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Contents. Cernunnos. In ancient Celtic and Gallo-Roman religion, Cernunnos or Carnonos is a god depicted with antlers, seated cross-legged, and is associated with stags, horned serpents, dogs and bulls. He is usually shown holding or wearing a torc and sometimes holding a bag of coins (or grain) and a cornucopia. [ 1 ]
The Morrígan as a crow. The Morrígan or Mórrígan , also known as Morrígu, is a figure from Irish mythology. The name is Mór-ríoghan in modern Irish before the spelling reform, [ 1 ] and it has been translated as "great queen" or "phantom queen". The Morrígan is mainly associated with war and fate, especially with foretelling doom, death ...
Lugh is given the matriname mac Ethlenn or mac Ethnenn ("son of Ethliu or Ethniu", his mother) and the patriname mac Cein ("son of Cian", his father). [3] He is the maternal grandson of the Fomorian tyrant Balor, whom Lugh kills in the Battle of Mag Tuired. Lugh's son is the hero Cú Chulainn, who is believed to be an incarnation of Lugh. [43] [44]
Lí Ban - sister of Fand; Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht and Mac Gréine - trio of brothers who killed Lugh and shared the kingship of Ireland between each other; Miach - healer and son of Dian Cecht, killed by his father out of jealousy due to his superior healing talents; Midir - son of the Dagda; Nechtan - father and/or husband of Boann; Neit - god of war
Rosmerta - Gallic goddess of fertility and abundance. Sabrina - Brittonic goddess of the River Severn. Seixomniai Leuciticai - a Celtic goddess, equated with Diana [16] Senuna - a Brittonic goddess. Sequana - Gallic goddess of the River Seine. Sirona - Gallic goddess of healing. Suleviae - a triune mother goddess.
From The Mabinogion, translated by Lady Charlotte Guest, 1877. Rhiannon (/ ˈriːænən /) 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 ...
Pre-Roman Celtic art produced few images of deities, and these are hard to identify, lacking inscriptions, but in the post-conquest period many more images were made, some with inscriptions naming the deity. Most of the specific information we have therefore comes from Latin writers and the archaeology of the post-conquest period.
Triquetra. Interlaced triquetra which is a trefoil knot. The triquetra (/ traɪˈkwɛtrə / try-KWEH-truh; from the Latin adjective triquetrus "three-cornered") is a triangular figure composed of three interlaced arcs, or (equivalently) three overlapping vesicae piscis lens shapes. It is used as an ornamental design in architecture, and in ...