| Celtic Deities III |
| Fachea An Irish Goddess of poetry. Sometimes heralded as the patron Goddess of the bards. Fand Once married to the sea God Manann, she was a minor sea Goddess, as well as one of the Goddess Twins of earthly pleasures with her sister Liban. Finvarra A mighty father God who has become known as a Faery king. He rules the burgh at Knockma with Oonaugh, his wife. Fionn MacCumhal A legendary warrior God/giant. Fomorians Aboriginal deities originally associated with soil and fertility and were originally peaceful. The invading Celts changed them into dark gods representing evil. Fland A minor lake Goddess. Flidias A shape-shifting Goddess of the Woodlands. Fodlha One of the Triplicity with Eire and Banbha. Garbh Ogh Goddess of the Hunt. It is thought the Horned God is her consort. Geofon In British mythology, Geofon was the ocean goddess Goewin Welsh Goddess of sovreignty. Gog The male counterpart of fertility Goddess Magog. Goibhniu In Celtic mythology, A master goldsmith at Tara, he is a patron God of craftspeople. Goidel The common ancestor of the "Goidelic" Celts, the Irish, Manx, and Scottish. A God of language and communication. Goleuddydd A Welsh sow Goddess, the mother of Culwch. Govannon Known as Gobnui in Ireland. He was the god of smith craft and workmanship. He brewed the gods ale. Grannos Early God of mineral springs, and on the Continent he was a minor sun God. Grian Once a powerful Sun deity in Ireland, she is also the Goddess of the waning year. Guaire A guardian God of Brugh na Boinne - the Cairn at Newgrange. Gwawl ap Clud Son of the Goddess Clud, he was possibly a minor sun God. He is a participant of the Rhiannon/Pwyll myths. Gwion Bach The boy charged with stirring the potion of knowledge brewed by Cerridwen for her son, Afagddu. When three drops landed on his finger, he sucked it off, and gained the knowledge. Cerridwen chased him down, and although he changed shape many times, she finally caught him, and consumed him while he was a grain of corn, and she a hen. He was re-born, from Cerridwen, as Taliesin. Gwyddno A one time sea God, now thought of as a sea monster. Gwyn ap Nudd In Celtic mythology, Gwyn ap Nudd is the lord of the underworld and master of the wild hunt. He lives at Glastonbury Tor. Many times depicted as a divine ancestor. Patron God of fallen warriors, and a God of war, he leads the souls to Annwn. Habondia A Goddess of prosperity. Henwen The Anglo-Celtic sow Goddess, similar to the Welsh Cerridwen. Herne The Hunter - In English folklore, Herne The Hunter is the spirit of a hunter which guards travellers through Windsor Great Park. He wears the antlers of a stag upon his head. Herne was prominent in the tales of Robin Hood, although Windsor Great Park is nowhere near Sherwood Forest. Hevydd Hen Father of Rhiannon, king of Faeries for a time. Holly King & Oak King The sacrificial Gods who are essentially two aspects of the same being. The Holly King represents the waning year, and must battle the Oak King at Midsummer. The Oak King represents the waxing year, and must battle the Holly King at Yule. Hu Gadarn The common ancestor and father God to the Cymry (Welsh). Ialonus A Continental fertility God who rules all cultivated fields. Ibath A Nemedian thought to be an ancestor/father/God to the Tuatha. Idath A warrior and fertility God married to the Goddess Bo Find. Iubdan of the Faylinn An Ulster God known as King of the Faeries. Keevan (also Ceibhan) May once have been a God of the Hunt. Kele-De An Irish Goddess of feminine power. Keridwen A nature goddess. She possessed a mystic cauldron called Amen which would give the gift of inspiration to whoever drank from it. Her son was so ugly that she decided to give him draught from her cauldron to make up for his ugliness. The cauldron keeper, Gwion, drank of it and was Chased by Keridwen and, after changing bodies a few times, became the bard Taliesin. |