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Aerfen is a Celtic goddess of fate and warfare, and the personification of River Dee in Wales. The name Aerfen is the modern Welsh form of Common Celtic Aerten, which was derived from agro-, "carnage", and tan-nu, "to broaden" or "to spread", or ten-n-do-, "to break" or "to cut". [1] Together, Aerfen probably means "renowned in battle". [2]
-Elfydd: The Earth; the realm of humans -Annwn: The Otherworld; the realm(s) of the gods.Depending on the source, this could be a more typical Indo-European underworld (i.e. a realm below the earth), or the "deep" areas within the natural realm (e.g. deep within the woods, as with the First Branch of The Mabinogi, or within/near lakes, e.g. the Arthurian Lady of the Lake, Ceridwen in Hanes ...
Brasennus - a god known from a lone inscription in Cisalpine Gaul [3] Caletos [18] Camulus - Brittonic deity identified with Mars; Caturix - war god of the Helvetii; Cernunnos (Carnonos) - an antlered god; Cissonius - a Gallic god of trade [4] Mars Cnabetius - a Gallic god of war [19] Condatis - a Gallic and Brittonic god of the confluences of ...
In Welsh mythology, Arawn (Welsh pronunciation:) was the king of the otherworld realm of Annwn who appears prominently in the first branch of the Mabinogi, and alluded to in the fourth. [2] In later tradition, the role of the king of Annwn was largely attributed to the Welsh psychopomp , Gwyn ap Nudd - meaning "white" (i.e. 'winter') a possible ...
Medieval Welsh poetry refers to her as possessing the cauldron of poetic inspiration and the Tale of Taliesin recounts her swallowing her servant Gwion Bach who is then reborn through her as the poet Taliesin. Ceridwen is regarded by many modern pagans as the Celtic goddess of rebirth, transformation, and inspiration.
Pages in category "Welsh goddesses" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aerfen; B. Branwen; C.
Rhiannon (Welsh pronunciation: [r̥iˈan.ɔn]) is a major figure in Welsh mythology, appearing in the First Branch of the Mabinogi, and again in the Third Branch. Ronald Hutton called her "one of the great female personalities in World literature", adding that "there is in fact, nobody quite like her in previous human literature". [2]
Arianrhod (Welsh pronunciation: [arjˈanr̥ɔd]) is a figure in Welsh mythology who plays her most important role in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi.She is the daughter of Dôn [1] and the sister of Gwydion and Gilfaethwy; the Welsh Triads give her father as Beli Mawr. [2]