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Manannán mac Lir - god of the sea, like his father Lir; Nuada Airgetlám - first king of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Ogma - warrior-poet, said to have invented the Ogham alphabet; Trí Dée Dána - three gods of crafting Creidhne - artificer of the Tuatha Dé Danann, working in bronze, brass and gold; Goibniu - smith of the Tuatha Dé Danann
General deities were known by the Celts throughout large regions, and are the gods and goddesses called upon for protection, healing, luck, and honour. The local deities from Celtic nature worship were the spirits of a particular feature of the landscape, such as mountains, trees, or rivers, and thus were generally only known by the locals in ...
Some researchers have suggested the concept of "Black Irish" as the descendants of Spanish sailors was created and popularized in the 19th and 20th centuries by Irish Americans in the United States who wanted to conceal interracial children produced with African Americans.
The Tuatha Dé Danann as depicted in John Duncan's Riders of the Sidhe (1911). The Tuatha Dé Danann (Irish: [ˈt̪ˠuə(hə) dʲeː ˈd̪ˠan̪ˠən̪ˠ], meaning "the folk of the goddess Danu"), also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé ("tribe of the gods"), [1] are a supernatural race in Irish mythology.
The meaning of Lugh's name is still a matter of debate. Some scholars propose that it derives from a suggested Proto-Indo-European root *(h2)lewgh-meaning "to bind by oath" (compare Old Irish luige and Welsh llw, both meaning "oath, vow, act of swearing" and derived from a suffixed Proto-Celtic form, *lugiyo-, "oath"), [7] suggesting that he was originally a god of oaths and sworn contracts. [4]
The Dagda (Old Irish: In Dagda, Irish: An Daghdha) is considered the great god of Irish mythology. [1] He is the chief god of the Tuatha Dé Danann, with the Dagda portrayed as a father-figure, king, and druid. [2] [1] [3] He is associated with fertility, agriculture, manliness and strength, as well as magic, druidry and wisdom.
Irish gods are divided into four main groups. [14] Group one encompasses the older gods of Gaul and Britain. The second group is the main focus of much of the mythology and surrounds the native Irish gods with their homes in burial mounds. The third group are the gods that dwell in the sea and the fourth group includes stories of the Otherworld ...
Crom Dubh (Old Irish: [krom duβ], Scottish Gaelic: [kʰɾɔum t̪uh]; meaning "black crooked [one]"; also Crum Dubh, Dark Crom) is a mythological and folkloric figure of Ireland, based on the god Crom Cruach, mentioned in the 12th-century dinnseanchas of Magh Slécht. [1]