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Badb--(bav): "Fury". A battle goddess who appears to be an aspect of the Morrigan, along with Nemain and Macha.

Banba--(bawn-va): The "sow" of the Plough is one of the three tutelary and sovereign goddesses of the land of Ireland.

Balor of the Evil Eye: King of the Formorians. Balor attempts to ignore the fundamental rule of sovereignty by diminishing the power of the women around him. He imprisons his daughter in a tower hoping to prevent the natural law of succession. He ignores the warnings of his wife Ceithlenn. His power turns bad within him and manifests as his "evil eye". Lugh slays him at the Second Battle of Moy Tura.

Beltane--(beal-tinah): The festival at the beginning of May to mark the putting out of cattle and the planting season. Also spelled Bealtaine.

Beth-Luis-Nion: The Irish alphabet named after the trees and originating in Ogham. The letters' names are:
Beth, Luis, Nion, Fearn, Saille, Huath, Duir, Tinne, Coll, Quert, Muin, Gort, Ngetal, Straiph, Ruis, Ailm, Ohn, Ura, Eado, and Idho.

Boann--(bo-un): "White cow", the goddess of the River Boyne and mate of the Dagda.

Bodb--(bohv): Bodb Dearg, the "Red Crow", son of the Dagda and father of Sadb. His 'sidhe (fairy hill) lies in County Galway.

Bran--(brahn): (1) Son of Febal who voyaged to the Land of Women;
(2) (welsh) King of Britain. Bran, "raven", is keeper of a cauldron of regeneration. The raven is the messenger between the worlds.

Bricriu--(brik-ru): The pleasure of Bricriu of the Bitter or Poisoned Tongue is always to create conflict and trouble. Some say this resulted from an old wound.

Brigit--(bri-hed): "High one". Originally a goddess of the land of Leinster and daughter of the Dagda, Brigit became popular throughout the western Celtic world and successfully made the transformation to a Christian saint.

Bru na Boinne--(bru na boyn): "gods house of the Boyne" in County Meath, the greatest concentration of Neolithic ceremonial sites in Ireland. In Celtic myth Bru na Boinne refers to the mound now known at Newgrange, the home of Aonghus Og. It is said that Angus loved Diarmuid, and after his death tried to restore him through enchantment. This proved impossible, but nonetheless Diarmuid would appear briefly to Angus in spirit or light form on one day of the year. Newgrange was built so that at dawn on the Winter Solstice the sun penetrates the long passageway and illumninates the carved chamber within the mound for a brief period of time. Is it possible that here, embedded in Celtic myth, is an account of this extraordinary astronomical event?