Celtic deity

Other forms: Celtic deities

Definitions of Celtic deity

1. noun

   a deity worshipped by the Celts
   examples:

   Amaethon

   the farmer god; ancient god of agriculture

   Ana

   mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu

   Angus Og

   Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women

   Arawn

   Celtic deity who was the lord of Annwfn (the other world or the land of fairies)

   Arianrhod

   Celtic goddess famous for her beauty; mother of Dylan

   Boann

   Celtic goddess; mother of Angus Og

   Brigit

   Celtic goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom; later associated with Saint Bridget

   Dagda

   chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit

   Dana

   Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don

   Don

   Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu

   Dylan

   Celtic god of the waves; son of Arianrhod

   Epona

   (possibly Roman mythology) Celtic goddess of horses and mules and asses

   Gwydion

   Celtic sky god; a magician; giver of arts and civilization

   Gwyn

   Celtic underworld god

   LLud

   a Celtic warrior god

   Llyr

   Celtic deity who was the father of Manawydan; corresponds to Irish Lir

   Lugh

   ancient Celtic god

   Manannan

   Celtic god of the sea; son of Ler

   Manawyddan

   Celtic sea god; son of Llyr

   Morrigan

   Celtic war goddess

   types:

   Fomor, Fomorian

   one of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature

   Ler, Lir

   the sea personified; father of Manannan; corresponds to Welsh Llyr

   Llew Llaw Gyffes

   son of Gwydion and Arianrhod; supported by magic of Gwydion; cursed by Arianrhod

   Tuatha De, Tuatha De Danann

   race of Celtic gods or demigods; ruled Ireland in the Golden Age

   type of:

   deity, divinity, god, immortal

   any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force