| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Bor" | Nordic / Icelandic | Archetypal god. In the creation account, according to Snorri, a living creature called Ymir was formed in the misty void of Ginnungagap. Ymir was nourished by the milk of the cow Audhumla, who licked salty ice blocks and released a second individual called BURI. He had a son called Bor. Bor, in turn, engendered the AESIR gods OTHIN, VILI and VE. Also Borr.See also Othin.... |
"Bower of Bliss" | France | A Wandering Island, the enchanted residence of Acrasia, destroyed by Sir Guyon. France |
"Brags" | England | Mischievous Goblins that can take the form of a cow with a white flag around its neck, an åśś, or a naked man flapping a white sheet, a chanting girl, or a giant, white singing cat. England |
| Goddess name "Branwen" | Ireland / Welsh / Manx | Venus of the Northern Seas and a goddess of love. Ireland / Welsh / Manx |
| King name "Breasal" | Welsh / Cornwall | A legendary High king of Ireland of the 2nd or 3rd century BCE. Welsh / cornwall |
| 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 "Brigantia" | Roman / Celtic / British | Tutelary goddess. The goddess of the Brigantes in the West Riding of Yorkshire. She became identified with CAELESTIS. At Corbridge, Northumberland, there is an altar inscribed to various deities, including Caelestis Brigantia. In a carved stone relief at Birrens, on the Antonine Wall in Scotland, she is depicted with the attributes of MINERVA. She may also bear links with the goddess BRIGIT. She is frequently åśśociated with water and herding.... |
| 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 |
| Goddess name "Brizo" | Greek | A prophetic goddess of the island of Delos, who sent dreams and revealed their meaning to man. Her name is connected to falling asleep. Greek |
| Goddess name "Bronach" | Ireland | Goddess linked to forgotten Samhain rituals Ireland |
"Brown Man Of The Muirs" | Scotland | Brown Man Of The Muirs, the protector of wild animals. Scotland |
"Brownie" | Scotland | A domestic fairy; the servants friend if well treated. Scotland |
| Spirit name "Brownies" | Scotland | house spirits of Scotland doing the housework, guiding cows back to the farmyard and ushering their hens back to their roosts. |
| God name "Buluga Andaman" | Islands | A god |
| God name "Buri" | Nordic / Icelandic | Archetypal god. According to Snorri, one of two primordial beings. Ymir was formed from the misty void of Ginnungagap, and Buri emerged from the blocks of salty ice on which the cosmic cow Audhumla fed. He had a son, BOR, who engendered the AESIR gods OTHIN, VILI and VE. Also Bori.... |
"Butes" | Greek | Son of Boreas, a Thracian, was hostile towards his step-brother Lycurgus, and therefore compelled by his father to emigrate. He accordingly went with a band of colonists to the island of Strongyle, afterwards called Naxos. But as he and his companions had no women, they made predatory excursions, and also came to Thessaly, where they carried off the women who were just celebrating a festival of Dionysus. Butes himself took Coronis; but she invoked Dionysus, who struck Butes with madness, so that he threw himself into a well. Greek |
"Caer Ibormeith" | Ireland | A daughter of Sid Uamuin and Prince Ethal Anbuail of Connacht. Every alternate Samhain she would change into a swan, in which form she would remain for a year before becoming human again the following Samhain. Ireland |
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