil. While this was probably produced in relatively modern times (English Civil War era), it was long thought to be a representation of the Dagda. This has been called into question by recent studies which show that there may have been a representation of what looks like a large drapery hanging from the horizontal arm of the figure, leading to suspicion that this figure actually represents Hercules(Heracles), with the skin of the Nemean Lion over his arm and carrying the club he used to kill it. In Gaul, it is speculated that the Dagda is associated with Sucellos, the striker, equipped with a hammer and cup. Three-legged iron pots being used to cater for a school-leavers party in Botswana. ...
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Layout of the giant as seen from directly above The Cerne Abbas giant, also referred to as the Rude Man or the Rude Giant (rude meaning naked), is a hill figure of a giant naked man on a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas, to the north of Dorchester...
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The Nemean Lion (Latin: Leo Nemaeus) was a vicious monster in Greek mythology that lived in Nemea. ...
Gaul (Latin: ) was the name given, in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ...
The Dagda is an important god of Irish mythology. ...
The Morrígan The Morrígan was a tripartite battle goddess of the ancient Irish Celts. Collectively she was known as the Morrígan, but her divisions were also referred to as Nemhain, Macha, and Badb (among other, less common names), with each representing different aspects of combat. She is most commonly known for her involvement in the Táin Bó Cúailnge, where she is at various times a helper and a hindrance to the hero Cúchulainn, and in the Cath Maige Tuireadh (the Battle of Mag Tuired) where she also plays the role of a poet, magician and sovereignty figure, and gives the victory to the Tuatha Dé Danann. She was most often represented as a crow or raven but could take many different forms, including a cow, wolf or eel. The Morrígan can be compared to other Indo-European goddesses of death such as Kali in the Hindu pantheon and the Valkyries in Norse Mythology. The MorrÃgan (terror or phantom queen) or MórrÃgan (great queen) (aka MorrÃgu, MórrÃghan, Mór-RÃogain) is a figure from Irish mythology who appears to have once been a goddess, although she is not referred to as such in the texts. ...
In Irish mythology Nemain (alternative spelling Nemhain) was a goddess of war, possibly another aspect of Morrigan. ...
In Irish mythology, Macha is a goddess linked with war, horses and kingship. ...
In Irish mythology, the Badb ( crow in Old Irish; modern Irish Badhbh means vulture or carrion-crow) was a goddess of war who took the form of a crow, and was thus sometimes known as Badb Catha (battle crow). ...
Táin Bó Cúailnge (the driving-off of cows of Cooley, more usually rendered The Cattle Raid of Cooley or The Táin) is the central tale in the Ulster Cycle, one of the four great cycles that make up the surviving corpus of Irish mythology. ...
Cuchulain Slays the Hound of Culain, illustration by Stephen Reid from Eleanor Hulls The Boys Cuchulain, 1904 Cúchulainn ( ) (Irish Hound of Culann; also spelled Cú Chulainn, Cú Chulaind, Cúchulain, or Cuchullain) is an Irish mythological hero who appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well...
In Irish mythology, Magh Tuiredh (Mag Tuired, Magh Tuireadh, anglicised as Moytura) is the name of the locations of two battles said to have been waged by the Tuatha Dé Danann. ...
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Norse, Viking or Scandinavian mythology comprises the indigenous pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian peoples, including those who settled on Iceland, where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ...
Lúgh/Lug The widespread diffusion of the god Lugus (seemingly related to the mythological figure Lugh in Irish) in Celtic religion is apparent from the number of place names in which his name appears, occurring across the Celtic world from Ireland to Gaul. The most famous of these are the cities of Lugdunum (the modern French city of Lyon) and Lugdunum Batavorum (the modern city of Leiden). Lug is described in the Celtic myths as a latecomer to the list of deities, and is usually described as having the appearance of a young man. He is often associated with light, the sun, and summer. His weapons were the throwing-spear and sling, and in Ireland a festival called the Lughnasa (Modern Irish lúnasa) was held in his honour. Lugus was a deity widely hypothesized to have been worshipped in Gaul, Britain, Ireland, Spain and other ancient Celtic regions. ...
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Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum (modern: Lyon) was an important Roman city in Gaul. ...
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Lughnasadh (or Lughnasa; modern Irish Lúnasa) is a Gaelic holiday celebrated on 1 August, during the time of the harvesting. ...
Others  A statuette in the Museum of Brittany, Rennes, probably depicting Brigantia (Brigid): c2nd century BCE Among these are the goddess Brigid (or Brigit), the Dagda's daughter; nature goddesses like Tailtiu and Macha; Epona, the horse goddess; and Ériu. In Irish mythology as it is presently constituted, Brigit or Brighit (exalted one) was the daughter of the Dagda (and therefore one of the Tuatha Dé Danann) and wife of Bres of the Fomorians. ...
Tailtiu (Tailltiu, Tailte, Teia Tephi) is the name of a presumed goddess from Irish mythology and the town in County Meath that was named after her. ...
In Irish mythology, Macha is a goddess linked with war, horses and kingship. ...
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In Irish mythology, Ériu (), daughter of Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was the eponymous patron goddess of Ireland. ...
Male gods included Goibniu, the smith god and immortal brewer of beer, as well as Angus Og, the god of love. In Irish mythology Goibniu or Goibhniu (pronounced Goive-nu) was a son of Brigid and Tuireann and the smith of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ...
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The mythology of Wales -
Less is known about the pre-Christian mythologies of Britain than those of Ireland. Important reflexes of British mythology appear in the Four Branches of The Mabinogi, especially in the names of several characters, such as Rhiannon (‘the Divine Queen’), Teyrnon (‘the Divine King’), and Bendigeidfran (‘Bran [Crow] the Blessed’). Other characters, in all likelihood, derive from mythological sources, and various episodes, such as the appearance of Arawn, a king of the Otherworld seeking the aid of a mortal in his own feuds, and the tale of the hero who cannot be killed except under seemingly contradictory circumstances, can be traced throughout Indo-European myth and legend. The children of Llŷr (‘Sea’ = Irish Lir) in the Second and Third Branches, and the children of Dôn (Danu in Irish and earlier Indo-European tradition) in the Fourth Branch are major figures, but the tales themselves are not primary mythology. Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre-Christian Britons, has come down to us in much altered form in medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin. ...
The Mabinogion is a collection of prose stories from medieval Welsh manuscripts. ...
For the Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac song, see Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win). ...
In Welsh mythology, Teyrnon or Teirnon was the foster father of Pryderi. ...
Bran the Blessed, also known as Bran Vendigaid, Bendigeidfran or Branovices, is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. ...
In Welsh mythology, Arawn was the Lord of the Underworld, which was called Annwn. ...
In Welsh mythology, LlÅ·r is the father of Bran, Branwen and Manawydan by Penarddun. ...
In Celtic mythology, Lir (the sea) was the god of the sea, father of Manannan mac Lir, Bran, Branwen and Manawydan by Penarddun and a son of Danu and Beli. ...
Dôn was a Welsh mother goddess, equivalent of the Irish Danu. ...
In Irish mythology, Danu or Dana was the mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann (peoples of the goddess Danu), although little is recorded about her as a character. ...
While further mythological names and references appear elsewhere in Welsh narrative and tradition, especially in the tale of Culhwch and Olwen, where we find, for example, Mabon ap Modron (‘the Divine Son of the Divine Mother’), and in the collected Triads of the Island of Britain, not enough is known of the British mythological background to reconstruct either a narrative of creation or a coherent pantheon of British deities. Indeed, though there is much in common with Irish myth, there may have been no unified British mythological tradition per se. Whatever its ultimate origins, the surviving material has been put to good use in the service of literary masterpieces that address the cultural concerns of Wales in the early and later Middle Ages. Culhwch and Olwen (Welsh: Culhwch ac Olwen) is a Welsh tale about a hero connected with Arthur and his warriors that survives in only two manuscripts: a complete version in the Red Book of Hergest, ca. ...
In Welsh mythology, Mabon (divine son) was the son of Modron (divine mother). He was a hunter god who was stolen from his mother three days after his birth. ...
The Welsh Triads (Welsh, Trioedd Ynys Prydein) is used to describe any of the related Medieval collection of groupings of three that preserve a major portion of Welsh folklore and Welsh literature. ...
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Remnants of Gaulish and other mythology The Celts also worshipped a number of deities of which we know little more than their names. Classical writers preserve a few fragments of legends or myths that may possibly be Celtic.[1] The gods and goddesses of Celtic mythology are known from a variety of sources. ...
According to the Syrian rhetorician Lucian, Ogmios was supposed to lead a band of men chained by their ears to his tongue as a symbol of the strength of his eloquence. For other uses, see Lucian (disambiguation). ...
Ogmios was a Gaulish deity, usually depicted as a bald old man with a bow and club who leads an apparently happy band of men with chains attached to their ears and tongues. ...
The Roman poet Lucan (1st century AD) mentions the gods Taranis, Teutates and Esus, but there is little Celtic evidence that these were important deities. Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (November 3, AD 39-April 30, 65), better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, and is one of the outstanding figures of the Silver Latin period. ...
In Celtic mythology Taranis was a god of thunder worshipped in Gaul and Britain and mentioned, along with Esus and Toutatis, by the Roman poet Lucan in his epic poem Pharsalia. ...
Toutatis or Teutates, ancient god of Celts and Gauls, whose name means father of the tribe. ...
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A number of objets d'art, coins, and altars may depict scenes from lost myths, such as the representations of Tarvos Trigaranus or of an equestrian ‘Jupiter’ surmounting a snake-legged human-like figure. The Gundestrup cauldron has been also interpreted mythically.[2] The relief of Tarvos Trigaranus on the Pillar of the Boatmen. ...
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Along with dedications giving us god names, there are also deity representations to which no name has yet been attached. Among these are images of a three headed or three faced god, a squatting god, a god with a snake, a god with a wheel, and a horseman with a kneeling giant.[3] Some of these images can be found in Late Bronze Age peat bogs in Britain,[4] indicating the symbols were both pre-Roman and widely spread across Celtic culture. The distribution of some of the images has been mapped and shows a pattern of central concentration of an image along with a wide scatter indicating these images were most likely attached to specific tribes and were distributed from some central point of tribal concentration outward along lines of trade. The image of the three headed god has a central concentration among the Belgae, between the Oise, Marne and Moselle rivers. The horseman with kneeling giant is centered on either side of the Rhine. These examples seem to indicate regional preferences of a common image stock.[3] The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ...
Lütt-Witt Moor, a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg in northern Germany. ...
Julius Caesar’s comments on Celtic religion and their significance The classic entry about the Celtic gods of Gaul is the section in Julius Caesar's Commentarii de bello Gallico (52–51 BC; The Gallic War). In this he names the five principal gods worshipped in Gaul (according to the practice of his time, he gives the names of the closest equivalent Roman gods) and describes their roles. Mercury was the most venerated of all the deities and numerous representations of him were to be discovered. Mercury was seen as the originator of all the arts (and is often taken to refer to Lugus for this reason), the supporter of adventurers and of traders, and the mightiest power concerning trade and profit. Next the Gauls revered Apollo, Mars, Jupiter, and Minerva. Among these divinities the Celts are described as holding roughly equal views as did other populations: Apollo dispels sickness, Minerva encourages skills, Jupiter governs the skies, and Mars influences warfare. In addition to these five, he mentions that the Gauls traced their ancestry to Dis Pater. For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ...
De Bello Gallico (literally On the Gallic Wars in Latin) is an account written by Julius Caesar about his nine years of war in Gaul. ...
Interpretatio graeca is a Latin term for the common tendency of ancient Greek writers to equate foreign divinities to members of their own pantheon. ...
A sculpture of the Roman god Mercury by 17th-century Flemish artist Artus Quellinus. ...
Lugus was a deity widely hypothesized to have been worshipped in Gaul, Britain, Ireland, Spain and other ancient Celtic regions. ...
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Mars, painting by Diego Velazquez Mars was the Roman warrior god, the son of Juno and Jupiter, husband of Bellona, and the lover of Venus. ...
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Dis Pater, or Dispater, was a Roman and Celtic god of the underworld, later subsumed by Pluto or Jupiter. ...
The problem with Caesar’s ‘equivalent’ Roman gods As typical of himself as a Roman of the day, though, Caesar does not write of these gods by their Celtic names but by the names of the Roman gods with which he equated them, a process that significantly confuses the chore of identifying these Gaulish gods with their native names in the insular mythologies. He also portrays a tidy schema which equates deity and role in a manner that is quite unfamiliar to the colloquial literature handed down. Still, despite the restrictions, his short list is a helpful and fundamentally precise observation. In balancing his description with the oral tradition, or even with the Gaulish iconography, one is apt to recollect the distinct milieus and roles of these gods. Caesar's remarks and the iconography allude to rather dissimilar phases in the history of Gaulish religion. The iconography of Roman times is part of a setting of great social and political developments, and the religion it depicts may actually have been less obviously ordered than that upheld by the druids (the priestly order) in the era of Gaulish autonomy from Rome. Conversely, the want of order is often more ostensible than factual. It has, for example, been noticed that out of the several hundred names including a Celtic aspect that can be found in Gaul the greater part crop up only once. This has led some scholars to conclude that the Celtic deities and the related cults were local and tribal as opposed to pan-Celtic. Proponents of this opinion quote Lucan's reference to a divinity called Teutates, which they translate as “tribal spirit” (*teuta is believed to have meant “tribe” in Proto-Celtic). The apparent array of divine names may, nonetheless, be justified differently: many may be mere epithets applied to key gods worshiped in extensive pan-Celtic cults. The concept of the Celtic pantheon as a large number of local deities is gainsaid by certain well-testified gods whose cults seem to have been followed across the Celtic world. Interpretatio graeca is a Latin term for the common tendency of ancient Greek writers to equate foreign divinities to members of their own pantheon. ...
Oral tradition or oral culture is a way of transmitting history, literature or law from one generation to the next in a civilization without a writing system. ...
Toutatis or Teutates, ancient god of Celts and Gauls, whose name means father of the tribe. ...
See also The armoured triskelion on the flag of the Isle of Man Triskelion (or triskele, from Greek τρισκελης three-legged) is a symbol consisting of three bent human legs, or, more generally, three interlocked spirals, or any similar symbol with three protrusions exhibiting a symmetry of the cyclic group C3. ...
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In Irish and Scottish mythology, Cailleach was the Mother of All. The word Cailleac means old woman. She was a sorceress. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1004x800, 1034 KB) Gundestrupkarret (the Gundestrup Cauldron). ...
Abandinus is a Celtic deity, currently known only from a single inscription from Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire, England: an inscribed bronze votive feather is dedicated to him with the text to the god Abandinus, Vatiaucus gave this from his own resources. ...
In Continental Brythonic (Gallic) Celtic mythology, Abellio (also Abelio and Abelionni) was a god of apple trees, worshipped in the Garonne Valley in southwest France. ...
In Celtic mythology, Abnoba was a forest and river goddess, worshipped in the Black Forest and surrounding areas. ...
In Celtic mythology, Adsullata was a river goddess, associated with the River Savus in the Balkans. ...
In Celtic mythology, Agrona was a goddess of strife and war worshipped in Britain. ...
In Celtic mythology, Alaunus was a Gaulish god of the sun, healing and prophecy. ...
In Celtic mythology, Alisanos or Alisaunus was the local god of the Cite dOr. ...
In Celtic mythology, Ambisagrus was a Gaulish god of thunder and lightning. ...
In Celtic mythology, Ancamna was a water goddess worshipped in Gaul and Britain. ...
In Celtic mythology, Andarta was a warrior goddess, worshipped especially in Gaul. ...
Andraste or Andate, according to Dio Cassius, was a Celtic goddess of victory invoked by Boudicca while fighting against the Roman occupation of Britain in AD 61. ...
In Celtic mythology, Anextiomarus was a tribal god worshipped in Britain. ...
In Celtic mythology, Arduinna was the eponymous goddess of the Ardennes forest. ...
In Celtic mythology, (specifically known from Switzerland), Artio was a goddess of wildlife, specifically the bear, and was worshipped at Berne, which actually means bear. She was often called Artio of Muri. ...
In Celtic mythology, Avernus was the god of the Gallic Averni. ...
The Aufaniae were Celtic mother goddesses worshipped throughout Celtic Europe. ...
In Celtic mythology and especially Gaul, Aveta or Lyregwyn was a goddess of female-fertility, childbirth and midwives, also associated with all fresh water. ...
In Celtic mythology, Belatu-Cadros, or Belatucadros (fair shining one or the fair slayer), was a deity worshipped in northern Britain, particularly in Cumberland and Westmoreland. ...
In Celtic mythology, Belenus (also Belinus, Belenos, Belinos, Belinu, Bellinus, Belus, Bel) was a deity worshipped in Gaul, Britain and Celtic areas of Italy and Austria. ...
In Celtic mythology, Belisama (also Belesama, Belisma) was a goddess worshipped in Britain. ...
In Celtic mythology, Borvo (to boil), also Bormo, Bormanus, was a deity worshipped in Gaul. ...
In Gallo-Roman and Romano-British religion, Brigantia was a goddess who is attested several places in Britain and Europe. ...
For other uses, see Britannia (disambiguation). ...
In Gallo-Roman religion, Buxenus was an epithet of the Gaulish Mars, known from a single inscription found in Velleron in the Vaucluse. ...
In Celtic mythology, particularly Breton, Camma was a hunting goddess. ...
In Celtic mythology, Camulus or Camulos was the god of war of the Remi, a Celtic tribe, who lived in the area of todays Belgium. ...
Depiction of Cernunnos from the Pilier des nautes, Paris Cernunnos in Celtic polytheism is the deified spirit of horned male animals, especially of stags, a nature god associated with produce and fertility. ...
Cissonius (also Cisonius, Cesonius) was an ancient Gaulish god. ...
In Celtic mythology, Clota was the patron goddess of the River Clyde. ...
In Celtic mythology, Cocidius was a deity worshipped in northern Britain. ...
In Celtic mythology, Condatis (waters meet) was a deity worshipped primarily in northern Britain but also in Gaul. ...
In Celtic mythology, Contrebis or Contrebus (he who dwells among us) was the patron god of Lancaster. ...
In Celtic mythology, Coventina was a goddess of wells and springs. ...
In Celtic mythology, Damara was a fertility goddess worshipped in Britain. ...
In Celtic mythology, Damona (Divine cow) was a fertility goddess worshipped in Gaul as the consort of Borvo. ...
In Celtic mythology, Dea Matrona (divine mother goddess) was the goddess of the river Marne in Gaul. ...
Dis Pater, or Dispater, was a Roman and Celtic god of the underworld, later subsumed by Pluto or Jupiter. ...
For other uses of Epona, see Epona (disambiguation) Image:Epona link. ...
Aericura (Aerecura, Heracura, Eracura) was a goddess worshipped in ancient times, often thought to be Celtic in origin, associated with the Roman underworld god Dis Pater: she appears with him in a statue found at Oberseebach, Switzerland and in several magical texts from Austria, once in the company of Cerberus...
Image of Esus on the Pillar of the Boatmen. ...
In Celtic mythology, and especially in Gaul and the Pyrenees, Fagus was a god of beech trees. ...
In Celtic mythology, Grannus (also Gramnos, Gramnnos) was a god of healing and mineral springs. ...
In Celtic mythology, the three Hooded Spirits were healing and fertility deities. ...
In Celtic mythology, Icaunus was the god of the river Yonne in Gaul. ...
In Gallo-Roman religion, Loucetios (Latinized as Leucetius) was a Gaulish god invariably identified with Mars. ...
Lugus was a deity widely hypothesized to have been worshipped in Gaul, Britain, Ireland, Spain and other ancient Celtic regions. ...
In Celtic mythology, Luxovius was the god of the waters of Luxeuil, worshipped in Gaul. ...
In Celtic mythology, Maponos or Maponus (divine son) was a god of youth known mainly in northern Britain but also in Gaul. ...
The Matres or Matronae were ancient deities venerated in northwestern Europe in Roman and earlier times. ...
In Continental Brythonic mythology, and especially in Gaul, Nantosuelta was a goddess of water and fertility. ...
In Celtic mythology, Nemetona (shrine) was the goddess of temples and sacred groves. ...
Nemausus is often said to have been the Celtic patron god of Nemausus (Nîmes). ...
Nodens, or Nodons, was a Celtic deity worshipped in Britain. ...
Ogmios was a Gaulish deity, usually depicted as a bald old man with a bow and club who leads an apparently happy band of men with chains attached to their ears and tongues. ...
In Celtic mythology, Robur was the god of oak trees, worshipped primarily in Gaul alongside Abellio, Fagus and Buxenus. ...
In Continental Celtic mythology, Rosmerta was a goddess of fire, fertility and warmth, as well as flowers and death. ...
In Celtic mythology, Rudianos was a war god worshipped in Gaul. ...
In Celtic mythology, Segomo (victor, mighty one) was a war god worshipped in Gaul, and possibly in Britain and Ireland. ...
In ancient Celtic polytheism, the female deification of the outpouring wellspring // Centres of worship Senua (also called Senuna) was worshipped in Roman Britain. ...
In Celtic and Roman mythology, Sequanna (or Sequana) was the goddess of the river Seine and its environs. ...
In Celtic mythology, Sirona was a goddess worshipped predominantly in East Central Gaul and along the Danubian limes. ...
Relief of Smertrius from the Pillar of the Boatmen, Paris. ...
Sucellus was the god of agriculture, forests and alcoholic drinks in Lusitanian mythology. ...
In Celtic mythology, Sulis is the local goddess of the thermal springs that still feed the spa baths at Bath, which the Romans called Aquae Sulis (the waters of Sulis). Her name appears on inscriptions at Bath, but nowhere else. ...
// In ancient Celtic polytheism, Sul or Sulis (also found as Sulevis: see Suleviae) was the deification of spring-water, especially of thermal spring-water, conceived as a nourishing, life-giving Mother goddess. ...
In Celtic mythology, Tamesis was goddess of water, particularly fresh water. ...
In Celtic mythology Taranis was a god of thunder worshipped in Gaul and Britain and mentioned, along with Esus and Toutatis, by the Roman poet Lucan in his epic poem Pharsalia. ...
Toutatis or Teutates, ancient god of Celts and Gauls, whose name means father of the tribe. ...
In Insular Brythonic mythology, Verbeia was the goddess of the Wharfe River in North Yorkshire, England. ...
In Continental Brythonic mythology, Vosegus was the patron god of the Vosges Forest in Gaul. ...
In Irish mythology, Abartach or Abarta (performer of feats) was one of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ...
In Irish mythology, Abhean was the harper of the Tuatha de Danaan. ...
In Irish mythology, Aengus (Ãengus, Óengus, Angus, Aonghus, Anghus) aka Aengus Óg (Aengus the Young), Mac ind Óg (son of the young), Maccan or Mac Óg (young son) was a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann and probably a god of love, youth and poetic inspiration. ...
In Irish mythology, Alastir was the younger brother of Cormac. ...
In Irish mythology, Aoi Mac Ollamain or Ai is the god of poetry, and is one of the Tuatha De Danaan. ...
In Irish mythology, Aibell (Aoibhell, Aeval) was a goddess or fairy queen of Munster. ...
In Irish mythology, Aimend was a sun goddess. ...
In Irish mythology, Ãine (also Aillen) was a goddess of love, growth, cattle and the sun. ...
In Irish mythology, the goddess Airmed was one of the Tuatha de Danaan. ...
In Irish mythology, Anann (Anu, Ana) was a mother goddess. ...
In Irish mythology, the Badb ( crow in Old Irish; modern Irish Badhbh means vulture or carrion-crow) was a goddess of war who took the form of a crow, and was thus sometimes known as Badb Catha (battle crow). ...
In Irish mythology, Balor (Balar, Bolar) of the Evil Eye was a king of the Fomorians, a race of giants. ...
In Irish mythology, Banba, sometimes spelled Banbha, was the patron spirit of Ireland, wife of King MacCuill, and a goddess of war and fertility. ...
In Irish mythology, the goddess Beag was one of the Tuatha de Danaan. ...
In Early Irish mythology, Bébinn was a goddess associated with birth and the sister of the river-goddess, Boann. ...
Bé Chuille is a figure from Celtic Mythology, also known as Becuille and Bé Chuma. ...
In Irish mythology, Birog was a druidess who aided Cian in climbing Balors crystal tower where had imprisoned his daughter, Ethlinn. ...
In Irish mythology, Boann or Boand (white cow) was the goddess of the River Boyne. ...
In Irish mythology, Bodb Derg (Old Irish: Bodb the Red; Middle and Modern Irish Bodhbh Dearg ) was a son of Eochaid Garb. ...
In Irish mythology, the god Brea was one of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ...
In Irish mythology as it is presently constituted, Brigit or Brighit (exalted one) was the daughter of Dagda (and therefore one of the Tuatha Dé Danann) and wife of Bres of the Fomorians. ...
In Irish mythology, Bres, aka Eochaid Bres, Eochu Bres (Eochaid/Eochu the Beautiful), was a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ...
In Irish mythology as it is presently constituted, Brigit or Brighit (exalted one) was the daughter of the Dagda (and therefore one of the Tuatha Dé Danann) and wife of Bres of the Fomorians. ...
In Irish mythology, Bronach was a goddess of cliffs. ...
In Irish mythology, Buarainech was the father of Balor, the King of the Fomorians. ...
In Irish mythology, Caer Ibormeith was a daughter of Ethal and Prince Anubal of Connacht. ...
In Irish mythology, Canola was the mythical inventor of the harp. ...
In Irish mythology, Carman was a goddess of evil magic. ...
In Celtic mythology, Crom Cruach was one of the chief gods of Ireland. ...
In Irish mythology, Cessair (or Ceasair) was the leader of the first inhabitants of Ireland before the Biblical Flood, in what may be a Christianisation of a legend that pre-dates the conversion, but may alternatively be the product of post-conversion pseudohistory. ...
In Irish mythology, Cethlenn was the wife of Balor and, by him, the mother of Ethlinn. ...
In Irish mythology, Cian ( ancient, distant), son of Dian Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann, is best known as the father of Lug by the Fomorian princess Ethniu. ...
In Irish mythology, Cliodhna was a goddess of beauty. ...
In Irish mythology, Corb was one of the Fomorians. ...
In Irish mythology, Creidhne (or Credne) was a son of Brigid and Tuireann and the artificer of the Tuatha Dé Danann, working in bronze, brass and gold. ...
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In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Cú Roà (Cú RuÃ, Cú Raoi) mac Dáire is a king of Munster and a sorcerer who can change his form at will. ...
The Dagda is an important god of Irish mythology. ...
In Irish mythology, Danu or Dana was the mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann (peoples of the goddess Danu), although little is recorded about her as a character. ...
In Irish mythology, Dian Cecht was a god of healing. ...
In Irish mythology, Elatha (or Elathan) was a prince of the Fomorians and the father of Bres by Ériu of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ...
In Irish mythology ÉtaÃn (sometimes spelt Edain, Aideen, Éadaoin, AedÃn) is the heroine of The Wooing Of ÉtaÃn, one of the oldest and richest stories of the Mythological Cycle. ...
In Irish mythology, Ethniu (Eithne, Ethliu, Ethlinn, and a variety of other spellings - see below) was the daughter of Balor, king of the Fomorians. ...
In Irish mythology, Ethne was an ancient goddess who drank milk from a sacred Indian cow. ...
In Irish mythology, Ériu (), daughter of Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was the eponymous patron goddess of Ireland. ...
In Irish mythology, Fand was Queen of the Fairies, and wife of Manannan. ...
In Irish mythology, Fionnuala (from fionn ghualainn or fair-shouldered) was a daughter of Lir. ...
In Irish mythology, Fódla (later Fódhla, Fóla), daughter of Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was one of the patron goddesses of Ireland. ...
In Irish mythology Goibniu or Goibhniu (pronounced Goive-nu) was a son of Brigid and Tuireann and the smith of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ...
In Celtic mythology, Lir (the sea) was the god of the sea, father of Manannan mac Lir, Bran, Branwen and Manawydan by Penarddun and a son of Danu and Beli. ...
In Celtic mythology, Luchtaine (or Luchta) was a son of Brigid and Tuireann and a god of craftwork and smithing. ...
For other subjects with similar names, see Lug. ...
In Irish mythology, Macha is a goddess linked with war, horses and kingship. ...
In Irish and Manx mythology, Manannán mac Lir is the god of the sea. ...
In Irish mythology, Miach was a son of Dian Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ...
In Irish mythology Midir (or Midhir) was a son of the Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ...
In Irish mythology, Mug Ruith (or Mogh Roith, slave of the wheel) was a powerful blind druid of Munster who lived on Valentia Island, County Kerry. ...
The MorrÃgan (terror or phantom queen) or MórrÃgan (great queen) (aka MorrÃgu, MórrÃghan, Mór-RÃogain) is a figure from Irish mythology who appears to have once been a goddess, although she is not referred to as such in the texts. ...
In Irish mythology Neit was a god of war, and husband of Nemain. ...
In Irish mythology Nemain (or Nemhain) was a goddess of war, and possibly an aspect of the MórrÃgan. ...
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In Irish mythology, Nuada or Nuadu (later Nuadha), known by the epithet Airgetlám (Silver Hand/Arm), was a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ...
OGMA-Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal, S.A., founded in 1918, is a major representative of the Portuguese Aviation Industry, dedicated to aircraft and aircraft component maintenance, repair and manufacturing. ...
In Irish mythology, Plor na mban (the flower of the lady) was the beautiful daughter of Oisin and Niamh. ...
Sheela-na-Gigs or Sheela Na Gigs are grotesque figurative carvings of naked females displaying an exaggerated vulva. ...
Tailtiu (Tailltiu, Tailte, Teia Tephi) is the name of a presumed goddess from Irish mythology and the town in County Meath that was named after her. ...
In Celtic mythology, King Tethra of the Fomorians ruled Mag Mell after dying in the First Battle of Mag Tuireadh. ...
CaÃlte (or Caoilte) mac Rónáin was a nephew of Fionn mac Cumhail and a member of the fianna in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. ...
Conall Cernach (Conall the Victorious) is a heroic warrior of the Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. ...
In Irish mythology, Conchobar mac Nessa (also Conchobor, Conchubar, Conchobhar, Conchubhar, Conchúr, Conchúir, Conor) was king of Ulster during the events of the Ulster Cycle. ...
Conán mac Morna, also known as Conán Maol (the bald), is a member of the fianna and an ally of Fionn mac Cumhail in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. ...
Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles) was a legendary High King of Ireland. ...
Cormac Mac Airt is probably the most famous of the ancient kings of Ireland, and is now thought to have been an authentic historical king. ...
Cuchulain Slays the Hound of Culain, illustration by Stephen Reid from Eleanor Hulls The Boys Cuchulain, 1904 Cúchulainn ( ) (Irish Hound of Culann; also spelled Cú Chulainn, Cú Chulaind, Cúchulain, or Cuchullain) is an Irish mythological hero who appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well...
In Irish mythology, Cumhal (earlier Cumal, pronounced roughly Coo-al or Cool) son of Trénmór (strong-great) was a leader of the fianna and the father of Fionn mac Cumhail. ...
In Irish mythology, Deichtine or Deichtire was the sister of Conchobar mac Nessa and the mother of Cúchulainn. ...
Deirdre or Derdriu is the foremost tragic heroine in Irish mythology. ...
In Irish mythology, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne (also known as Diarmuid of the love spot) was son of Donn and a warrior of the Fianna. ...
In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Emer, it can also be spelt Eimear but it can also spelt Emer in modern Irish Emer, daughter of Forgall the Wily, was Cúchulainns wife. ...
In Irish mythology, Ferdiad (also Fer Diad, Ferdia) was the son of Daire (or son of Damáin son of Daire) and the champion of the men of Domnand (Fir Domnann) from Irrus Domnann in Connacht. ...
In Irish mythology, Fergus (or Fearghus) mac Róich (or mac Róeg) is the former king of Ulster during the events of the Ulster Cycle. ...
Fionn mac Cumhaill (pronounced /fʲiËnÌªË mË ak kuwaËlʲ/ in Irish or /fɪn mɘ kuËl/ in English) (earlier Finn or Find mac Cumail or mac Umaill, later Anglicised to Finn McCool) was a mythical hunter-warrior of Irish mythology, occurring also in the mythologies of Scotland...
Lugaid (Lughaid, Lughaidh) is a popular medieval Irish name, thought to be derived from the god Lug. ...
(, Medb, Medhbh, Meabh, Maeve, Maev) is queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. ...
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Oscar in Irish mythology was the warrior son of OisÃn and a fairy woman called Niamh, who also bore his sister, Plor na mBan. ...
Les Lavandières (as they are known in Brittany), Bean Nighe (as they are called in Scottish myth) or Midnight Washerwomen are Celtic myth. ...
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In Irish and Scottish mythology, Cailleach was the Mother of All. The word Cailleac means old woman. She was a sorceress. ...
Crom Dubh or Crum-dubh etc meaning black and crooked in Scottish and Irish Gaelic, was a Celtic god, for which see The Voyage of Bran, Book II, p49. ...
Deò-ghrèine or Deò-grèine (with accents going either way) meaning “ray of sunshine†can refer to the following: 1 - Fionn MacCumhail/Finn MacCool’s famous banner, also known as “Deò-ghrèine MhicCumhail†after him. ...
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It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with OisÃn. ...
Scota, in Irish mythology and pseudohistory, was an Egyptian princess to whom the Gaels traced their ancestry, explaining the name Scoti, applied by the Romans to Irish raiders. ...
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AÃfe (Modern Irish Aoife ) is the name of several characters from Irish mythology: 1. ...
In Irish mythology, Connla or Conlaoch was a son of AÃfe and Cuchulainn. ...
Scáthach (shadowy) is the female warrior who trains Cúchulainn in the arts of war in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. ...
In Irish mythology Uathach was the name of Scáthachs daughter. ...
In Welsh mythology, Amaethon was a god of agriculture, a son of the goddess Don. ...
In Welsh mythology, Arawn was the Lord of the Underworld, which was called Annwn. ...
In Welsh mythology, Arianrhod (silver wheel) was a daughter of Beli and Don. ...
For other uses, see King Arthur (disambiguation). ...
According to one Welsh tradition, Afallach was the father of Modron. ...
Beli Mawr (Beli the Great) was a Welsh ancestor deity. ...
In Welsh mythology, Blodeuwedd is the later name of Blodeuedd, a woman made from flowers by Math and Gwydion. ...
Bran the Blessed, also known as Bran Vendigaid, Bendigeidfran or Branovices, is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. ...
In Welsh mythology, Branwen was a daughter of Llyr and Penarddun and has been interpreted as a goddess of love and beauty. ...
Cassivellaunus was a historical British chieftain who led the defence against Julius Caesars second expedition to Britain in 54 BC. He also appears in British legend as Cassibelanus, one of Geoffrey of Monmouths kings of Britain, and in the Mabinogion and Welsh Triads as Caswallawn, son of Beli...
In Welsh mythology, Ceridwen was a magician, mother of Taliesin, Morfran, and a beautiful daughter. ...
In Welsh mythology, Cigva (or Cigfa) was the wife of King Pryderi of Dyfed. ...
In Welsh mythology, Creiddylad was a goddess, daughter of Llyr. ...
In Welsh mythology, Culhwch (pronounced Kilhooch, the ch sound being the same as the Scottish Loch) was a hero who rescued Mabon from Annwn. ...
The cyhyraeth (IPA: [kahiËrɪθ]), also spelled as cyheuraeth (probably from the noun cyhyr muscle, tendon; flesh + the termination -aeth; meaning skeleton, a thing of mere flesh and bone; spectre, death-portent, wraith),[1] is a ghostly spirit in Welsh mythology, a disembodied moaning voice that sounds before a person...
The name Dewi commonly refers to one of the following: In Celtic mythology, Dewi was an ancient god, worshipped primarily in Wales. ...
Dôn was a Welsh mother goddess, equivalent of the Irish Danu. ...
Saint Dwynwen is the Welsh patron saint of lovers. ...
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In Welsh mythology, Efnysien or Efnisien was the son of Penarddun and Euroswydd. ...
In Welsh mythology (mentioned in the Mabinogion), Elen was a heroine who magically built highways across her country so that the soldiers could more easily defend it from attackers. ...
In Welsh mythology, Euroswydd is the father of Nisien and Efnysien by Penarddun, daughter of Beli Mawr. ...
In the Welsh mythology, Govannon of Gofannon was a smith and the son of the goddess Don. ...
In Welsh mythology, Gwydion is a magician appearing prominently in the Fourth branch of the Mabinogi and the ancient poem Cad Goddeu. ...
In Welsh mythology, Gwyn or Gwynn ap Nudd was the ruler of Annwn (the Underworld). ...
In Welsh mythology, Hafgan was a rival of Arawns for the position of the god of the underworld. ...
In Welsh mythology, Lleu Llaw Gyffes (sometimes called Llew Llaw Gyffes) is a character appearing in the fourth of the Four Branches of the Mabinogion, the tale of Math fab Mathonwy. ...
In Welsh mythology, LlÅ·r is the father of Bran, Branwen and Manawydan by Penarddun. ...
Lludd Llaw Eraint, Lludd of the Silver Hand, son of Beli Mawr, is a legendary hero from Welsh mythology. ...
In Welsh mythology, Mabon (divine son) was the son of Modron (divine mother). He was a hunter god who was stolen from his mother three days after his birth. ...
In Welsh mythology, Manawydan, son of Llyr, is the equivalent of the Irish Manannan mac Lir and a presumed sea god. ...
In Welsh mythology, Math fab Mathonwy, also called Math ap Mathonwy (Math, son of Mathonwy) was a king of Gwynedd who needed to rest his feet in the lap of a virgin unless he was at war, or he would die. ...
In Welsh mythology, Modron (divine mother) was a daughter of Avalloc, derived from the Gaul goddess Dea Matrona. ...
In Welsh mythology, Nisien was the son of Penarddun and Eurosswydd and twin of Efnisien. ...
King Leondegrance (sometimes Leodegrance, or some other minor variation) was, in Arthurian legend, the father of Queen Guinevere. ...
In Welsh mythology, Olwen (white track) was a daughter of Ysbaddaden. ...
In Welsh mythology, Penarddun was the wife of Llyr. ...
In Welsh mythology, King Pryderi of Dyfed was the son of Pwyll and Rhiannon. ...
This article is about the Welsh hero; for the impact crater on Europa, see Pwyll (crater). ...
For the Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac song, see Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win). ...
Taliesin or Taliessin (c. ...
Annwn or Annwfn (Middle Welsh Annwvn, sometimes inaccurately written Annwyn, Annwyfn or Annwfyn) was the Otherworld in Welsh mythology. ...
In Irish mythology, Mag Mell (plain of joy), also called TÃr na nÓg (land of the young), Land of the Living, the Many-colored Land and the Promised Land, was a mythical realm achievable through death and/or glory. ...
The Riders of the Sidhe (John Duncan, 1911) In Irish mythology the aos sà (older form, aes sÃdhe) are a powerful, supernatural race comparable to the fairies or elves of other traditions. ...
TÃr na nÓg, called in English the Land of Eternal Youth or the Land of the Ever-Young, was the most popular of the Otherworlds in Irish mythology, perhaps best known from the myth of OisÃn and Niamh of the Golden Hair. ...
In Irish mythology, ClaÃomh Solais (also known as The Sword of Light) was a sword that came from Gorias and belonged to Nuada Airgeadlámh (Nuada of the Silver hand), who was leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann and King of Ireland. ...
In Irish mythology, Fragarach, known as The Answerer or The Retaliator was the sword of Manannan mac Lir and Lugh Lamfada. ...
The Gáe Bulg (also Gáe Bulga, Gáe Bolg, Gáe Bolga, meaning notched spear, belly spear, bellows-dart, or possibly lightning spear) was the spear of Cúchulainn in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. ...
In Irish mythology the Tuatha Dé Danaan (peoples of the goddess Danu) had once lived near the Danube River but wandered to the Northern Isles where they learned many skills and magic in its four cities Fáilias, Gorias, Murias and Finias. ...
Look up Samhain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Imbolc is one of the four principal festivals of the Irish calendar, celebrated either at the beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring. ...
This article is about the Gaelic holiday. ...
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Celts, normally pronounced //, is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic language. ...
Celts, normally pronounced //, is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic language. ...
Celtic Studies is the academic discipline occupied with the study of any sort of cultural output relating to a Celtic people. ...
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Newgrange, a famous Irish passage tomb built c3,200 BC // What little is known of pre-Christian Ireland comes from a few references in Roman writings, Irish poetry and myth, and archaeology. ...
The Early Medieval era in Ireland, from 800 to 1166 is characterised by Viking raids, then settlement, in what had become a stable and wealthy country. ...
Arms of the Kings of Ireland1 Capital Hill of Tara (ceremonial) Language(s) Irish Government Monarchy High King - 1002-1014 Brian Boru - 1151-1154 Ruaidrà Ua Conchobair History - Established prehistory - Norman invasion 1 May 1169 - Flight of the Earls September, 1607 1 The Wijnbergen Roll dating from c. ...
Scoti or Scotti (Old Irish Scot, modern Scottish Gaelic Sgaothaich) was the generic name given by the Romans to Gaelic raiders from Ireland. ...
In the British Isles, the Iron Age lasted from about the 7th century BC until the Roman conquest and until the 5th century in non-Romanised parts. ...
Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ...
A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. ...
Gaul (Latin: ) was the name given, in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ...
This article covers the culture of Romanized areas of Gaul. ...
Main language areas in Iberia circa 200 BC. The Celtiberians (or Celt-Iberians)[1] were a Celtic people of late La Tène culture living in the Iberian Peninsula, chiefly in what is now north central Spain and northern Portugal, before and during the Roman Empire. ...
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Celtic polytheism refers to the religious beliefs and practices of ancient Celts until the Christianization of Celtic-speaking lands. ...
Celtic Christianity, or Insular Christianity (sometimes commonly called the Celtic Church) broadly refers to the Early Medieval Christian practice that developed around the Irish Sea in the fifth and sixth centuries: that is, among Celtic/British peoples such as the Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, Cumbrians (the inhabitants of the...
The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology. ...
Scottish mythology consists of the myths and legends historically told by the people of Scotland. ...
Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre-Christian Britons, has come down to us in much altered form in medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin. ...
Breton mythology is the mythology or corpus of explanatory and herioc tales originating in Brittany, now in France. ...
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The term Celtic calendar is used to refer to a variety of calendars used by Celtic-speaking peoples at different times in history. ...
Celtic Law The social structure of Iron Age Celtic society was highly developed. ...
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==unique aspect versus other Celts is the reliance on a battle axe in earlier society. ...
Art: Celtic art · Triple spiral · Celtic knot · Celtic cross · Celtic maze |  | | Modern Celts
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Muiredacha Cross. ...
A modern form of the triple spiral symbol Triple spiral visible on entrance stone at Newgrange The triple spiral or triskele is a Celtic and pre-Celtic symbol found on a number of Irish Megalithic and Neolithic sites, most notably inside the Newgrange passage tomb, on the entrance stone, and...
A classic Celtic knot pattern Celtic knots are a variety of (endless) knots and stylized graphical representations of knots used for decoration, first known to have been used by the Celts. ...
For the band, see Celtic Cross (band). ...
This article concerns those peoples who consider themselves, or have been considered by others, to be Celts in modern times, ie post 1800. ...
The Celtic Revival, also known as the Irish Literary Revival, was begun by Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and William Butler Yeats in Ireland in 1896. ...
Celtic music is a term utilized by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Northern Europe. ...
The Six Nations considered the heartland of the modern Celts Celtic nations are areas of Europe inhabited by members of Celtic cultures, specifically speakers of Celtic languages. ...
A group of Neo-druids from the Sylvan Grove of the OBOD at Stonehenge on the morning of the summer solstice 2005. ...
Pan-Celticism is the name given to a variety of movements that espouse greater contact between the various Celtic countries. ...
The International Celtic Congress is a cultural organisation that seeks to promote the Celtic languagues of the nations of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. ...
The Celtic League is a political and cultural organisation in the modern Celtic nations of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. ...
The pronunciation of the words Celt and Celtic in their various meanings has been surrounded by some confusion: the initial, <c> can be realised either as /k/ or as /s/. Both can be justified philologically and both are correct in terms of English prescriptive usage. ...
The Proto-Celtic language, also called Common Celtic, is the putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages. ...
The Insular Celtic language hypothesis groups the Goidelic languages, which include Irish, Scottish Gaelic and the recently extinct Manx, together with the Brythonic languages, of which the modern ones are Welsh, Breton, and the moribund Cornish. ...
The Brythonic languages (or Brittonic languages) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family. ...
The Goidelic languages (also sometimes called, particularly in colloquial situations, the Gaelic languages or collectively Gaelic) have historically been part of a dialect continuum stretching from the south of Ireland, the Isle of Man, to the north of Scotland. ...
Continental Celtic ( Celtiberian · Gaulish · Galatian · Lepontic · Noric) | | | Celtic Festivals | | | | Lists | | | The Continental Celtic languages are those Celtic languages that are neither Goidelic nor Brythonic. ...
Celtiberian (also Hispano-Celtic) is an extinct Celtic language spoken by the Celtiberians in northern Spain before and during the Roman Empire. ...
Gaulish is the name given to the Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul before the Vulgar Latin of the late Roman Empire became dominant in Roman Gaul. ...
Galatian is an extinct Celtic language once spoken in Galatia in Asia Minor (modern Turkey) from the 3rd century BC up to the 4th century AD. Of the language only a few glosses and brief comments in classical writers and scattered names on inscriptions survive. ...
Lepontic is an extinct Celtic language that was once spoken in Northern Italy between 700 BCE and 400 BCE. The language is only known from a few inscriptions discovered that were written in a variety of the Northern Italic alphabet, which was related to the Old Italic alphabet. ...
Noric language was the ancient Celtic language spoken in the Roman province of Noricum. ...
The term Celtic calendar is used to refer to a variety of calendars used by Celtic-speaking peoples at different times in history. ...
Look up Samhain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Imbolc is one of the four principal festivals of the Irish calendar, celebrated either at the beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring. ...
This article is about the Gaelic holiday. ...
To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
This is a list of Celtic tribes and associated celtic peoples with their geographical localization. ...
The gods and goddesses of Celtic mythology are known from a variety of sources. ...
See: list of Scots list of Irish people list of Welsh people list of English people list of Breton people Celt Category: Lists of people by ancestry ...
A list of English language words derived from Celtic languages. ...
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