Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Pen Anniwen" | Celtic / Welsh | underworld god. Virtually synonymous with PWYLL and PRYDERI.... |
God name "Picullus" | Roman / Celtic / Prussian | Chthonic underworld god. He becomes syncretized with the devil in Christian times.... |
God name "Poeninus" | Roman / Celtic / European | mountain god. Known locally from the alpine regions and generally thought to be åśśimilated with JUPITER.... |
Goddess name "Proxumae" | RomanoCeltic | Generic title of a group of goddesses. Personal guardian deities.... |
God name "Pryderi" | Celtic / Welsh | Chthonic god. The son of PWYLL and RHIANNON. According to tradition, he was abducted as an infant from his cradle by a huge talon or claw, with the implication that the abduction was instigated by an adversary from the underworld, perhaps the family of Gwawl, a rejected suitor of Rhiannon. Pryderi was found in a stable and rescued by Teirnyon, who brought the child up as his son. Eventually the true parents of Pryderi were identified and he was returned to his family. His consort is Cigfa and he succeeded Pwyll to the title Lord of Dyfed.'... |
God name "Pwyll" | Celtic / Welsh | Chthonic god. The so-called Lord of Dyfed who, according to tradition, brought the pig to Wales having received it as a gift from ARAWN, the underworld god. He earned the reward by substituting for Arawn and fighting his enemy Hafgan, in payment for an unintended slight to Arawn, whom he met one day while out hunting. His consort is RHIANNON and his son is PRYDERI.... |
Goddess name "Queen of Elphame" | Celtic | Goddess of death and disease often equated with Hecate. Celtic |
Goddess name "Ratis" | Celtic | Goddess of the Fortress and strong walls. Celtic |
Goddess name "Rhiannon" | Celtic / Irish | Chthonic horse goddess. The daughter of Hefaidd Hen and consort of PWYLL, she rides upon a white mare and is åśśociated with the underworld and with fertility. May be virtually synonymous with the Romano-Celtic goddess Rigantona whose name means great queen. Authors suggest she is modeled on the goddess MODRON and she partly equates with EPONA.... |
God name "Rigisamus" | Roman / Celtic | A god of war |
God name "Rigisamus" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | God of war. Assimilated with MARS.... |
God name "Rigisamus or Rigonmetis" | Celtic | God of war åśśimilated with the Mars. Celtic |
Goddess name "Ritona" | Celtic | Goddess of river fords. Celtic |
Goddess name "Ritona" | Roman / Celtic | Goddess of river fords. Known from inscriptions and åśśociated with the Treveri tribe.... |
Goddess name "Rosmerta (great provider)" | Roman / Celtic / British / Gallic | Fertility goddess. Consort to the god Mercury. Probably locally worshiped and often depicted carrying a basket of fruit, purse or cornucopia. She and Mercury frequently appear together. In addition to her purse, she may bear a twin-headed ax or, alternatively, she may carry Mercury's caduceus (snake-entwined wand).See also MERCURIUS.... |
God name "Rudiobus" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | Probably a horse god. Xnown from an inscription at Neuvy-en-Sullias which includes a depiction of a stallion.... |
Goddess name "Saitada" | Celtic | Goddess of mourning and grief. Celtic |
God name "Segomo" | Celtic | God of war. Celtic |