Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Dunroamin" | Britain | God of semi-detached houses. Britain |
"Dunstan" | Britain | Patron saint of goldsmiths. He burnt the devil's nose with red hot tongs. Britain |
Deity name "Dylan" | Wales / Britain | A guardian deity of the mouth of the River Conway |
Spirit name "Dymphna" | Britain | Saint of those stricken in spirit. She was a native of Britain, and a woman of high rank. It is said that she was murdered, at Geel, in Belgium, by her own father, because she resisted his incestuous påśśion. Geel, or Gheel, has long been a famous colony for the insane, who are sent thither from all parts of Europe, and are boarded with the peasantry. Britain |
King name "Elidure" | Britain | A legendary king of Britain, advanced to the throne in place of his elder brother, Arthgallo, supposed by him to be dead. Arthgallo, after a long exile, returned to his country, and Elidure resigned to him the throne. |
God name "Epos/ Olloatir" | Britain | A god often seen as a male form of Epona |
God name "Essus/ Esus" | Britain / Gaul | A harvest / woodcutter god |
King name "Excalibur" | Britain | Liberated from the stone. The sword which Arthur drew out of the stone, whereby he proved himself to be the king. Britain |
"Faids" | Britain | The second clåśś of Druids. Britain |
King name "Galapas" | Britain | The giant slain by king Arthur. Britain |
Spirit name "Gytrash" | Britain | A malevolent spirit that appears as a large dog or horse, and leads people astray. Britain |
Goddess name "Habondia/ Abondia/ Abunciada/ Habonde" | Britain | A goddess of abundance & prosperity |
Spirit name "Kalyb" | Britain | The "Lady of the Woods," who stole St. George from his nurse, brought him up as her own child, and endowed him with gifts. St. George enclosed her in a rock, where she was torn to pieces by spirits. Britain |
King name "Lear" | Britain | A legendary king of Britain, who in his old age divided his kingdom between Goneril and Regan, two of his daughters, who professed great love for him. These two daughters drove the old man mad by their unnatural conduct. |
King name "Locrin" | Britain | Or Locrine. Father of Sabrina, and eldest son of the mythical Brutus, king of ancient Britain. On the death of his father he became king of Loegria. |
King name "Lud" | Celtic / British | London; so called from Lud, a mythical king of Britain. Ludgate is, by a similar tradition, said to be the gate where Lud was buried. Celtic / British |
God name "Lud/ Nudd/ Nuada" | Britain | This god is London's namesake |
God name "Mabon (son)" | Celtic / Welsh | God of youth. The son of an earthly mother, MODRON. According to legend he was abducted when three days old. Also a god of hunters and fishermen. He is known particularly from northwestern Britain and his cult extends along the region of Hadrian's Wall. Known from many Romano-Celtic inscriptions and syncretized with the Romano-Greek god APOLLO.... |