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Iseldir, Druid chieftain and temporary guardian of the Cup of Life in the TV series Merlin. Atticus O'Sullivan, real name Siodhachan O Suileabhain, last of the druids in The Iron Druid Chronicles series. Keyleth, the druid portrayed by Marisha Ray in the long-running web series Critical Role.
The Irish have several words for female druids, such as bandruí ("woman-druid"), found in tales such as Táin Bó Cúailnge; [50] Bodhmall, featured in the Fenian Cycle, and one of Fionn mac Cumhaill's childhood caretakers; [51] and Tlachtga, [52] daughter of the druid Mug Ruith who, according to Irish tradition, is associated with the Hill of ...
The Celtic deities are known from a variety of sources such as written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, religious objects, as well as place and personal names. Celtic deities can belong to two categories: general and local.
Cathbad - chief druid in the court of Conchobar mac Nessa; Celtchar - hero of the Ulaid; Cethern mac Fintain - Ulster warrior who assists Cú Chulainn; Conall Cernach - hero of the Ulaid; Cruinniuc - wealthy cattle owner who marries a mysterious woman, later revealed to be the goddess Macha; Cúscraid - son of Conchobar mac Nessa
The name is also found as Donann and Domnann, [18] which may point to the origin being proto-Celtic *don, meaning "earth" [1] (compare the Old Irish word for earth, doman). Tírechán described the sídh folk as dei terreni, "earthly gods". [1] The name could be cognate with the mythical Fir Domnann [19] and the British Dumnonii. [20]
Many Celtic divinities were extremely localised, sometimes occurring in just one shrine, perhaps because the spirit concerned was a genius loci, the governing spirit of a particular place. [6] In Gaul, more than four hundred different Celtic deity-names are recorded, of which at least 300 occur just once.
Celtic paganism, as practised by the ancient Celts, is a descendant of Proto-Celtic paganism, itself derived from Proto-Indo-European paganism.Many deities in Celtic mythologies have cognates in other Indo-European mythologies, such as Celtic Brigantia with Roman Aurora, Vedic Ushas, and Norse Aurvandill; Welsh Arianrhod with Greek Selene, Baltic Mėnuo, and Slavic Myesyats; and Irish Danu ...
The Dun Ailline Druid Brotherhood (Hermandad Druida Dun Ailline in Spanish) is a pagan organization for followers of the Celtic Neopaganism based on Spain in 2010 which supports the practice of a type of Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism called Druidism, centered on the Celtic culture of Ireland, and whose principal deities are known as the ...