Celtic Deities

This list contains names of gods and goddesses of Ireland, Wales, and other adjacent areas where Celtic people lived. For related topics, click on the following headings.
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Abarta
  • Irish
  • A mischievous god

Aed
  • Irish
  • God of the underworld

Aengus
  • Irish
  • Son of Dagda

Aine
  • Irish
  • Goddess of love and fertility
  • Goddess of the sun

Airmid
  • Irish
  • Daughter of Dian Cecht

Alisanos
  • Gallic
  • Earth god

Andarta
  • Gallic
  • Fertility goddess

Andrasta
  • British
  • Goddess of war

Amaethon
  • Welsh
  • God of agriculture

Anextiomarus
  • British
  • Local tribal deity linked with Apollo

Anu (Dana, Danu)
  • Irish
  • Mother goddess

Aonghus
  • Irish
  • God of love

Arawn
  • Welsh
  • Ruler of the otherworld

Arianrhod
  • Welsh
  • Sea goddess
  • Daughter of goddess Don

Arvernus
  • Gallic
  • Local tribal deity

Aufaniae
  • Rhineland
  • Collective name of mother goddesses

Badb
  • Irish
  • Goddess of battle

Balor
  • Irish
  • One-eyed god of death

Banba
  • Irish
  • Fertility goddess

Belatucadros
  • British
  • War god

Belenus
  • Gallic
  • Sun god

Beli
  • Welsh -- See Belenus.

Berecyntia
  • Gallic
  • God of agriculture
  • God of the vine

Bile
  • Irish -- See Belenus.

Boann
  • Irish
  • A water Goddess
  • Mother of Aonghus

Borvo
  • Gallic
  • God of healing

Bran the Blessed
  • Welsh
  • Son of Llyr

Branwein
  • Welsh
  • Daughter of Llyr

Bres Macelatha
  • Irish
  • Vegetation god

Briganthia
  • English
  • Chief goddess of the Briganthes

Brigid
  • Irish
  • Goddess of learning
  • Goddess of healing and fertility

Britannia
  • British
  • Tutelary goddess associated with the goddess Minerva

Cailleach Bheur
  • Scottish
  • Goddess of winter

Camulus
  • French, Irish
  • God of war

Ceridwen
  • Welsh
  • Goddess of fertility

Cernunnos
  • British, Gallic
  • God of wild animals and the forest

Cliodhna
  • Irish
  • Otherworld goddess of beauty

Cocidius
  • British
  • Hunting goddess

Condatis
  • British
  • River god

Conventina
  • British
  • Tutelary and water goddess

Crerwy
  • Welsh
  • Goddess of love

Dagda
  • Irish
  • The great god

Dana
  • Irish -- See Anu.

Danus
  • Irish
  • Founding goddess

Dian Cecht
  • Irish
  • God of healing

Don
  • Welsh
  • Mother goddess

Donn
  • Irish
  • God of the dead

Dylan
  • Welsh
  • God of the sea

Epona
  • Welsh
  • Goddess of fertility
  • Horse goddess

Eriu
  • Irish
  • Fertility goddess

Esus
  • European
  • God of war

Flaitheas
  • Irish
  • Tutelary goddess

Fomorii
  • Irish
  • Sea gods

Gobniu
  • Irish
  • God of skills

Goibnu
  • Irish
  • Smith god

Govannon
  • Welsh
  • God of skills
  • Son of goddess Don

Gwydion
  • Welsh
  • Druid of the gods

Gwyn ap Nudd
  • Welsh
  • God of the underworld

Govannon
  • Welsh
  • God of skills

Herne
  • British
  • Underworld god

Iolonus
  • British, European
  • God of meadows

Icauna
  • Gallic
  • River goddess
  • Guardian of the River Yonne

Iccovallana
  • European
  • Water goddess

Keridwen
  • British
  • Goddess of poetry and inspiration

Ler
  • Irish
  • God of the sea

LLew Llaw Gyffes
  • Welsh
  • Sun god

Llyr
  • Welsh
  • God of the sea

Lug
  • Irish
  • God of skills

Lugh
  • Irish
  • Sun god

Mabon
  • Welsh
  • God of youth

Mac Cecht
  • Irish
  • God of elequence

Macha
  • Irish
  • Fertility goddess
  • A war goddess

Maeve
  • Irish
  • Mother goddess

Manannon
  • Irish
  • A god of the sea

Manawydan
  • Welsh
  • A god of the sea

Maponos
  • British, European
  • Youthful god associated with Apollo

Matres
  • Rhineland
  • Triads of benevolent mother goddesses

Mider
  • Irish
  • God of the underworld

Mor
  • Irish
  • Sun goddess

Morrigu
  • Irish
  • Goddess of war

Nantosuelta
  • Gallic
  • Goddess of water

Nechtan
  • Irish
  • A water god

Nehalennia
  • European
  • Goddess of seafarers

Neit
  • Irish
  • God of war

Nemausius
  • Gallic
  • God of water

Nemglan
  • Irish
  • A bird god

Nodena
  • Irish
  • A god of healing

Nuada
  • Irish
  • Supreme god

Nudd
  • Welsh
  • Sun god

Ocelus
  • British
  • God of healing

Ogmios
  • Gallic
  • God of agriculture
  • God of eloquence

Ogmius
  • Irish
  • God of poetry and speech

Onuava
  • Gallic
  • Fertility goddess

Pen Annwen
  • Welsh
  • Underworld god

Pryderi
  • Welsh
  • Chthonic god

Pwyll
  • Welsh
  • Chthonic god

Rhiannon
  • Irish
  • Chthonic horse goddess

Rigisamos
  • Gallic
  • King of the underworld
  • God of war

Rosmerta
  • Gallic
  • Fertility goddess

Rudiobus
  • Gallic
  • Horse god

Sequana
  • Gallic
  • River goddess

Sheela Na Gig
  • Irish
  • Mother goddess

Sirona
  • Gallic
  • Local goddess of healing

Smirtrios
  • Gallic
  • God of war

Souconna
  • Gallic
  • River goddess

Sulaviae
  • Gallic
  • Goddess of passage

Taranis
  • Welsh
  • Thunder god

Tailtiu
  • Irish
  • Consort of Eochaid
  • Foster mother of the god Lugh

Tarvos Trigaranos
  • Gallic
  • Bull god

Tegid Voel
  • Welsh
  • Water goddess

Tuatha de Danann
  • Irish
  • Collective name of the pantheon

Yspaddaden Pencawr
  • Welsh
  • Possibly the counterpart of the Irish god Balor

Bibliography

  1. Cotterell, Arthur. Celtic Mythology. London: Ultimate Editions, 1997.
  2. Jordan, Michael. Encyclopedia of the Gods. London: Kyle Cathie, 1992.
  3. Robinson, H. S. and K. Wilson. The Encyclopedia of Mythical Legends of All Nations. London: Kaye and Ward, 1962.