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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, deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in gender.
This category includes the most important and best-known goddesses of the Celtic world. For more, see the categories Goddesses of the ancient Britons, Gaulish goddesses, Irish goddesess and Welsh goddesses. See also Celtic gods.
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The name may derive from a Scottish Gaelic surname Neachneohain, meaning "daughter(s) of the divine," and/or "daughter(s) of Scathach," or NicNaoimhein, meaning "daughter of the little saint". [3] Other theories propose that the name derives from the Irish war goddess Neamhain , [ 4 ] or is connected to water-spirits such as the Nixie , Nokke ...
Ben Cruachan, highest point in Argyll and Bute, home of the Cailleach nan Cruachan. In Scotland, where she is also known as Beira, Queen of Winter (a name given by 20th-century folklorist Donald Alexander Mackenzie), she is credited with making numerous mountains and large hills, which are said to have been formed when she was striding across the land and accidentally dropped rocks from her ...