Goddesses

Danu (Anu)/Don:

Mother Goddess

Achtland:

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:

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. (British)

Aerten:

Also spelled Aerfen, or Aeron. A Goddess of fate who presided over the outcome of war between several Celtic clans. She had a shrine at Glyndyfrdwy on the banks of the River Dee, where legend says that three human sacrifices had to be made every three years to ensure success in future battles.

A Goddess of fate who presided over the outcome of a series of wars fought between rival clans.

She is often equated with the Three Fates of Greco-Roman mythology. (Welsh)

Agrona:

Goddess of slaughter and war often equated with the Morrigan. Though her name bears the root of the modern English word 'agronomy', the name for the scientific study of land cultivation, no evidence of her as a harvest/fertility Goddess can be found today. (Welsh)

Aife:

Also spelled Aoife. Aife was a Goddess and queen of the Isle of Shadow, an honor she shared with her rival and sister Scathach. Scathach operated a school on the Isle where she trained fighters, including the nearly invincible Red Branch warriors. Aife also ran a school for warriors, but was much less successful than her sister.

Aife was not vulnerable to magick, and commanded a legion of fierce horsewomen. She had a son by Cuchulain whom she kept from Cuchulain until the boy was of age to join the Red Branch.

Other sources place her as a consort of the sea God Manannan or one of his sons, and say she stole an Alphabet of Knowledge from the deities to give to humankind. For this transgression, and her general meanness, she was transformed into a crane by the elder deities. Some legends say she haunts the countryside in this form to this day, others that she was accidentally killed by hunters.

Call on Aife for protection, for general knowledge, or for aid in teaching. (Irish, Scottish)

Aimend:

A minor Celtic sun Goddess who was said to be the daughter of the king of the region known as Corco Loidhe. (Irish, Scottish)

Aine:

Goddess of love and fertility (Irish)

Andarta:

Fertility Goddess and patron Goddess of the Vocontii tribe. Her name seems to have derived either from artos (bear) or ar (plowed land). See also Andraste

Andraste:

The patron Goddess of the Iceni tribe.

This war Goddess' name means "the invincible one". Her presence was evoked on the eve of battle to curry favor, and possible ritual sacrifices were given to her. Queen Boadiccea of the Iceni offered sacrifices to Andraste in a sacred grove before fighting the Romans on her many campaigns against them.

Also: Andrasta, Andarta

Arawen:

Welsh)He was the King of the Underworld. His name means "silver-tongued". "King of Hell", "God of Annwn"

He fought in the Battle of the Trees (Cad Goddeu) with Bran against Amathaon and Gwyddion. Arawn, like most Otherworld Gods, was a master hunter who rode a pale horse and rode with a pack of white hounds with red ears. The archetypal purpose of the hunt was to gather souls for the Otherworld if the quarry was not smart enough to evade the chase.

Arawn possessed a magickal cauldron of regeneration, later captured by King Arthur. He bestowed on Pwyll the title Penn Annwn for his assistance and loyalty in time of need.

Also: Arawn; Arawyn; Arrawn

Ardwinna:

Goddess of forests and hunting. Known from inscription and figurines in the Ardennes region. Depicted riding on the back of a wild boar and presumed to be a guardian deity of boars. Identified by the Romans with the Goddess Diana.

This woodland Goddess hunted the forests of Ardennes riding on a wild boar. She demanded a fine for any animal killed on her land, yet asked for animal sacrifices on her feast day. Though we no longer know her exact function in the Celtic pantheon, we can surmise that she was a Continental version of Ireland's Flidais, a woodland and animal Goddess. Her Gaulish name is Dea Arduinna.

Also Ardunna, Arduinna.

Arianrhod:

Silver moon goddess who ruled the stars and reincarnation

"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 know as the Oar Wheel, a ship which carried dead warriors to the Moon land (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.

Arianrhod's name means 'silver circle'. This major Welsh Goddess is the Goddess of reincarnation, the Wheel of the Year, the full moon, fertility, an da primal figure of female power. Some Celtic scholars believe her story represents the shift from woman-centered clans to patriarchal power.

Her heavenly star/island, Caer Arianrhod in the Corona Borealis, is believed in some Welsh traditions to be the place where dead souls go to await reincarnation. There she lives with her female attendants presiding over the fates of the departed.

She is sometimes depicted as a weaver, which links her to lost creation myths and to magickal practice, sometimes called 'weaving a spell'.

Arianrhod mated freely with whomever she chose and was not questioned until the magician Math claimed she had conceived two children that she had not borne. By jumping a staff she gave birth to Llew and Dylan. Dylan left immediately to go to the sea. Arianrhod denied the remaining son, Llew, the right to bear a name or arms, as was a Welsh mother's right to bestow. She was later tricked into bestowing both.

She married her brother Gwyddion, and she is the daughter of the great Welsh Goddess, Don.

Arianrhod can be invoked to help females find their own feminine power. She can also assist you with spirit contact, sex and fertility magick, and past-life knowledge. Because her myths are linked with jumping the broom, an event which is part of Pagan marriage, she can be called upon to bless Handfasting rites. (Welsh)

Arnamentia:

Water Goddess known only from inscriptions.

Goddess of spring waters, healing and purification. Probably once a minor Sun deity.

Artio:

A bear Goddess of abundance, strength and the harvest. This bear Goddess was the consort of Essus. A shrine to her once stood in what is now Berne, Switzerland. Like Eostre, she was probably once a Teutonic deity. She is depicted as being surrounded by full baskets and animals, therefore it can be surmised that she was a fertility and harvest Goddess, and a Goddess of wildlife.

Aveta:

Goddess of birth and midwifery. Known mainly from clay figurines found at Toulon-Sur-Allier, France. The models show the goddess with infants at her breast and apparently she is concerned especially with nursing mothers. The figurine is often accompanied by a small lapdog.

Bahb:

Goddess of battle--one of the three faces of the Morrigan (Irish)

Brigantia: Goddess of the water, war, healing, and prosperity
Brigid: Goddess of healing, fertility, poetry and the forge (Irish)
Cerridewn: Goddess of inspiration and fertility who is often portrayed with her enchanted cauldron (Welsh)
Epona: Goddess of sweet water, fertility and horses (Welsh)
Macha: Goddess of war--one of the three faces of Morrigan
Morrigan: Goddess of war; original goddess of earth and argiculture
Nemain: Goddess of war (Irish)
Rhiannon: Goddess of suffering and patience (Welsh)
Scathach: Goddess of martial arts and warrior princess of the Land of Shadows
Tuatha de Danann: People of the goddess Dana

Gods

Dagda: Father God (the good god)
Abarta: Warrior energy (Irish)
Amaethon: God of agriculture (welsh)
Aonghus: God of love (Irish)
Belenus: Sun God (Welsh/Irish)
Bran: God or sea voyages
Bran the Blessed: God of the Underworld (British)
Dian Cecht: God of healing (Irish)
Dylan: God of the sea (Welsh)
Lir: God of the sea (Irish)
Lugh: God of the sun (Irish)
Nodens: God of healing (British)
Nuada: God of valor
Ogma: God of eloquence (British)

Egyption Pantheon