| Latis | A lake Goddess who became the Goddess of ale and Mead. |
| Leucetios | An air or thunder god similar to the Norse God Thor. His name is almost all that remains. |
| Li Bann and Fan (Liban & Fand) |
Dream women. Twin sisters They are the Goddesses of Earthly pleasures and Health. |
| Llasar Llaesgyfnewid | A Welsh battle God. |
| Llew Llaw Gyffes | The son of Arianrhod and her brother Gwyddion, or possibly her Uncle Math. Thought to be the same as the Irish sun God Lugh. |
| Llud | A river God for whom Ludgate in London is named. |
| Lludd | Son of the death God Beli, and a death God in his own right. |
| Luaths Lurgann | A warrior Goddess, known as Ireland's fastest runner. |
| Luchtaine | In Celtic mythology, Luchtaine was the god of wheel making. |
| Lugain Riab nDerg | Foster brother to Cuchulain, he is thought to represent a masculine version of the Triple Goddess. |
| Lugh | In Irish mythology, A God of the sun, light and grain harvest, his Sabbat is Lughnasadh. He killed his grandfather, Balor, during the great battle in which a new order of gods and goddesses took over from the primal beings of chaotic energy. He was the god of skill and ability. A god of many skills and the Gaulish Lugus.Sun god who carried a magic spear. He is also worshipped as a God of weaving, fire and metallurgy, crafting and protector of the weak. |
| Lyr | (Llyr or Lir) A powerful God of the sea. Father of better known sea God Manann. |
| Mabon | In Celtic mythology, Mabon was the Son of Light, equated with the Roman Apollo. He was the god of liberation, harmony, music and unity. He is associated with Jesus, the horned one, bel and Oenghus. He represents the innocence of youth , then strength and virility as a man, and the sacrificial God when elderly. The fall equinox "Mabon" is his Sabbat. |
| MacCecht | God of the plow for the Tuatha. |
| MacCuill | ea God of the Tuatha. |
| MacGreine | Sun God of the Tuatha. |
| Macha | In Irish mythology, Macha is a goddess of athletic games, festivals and fertility. She is also a horse goddess. The battle goddess in human form. One of the three war goddesses known as the Morrigan. She feeds on the heads of dead enemies. One of a triplicity, she represents death, destruction, strife and disease. |
| Manann | Sea God for whom the Isle of Man is named. Second husband to Rhiannon. |
| Manannan mac Lir | Trickster, God of the Sea, Ancient One
Manannan Mac Lir is the son of Lir. Husband to Fand and father to Neim. He is one of the most popular deities in Celtic mythology. He is Lord of the sea and of the three great waves of Ireland, and son of the mystical god Lir, ruler of Time and Deep Space. While very little is known of Lir himself, his son Manannan appears in many of the old legends. It is said that he traveled around Ireland in many different shapes and guises. As a master of tricks and illusions (which he enjoyed acting out on mortals) he was known as Gille Decair, the Bad Servant, an apparently foolish clown who could disappear at will. Despite his trickery, however, he never brought harm to any mortal.
Manannan himself is said to have undergone many different incarnations, including as Culain the Smith, Fionn MacCumhal and Mongan, who was taken away to Manannan's Land of Promise when he was just three nights old. He was also the foster father of the great warrior Lugh. He wrapped the young child in his vast cloak and took him away in his boat to his Otherworld lands beyond the sea. The Isle of Man takes its name from this ancient Celtic deity who has his stronghold on South Barrule mountain. As guardian of the Blessed Isles of the Celts he also has strong associations with Emhain Abhlach, the Isle of Apple Trees, where the magical silver apple branch lies. To the Celts, the Blessed Isles that lie beyond the sea are the gateways to the Otherworlds, where the soul journeys to after death. Manannan is the guardian of these gateways between the worlds. He is the Ferryman, who comes to transport the souls of the dead through the veils.
Yet it is sometimes possible for the brave warrior to go to these islands and still return to this world to tell the tale. The voyage of Bran Mac Febal is one of the best known legends of a voyage to the Land of the Living. One day Bran heard strange music which lulled him to sleep. When he awoke, a silver branch laden with apple blossom lay beside him. He encounters a woman of the Sidhe who tells him of the fair, distant isle in the Land of Promise: The Sidhe woman describes in vivid detail the wonders of this isle, and so Bran sets sail to find it. On the third day he sees Manannan coming towards him in a chariot drawn by a white mare that is riding over the waves as swiftly as if it were on dry land. This is the Ocean Sweeper, the magical boat of Manannan that would obey the wishes of whoever sailed in it, and had neither oars nor sails. Manannan tells Bran that he will reach Emhain before the setting of the sun. When Bran and his companions finally return to the shores of Ireland, they discover that many years have since passed and their voyage is recounted in stories. Another mortal who goes to the Land of Promise is King Cormac. He was given a silver branch with three golden apples on it by a gray-haired warrior. When shaken, the branch would play music that lulled mortals to sleep. Cormac journeys to the Land of Promise where he gains from Manannan a magical golden cup of Truth. Any false statements uttered beneath this cup would cause it to break. He is also shown the Well of Knowledge from which five streams flow, and over which there are nine purple hazel trees and five salmon in the streams eating the hazelnuts. It is Manannan who reveals to Cormac the meanings of all these wonders. Manannan is the keeper of many magical treasures. He possessed a sword, Fragarach (The Answerer) which no armor could resist and which was entrusted to Lugh, and a breastplate that no weapon could pierce. He wore a cloak that could change into any color. It was this cloak that he shook between his Sidhe wife Fand and her mortal lover Cuchulain, to prevent them from ever meeting again. Thus Manannan's cloak, like the mist with which he is associated, signifies the veil between the worlds. The most interesting of all his magical treasures is the crane skin bag, made from the skin of Aoife. At first glance it appears to contain a strange collection of items, such as 'the bones of Assal's pig', the belt and smith-hook of Gobhniu, the helmet of the King of Lochlan, and so on. Yet on deeper reflection we may realize the hidden meanings of the contents. The crane is the sacred bird of Manannan and the crane- skin bag is given in turn to Lugh, then Cumhal MacTredhorn and then to Fionn MacCumhal. As magician of the mystical race of beings known as the Tuatha De Danaan, Manannan commands a very high status among his people. After their defeat by the Milesians, it was Manannan who gave to the De Danaan the power of invisibility. He found retreats for them in the hollow hills and put hidden walls about them so that no mortals could find them. He also gave to the De Danaan the 'Feast of Age'. No-one ever grew old at this feast, in fact they became immortal. The pigs that were kept by Manannan and killed for the feast became whole again the next day. [Copyright S. McSkimming/L.MacDonald GODS OF THE CELTS 1992] |
| Math ap Mathonwy | God of sorcery. Brother to Mother Goddess Don. |
| Mathonwy | The early father God. |
| Matrona | Goddess of the Marne River. |
| Melusine | A serpent Goddess. |
| Merlin | The bard, Druid, seer, magician of the Arthurian legends. |
| Midhir | He is seen as a Faery God, and a minor Otherworld God. |
| Moccus | A swine God. |
| Morgan | The Battle Goddess in human form |
| Morgan LeFay | Half sister to King Arthur, she was a Goddess of Glastonbury Tor, as well as the Sea, Death, and Sovreignty. |
| Morrigu (Morrigan) |
A battle goddess of the Celts. a Triplicity of Goddesses, war, death, battle and destruction and associated with the great mother. She would take the form of a raven. |
| Mullo-tutelar | deity of mule-rivers |
| Murrigen | Irish lake Goddess associated with the deluge myths. |
| Myrddin Wyllt | A woodland God. |
| Naas | This Goddess was a wife of Lugh, the Sun God. |
| Nechtan | A Pict king, also a water God. |
| Neit | A Tuatha war God. |
| Nemain | A war Goddess. |
| Nemetona | Goddess of all sacred spaces. |
| Nemglan | A bird God |
| Niamh | A Goddess who leads deceased warriors to Tir na Nog, land of the forever young. |
| Nimue | Also thought to be a Goddess of Glastonbury Tor or Avalon. It was Nimue who sealed Merlin in his Ice Castle |
| Noctiluca | A Goddess of Magick. |
| Nodens | A river God. |
| Nuadha | A king god |
| Nuada of the Silver Hand | The last king of the Tuatha, also a God of war. |
| Nudd | A former king of the Tuatha De Dannan. Lugh was his successor. His hand was cut off and he, because Irish law says that a maimed king can't rule, got either a silver hand or some say a magical hand. |
| Nwyvre | Possibly once a father sky God. |
| Oenghus | In Irish mythology, Oenghus is the son of Daghdha and Boann. He is the god of fatal love. |
| Oghma | The God of communication and writing who invented the Ogham alphabet, which he gave to the Druids. |
| Ogmios | In Celtic mythology, Ogmios was the eloquent god of the strength of poetry, charm and incantation. He is depicted as an old man with wrinkles, but carrying a club and a bow. |
| Ogyrvran | Patron God of the arts |
| Owen Lawgoch | A sleeping king/God, similar to King Arthur. |
| Plur na mBhan | Daughter of Niamh and Ossian, a Goddess of Beltaine. |
| Pryderi | The son of Rhiannon and Pwyll, he is the only person mentioned in all parts of the Mabinogion. |
| Pwyll | Father of Pryderi, human husband of Rhiannon, king of Dyfed who also became king of Annwn. |
| Ratis | Goddess of protective fortifications. |
| Rhiannon | Associated with the horse, Welsh counterpart of Epona. A potent symbol of fertility, bringer of dreams, and a Moon deity, she is also the Goddess of the Otherworld, and Death. Her stories are sad, yet beautiful at the same time. |
| Scathach | The great warrioress who ran a training school for warriors. Sister to Aife, who taught women to fight, the two were in perpetual competition with each other. |
| Scena | Wife to Amergin, possibly once a Goddess of confluence. |
| Scota | A Mother Goddess. She was the wife of Mil, and the mother of the Milesians who invaded Ireland, and the daughter of the Egyptian pharoah Cingris. |
| Segomo | A continental war God. |
| Sequana (Sequona) | An Earth and River Goddess. The river Seine is named for her. |
| Sheila na Gig | A Goddess of regneration. |
| Sin | One-time patron Goddess of warriors. |
| Sinann | Grand-daughter of Manann, she was the namesake and Goddess of the River Shannon. |
| Sirona | Yet another goddess of healing. |
| Slaine | Possibly once a deity of the healing arts. |
| Somhlth | A deity with incarnation. He represents the pure masculine energy. |
| Sul | A Goddess of hot springs, she had a shrine near the present day spa at Aquae Sulis, in England. |
| Taillte | An Irish Goddess of competition and the Lughnasadh Sabbat. Said to have been the foster-mother of the Sun God Lugh. |
| Taisch | Taisch was the Gaelic name given to "second sight", the involuntary ability of seeing the future or distant events or otherworldly things. It originated in the Scottish highlands. |
| Taliesin | Minor barley God. |
| Taranis | In Druid mythology, Taranis is the god of the wheel, associated with forces of change. He is also 1 god associated with the weather aspects of Jupiter or Zeus. |
| Taranus | A thunder God in Celtic Gaul. |
| Tea | Goddess of the Royal Stronghold at Tara, some say the site is named for her. |
| Tethra | A sea god |
| Teutates | Probably a tribal God. |
| Teyrnon | A minor fertility God. |
| Tiranis | A solar deity associated with the solar wheel |
| Tlachtga | A Samhain Goddess. |
| Triuduana | A Goddess of the Edinburgh area, rather than submit the the Pict King Nechtan's advances, she plucked out her own eyes in order to destroy her beauty |
| Tuan MacCairill | A God of animals and woodlands. |
| Tuatha De Dannan | The Irish gods. Drove the former race of Fir Bolgs into Cannaught symbolizing the driving of aboriginals into the west by the Celtic invaders. Their major chiefs were the Dagda, Len, Lugh, Midir Lyr, Mannanan, Morrigu, Cleena, Aine, Sinend, and Nudd. |
| Turrean | A lovely Goddess turned into an Irish Wolfhound by a jealous rival. The two are often noted as the Maiden and Crone. |
| Uathach | A warrior Goddess similar to her mother, Scathach. |
| Urien | A minor sun God. |
| Vitiris | Wisdom God. |
| Viviane | See Nimue. Sometimes seen as one and the same, sometimes as entirely seperate beings |
| Ysbadadden | A sacrificial God fated to die if his successor were to marry his daughter |
