Celtic Deities
ANGUS MAC OG (Makohk) ((Ireland)) *God*
One of the Tuatha De Danann. God of youth, love and beauty.
ANU (An-oo) / ANANN / DANA / DANA-ANA
((Ireland)) *Goddess*
Mother Earth, Goddess of fertility, prosperity, comfort.
ARAWN (Ar-awn) ((Wales)) *God*
God of the underground kingdom of the dead. Revenge, terror and
war.
ARIANRHOD (Ari-an-rod) ((Wales)) Goddess
Mother aspect of the Triple Goddess. Honored at the full moon,
beauty, fertility, reincarnation.
BADB (Bibe) / BADHBH / BADB CATHA ((Ireland))
*Goddess*
Mother aspect of the Triple Goddess in Ireland. Associated with
the cauldron, crows and ravens. Life, wisdom, inspiration and
enlightenment.
BANBA ((Ireland)) *Goddess*
Part of a triad with Fotia and Eriu. They used magick to repel
invaders.
BEL /BELENUS / BELINUS / BELENOS / BELIMAWR ((Ireland))
*God*
Closely connected to the Druids. Science, healing, hot springs,
fire, success, prosperity, purification, crops, vegetation,
fertility. A sun and fire god.
BLODEUWEDD (blod-oo-eeth) / BLODWIN /
BLANCHEFLOR ((Wales)) *Goddess*
The maiden form of the Triple Goddess. Goddess of the earth in
bloom, flowers, wisdom, lunar mysteries, initiations.
BOANN (Boo-an) / BOANNAN / BOYNE ((Ireland))
*Goddess*
Goddess of the river Boyne; mother of Angus mac Og.
BRAN THE BLESSED / BENEDIGEIDFRAN (Bran) ((Wales))
*God*
God of prophecy, the arts, leaders, war, the sun, music,
writing.
BRANWEN (Bran-oo-en) ((Wales)) *Goddess*
Goddess of love and beauty.
BRIGIT (Breet) / BRID (Breed) / BRIG / BRIGID
/ BRIGHID ((Ireland, Wales, Spain, France)) *goddess*
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.
CERNUNNOS (Ker-noo-nos) / CERNOWAIN / CERNENUS /
HERNE THE HUNTER ((Known to all Celtic areas in one form or
another)) *God*
God of nature and all wild things. Virility, fertility, animals,
physical love, nature, woodlands, reincarnation, crossroads,
wealth, commerce, warriors.
CERRIDWEN / CARIDWEN / CERIDWEN ((Wales)) *Goddess*
Goddess of nature. Death, fertility, regeneration, inspiration,
magick, astrology, herbs, science, poetry, spells, knowledge.
CREIDDYLAD / CREUDYLAD / CORDELLIA ((Wales))
*Goddess*
Connected with Beltane, often called the May Queen. Goddess of
summer flowers, love.
THE CRONE ((Known in all Celtic regions)) *Goddess*
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.
THE DAGDA ((Ireland)) *God*
Protection, warriors, knowledge, magick, fire, prophecy, weather,
reincarnation, the arts, initiation, the sun, healing,
regeneration, prosperity and plenty, music, the harp.
DANU / DANANN / DANA (Thana) ((Ireland)) *Goddess*
Probably the same as Anu. Mother of the Gods, Great Mother, Moon
Goddess. Patroness of wizards, rivers, water, wells, prosperity
and plenty, magick wisdom.
DIANCECHT (Dian-ket) / DIAN CECHT ((Ireland))
*God*
Physician-magician of the Tuatha. God of healing, medicine,
regeneration, magick, silver working.
DON / DOMNU (Dom-noo) ((Ireland and Wales)) *God*
Ruler of the land of the dead and entrances to the otherworld.
Control of the elements, eloquence.
DRUANTIA ((All Celtic regions)) *Goddess*
Mother of the tree calendar. Fertility, passion, sexual
activities, trees, protection, knowledge, creativity.
DYLAN ((Wales)) *God*
God of the sea.
ELAINE ((Wales)) *Goddess*
Maiden aspect of the Goddess.
EPONA ((Britain, Gaul)) *Goddess*
Goddess of fertility, maternity, protectress of horses, horse
breeding, prosperity, dogs, healing springs, crops.
ERIU (Err-i-oo) / ERIN ((Ireland)) *Goddess*
One of three queens of the Tuatha Da Danann.
FLIDAIS ((Ireland)) *Goddess*
Goddess of forests, woodlands and wild things.
GOIBNIU / GOFANNON / GOVANNON (Gov-ann-on) ((Ireland
and Wales)) *God*
God of blacksmiths, weapon makers, jewelry making, brewing, fire,
metalworking.
GREAT FATHER ((All Celtic regions)) *God*
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.
GREAT MOTHER ((All Celtic regions)) *Goddess*
The Lady. The female aspect of creation, goddess of fertility,
the moon, summer, flowers, love, healing.
THE GREEN MAN ((All Celtic regions)) *God*
See Cernunnos. A horned deity of trees and green growing things
of earth. God of the woodlands.
GWYDION (Gwi-dee-on) ((Wales)) *God*
Greatest of the enchanters, warrior-magician. Illusion, changes,
magick, the sky, healing.
GWYNN AP NUDD (Gwin ap Neethe) ((Wales)) *God*
King of the fairies and the underworld.
GWYTHYR (Gwee-theer) ((Wales)) *God*
Opposite of Gwynn ap Nudd. King of the upper world.
HERNE THE HUNTER ((All Celtic regions)) *God*
See Cernunnos, The Horned God, and Green Man.
THE HORNED GOD ((All Celtic regions)) *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.
LLYR (Thleer) / LEAR / LIR (Hlir) ((Ireland and
Wales)) *God*
God of the sea and water.
LUGH (loo or loog) ((Ireland)) *God*
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.
MACHA (Maax-ah) ((Ireland)) *Goddess*
Protectress in war as in peace, goddess of war and death.
Cunning, sheer physical force, sexuality, fertility, dominance
over men.
MANANNAN MAC LIR (Mannan-awn maklir) ((Ireland and
Wales)) *God*
God of the sea, navigators, storms, weather at sea, fertility,
sailing, weather forecasting, magick, arts, merchants and
commerce, rebirth.
MARGAWSE ((Wales)) *Goddess*
Mother aspect of the Goddess.
MATH MATHONWY (Math math-on-oo-ee) ((Wales)) *God*
God of sorcery, magick, enchantment.
MERLIN / MERDDIN / MYRDDIN (Meer-din) ((Wales and
Britain)) *God*
Great sorcerer, Druid, magician. Illusion, shape-shifting, herbs,
healing, woodlands, nature, protection, counseling, prophecy,
divination, psychic abilities, foreseeing, crystal reading,
tarot, magick, rituals, spells, incantations, artisans and
smiths.
THE MORRIGU (Moor-rig-oo) / MORRIGAN
(Mor-ee-gan) / MORRIGHAN / MORGAN (Moor-gan) ((Ireland,
Wales, and Britain)) *Goddess*
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.
NUADA / NUDD/ NODONS ((Ireland and Wales)) *God*
Similar to Neptune. God of the water, oceans, fishing, the sun,
sailing.
OGMA / OGHMA / OGMIOS ((Ireland)) *God*
Similar to Hercules.
PWYLL ((Wales)) *God*
Ruler of the underworld.
RHIANNON (Hri-an-non) ((Wales)) *Goddess*
The great Queen. Goddess of birds and horses. Enchantments,
fertility and the underworld.
SCATHACH / SCOTA/ SCATHA ((Ireland)) *Goddess*
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, martials arts.
TALIESIN (Tal-i-ess-in) ((Wales)) *God*
God of the bards. Poetry, wisdom, wizards, music, knowledge,
magick.
WHITE LADY ((All Celtic regions)) *Goddess*
Associated with the Crone aspect of the Goddess. Dryad of death,
destruction, annihilation.
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Norse Deities
Aegir *God*
Norse God of the sea. Married to Ran and lives under the waves
near the island of Hlesey.
Aesir*Group*
A group of warrior Gods led by Odin who inhabit Asgard.
Balder*God*
Son of Odin and Frigg. Known as a gentle and wise God. Killed
accidently by his brother Hod. Will return after Ragnarok.
Bolverk*God*
The alias Odin adopted when disgused as a giant to win the mead
of poetry.
Bor*God*
Son of Buri and father of Odin, Vili and Ve.
Bragi*God*
The Norse God of poetry and eloquence. Son of Odin and husband of
Idun.
Buri*God*
Ancestor of the Norse Gods. Created by the cow Audmula him from
the ice.
Day *God*
Son of Night and Delling. Said to ride around ride around the
Earth on his horse Skinfaxi.
Earth *Goddess*
Daughter of Night and Annar.
Einherjar*Group*
Band of dead warriors in Valhalla who await Ragnarok.
Eir *Goddess*
Goddess of healing.
Fjorgyn *Goddess*
Lover of Odin and mother of Thor. Also referreed to as Earth.
Forseti *God*
God of justice. Son of Balder and Nanna.
Freyja *Goddess*
Main Goddess of the Vanir (fertility Gods). Daughter of Njord and
sister of Freyr.
Freyr *God*
Import God of the Vanir. Son of Njord and brother of Freyja.
Frigga *Goddess*
Main Goddess. Wife of Odin and mother of Balder.
Fulla*Goddess*
Goddess servant of Frigga.
Gangnrad*God*
Pseudonym of Odin when he visits Vafthrudnir.
Gefion *Goddess*
Fertility Goddess. Associated with the plow. Tricked the king of
Sweden out of a tract of his land.
Grimnir *God*
Pseudonym of Odin when he visits his foster son Geirrod, King of
the Goths.
Guilveig *Goddess*
A Vanir Goddess whos is burned three times by the Aesir.
Harbard*God*
Odin disguied as a ferryman when he wrangles with Thor.
Heimdall*God*
Watchman of the Norse Gods and owner of the horn Gjall. Son of
nine mothers. Often identified with Rig, the creator of three
races of men.
Hel ((All Celtic regions)) *Goddess*
The ruler of Helheim, the realm of the dead. She is the youngest
child of the evil god Loki and the giantess Angrboda. She is
usually described as a horrible hag, half alive and half dead,
with a gloomy and grim expression. Her face and body are those of
a living woman, but her thighs and legs are those of a corpse,
mottled and moldering.
Hermod*God*
Son of Odin. Rode to Hel to try and rescue his brother
Balder.
Hod*God*
Son of Odin. A blind God who accidently killed his brother
Balder. He will return after Ragnarok.
Honir*God*
A long-legged, indecisive God. Sent to the Vanir to seal the
truce between them and the Aesir. He will survive Ragnarok.
Idun*Goddess*
Gaurdian of the golden apples of youth and wife of Bragi.
Kvasir*God*
Born of the saliva of the Aesir and the Vanir, two groups of
gods. Extremely wise, Kvasir traveled far and wide, teaching and
spreading knowledge..
Lofn*Goddess*
Goddess of illicit unions.
Loki*God*
The sly, trickster of the Norse Gods. Son of two giants. Also
known as the Sly One, The Tricktser, The Shape Changer and The
Sky Traveller. Responsible for death Of Balder. Bound till
Ragnarok.
Magni*God*
The son of Thor and the giantess Jarnsaxa. Will inherit
Thor's hammer Mjollnir with his brother Modi after
Ragnarok.
Mimir*God*
Wise Aesir God. Sent to the Vanir to seal the truce between the
two groups of the Norse Gods. Killed by Vanir, his head is kept
by Odin.
Modgud*Goddess*
Maiden guardian of the bridge over the river Gjoll in
Jotenheim.
Modi*God*
Son of Thor and the giantess Jarnsaxa. Will inherit Thor's
hammer Mjollnir with his brother Magni after Ragnarok.
Moon*God*
Son of Mundilfari. Guides the moon on it's course.
Nanna*Goddess*
Wife of Balder and daughter of Nep.
Narvi*God*
Also known as Nari. Son of Loki and Sigyn who was killed by his
brother Vali.
Night*Goddess*
Daughter of Narvi and mother of Day. Rides around the Earth on
her horse Hrimfaxi.
Njord*God*
A Vanir God associated withwind and sea. Husband of Skadi and
father of Freyja and Freyr.
Norns*Goddesses*
Urd "fate", Skuld "being" and Verandi
"necessity". The three Goddesses of Destiny.
Od*God*
Missing husband of Freyja who she constantly mourns for.
Odin*God*
King of the Norse Gods, God of poetry, battle and death. Chief
God of the Aesir. Known as the "All-Father", the
"Terrible One, the "One-Eyed and "Father of
Battle"..
Ran*Goddess*
Wife of Aegir who dragged drowning men down with her net.
Rig*God*
Pseudonym of Heimdall and the three races of men.
Rind*Goddess*
Lover of Odin and mother of Vali..
Saga*Goddess*
Drinking companion of Odin.
Sif*Goddess*
Wife of Thor whose golden hair was cut off by Loki.
Sigyn*Goddess*
Wife of Loki.
Sjofn*Goddess*
Goddess of human passion.
Skadi*Goddess*
Goddess of Winter and the Hunt.
Sun*Goddess*
Daughter of Mundilfari and guide of the Sun.
Syn*Goddess*
Goddess of the accused at trial.
Thor*God*
God of Sky, Thunder and Fertility. Associated with law and order
in Asgard and guardian of the Norse Gods. Son of Odin and Earth
and husband of Sif.
Thrud*Goddess*
Daughter of Thor. Promised to the Dwarf Alvis.
Tyr*God*
War God. Son of Odin who sacrficed his hand in the binding of
Fenrir.
Ull*God*
God of archery and skiing.
Vali*God*
Son of Odin and the giantess Rind. Conceived to avenge the death
of Balder.
Valkyries*Group*
Beautiful females who carried dying warriors to Valhalla.
Vanir*Group*
Fertility Gods.
Var*Goddess*
Goddess of marriage oaths.
Ve*God*
Son of Bor and brother of Odin and Vili.
Vidar*God*
Son of Odin and the giantess Grid who will avange Odin's
death after Ragnarok.
Vili*God*
Son of Bor and brother of Odin and Ve.
Vor*Goddess*
Goddess who knows all.
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