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Irish Deities

A place to read up on the associations with the many deities we come across.

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Irish Deities

Postby Branwen on Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:16 am

The Tuatha De Danann -

Abartach -
Also known as Giolla Deacair - the hard servant. The perofrmer of feats.

Abhean -
The son of Bec-Felmas. Killed by Aengus. Known as the Poet of the Tuatha De Danann.

Aed -
The son of Lir and Aobh. An Underworld God.

Aine -
A Goddess of love and fertility.

Aengus -
Also known as Oengus and Mac ind Og (son of the young.). The son of Dagda. A God of love and inspiration.

Airmed -
The duaghter of Dian Cecht and sister of Miach. A Goddess of healing.

Anann -
Also known as Anu, Ana and Anand. The personla name of The Morrigan. A Goddess of cattle, fertility and a comforter of the dying.

Aoi Mac Ollmain -
A God of poetry.

Badb -
Sometimes called Badb Catha. A Goddess of war.

Banba -
Also known as Banbha. The duaghter of Ernmas and the wife of Mac Caill. She is a Patron Goddess of Ireland and one of a trio of Goddesses (the other two being her sisters Fodla and Eriu) to give the island its name.

Be Chuille -
Also known as Becuille and Be Chuma. A good sorceress.

Beag -
Keeper of a magic well.

Boann -
Goddess of the river Boyne.

Bodb Derg -
Son of the Dagda.

Bres -
A king of the Tuatha De Danann. Son of Elatha of the Fomorians and Eriu. A God of Agriculture and fertility.

Brigid -
The daughter of the Dagda. Goddess of many things including wisdom, Uplands, sacred flames, eloquence and intelligence to name but a few. She Goddess with three aspects:
Fire of Inspiration
Fire of the Hearth
Fire of the Forge.
She was so well loved by the Celts that they made her a Saint after their conversion to Christianity.

Cermait -
Son of the Dagda. Father of Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht and Mac Greine.

Cian -
Son of Dian Cecht, husband to Ethniu and father of Lug. Coiuld transform into a pig at will.

Cliodna -
A Goddess of the sea. known as the 'Ruler of the Waves'. Also a Goddess of the Otherworld and beauty. The daughter of Gebann.

Creidhne -
The son of Brighid and Tuireann. One of three Tri De Dana (three Gods of Art), with his brothers Goibniu and Luchtaine.

The Dagda -
The son of Don. Some texts refer to his father as Elatha. Also known as Eochaid Ollathair - Eochaid All-father. He is a God of magic, life and death and the earth.
Sources differ as to who his wife is. Some refer to his wife as the Morrigan, some say Breg. His lover was Boann with whom he had a son, Aengus. His other children include Bodb Dearg, Brigit, Midir, Aine and Cermait.
He was said to possess a magic club that could kill nine men with one blow. The handle was said to bring the dead back to life.
He also possessed a magic cauldron, capable of feeding an army.
Among his other magical possessions were a magical harp, Daurdabla, that when played could order the seasons.
He ruled the Tuatha De Danann for 70-80 years before being succeded by Delbaeth.
He can be identified with the Welsh Gwydion and the Gallic Sucellos.

Danu -
Danu is the matriarch of the Tuatha De Danann, which means 'People of the Goddess Danu'. It is thought she may have evolved from an earlier Goddess, Anu, the Universal Mother. She is the mother of the Dagda, Ogma, Lugh, Dian Cecht and Lir.
She can be identified with the Welsh Don.

Delbaeth -
The son of either Ogma or Aengus. The husband of the Formorian Ethniu. The father of Eriu, Banba, Fodla and Fiachna.

Dian Cecht -
The son of Danu. The father of Cian, Cu, Cethen, Miach, Airmed, Etan and Ochtriullach. A God of healing, he blessed a well that could heal any wound except decaptiation. Also a God of the crafts.

Donn -
Known as 'The Dark One', he is a God of the Dead.

Eriu -
One of the three Goddess to give Ireland her name. The daughter of Delbaeth and Ernmas. Although married to Mac Greine, she mothered Bres by the Fomorian Prince Elatha.

Ernmas -
An Earth Goddess and mother to several trinities of Deities. She is the mother of the trinity of Goddesses who gave their name to Ireland, the war Goddesses Badb, Macha and the Morrigan, and also to a trinity of sons, Glonn, Gnim, Cosgar. She is also mother to Fiachna and Ollom.

Fand -
A Queen of the Fairies. The wife of Manannan and one time lover of Cu Chulainn. A Goddess of health and pleasure. Also a minor Sea Goddess.

Fiachna -
The son of Delbaeth and Ernmas. The husband of Caintigerna.
He ruled as High King for ten years.

Flidais -
A Goddess of the woods. The mother of Be Chuille, Be Teite, Arden, Dinand and sometimes Nia Segamain.

Fodla -
One of the the Goddesses to give their name to Ireland.The sister of Banba and Eriu. Daughter of Ernmas and wife of Mac Cecht.

Goibniu -
A smith God. One of the three Gods who forged weapons for the Tuatha De Danann. The son of Brigid and Tuireann.

Iuchar -
The son of Tuireann and Danand.

Iucharba -
Another son of Tuireann and Danand, brother of Iuchar and Brian.

Luchtaine -
Also known as Luchta. Of of the three Gods who forged weapons for the Tuatha De Danann. He was also the carpenter to the Tuatha De Danann.

Lugh -
A God of healing and youth and aalso sometimes a God of the sun and storms. The son of Ethniu and Cian. He had several epithets including Macnia (boy hero) and Lamhfhada (long hand).

Mac Cecht -
Husband of Fodla and son of Cermait. He and his brothers were the last High Kings of Ireland (they rules jointly) before the coming of the Milesians.

Mac Cuill -
Son of Cermait and brother to Mac Cecht and Mac Greine. The husband of Banba. Along with his co-rulers (his brothers) he was one of the last High Kings of Ireland before the Milesians.

Mac Greine -
Son of Cermait and brother to Mac Cecht and Mac Cuill. The husband of Eriu. Along with his brothers one of the last High Kings of Ireland before the Milesians.

Macha -
Usually a Goddess of battle and associated with kingship. there are several Goddess called Macha in Irish mythology alothoug all are probably from the same source.

Manannan mac Lir -
A God of the sea and the otherworld. Also a God of fertility. Can be equated with the Welsh Manawyddan ap Llyr.

Morrigan -
Often seen as a Goddess of war and death, but is also sometimes considered as a Goddess of fertility. She can sometimes be seen in a triple aspect along with Badb and Macha.

Niamh -
The daughter of Manannan mac Lir.

Nuada -
A king of the Tuatha De Danann. He lost his arm in the first battle of the Tuatha De Danann in Ireland which was replaced by a silver one. Later Miach replaced this with an arm of flesh and blood.

Ogma -
The God of eloquence and scholars. Also the creator of the Ogham alphabet.

Tuireann -
The husband of Brigid. Father of Luchtaine, Goibhniu, Creidhne, Brian, Lucharba and Luchar.


Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:T ... %A9_Danann

http://www.godisnowhereonline.info/miss ... ities.html

http://members.tripod.com/~zzzed/gods.html
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