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Anu - probable goddess of the earth and fertility, [42] called "mother of the Irish gods" in Cormac's Glossary [43] Bec; Bébinn (Béfind) Bé Chuille; Bodhmall; Boann - goddess of the River Boyne, called Bouvinda by Ptolemy [44] Brigid (Brigit) - called a "goddess of poets" in Cormac's Glossary, [43] with her sisters Brigid the healer and ...
In olden times the Celtics land and national societies were both linked with the body of the goddess (also attributed as "tribal goddess") and her representative on earth was the queen. Another "ambivalent" character in Scottish myths was the "hag", the Goddess, the Gaelic Cailleach, and the Giantess, a divine being who is harmful. The hag is ...
13.6 Scottish. 13.7 Welsh. 14 Cham mythology. ... This is a list of goddesses, ... (Female Divinity) Haashchʼéé Oołtʼohí (Hastséoltoi, Hastyeoltoi, Shooting God)
Epona, the Celtic goddess of horses and riding, lacked a direct Roman equivalent, and is therefore one of the most persistent distinctly Celtic deities.This image comes from Germany, about 200 AD Replica of the incomplete Pillar of the Boatmen, from Paris, with four deities, including the only depiction of Cernunnos to name him (left, 2nd from top)
Hvidberg-Hansen (Danish professor of Semitic philology), notes that Tanit is sometimes depicted with a lion's head, showing her warrior quality. In modern times the name, with the spelling "Tanith", has been used as a female given name, both for real people and, more frequently, in occult fiction.
Bodhmall—female druid in the Fenian cycle; Cathbad—Ulster cycle; Gwenc'hlan—6th century Breton; Merlin—from the Arthurian legends; Mug Ruith—blind druid in Irish mythology; Tadg mac Nuadat—Fenian cycle; Tlachtga—daughter of Mug Ruith; Bé Chuille—One of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology featured in a tale from the ...
Scottish baby names for boys and girls: See 244 cute, different and cool baby names from Scotland.
This is a list of Scottish characters from fiction. Authors of romantic fiction have been influential in creating the popular image of Scots as kilted Highlanders, noted for their military prowess, bagpipes , rustic kailyard and doomed Jacobitism .