List of Celtic deities

Series on Celtic mythology

Celtic polytheism Celtic deities

Ancient Celtic religion

Druids · Bards · Vates British Iron Age religion Celtic religious patterns Gallo-Roman religion Romano-British religion

British mythology

Welsh mythology Breton mythology Mabinogion · Taliesin Cad Goddeu Trioedd Ynys Prydein Matter of Britain · King Arthur

Gaelic mythology

Irish mythology Scottish mythology Hebridean mythology Tuatha Dé Danann Mythological Cycle Ulster Cycle Fenian Cycle Immrama · Echtrae

See also

Celts · Gaul Galatia · Celtiberians Early history of Ireland Prehistoric Scotland Prehistoric Wales Index of related articles This box:  •  • edit

The gods and goddesses of Celtic mythology are known from a variety of sources. From the classical and pre-classical period, many statues, dedications, votive offerings, and cult objects survive. It should be understood that there are different types of deities, general and local. General deities are the gods and goddesses the Celts invoked for protection, healing, luck, honour or many other needs. The local deities or Genii loci, were more like spirits of particular feature of the world around them. Each mountain has its own protector, every ancient tree has its own spirit and every river is protected by its goddess or god. There is also a large body of Irish and Welsh written material customarily thought to preserve elements of pre-Christian mythology. In the Irish mythological sources, the Tuatha Dé Danann are commonly taken to represent a divine pantheon; however, the texts themselves present evidence of monastic attempts to euhemerise or demonise the Tuatha Dé Danann. The Irish writings do sometimes identify deities explicitly. By contrast, none of the characters from Welsh mythology are identified as divine; scholars identify characters as deities, heroes and heroines, or ordinary mortals based on analogy and textual context.

Contents 1 Ancient Gaulish and British deities 1.1 Male 1.2 Female 2 Welsh mythological characters 2.1 Male 2.2 Female 3 Irish mythological characters 3.1 Male 3.2 Female 4 Scottish mythological characters

Ancient Gaulish and British deities

Male

Female

Welsh mythological characters

Male

Female

Irish mythological characters

Male

Female

Scottish mythological characters