List of Celtic deities
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Celtic polytheism |
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Irish mythology |
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The Celtic pantheon is known from a variety of sources such as written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, cult objects, and place or personal names.
Celtic deities can fall under two categories; general deities and local deities. "General deities" were known by Celts throughout large regions, and are the gods and goddesses invoked for protection, healing, luck, and honour. The "local deities" were the spirits of a particular feature of the landscape, such as mountains, trees, or rivers, and thus were generally only known by the locals in the surrounding areas.[citation needed]
After Celtic lands became Christianised, there were attempts by Christian writers to euhemerise or even demonise the pre-Christian deities. For example, the Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish mythological sources have commonly been interpreted to be a divine pantheon, despite certain redactors' interjecting that the Tuatha Dé Danann were merely mortals, or else that they were demons.
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[edit] Gaulish and Brythonic deities
The Gaulish Celts inhabited the region corresponding to modern-day France and Belgium. The Brythonic Celts, or Britons, inhabited most of the island of Great Britain and later migrated to Brittany.
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- Abandinus, possibly a river-god
- Abellio (Abelio, Abelionni), god of apple trees
- Alaunus (Fin), god of healing and prophecy
- Alisanos (Alisaunus)
- Ambisagrus, a god of thunder and lightning
- Anextiomarus (Anextlomarus, Anextlomara), a protector god
- Ankou, a god of death
- Atepomarus, a horse god
- Arvernus, a tribal god
- Arausio, a god of water
- Barinthus (Manannán mac Lir), a god of the sea and water
- Belatu-Cadros (Belatucadros, Belatucadrus,
Balatocadrus, Balatucadrus, Balaticaurus,
Balatucairus, Baliticaurus, Belatucairus,
Belatugagus, Belleticaurus, Blatucadrus,
and Blatucairus), a god of war - Belenus (Belinus, Belanus, Belenos, Belinos, Belinu, Belanu, Bellinus, Belus, Bel), a god of healing.
- Borvo (Bormo, Bormanus), a god of mineral and hot springs
- Buxenus, a god of box trees
- Camalus (Camulus, Camulos), a god of war and sky
- Canetonnessis
- Cernunnos
- Cicolluis
- Cimbrianus
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[edit] Welsh deities/characters
The Welsh were the Britons that inhabited modern-day Wales (Welsh: Cymru). After the Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain, much of the Brythonic territories came under Anglo-Saxon influence, but in Wales, however, Brythonic Celtic religion was largely retained. Many Welsh myths were later Christianized so it is sometimes difficult to determine if their characters were originally gods, mortals, or historical figures.
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[edit] Gaelic deities
Note: Modern spellings are shown in brackets.
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