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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.
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.
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Epona, the Celtic goddess of horses and riding, lacked a direct Roman equivalent, and is therefore one of the most persistent distinctly Celtic deities.This image comes from Germany, about 200 AD Replica of the incomplete Pillar of the Boatmen, from Paris, with four deities, including the only depiction of Cernunnos to name him (left, 2nd from top)
This category includes the most important and best-known goddesses of the Celtic world. For more, see the categories Goddesses of the ancient Britons, Gaulish goddesses, Irish goddesess and Welsh goddesses. See also Celtic gods.
The Morrígan or Mórrígan, also known as Morrígu, is a figure from Irish mythology. The name is Mór-ríoghan in modern Irish before the spelling reform, [1] and it has been translated as "great queen" or "phantom queen". The Morrígan is mainly associated with war and fate, especially with foretelling doom, death, or victory in battle.
To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of rogue consonants and surprise vowels. ... popular Irish names tended to come from mythology – Deirdre, Niamh, Oisín and ...
In Irish mythology, Clíodhna (Clídna, Clionadh, Clíodna, Clíona, transliterated to Cleena in English) is a Queen of the Banshees of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Clíodna of Carrigcleena is the potent banshee that rules as queen over the sióga (fairies) of South Munster , or Desmond .