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List of Gods : "Goddess Irish" - 59 records

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"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....
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"Aebhel/ Aeval"
Irish A goddess who is a faery [interesting story]
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"Aibheaog"
Irish A fire goddess
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"Aife/ Aoife"
Irish / Scotland A goddess & queen of the Isle of shadow
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"Ain/ Aine"
Irish A goddess of war, of fertility, love & of Midsummer Lair Derg
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"Aine"
Celtic / Irish Obscure sky or Sun goddess. May have an åśśociation with horses....
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"Airmid"
Irish A goddess of all healing arts & witchcraft
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"Anu/ Anann/ Dana/ Dana Ana/ Catana"
Irish A mother goddess åśśociated with fertility & the primordial mother
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"Arianrod"
Irish The goddess of the moon
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"Arm (2)"
Celtic / Irish Chthonic mother goddess. Closely åśśociated with fertility and the primordial mother of the TUATHA DE DANANN. Twin hills near Killarney in Munster are called “The Paps of Anu.” Also Ana....
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"BRIGIT (exalted one)"
Celtic / Continental / European / Irish Fertility goddess. A major Celtic pastoral deity, described as a “wise woman, the daughter of the DAGDA,” Brigit became “Christianized” as St. Brigit of Kildare, who lived from AD 450-523 and founded the first female Christian community in Ireland. She was originally celebrated on February 1 in the festival of Imbolc....
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"Badb"
Celtic / Irish war goddess. One of the aspects of the MORRIGAN. Capable of changing shape at will. She confronts the Irish hero Cu Chulainn before a battle and terrifies him by turning into Badb Catha, the crow and harbinger of death....
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"Badb/ Bodva"
Irish A goddess of war
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"Badb/ Odva/ Badb Catha"
Irish A goddess of war
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"Ban Chuideachaidh Moire"
Ireland Old Goddess who appears in modern Irish legends as the midwife who åśśisted the Christian Virgin Mary with her birth, and was also a title applied to St. Bridget. A once forgotten goddess of childbirth. Ireland
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"Bariba"
Celtic / Irish Fertility goddess. One of the aspects of the MORRIGAN. A name of the “Sovereignty of Ireland” to whom the king was married in symbolic ceremony. Also a goddess of war capable of changing shape from girl to hag, and into birds and animals.See also BADB, ERIU, Fodla, Medb and MAEVE....
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"Beçúɱa"
Irish A goddess who ruled over magical boats
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"Boann (she of the white cows)"
Celtic / Irish River goddess. The local goddess of the river Boyne. She is one of the consorts of the DAGDA, alternatively of a minor local deity Elcmar, cuckolded by the Dagda who sent him away on an errand for nine months. The mother of Angus mac Og.See also AENGUS....
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