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List of Gods : "Bres" - 7 records

Name ▲▼Origin ▲▼Description ▲▼
God name
"Bres Macelatha"
Celtic / Irish vegetation god. The son of ERIU and of the Fomorian king Elatha. He is therefore part TUATHA DE DANAAN by parentage but, having become Lord of Ireland, he sides with the Fomorians in the Battle of Moytura and is defeated. Concerned with the supply of food from the land....
God name
"Bres Maclatha"
Ireland vegetation god. Ireland
Goddess name
"Brigit aka Brigid"
Ireland Brighit, Bridget ("exalted one") was the daughter of Dagda and wife of Bres of the Fomorians. She had two sisters, also named Brighid, and is considered a clåśśic Celtic Triple Goddess. Ireland
King name
"Elathan"
Celtic A king of the Fomors, father of Bress. Celtic

"Guebres"
Persia Fire worshippers. Persia

"Jannes and Jambres"
Egypt The two magicians of Pharaoh, who imitated some of the miracles of Moses. The Jannes and Jambres who withstood Moses, mentioned by St. Paul, are supposed to be the same. Egypt

"Maeltine Mor-Brethach"
Ireland Maeltine Mor-Brethach - styled 'of the Great Judgments', he was a wise man of the Tuatha De Danaan who advised Lugh not to spare the life of Bres after the second battle of Magh Tuireadh. Ireland