Irish & Celtic Gods

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source:www.wicca.com/celtic/wicca/celtic.htm

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1)ANGUS MAC OG (Makohk):
One of the Tuatha De Danann. God of youth, love and beauty.


2)ANU (An-oo) / ANANN / DANA / DANA-ANA :
Mother Earth, Goddess of fertility, prosperity, comfort.


3)ARAWN (Ar-awn):
God of the underground kingdom of the dead. Revenge, terror and war.
Welsh in origin


4)ARIANRHOD (Ari-an-rod):
Mother aspect of the Triple Goddess. Honored at the full moon, beauty, fertility, reincarnation.
Welsh in Origin


5)BADB (Bibe) / BADHBH / BADB CATHA ((Ireland)):
Mother aspect of the Triple Goddess in Ireland. Associated with the cauldron, crows and ravens. Life, wisdom, inspiration and enlightenment.


6)BANBA ((Ireland)):
Part of a triad with Fotia and Eriu. They used magick to repel invaders.


7)BEL /BELENUS / BELINUS / BELENOS / BELIMAWR:
Closely connected to the Druids. Science, healing, hot springs, fire, success, prosperity, purification, crops, vegetation, fertility. A sun and fire god.


8)BOANN (Boo-an) / BOANNAN / BOYNE :
Goddess of the river Boyne; mother of Angus mac Og.



9)BRIGIT (Breet) / BRID (Breed) / BRIG / BRIGID / BRIGHID:
Associated with Imbloc. Goddess of fire, fertility, the hearth, all feminine arts and crafts and martial arts. Healing, physicians, agriculture, inspiration, learning, poetry, divination, prophecy, smithcraft, animal husbandry, love, witchcraft, occult knowledge.


10)CERNUNNOS (Ker-noo-nos) / CERNOWAIN / CERNENUS / HERNE THE HUNTER: ((Known to all Celtic areas in one form or another))
God of nature and all wild things. Virility, fertility, animals, physical love, nature, woodlands, reincarnation, crossroads, wealth, commerce, warriors.


11)THE CRONE ((Known in all Celtic regions)):
One aspect of the Triple Goddess. She represents old age or death, winter, the end of all things, the waning moon, post-menstrual phases of women's lives. All destruction that precedes regeneration through her cauldron of rebirth.


12)THE DAGDA ((Ireland)):
Protection, warriors, knowledge, magick, fire, prophecy, weather, reincarnation, the arts, initiation, the sun, healing, regeneration, prosperity and plenty, music, the harp.
Liam's true father



13)DANU / DANANN / DANA (Thana):
Probably the same as Anu. Mother of the Gods, Great Mother, Moon Goddess. Patroness of wizards, rivers, water, wells, prosperity and plenty, magick wisdom.


14)DIANCECHT (Dian-ket) / DIAN CECHT:
Physician-magician of the Tuatha. God of healing, medicine, regeneration, magick, silver working.


15)DON / DOMNU (Dom-noo):
Ruler of the land of the dead and entrances to the otherworld. Control of the elements, eloquence.


16)DRUANTIA:
Mother of the tree calendar. Fertility, passion, sexual activities, trees, protection, knowledge, creativity.



17)ERIU (Err-i-oo) / ERIN:
One of three queens of the Tuatha Da Danann.


18)FLIDAIS ((Ireland)):
Goddess of forests, woodlands and wild things.


19)GOIBNIU / GOFANNON / GOVANNON (Gov-ann-on):
God of blacksmiths, weapon makers, jewelry making, brewing, fire, metalworking.


20)GREAT FATHER:
The Lord. The horned god, (Not Satan) lord of winter, harvest, land of the dead, the sky, animals, mountains, lust, powers of destruction and regeneration. The male aspect of creation.


21)GREAT MOTHER:
The Lady. The female aspect of creation, goddess of fertility, the moon, summer, flowers, love, healing.


22)THE GREEN MAN:
See Cernunnos. A horned deity of trees and green growing things of earth. God of the woodlands.

In human like form

23)THE HORNED GOD:
Lord of the wild hunt. The masculine, active side of nature. Earth father, growing things, wild animals, alertness, fertility, desire, physical love, agriculture, flocks, brewing.

Human like form

24)LLYR (Thleer) / LEAR / LIR (Hlir):
God of the sea and water.


25)LUGH (loo or loog) ((Ireland)):
God of skills. Druid, physician, smithing, war, magick, commerce, reincarnation, lightning, water, arts and crafts, manual arts, journeys, martial arts, poets, musicians, historians, sorcerers, healing, revenge, initiation, prophecy.


26)MACHA (Maax-ah):
Protectress in war as in peace, goddess of war and death. Cunning, sheer physical force, sexuality, fertility, dominance over men.


27)MANANNAN MAC LIR (Mannan-awn maklir):
God of the sea, navigators, storms, weather at sea, fertility, sailing, weather forecasting, magick, arts, merchants and commerce, rebirth.


28)THE MORRIGU (Moor-rig-oo) / MORRIGAN (Mor-ee-gan) / MORRIGHAN / MORGAN (Moor-gan) ((Ireland, Wales, and Britain)):
Supreme war goddess. Queen of phantoms and demons, shape-shifter. The crone aspect of the goddess, great white goddess. Patroness of priestesses and witches. Revenge, night, magick, prophecy.


29)NUADA / NUDD/ NODONS:
Similar to Neptune. God of the water, oceans, fishing, the sun, sailing.


30)OGMA / OGHMA / OGMIOS :
Similar to Hercules.


31)SCATHACH / SCOTA/ SCATHA:
The shadowy one. Goddess in the destroyer aspect. A warrior woman and prophetess who lived in Albion (Scotland), probably on the Isle of Skye and taught the martial arts. Patroness of blacksmiths, healing, magick, prophecy, martial arts.


32)WHITE LADY:
Associated with the Crone aspect of the Goddess. Dryad of death, destruction, annihilation.