Celtic Gods and Goddessess

Celtic Otherworld 

In Celtic mythology, the Otherworld is the realm of the living and the home of the deities and other powerful spirits. spiri ts.  Tales  Tales and folklore refer refer to the Otherworld as "The Fortunate Fortunate Isles" in the western sea, or at other times underground (such as in the !dhe or right alongside the world of the living, #ut invisi#le to most humans. The intrusion of the Otherworld into this one is signaled #y the appearance of divine #eings or unusual animals, or other phenomena such as sudden changes in the weather. $ashees (spirits that communicate the death of someone %lfs, go#lins, fairies, irish fairies, etc.

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Celtic &ods and &oddessess 

• 'anu • ugh • $righid

Celtic Trinity 

 T)% C%TIC T*I+IT It means the union #etween the three goddess that represents the three faces of death.

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-orrigan/ *epresent the #attle and death. he sometimes appears in the form of a crow.

-acha/ goddess of strife and sovereignty

$ad#/ Is a war goddess

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'adga &ods 

 The 'agda was the father &od of the Celts they called him the &ood &od #ecause he protected their crops.  )e was king of the Tuatha '0 'anann and ruled over 1isnech in Co. -eath. )e had a cauldron called the 1ndry which supplied unlimited food and was one of the magical items the  Tuatha #rought with them when they 5rst landed on Ireland. )e also had a living oak harp called 1aithne which caused the seasons to change in their order and also played three types of music, the music of sorrow,  the music of 3oy and the music of dreaming. )e was portrayed as wearing a #rown low2necked tunic which 3ust reached his hips and a hooded cape that #arely covered his shoulders. On his feet were horse2 hide #oots. $ehind him he pulled his eight pronged war clu# on a wheel, one end of the clu# killed the living and the other end revived the dead, and when it was dragged #ehind him it left a track as deep as the #oundary ditch #etween two provinces.  There are many humorous tales a#out him, a#out his

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She is the daughter of The Dagda, the All Father of the Tuatha de Danann Poetry and inspiration.  Midwifery and healing.  Crafts and smiths. She was born at sunrise and a tower of ame beamed from her head. As oddess of !re and water, she is immortali"ed by many wells and springs.

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Most important of her monuments, a shrine at #ildare where there was a perpetual ame burning. $er feast is St.%righids Days in &reland and is the Pagan Festi'al of &mbol(. )hen Christianity began its onset, so lo'ed was %righid that she was made a saint. $owe'er, the up*eep on her ame was (onsidered pagan by the (hur(h and it was e+tinguished out of more than a thousand years of burning.

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$righid Chant 

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'ark the #itter winter,  cutting its sharpness,  #ut $ride7s mantle,  #rings spring to Ireland.

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 The 1niversal -other. 9atroness of wi:ards. ym#oli:es rivers, water, wells, prosperity, magick, and wisdom

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oddess, the mother of The Dagda the All father, Creation oddess, and Mother of the Tuatha de Danaan. Aspe(t of the Morrigan or Triple oddess. Considered to ha'e been an early form of Anu, the ni'ersal Mother. -T/-M-01 potent oddess form & easily (onne(t with and wor* 'ery (losely with, personally for most of my rituals and (astings. $er (elebrations were either %eltane and2or 0itha 3Summer Solsti(e4.

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Celtic (;elsh, Irish &od, also known as leu, lew and ugh the -any killed. )e is a druid, carpenter, poet, and mason. )is animals are the raven and the lyn4. lso a un &od as well hence the 9agan a##ath ughnasadh, his namesake. on of Cian, a Tuatha de 'anaan.

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)e sym#oli:es healing, reincarnation, prophecy, and revenge. )e had a magic spear and otherworldly hounds.

9The Coming of 0ugh9, &arwain. 

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5& am 0ugh Samildana(h & am 0ugh the &l7Dana & am 0ugh, master of the battle & am 0ugh, master of healing & am 0ugh, master of *nowledge & am 0ugh, master of sailing & am 0ugh, master of sor(ery & am 0ugh, master of smithing.8

C< Chulainn

Is an Irish mythological hero who appears in the stories of the 1lster Cycle, as well as in cottish and -an4 folklore.   The son of the god ugh and 'eichtine (sister of Concho#ar mac +essa, his childhood name was 0tanta.

)e gained his #etter2known name as a child after he killed Culann7s 5erce guard2dog in self2defence and o=ered to take its place until a replacement could #e reared. t the age of seventeen he defended 1lster single2handedly against the armies of >ueen -ed# of Connacht in the epic T?in $@ C