Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Ialonus" | Celtic | The personification of the land and fertility god. Celtic |
God name "Ialonus" | Celtic / Continental / European / British | God of meadows. Known from inscriptions at Lancaster (Ialonus Contrebis) and Nimes.... |
Goddess name "Icauna" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | River goddess. Guardian deity of the river Yonne [Brittany].... |
Goddess name "Iccovellauna" | Celtic | Goddess of water. Celtic |
Goddess name "Iccovellauna" | Celtic / Continental / European | water goddess. Known only from inscriptions.... |
God name "LENUS" | Celtic / Continental / European | God of healing. A god of healing worshiped by the Celtic tribe of Treveri but later adopted by the Romans. The Trier sanctuary was a place of pilgrimage where large numbers of offerings were deposited, and carvings suggest that child patients were often present. Lenus's sanctuaries were usually åśśociated with springs and some, if not all, had an abaton or room for recuperation.... |
Goddess name "Latiaran" | Celtic | Youngest of the three sisters who made up a triune goddess and a goddess of autumn and fire. |
God name "Lenus" | Celtic | God of healing Celtic |
God name "Leucetios" | Celtic | Thunder and storm god. Celtic |
God name "Liew Liaw Gyffes" | Celtic / Welsh | God. The counterpart of the Irish god LUG. The son of ARIANRHOD, he was raised by GWYDION. The heroic figure of Lancelot may be derived from him.... |
God name "Lir" | Celtic / Irish | God. The father of the sea god MANANNAN, the consort of Aobh and later of her sister Aoife. He had four children by Aobh: AED, Conn, Fiachra and Fionnuala. Out of jealousy Aoife turned the four into swans and set father and children against one another.... |
Goddess name "Luaths Lurgann" | Celtic | warrior goddess. Celtic |
God name "Ludd" | Celtic / British | God of the ocean, war and light. Celtic / British |
God name "Lugh" | Pan-Celtic | The Shining One, "Sun God", "Many Skilled", "Fair-Haired One", "White or Shining". A hero and god of war. Pan-Celtic |
Goddess name "MORRIGAN (queen of demons)" | Celtic / Irish | war, fertility and vegetation goddess. A complex goddess displaying various characteristics which are both generative and destructive (see also ANAT, INANA, IS'TAR, ATHENE). At the festival of Samain, she mates with the DAGDA to ensure the future prosperity of the land and as queen Maeve (Medb) of Connaught she was ritually wedded to the mortal king whose antecedent was Ailill. As Nemain (panic) and Badb Catha (raven of battle), she takes on a more warlike and destructive aspect. Rather than engaging directly in conflict, she uses her supernatural powers to spread fear and disarray. The Irish hero Cu Chulainn was thus visited on the battle field by BADB driving a chariot and dressed in a red cloak and with red eyebrows presenting an intimidating appearance. She is capable of changing her shape into various animal forms and in the guise of a raven or a crow is able to foretell the outcome of battle.... |
God name "Mabon" | Celtic | Minor Sun god who also ironically represses. & of freedom, harmony & unity |
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.... |
God name "Mabon ap Modron" | Celtic | Divine son, the son of Modron "divine mother"). Synonymous with the Ancient British god, Maponos. He was a hunter god who was stolen from his mother three days after his birth. He then lived in Annwn until he was rescued by Culhwch. Because of his time in Annwn, Mabon stayed a young adult forever. Celtic |