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Cuslanus - a god in Cisalpine Gaul associated with Jupiter [3] Deus Latis - a Brittonic god; Deus Ducavavius - a god known from a lone inscription in Cisalpine Gaul [15] Deus Orevaius - a god known from a lone inscription at Cemenelum [15] Dorminus - god of the hot springs at Aquae Statiellae [15] Intarabus - a Gallic god of the Treveri; Esus ...
In Irish mythology, Donn ("the dark one", from Proto-Celtic: *Dhuosnos) [1] [2] is an ancestor of the Gaels and is believed to have been a god of the dead. [2] [3] [4] Donn is said to dwell in Tech Duinn (the "house of Donn" or "house of the dark one"), [5] where the souls of the dead gather. [6] He may have originally been an aspect of the ...
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 ...
Esus [a] is a Celtic god known from iconographic, epigraphic, and literary sources. The Roman poet Lucan's epic Pharsalia mentions Esus, Taranis, and Teutates as gods to whom the Gauls sacrificed humans. This rare mention of Celtic gods under their native names in a Latin text has been the subject of much comment.
This table shows some of the Celtic and Romano-Celtic gods and goddesses mentioned above, in Romanized form as well as ancient Gaulish, British, or Iberian names as well as those of the Tuatha Dé Danann and characters from the Mabinogion. They are arranged so as to suggest some linguistic or functional associations among the ancient deities ...
Teutates (spelled variously Toutatis, Totatis, Totates) is a Celtic god attested in literary and epigraphic sources. His name, which is derived from a proto-Celtic word meaning "tribe", suggests he was a tribal deity. The Roman poet Lucan's epic Pharsalia mentions Teutates, Esus, and Taranis as gods to whom the Gauls sacrificed humans. This ...
The god Lugus has also been cited in the etymologies of several Celtic personal and place-names incorporating the element "Lug(u)-" (for example, the Roman settlement Lugdunum). Julius Caesar 's description in his Commentaries on the Gallic War of an important pre-Roman Gaulish god (whom Caesar identified with the Roman god Mercury ) has been ...
The name Balor may come from Common Celtic *Boleros, meaning "the flashing one". [2]In the early literature he is also referred to as Balor Béimnech (Balor the smiter), [2] Balor Balcbéimnech (Balor the strong smiter), [3] Balor Birugderc (Balor of the piercing-eye), [4] Balor mac Doit meic Néid (Balor, son of Dot son of Nét) [5] or Balor ua Néit (Balor, grandson of Nét).