ANPAO

Real Name: Anpao
Occupation: God of death
Legal Status: Citizen of Annfwn
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of Anpao except as a figure from British folklore.
Other Aliases: None known
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Mider (possible father), Fuamnach (possible mother, deceased), Arawn (possible brother),
Group Affiliation: The Gods of the Celts
Base of Operations: The Black Mountains near Brennilis, Brittany (now part of modern France)
First Appearance: God of the Dead #13
History: Anpao is a member of an other-dimensional race of beings known as the Tuatha de Danaan, who were worshipped as gods by the ancient Celts and Gauls of Western Europe. As god of death, he wasn't included in the worship of the Celtic Gods, but he did survive as a figure in Celtic folklore as the spirit of death. According to legend, he springs forth from the underworld in a spectral black hearse near the Black Mountains in Northern France to carry off the shades (spirits) of mortals to carry back to Annfwn, the Celtic land of the dead. In recent years, he lent his hearse to Hades to spirit several souls to the land of the dead. To mortals, he frequently appears as a grinning skeleton in tatter robes or, most recently, dressed as a funerary mortician in a top hat.

Height: Various
Weight: Unknown
Eyes: Unknown
Hair: Unknown

Strength Level: Anpao possibly possesses superhuman strength; the typical Celtic god can lift (press) around 30 tons under optimal conditions.
Known Superhuman Powers: Anpao possibly possesses the conventional powers of the Celtic gods. He also has several abilities enabling him to perceive the astral spirits of human beings (ghosts) and to traverse the boundaries between Earth and Annfwn. 

Real Name: Coirbre (possible original spelling)
Occupation: God of poets and bards
Legal Status: Citizen of Avalon
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of Cairbre except as a mythological deity.
Other Aliases: Cairpie, Cairbe, Coirpre (alternate spellings), Caber (modern alias)
Place of Birth: possibly Tara near modern Dunshaughlin, Ireland
Marital Status: possibly Single
Known Relatives: Oghma (father), Etain (mother), Turenn (brother), Cerridwen, Braciaca, Maga (sisters), Erc (son),
Group Affiliation: The Gods of the Celts
Base of Operations: Avalon
First Appearance: Thor #398
History: Cairbre is a member of an other-dimensional race of beings known as the Tuatha de Danaan, who were worshipped as gods by the ancient Celts and Gauls of Western Europe. The Ancient Celts worshipped him as the god of bards and poets because his voice was so eloquent that he could cause spells and events to occur just by speaking. His mystical words were so divine that his scathing description of Bres, the Fomorian claimant to the throne of Ireland, broke out in boils and sores, robbing Bres of his perfection and rendering him too imperfect to keep the throne. It has recently been revealed that Cairbre now goes by the name of Caber, a warrior of the Tuatha de Danaan.

Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 430 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown

Strength Level: Cairbre possesses superhuman strength enabling him to lift (press) around 30 tons under optimal conditions.
Known Superhuman Powers: Cairbre possesses the conventional powers of the Celtic gods. He also possesses great power in his voice to cause possible events to occur within the proximity of his voice. 

Real Name: Kerridwen (original spelling)
Occupation: Goddess of witchcraft, former goddess of corn
Legal Status: Citizen of Avalon and Ancient Wales
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of Cerridwen except as a mythological deity.
Other Aliases: Ceridwen, Keridwen (alternate spellings)
Place of Birth: Unrevealed, possibly somewhere in Connacht, Ireland
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Oghma (father), Etain (mother), Cairbre, Turenn (brother), Braciaca, Maga (sisters), Tegid Voel (husband), Creirwy (daughter), Afaggdu, Taliesin (sons), Gwion Bach (possible step-son, deceased), The Dagda (grandfather), Morrigan (grandmother)
Group Affiliation: The Gods of the Celts
Base of Operations: Avalon, formerly Llyn Tegid (now part of modern Wales)
First Appearance: The Mabinogion (14th Century)
History: Cerridwen is a member of an other-dimensional race of beings known as the Tuatha de Danaan, who were worshipped as gods by the ancient Celts and Gauls of Western Europe. Known as the goddess of corn, she was taken as a bride of Tegid Voel, who was possibly an ancient Welsh king. She had two children, a daughter, Creirwy, who was very beautiful, and a son, Afaggdu, who was very homely. As she was preparing a potion to give her son great wisdom to replace his beauty, Gwion Bach, a mortal, burned his fingers on her cauldron used to mix the potion and placed his fingers to his lips, unwittingly gaining the potion's enchantment. Cerridwen and Gwion Bach quarreled turning themselves until various animals until she swallowed him as a kernel of corn. Gwion was eventually reborn as her son, Taliesin, a First Century Welsh hero. In later myths, Cerridwen became a goddess of magic and witchcraft.

Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 395 lbs.
Eyes: Blue-Green
Hair: Platinum Blonde

Strength Level: Cerridwen possesses superhuman strength enabling her to lift (press) around 30 tons under optimal conditions.
Known Superhuman Powers: Cerridwen possesses the conventional powers of the Celtic gods. She also possesses mystical abilities to cast spells and enchant individuals through the use of potions and brews within a large enchanted cauldron which she called an Amen. Some of her potions were so complex that they required over a year to develop.

Real Name: Creidhne (original spelling)
Occupation: God of metals, patron god of artificers and braziers
Legal Status: Citizen of Avalon
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of Creidne except as a mythological deity.
Other Aliases: Credne (alternate spelling)
Place of Birth: possibly Tara near modern Dunshaughlin, Ireland
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Turbe (father, deceased), Brigid (mother), Goibniu, Luchtaine (brothers), Bres (step-father), Ruadan, Brennus, Ivhchar, Ivcharba (half-brothers), 
Group Affiliation: The Gods of the Celts, The Tri de Dana
Base of Operations: Avalon
First Appearance: Hammer of Thor #17
History: Creidne is a member of an other-dimensional race of beings known as the Tuatha de Danaan, who were worshipped as gods by the ancient Celts and Gauls of Western Europe. Creidne was a member of the Tri de Dana, a trio of craftsman-gods who forged the weapons the Danaans used against the Fomore to conquer Eire (Ancient Ireland). He also helped Diancecht forge the metal hand of Nuadhu, the Danaan King of Eire. In modern years, Creidne and his brothers have been part of a loose alliance of craftsman-gods with Hephaestus restoring artifacts formerly lost in antiquity.

Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 425 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown

Strength Level: Creidne possesses superhuman strength enabling her to lift (press) around 30 tons under optimal conditions.
Known Superhuman Powers: Creidne possesses the conventional powers of the Celtic gods. He has limited mystical abilities to place specific enchantments on metals, such as iron, brass and bronze.

Real Name: Dian Cecht
Occupation: God of medicine and healing, patron god of physicians,
Legal Status: Citizen of Avalon
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of Diancecht except as a mythological deity.
Other Aliases: Dia' Necht, Diancecht, The Leech, Grannus (Gaelic name), Fergna (Irish name),
Place of Birth: possibly Murias (now part of modern Germany)
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: The Dagda (father), Belisama (possible mother), Ethne (wife), Cian, Cethe, Cu, Miach (sons), Airmed, Etain (daughters), Nuadhu, Mider, Oghma, Oenghus, Bodb Dearg (half-brothers), Brigid, Andraste, Epona (half-sisters),
Group Affiliation: The Gods of the Celts
Base of Operations: Avalon
First Appearance: Diancecht has yet to appear in Marvel or DC Comics.
History: Diancecht is a member of an other-dimensional race of beings known as the Tuatha de Danaan, who were worshipped as gods by the ancient Celts and Gauls of Western Europe. As god of medicine, he was the divine physician to the gods, using a sacred well to heal them and restore them to full health from the brink of death until the well was destroyed battle by the Fomore. He is also credited with creating a silver hand with the help of Creidne, the brazier, to replace the lost hand of Nuadhu, but his son, Miach, actually mystically restored Nuadhu's original hand. According to myths, Diancecht slew Miach out of jealous pride. His daughter, Airmed, gathered the medicinal herbs that grew on Miach's grave.

Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 455 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black

Strength Level: Diancecht possesses superhuman strength enabling her to lift (press) around 30 tons under optimal conditions.
Known Superhuman Powers: Diancecht possesses the conventional powers of the Celtic gods. He also possessed latent mystical abilities to heal and cure illness and injury. He was quite adept with a knowledge of medicinal plants of curative abilities as well as with mineral water baths, often using spells to magnify or accelerate their curative properties.

Real Name: Luchtaine
Occupation: God of carpenters and woodworking
Legal Status: Citizen of Avalon
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of Luchtaine except as a mythological deity.
Other Aliases: Luchta
Place of Birth: possibly Tara near modern Dunshaughlin, Ireland
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Turbe (father, deceased), Brigid (mother), Goibniu, Creidne (brothers), Bres (step-father), Ruadan, Brennus, Ivhchar, Ivcharba (half-brothers), 
Group Affiliation: The Gods of the Celts, The Tri de Dana
Base of Operations: Avalon
First Appearance: Hammer of Thor #17
History: Luchtaine is a member of an other-dimensional race of beings known as the Tuatha de Danaan, who were worshipped as gods by the ancient Celts and Gauls of Western Europe. Creidne was a member of the Tri de Dana, a trio of craftsman-gods who forged the weapons the Danaans used against the Fomore to conquer Eire (Ancient Ireland). The weapons they created were enchanted that anyone they injured could not survive. In modern years, Creidne and his brothers have been part of a loose alliance of craftsman-gods with Hephaestus restoring artifacts lost in antiquity.

Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 420 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black

Strength Level: Luchtaine possesses superhuman strength enabling her to lift (press) around 30 tons under optimal conditions.
Known Superhuman Powers: Luchtaine possesses the conventional powers of the Celtic gods. He has limited mystical abilities to place specific enchantments on wood to control their imperviousness to damage and stability against other objects.

Real Name: Mabonagrain (1st Century, possibly); Mabon ap Madron (Fifth Century)
Occupation: God of youth and music, patron god of hunters and fishermen
Legal Status: Citizen of Avalon
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of Mabon except as a mythological deity.
Other Aliases: Mabuz (Irish name), Maponos (Welsh name)
Place of Birth: Bourbonne-les-berre (now part of modern France)
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Oenghus (possible father), Matrona/Modron (mother), Avalloc (maternal grandfather, deceased), Meldos (foster father), 
Group Affiliation: The Gods of the Celts
Base of Operations: Avalon
First Appearance: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Episode: "The Resurrection")
History: Mabon is the son of Matrona, the daughter of Avalloc, a French king who ruled over Brittany in the First Century AD. His father's identity is unknown, but speculation is it might have been Oenghus, the Celtic god of youth. According to myth, Mabon was kidnapped from his mother when he was three months old and rescued from the inside of a giant salmon. One account places him under the protection of the Druids and encountering Hercules. As a god, Mabon's worship was merged by the invading Greeks to that of Apollo, the Olympian god of prophecy. After his death, his mother, Matrona became deified as the Lady of the Lake at the Marne River. Beloved by Meldos, the god of lightning, Matrona gave birth to Mabon as the hero Mabon ap Modron, a contemporary of King Arthur. 

Kidnapped at age three, he was kept imprisoned at Caer Loyw in Gloucester, England until Arthur rescued him to control the hounds of Culhwch, Arthur's cousin, in the hunt for Twrch Trwyth, a wild boar terrorizing Camelot. 

Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 390 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown

Strength Level: Mabon possesses superhuman strength enabling her to lift (press) around 30 tons under optimal conditions.
Known Superhuman Powers: Mabon possesses the conventional powers and attributes of the Celtic gods.

Real Name: Maev
Occupation: Goddess of sovereignty, patron goddess of Ireland
Legal Status: Citizen of Avalon
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of Maev except as a mythological deity.
Other Aliases: Faerie-goddess, Mab, Meave, Mave, Titania (according to William Shakespeare)
Place of Birth: possibly Momur (Tir na Bhog)
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Mider (father), Fuamnach (possible mother, deceased), Arawn, Anpao (brothers), Bria (sister), Morgen, Gliten, Glitonea, Diamaid (nieces), Oberon (husband),
Group Affiliation: The Gods of the Celts
Base of Operations: Momur
First Appearance: Super-Friends #8
History: Maev is a member of an other-dimensional race of beings known as the Tuatha de Danaan, who were worshipped as gods by the ancient Celts and Gauls of Western Europe. Revered as the patron goddess of Ireland, she ruled over Momur, the other-dimensional realm inhabited by the faerie-folk native to the British Isles, alongside Oberon, the Fairy-Lord. In some traditions, she's almost synonymous with Medb, a Queen of Ireland from the First Century BC. British playwright William Shakespeare immortalized her as Queen Titania in the play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and in recent years, Maev granted a mystical lantern to the mortal Daniel Cormac to serve as champion of Ireland as the hero, Jack O' Lantern.

Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 335 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde

Strength Level: Maev possesses superhuman strength enabling her to lift (press) around 35 tons under optimal conditions.
Known Superhuman Powers: Maev possesses the conventional powers and attributes of the Celtic gods. She also has exceptional mystical powers approaching that of the Dagda and Morrigan, but mostly to cast spells and hexes, impart energies to the spells of wizards, imbue mystical properties on physical objects and control the weather. 

Real Name: Penardun
Occupation: Goddess of fertility
Legal Status: Citizen of Avalon
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of Penardun except as a mythological deity.
Other Aliases: Iweriadd (possibly)
Place of Birth: Unrevealed, possibly Tara near modern Dunshaughlin, Ireland
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Elathan (possible father, alias Belenus), Gaea (possible mother, alias Danu), Llyr (husband), Manannan, Lodan (sons), Bran (step-son), Branwen (step-daughter), Efnisien, Nisien (step-sons deceased), 
Group Affiliation: The Gods of the Celts
Base of Operations: Avalon
First Appearance: Penardun has yet to appear in Marvel or DC Comics.
History: Penardun is a member of an other-dimensional race of beings known as the Tuatha de Danaan, who were worshipped as gods by the ancient Celts and Gauls of Western Europe. Her exact genealogy is unknown; she is sometimes called the daughter of Donn Mac Mider or of Belenus, the sun god. She has also been confused with Iweriadd, the daughter of King Beli-Mawr, a First Century ruler of Ancient Britain (England), who conceived Llyr the hero Bran and the maiden Branwen. Penardun was the mother of the sea-gods Manannan and Lodan.

Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 345 lbs.
Eyes: Blue-Green
Hair: Brown, now Blonde

Strength Level: Penardun possesses superhuman strength enabling her to lift (press) around 30 tons under optimal conditions.
Known Superhuman Powers: Penardun possesses the conventional powers and attributes of the Celtic gods. She possibly also has some mystical abilities, but to an unknown degree.