Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Maponos" | Celtic / Continental / European / British | Tribal deity. A youthful god worshiped by the Brigantes tribe in Britain and probably åśśimilated with APOLLO in the Romano-Celtic period.... |
Goddess name "Marcia Proba" | Britain | A warrior queen goddess |
"Maugys" | Britain | A giant who keeps a bridge leading to a castle by a riverside, in which a beautiful lady is besieged. Sir Lybius, one of Arthur's knights, does battle with the giant; the contest lasts a whole summer's day, but terminates with the death of the giant and liberation of the lady. Britain |
Goddess name "Melusine" | Britain / Scotland | A serpent goddess |
God name "Melwas" | Britain | God of the underworld and the "king of the Summer Country". cornwall, Britain |
God name "Mogounos" | Britain | A Celtic god worshipped in Roman Britain and in Gaul. The main evidence is from altars dedicated to the god by Roman soldiers, but the deity is not a native Italic one. |
King name "Molmutius" | Britain | A mythical king of Britain, who promulgated the laws called the Molmutine, and established the privilege of sanctuary. |
Goddess name "Morrigu/ Morrigan/ Morrighan/ Morgan/ Badb/ Nemain" | Irish / Wales / Britain | The Crone aspect of the goddesses who were a trinity responsible for war & ghosts |
God name "Morva signifies Locus Maritimus" | Britain | Morva signifies Locus Maritimus. Sea-women and sea-daughters. "The fishermen who were the ancestors of the Church, came from the Galilean waters to haul for men. We, born to God at the font, are children of the water. Therefore, all the early symbolism of the Church was of and from the sea. The carvure of the early arches was taken from the sea and its creatures. Fish, dolphins, mermen, and mermaids abound in the early types, transferred to wood and stone."' cornwall, Britain |
Goddess name "Nehalennia" | Britain | A goddess who was the patron deity of sea traders |
"Poeninus" | Roman / Celtic | The divinity of the Pennines, Britain. Roman / Celtic |
"Puck or Robin Goodfellow" | Britain | A fairy and merry wanderer of the night, "rough, knurly-limbed, faun-faced, and shock-pated, a very Shetlander among the gossamer-winged" fairies around him. Britain |
"Ruydera" | Britain | The duenna of Belerma She had seven daughters, who wept so bitterly at the death of Durandarte that Merlin, out of pity, turned them into lakes or estuaries. Britain |
Goddess name "Sequana/ Sequena" | Britain | A goddess who lived beneath the rivers |
"Sheela Na Gig" | Britain | Figurative carvings of naked women displaying an exaggerated vulva. They are found on churches, castles and other buildings, particularly in Ireland and Britain, sometimes together with male figures. |
Goddess name "Sirona/ Dirona" | Britain | A goddess of beneficial hot springs |
God name "Taranis" | Celtic | The god of thunder worshipped in Gaul and Britain. Celtic |
"The Giants' Dance" | Britain | Stonehenge, which Geoffrey of Monmouth says was removed from Killaraus, a mountain in Ireland, by the magical skill of Merlin. Britain |