| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Aife aka Aoife" | Ireland / Scotland | Goddess and queen of the Isle of Shadow. She ran a school for warriors, but her school was less successful than her sister, Scathach's, school. Aife was not vulnerable to magic, and commanded a legion of fierce horsewomen. She stole an alphabet of knowledge from the deities to give to humankind. For that infraction, she was transformed into a crane by the elder deities. Ireland / Scotland |
| Goddess name "Aife/ Aoife" | Irish / Scotland | A goddess & queen of the Isle of shadow |
| Goddess name "Aimend" | Ireland / Scotland | Minor Sun Goddess who is thought to be the daughter of the king of the region known as Corco Loidhe. Ireland / Scotland |
| God name "Ard Greimme" | Scotland | Father of the famed warrioress sister Aife and Scathach. Once a Sun God. Ireland, Scotland |
"Ard Greimme" | Scotland | Means "high power" or "High Sun";. He is the father of the warrioress sisters Aife and Scathach Ireland / Scotland |
"Bahr Geist" | Scotland | A banshee or grey-spectre. Scotland |
| Angel name "Blue Men" | Scotland | The fallen angels were driven out of Paradise in three divisions, one became the Fairies of the land, one the Blue Men in the sea and one the Nimble Men . . . or Merry Dancers of the sky. Campbell. Superstitions of Scotland. |
| Spirit name "Bodachs" | Scotland | Malicious house spirits of the Scottish Highlands in the form of a shriveled old man who lives up the chimney in the daytime and comes out at night to punish naughty children. Scotland |
| Ghost name "Bogeyman" | Scotland | Boogyman, or bogyman, is a legendary ghost-like monster often believed in by children. The bogeyman has no specific appearance. The term bogeyman is also used metaphorically to mean a person or thing of which someone else has an irrational fear. |
| Spirit name "Boggart" | Scotland | A local hobgoblin or spirit. Scotland |
"Bogles" | Scotland | A form of Goblin with a very nasty temperament. |
| Goddess name "Brigantia" | Roman / Celtic / British | Tutelary goddess. The goddess of the Brigantes in the West Riding of Yorkshire. She became identified with CAELESTIS. At Corbridge, Northumberland, there is an altar inscribed to various deities, including Caelestis Brigantia. In a carved stone relief at Birrens, on the Antonine Wall in Scotland, she is depicted with the attributes of MINERVA. She may also bear links with the goddess BRIGIT. She is frequently åśśociated with water and herding.... |
"Brown Man Of The Muirs" | Scotland | Brown Man Of The Muirs, the protector of wild animals. Scotland |
"Brownie" | Scotland | A domestic fairy; the servants friend if well treated. Scotland |
| Spirit name "Brownies" | Scotland | house spirits of Scotland doing the housework, guiding cows back to the farmyard and ushering their hens back to their roosts. |
| Goddess name "Caillech aka Cailleach" | Ireland / Scotland / Manx | Goddess of Winter and the goddess in her destroyer aspect. Ireland / Scotland / Manx |
| Goddess name "Caillech/ Cailleach/ Carlin/ Mala/ Liath" | Irish / Scotland / Manx | A goddess of Winter & the goddess in her destroyer aspect |
"Cairn Maiden" | Scotland | A beautiful, golden haired girl who slices off the heads of harvesters. Scotland |
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