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Legendary creatures from Celtic mythology. ... Pages in category "Celtic legendary creatures" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Celtic mythology is the body of myths belonging to the Celtic peoples. [1] Like other Iron Age Europeans, Celtic peoples followed a polytheistic religion , having many gods and goddesses. The mythologies of continental Celtic peoples, such as the Gauls and Celtiberians , did not survive their conquest by the Roman Empire , the loss of their ...
Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era. In the early medieval era, myths were written down by Christian scribes, who Christianized them to some extent. Irish mythology is the best-preserved branch of Celtic mythology.
Irish giants (1 C, 3 P) L. Leprechauns (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Irish legendary creatures" ... List of Irish mythological figures; A. Abcán; Abhartach; Airitech ...
Cú Chulainn - mythological hero known for his terrible battle frenzy Deirdre - tragic heroine of the Ulster Cycle; when she was born it was prophesied that she would be beautiful, but that kings and lords would go to war over her
Writing in the Celtic Review in 1908, the folklorist E. C. Watson described the beithir as a "venomous and destructive creature". [9] She suggested the basis of the legends were founded in the destructive characteristics of lightning and serpents. [9] The beithir was said to be sighted on summer nights when lightning strikes occurred. [13]
The Scottish Gaelic name Slúagh stems from the Old Irish slúag (≈ slóg), meaning 'host, army; crowd, assembly'.Variant forms include slógh and sluag. [3] It derives from the Proto-Celtic root * slougo-(cf. Gaul. catu-slougi 'troops of combat', Middle Welsh llu 'troop', Old Bret.-lu 'army'), whose original meaning may have been 'those serving the chief', by comparing with Balto-Slavic ...
Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by Celtic Heathendom. Williams & Norgate. OCLC 4329482. Sjoestedt, Marie-Louise (1949) [1940]. Gods and Heroes of the Celts. Translated by Dillon, Miles. Methuen. OCLC 1053150. Smyth, Daragh (1996). A Guide to Irish Mythology (2nd ed.). Irish Academic Press. ISBN 9780716526124. OCLC ...