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Iseldir, Druid chieftain and temporary guardian of the Cup of Life in the TV series Merlin. Atticus O'Sullivan, real name Siodhachan O Suileabhain, last of the druids in The Iron Druid Chronicles series. Keyleth, the druid portrayed by Marisha Ray in the long-running web series Critical Role.
A druid was a member of the high-ranking priestly class in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids were religious leaders as well as legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals and political advisors.
The Celtic deities are known from a variety of sources such as written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, religious objects, as well as place and personal names. Celtic deities can belong to two categories: general and local.
Ancient Celtic religion, commonly known as Celtic paganism, [1] [2] [3] was the religion of the ancient Celtic peoples of Europe. Because there are no extant native records of their beliefs, evidence about their religion is gleaned from archaeology, Greco-Roman accounts (some of them hostile and probably not well-informed), and literature from ...
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.
The name has only appeared once with an image, when it was inscribed on the Nautae Parisiaci (the sailors of the Parisii, who were a tribe of Gauls). [9] Otherwise, variations of the name Cernunnos has also been found in a Celtic inscription written in Greek characters at Montagnac, Hérault (as καρνονου, karnonou, in the dative case). [10]
According to folklorist and scholar Katharine Briggs the Ghillie Dhu was a gentle and kind-hearted mountain spirit, [5] or a "rather unusual nature fairy." [6] The Ghillie Dhu was an individual male modern day fairy described by Osgood Mackenzie, a Scottish landowner and horticulturist, in his memoirs that were published in 1921.
Brunor, La Cote Male Taile Knight who wears his murdered father's coat, brother of Dinadan and Daniel Brutus of Britain: Brut, Brute, (Welsh: Bryttys) Historia Brittonum, c. 820 First King of Britain, a Trojan Cador† (Latin: Cadorius) Historia Regum Britanniae, The Dream of Rhonabwy