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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.
Taliesin, a powerful druid and the penultimate "Merlin" of Britain in The Mists of Avalon novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Kevin, druid, harpist and last "Merlin" of Britain, in The Mists of Avalon novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Amergin, bard in the novel Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish, by Morgan Llywelyn, and his brother Colptha, a diviner.
Ross' conclusion was largely accepted by two other prominent archaeologists to write on the subject: Miranda Aldhouse-Green [116] - the author of The Gods of the Celts (1986), Exploring the World of the Druids (1997), and Caesar's Druids: Story of an Ancient Priesthood (2010); and Barry Cunliffe- the author of Iron Age Communities in Britain ...
Teutates, also spelled Toutatis (Celtic: "Him of the tribe"), was one of three Celtic gods mentioned by the Roman poet Lucan in the 1st century, [25] the other two being Esus ("lord") and Taranis ("thunderer"). According to later commentators, victims sacrificed to Teutates were killed by being plunged headfirst into a vat filled with an ...
The Celtic god Sucellus. Though the Celtic world at its height covered much of western and central Europe, it was not politically unified, nor was there any substantial central source of cultural influence or homogeneity; as a result, there was a great deal of variation in local practices of Celtic religion (although certain motifs, for example, the god Lugh, appear to have diffused throughout ...
The Dagda - supreme god and king of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Danu - mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Dian Cecht - god of healing; Étaín - heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne; Lir - god of the sea; Lugh - legendary hero and High King of Ireland, god of leadership, skills, the sun, and alliances, associated with friends.
In modern times, with the increase in polytheistic Druidry, and the widespread acceptance of goddess-worship, the word "Goddess" has largely replaced the word "God" in The Druid's Prayer; other variants include "God and Goddess" and "Spirit". [45] Some Druids regard it as possible to communicate with various spirits during rituals. [58]
Celtic deities. Irish deities; Etruscan deities; Finnic deities; Germanic deities. Anglo-Saxon deities; List of Norse gods and goddesses; Greek deities (see also Ancient Greek religion, Twelve Olympians, Greek hero cult, Family tree of the Greek gods, Mycenaean gods, Hellenismos) Neoplatonic triad; Hungarian deities; Lusitani deities