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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 ...
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 ]
Nechtan is associated with the source of the River Boyne (pictured) Nechtan is a figure in Irish mythology who is associated with a spring marking the source of the River Boyne, known as Nechtan's Well or the Well of Wisdom. He was the husband of Boann, eponymous goddess of the Boyne. Nechtan is believed to be another name for Nuada.
Danu (Irish goddess) *Danu ([ˈdanu]) is a hypothesised entity in Irish mythology whose sole attestation is in the genitive in the name of the Tuatha dé Danann, which may mean "the peoples of the goddess Danu" in Old Irish. Despite a complete absence from the primary texts, some later Victorian folklorists attempted to ascribe certain ...
Samhain (/ ˈ s ɑː w ɪ n / SAH-win, / ˈ s aʊ ɪ n / SOW-in, Irish: [ˈsˠəunʲ], Scottish Gaelic: [ˈs̪ãũ.ɪɲ]), Sauin (Manx: [ˈsoːɪnʲ]) or Oíche Shamhna (/ ˈ iː h ə ˈ h aʊ n ə / EE-hə HOW-nə) is a Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or "darker half" of the year. [1]
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 ...
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.