Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "AEGIR (water)" | Icelandic / Nordic | God of the ocean. A lesser known AESIR god of Asgard concerned with the moods of the sea and their implications for mariners. The river Eider was known to the Vikings as Aegir's Door. Aegir is also depicted in some poetry as the ale brewer, perhaps an allusion to the caldrons of mead which were thought to come from under the sea (see also the Celtic deities DAGDA and GOBNIU). There are references in literature to Saxons sacrificing captives, probably to Aegir, before setting sail for home. Linked in uncertain manner to the goddess RAN he was believed to have sired nine children, the waves of the sea, who were possibly giantesses.... |
Goddess name "AENGUS" | Celtic / Irish | KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 500 BC . The son of the DAGDA by the wife of Elcmar (one of the kings of Tara) who may have been the goddess BOANN, Aengus lived in the Valley of the Boyne and was closely linked with the ancient funerary tumuli in the region. According to legend, Aengus fell in love with a maiden whose identity he sought in vain. As he wasted away, his father and mother made enquiries until they located Caer, daughter of the king of Cannaught, who lived on Loch Bel dragon in the shape of a swan with 150 attendant swans. Aengus eventually found her and he also changed into a bird.... |
God name "Abandinus" | Celtic | An obscure Celtic deity, possibly a river-god. He is currently known only from a single inscription from Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire, England: a bronze votive feather is dedicated to him with the fragmentary text "to the god Abandinus, Vatiaucus gave this from his own resources" inscribed on a plaque. |
God name "Abandinus" | Roman / Celtic / British | God of unknown affinities. The name appears in an inscription at Godmanchester, Cambridge, England.... |
God name "Abellio" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | Tree god. Known from inscriptions in the Garonne valley of southwestern France and thought to be åśśociated with apple trees.... |
Goddess name "Abnoba" | Celtic | Goddess of the hunt, similar to the Roman Diana. Celtic |
Goddess name "Abnoba" | Roman / Celtic / European | Forest and river goddess. Known locally from the Black Forest region of Germany. The name Avon, åśśociated with many rivers, derives from her name.... |
Goddess name "Achtland" | Celtic | Goddess queen who no mortal man could sexually satisfy, so she took a giant from the faery realm as her mate. Celtic |
God name "Aed" | Celtic / Ireland | underworld god. Son of Lir and Aobh. Celtic / Ireland |
God name "Aed" | Celtic / Irish | Chthonic underworld god. Known from inscriptions. Aed mac Lir, son of LIR and Aobh was, according to tradition, turned into a swan by his stepmother, Aoife.... |
God name "Aericura" | Celtic / Roman | An underworld god known only from inscription |
God name "Aericura" | Roman / Celtic | Chthonic underworld god. Known only from inscriptions.... |
Goddess name "Aericura aka Erecura" | Roman / Celtic | Herecura, Eracura, was a goddess worshipped in ancient times, often thought to be Celtic in origin, mostly represented with the attributes of Proserpina and åśśociated with the Roman underworld god Dis Pater. Roman / Celtic |
Goddess name "Aerten" | Welsh / Cornish | Goddess of fate who presided over the battles of several Celtic clans. She is often equated to the Three Fates of Greco-Roman mythology. Welsh / cornish |
Goddess name "Aeval" | Celtic | A goddess of sexual relations & small size |
Goddess name "Aeval .Aibell Aoibhell" | Celtic | Aeval aka Aibell Aoibhell, was a goddess or fairy queen of Munster. She determined if husbands were sexually satsifying their wives. Celtic |
Goddess name "Aidin" | Celtic | Goddess of love and sexuality Celtic |
Goddess name "Aine" | Celtic / Irish | Obscure sky or Sun goddess. May have an åśśociation with horses.... |