ORIGIN Celtic (Irish). God of skills including ale brewing.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP early times until Christianization, circa AD 400.
SYNONYMS Goibniu; GOVANNON (Welsh).
CENTER(S) OF CULT none specifically known.
Tag: Irish
DIANCECHT
ORIGIN Celtic (Irish). Physician god.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP prehistoric times until Christianization circa AD 400.
SYNONYMS none known.
CENTER(S) OF CULT none specifically known.
BELENUS
ORIGIN Celtic (Continental European and probably Irish). Pastoral deity concerned with light, solar worship and healing.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP prehistoric times until Christianization (circa AD 400) and in some circumstances much later.
SYNONYMS Apollo Belenus; Bile (Irish).
Badb
War goddess. Celtic (Irish). One of the aspects of the MORRIGAN. Capable of changing shape at will. She confronts the Irish hero Cu Chulainn before a battle and terrifies him by turning into Badb Catha, the crow and harbinger of death.
DANU
DANU (1)
ORIGIN Celtic (Irish). Founding goddess.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP prehistoric times until after Christianization circa AD 400.
SYNONYMS ANU; DON (Welsh).
DAGDA (the good god)
ORIGIN Celtic (Irish). Father of the tribe.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP from prehistoric times until after Christianization circa AD 400.
SYNONYMS Ruad ro-fhessa (lord of perfect knowledge); Eochaid Ollathair (all-father).
BRIGIT (exalted one)
ORIGIN Celtic (Continental European and Irish). Fertility goddess.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP prehistoric times until Christianization (circa AD 1100) and after.
SYNONYMS Brigid; Bride; Banfile (poetess).
Boann (she of the white cows)
River goddess. Celtic (Irish). The local goddess of the river Boyne. She is one of the consorts of the DAGDA, alternatively of a minor local deity Elcmar, cuckolded by the Dagda who sent him away on an errand for nine months. The mother of Angus mac Og.
Banba
Fertility goddess. Celtic (Irish). One of the aspects of the MORRIGAN. A name of the “Sovereignty of Ireland” to whom the king was married in symbolic ceremony. Also a goddess of war capable of changing shape from girl to hag, and into birds and animals.
BRIGIT OF THE CELTS
Brigit was one of the great Triple Goddesses of the Celtic people. She appeared as Brigit to the Irish, Brigantia in Northern England, Bride in Scotland, and Brigandu in Brittany. Many legends are told about Brigit. Some say that there are three Brigits : one sister in charge of poetry and inspiration who invented the Ogham alphabet, one in charge of healing and midwifery, and the third in charge of the hearth fire, smithies and other crafts. This catually indicates the seperate aspects of her Threefold nature and is a neat division of labor for a hard-working goddess.
Witch's Well 