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Pages in category "Scottish feminine given names" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Maximia - fountain goddess in Amélie-les-Bains [15] Nemetona - a Celtic goddess with roots in northeastern Gaul. Nehalennia - a sea goddess in Zealand; Nantosuelta - Gallic goddess, companion of Sucellos; Ricagambeda - Brittonic goddess; Ritona (Pritona) - Gallic goddess of the Treveri; Rosmerta - Gallic goddess of fertility and abundance
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
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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 ...
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 ...
The name comes from the Gaelic words for a sweetheart, lover, or concubine and the term for inhabitants of fairy mounds (fairy). [3] While the leannán sídhe is most often depicted as a female fairy, there is at least one reference to a male leannán sídhe troubling a mortal woman. [4]