Airmed Goddess of the Tuatha de Danaan, the most
ancient deities of Ireland. She had great magical powers and herb craft
was Her specialty.
Ardwinna Continental Celtic Goddess of the
Wildwood. She demanded a fine for every animal killed in Her wood, which
She was said to oversee mounted on a wild boar.
Artio Great Goddess of wildlife in Celtic Gaul and
Britain.
Achtland Pan-Celtic, A Goddess queen whom no
mortal man could satisfy, she took a giant from the faery realm as her
mate. Legend says that she took great pleasure combing his long, fair
hair.
Adsullata British, A Goddess of hot springs who
came to Brittany from Celtic Gaul. She is the origin of the Anglo-Celtic
sun Goddess Sul, and was most likely a minor sun Goddess in her own right
before the time when the Celts relegated the majority of their sun images
to male deities, and moon images to female ones.
Aerten Cornish, Anglo-Celtic, Welsh, Also spelled
Aerfen, or Aeron. A Goddess of fate who presided over the outcome of war
between several Celtic clans.
Agrona Welsh, Anglo-Celtic, Goddess of slaughter
and war often equated with the Morrigan.
Aife Scottish, Also spelled Aoife. Aife was a
Goddess and queen of the Isle of Shadow, an honor she shared with her
rival and sister Scathach.
Aine AN-yuh, Ireland, a woman of the Leanan Sidhe
(Sweetheart of the Sidhe). Some said she was the daughter of Manannan,
some said she was the Morrigan herself.
Andarta Gallic, Fertility Goddess and patron Goddess of the
Vocontii tribe.
Andraste Romano-Celtic; British; Anglo-Celtic;
Continental Europe, The patron Goddess of the Iceni tribe.
Anu Ireland, goddess of plenty and Mother Earth.
Greatest of all Irish goddesses, deity of cattle, health, fertility,
prosperity, and comfort.
Aoibhell Evill, Ireland; another woman of the
Sidhe, she made her dwelling in Craig Liath.
Ariande Continental European, This Goddess of
ancient Crete is the only Greek deity known to have been worshipped in
Celtic Gaul.
Arianrhood Wales. "Silver Wheel"; "High Fruitful
Mother"; star goddess; sky goddess; virgin; goddess of reincarnation; Full
Moon goddess. Her palace was called Caer Arianrhod (Aurora Borealis).
Keeper of the circling Silver Wheel of Stars, a symbol of time or karma.
This wheel was also known as the Oar Wheel, a ship which carried dead
warriors to the Moonland (Emania). Mother of Lleu Llaw Gyffes and Dylan by
her brother Gwydion. Her original consort was Nwyvre (Sky or Firmament).
Mother aspect of the Triple Goddess in Wales. Honored at the Full Moon.
Beauty, fertility, reincarnation. She is the "virgin queen" who dwells in
the spiral castle and controls the tides.
Arnamentia Anglo-Celtic, Romano-Celtic, British,
Water Goddess known only from inscriptions.
Aveta Romano-Celtic Gallic, Goddess of birth and
midwifery.
Banba Irish Earth Goddess. Land Unplowed for a
Year.
Ban Naomha Irish Fish Goddess.
Becuma Irish Goddess of the Magic Boat.
Blancheflor White Flower, Celtic Lily Maid Who
represented the Maiden aspect of the triple Goddess. The red flower stands
for the Mother and the black bird for the Crone, according to the three
sacred colors of the Gunas.
Branwen Goddess of Regeneration Who kept the
Cauldron of Regeneration. Alder was Her tree. The White Bosomed One. Welsh
Love goddess. Venus of the Northern Sea. The crow is Her animal. She is
the White Crow.
Bodua Continental Celtic War Goddess.
Badb Bibe, Ireland, goddess of enlightenment,
inspiration, life, wisdom. Sister of Macha, the Morrigan, and Anu, the
name of this goddess means "boiling," "battle raven," and "scald-crow."
Belisama Celtic, Goddess of light and fire, the
forge and of crafts. She is the wife of the god Belenus (Beli) and the
Goddess of the Mersey River.
Blodeuwedd Wales. "Flower Face"; "White Flower".
Lily maid of Celtic initiation ceremonies. Also known as the Nine-fold
Goddess of the Western Isles of Paradise. Created by Math and Gwydion as a
wife for Lleu. She was changed into an owl for her adultery and plotting
Lleu's death. The Maiden form of the Triple Goddess; her symbol was the
owl; goddess of the Earth in bloom. Flowers, wisdom, lunar mysteries,
initiations
Boann (b00-an)/BOANNAN/BOYNE Ireland. Goddess of
the river Boyne; mother of Angus mac Og by the Dagda. Once there was a
well shaded by nine magic hazel trees. These trees bore crimson nuts which
gave knowledge of everything in the world. Divine salmon lived in the well
and ate the nuts. No one, not even the high gods, was allowed to go near
the well. But Boann went anyway. The well waters rose to drive her away,
but they never returned. Instead they became the River Boyne and the
salmon became inhabitants of the river. Other Celtic river goddesses:
Siannan (Shan- non), Sabrina (Severn), Sequana (Seine), Deva (Dee), Clota
(Clyde), Verbeia (Wharfe), Brigantia (Braint, Brent). Healing.
Brigit Ireland, Wales, Spain, France. "Power";
"Renown"; "High One"; "Fiery Arrow or Power" (Breo-saighead). Daughter of
the Dagda; called the poetess. Often called The Triple Brigids, Three
Blessed Ladies of Britain, The Three Mothers. Another aspect of Danu;
associated with Imbolc. She had an exclusive female priesthood at Kildare
and an ever-burning sacred fire. The number of her priestesses was
nineteen, representing the nineteen-year cycle of the Celtic "Great Year".
Her kelles were sacred prostitutes and her soldiers brigands. 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. She was originally a goddess of the land of Leinster and
daughter of the Dagda.
Britannia Romano-Celtic British, Tutelary Goddess.
The genia loci of Britain who first appears on the coinage of Antoninius
Pius in the 2nd century AD. She became the symbol of the British Empire
after being partly syncretized with the war goddess Minerva.
Canola Ancient Irish Goddess. Inventor of the
Irish harp.
Carman Irish Goddess of Sterility.
Cessair (Kesara) Early Irish Earth goddess. When
Ireland coalesced out of the Underworld, the first beings to reach it were
the followers of Cessair, a chieftain Who brought with Her 50 women and 3
men.
Cailleach Bheur Scottish, Irish, Manx, Great
Goddess in her Destroyer aspect; called "Veiled One". Another name is
Scota, from which Scotland comes. In parts of Britain she is the Goddess
of Winter. She was an ancient Goddess of the pre-Celtic peoples of
Ireland. She controlled the seasons and the weather; and was the goddess
of earth and sky, moon and sun.
Cerriwden Wales. Moon Goddess; Great Mother; grain
goddess; goddess of Nature. The white corpse-eating sow representing the
Moon. Wife of the giant Tegid and mother of a beautiful girl Creirwy and
an ugly boy Avagdu. Welsh Bards called themselves Cerddorion (sons of
Cerridwen). The Bard Taliesin, founder of their craft, was said to be born
of Cerridwen and to have tasted a potent brew from her magic cauldron of
inspiration. This potion known as 'greal' (from which the word Grail
probably came), was made from six plants for inspiration and knowledge.
Gwion Bach (later called Taliesin) accidentally drank the remaining three
drops of the liquid. Her symbol was a white sow. Death, fertility ,
regeneration, inspiration, magic, astrology, herbs, science, poetry,
spells, knowledge. She appears as a Goddess of Inspiration, a sorceress, a
Fairy woman, shapeshifter, and crone.
Cliodna Irish, Scottish, Goddess of beauty and the
otherworld. A Tuatha sea and Otherworld Goddess who often took the form of
a sea bird and, as such, symbolized the Celtic afterlife.
Clota Scottish, Popular Goddess of the River
Clyde.
Condwiramur Welsh, Cornish, An archetypal guardian
of the feminine mysteries and a Goddess of sovereignty who appears briefly
in the Grail legends as the wife of Sir Percival.
CorraScottish, A Goddess of prophecy who usually
appeared in the form of a crane.
Coventina Anglo-Celtic, Scottish, British,
Tutelary and water Goddess of uncertain affinities.
Cred Irish, Scottish, Also Creide. This faery
queen Goddess is associated with Dana's mountains, the Paps of Any.
Creddylad Welsh, Daughter of the sea god Llyr.
Cyhiraeth Welsh, Once a Goddess of streams, she
later bacame thought of as a faery spirit who was a portent of death.
Damara Anglo-Celtic, An English fertility Goddess
associated with Bealtaine.
Damona Gaul, Goddess of fertility and healing; her
name means "divine cow". Cow Goddesses were linked to fertility and
abundance.
Divona Gaul, A fertility Goddess associated with
water and known only from inscriptions.
Druantia Breton, "Queen of the Druids", Mother of
the tree calendar; Fir Goddess. Fertility, passion, sexual activities,
trees, protection, knowledge, creativity.
Dana Eponymous Great Mother of the Danes and the
Irish Tuatha De Danaan, people of the Goddess Dana.
Danu - aka Anu, Ana, Cat Ana, Aine Ancient
Ancestress Goddess of Ireland.
Dictynna Lawgiving Goddess of Mount Dicte.
Eriu The Lady Eire - ancient Irish Goddess,
Controller of the western apple garden of immortality.
Epona Pan-Celtic, "Divine Horse"; "The Great
Mare"; Goddess of horses; Mother Goddess. Fertility, maternity,
protectress of horses, horse-breeding, prosperity, dogs, healing springs,
crops.
Elaine Wales, Britain. Maiden aspect of the
Goddess.
ERINIreland. One of the three queens of the Tuatha
Da Danann and a daughter of the Dagda.
Flidais Ireland. Goddess of forests, woodlands,
and wild things; ruler of wild beasts. She rode in a chariot drawn by
deer. Shape-shifter.
Great Mother The Lady; female principal of
creation. Goddess of fertility, the Moon, Summer, flowers, love, healing,
the seas, water. The index finger was considered the "mother finger," the
most magi- cal which guided, beckoned, blessed and cursed.
Macha (maax-ah) Ireland. "Crow"; "Battle"; "Great
Queen of Phantoms"; Mother of Life and Death; a war goddess; Mother Death;
originally a Mother Goddess; one of the aspects of the triple Morrigu.
Also called Mania, Mana, Mene, Minne. Associated with ravens and crows.
She was honored at Lughnassadh. After a battle, the Irish cut off the
heads of the losers and called them Macha's acorn crop. Protectress in war
as in peace; goddess of war and death. Cunning, sheer physical force,
sexuality, fertility, dominance over males.
Margwase Wales, Britain. Mother aspect of the
Goddess.
THE Morrigu (moor-rig-oo)/MORRIGAN
(mor-ee-gan)/MORRIGHAN/MORGAN (moor-gan) Ireland, Wales and Britain.
"Great Queen"; "Supreme War Goddess"; "Queen of Phantoms or Demons";
"Specter Queen"; shape-shifter. Reigned over the battlefield, helping with
her magic, but did not join in battles. Associated with crows and ravens.
The Crone aspect of the Goddess; Great Mother; Moon Goddess; Great White
Goddess; Queen of the Fairies. In her Dark Aspect (the symbol is then the
raven or crow) she is the goddess of war, fate and death; she went fully
armed and carried two spears. The carrion crow is her favorite disguise.
With her, Fea (Hateful), Nemon (Venomous), Badb (Fury), and Macha (Battle)
encouraged fighters to battle madness. Goddess of rivers, lakes, and fresh
water. Patroness of priestesses and witches. Revenge, night, magic,
prophecy.
Morgan Le Fay Death Goddess. Wells were sacred to
Her. aka Morrigan, Mara, Fata Morgana. Raven Her bird. Shamrock Her plant.
Nimue Moon Goddess of Fate.
Niamh Ireland. "Brightness"; "Beauty". A form of
Badhbh who helps heroes at death.
Rhiannon (hri-an-non) Wales. "The Great Queen".
Goddess of birds and horses. Enchantments, fertility, and the Underworld.
She rides a swift white horse.
Scathach/Scota/Scatha/Scath Ireland, Scotland.
"Shadow, shade"; "The Shadowy One"; "She Who Strikes Fear". Underworld
goddess of the Land of Scath; Dark Goddess; goddess in the Destroyer
aspect. Also 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, magic, prophecy, martial arts.
Sinclair Sacred Light.
Sulis Also known as Sul or Sol (Norse). Ancient
Celtic Sun Goddess, worshipped especially on hilltops overlooking springs.
The Springs at Bath were originally known as Aquae Sulis (Waters of the
Sun).
Tephi Ireland. Goddess of Tara and co-founder with
Tea.
White Lady Known to all Celtic countries. Dryad of
Death; identified with Macha; Queen of the Dead; the Crone form of the
Goddess. Death, destruction, annihilation.