Celtic Gods
Celtic Gods
Belatucadrus | god whose name means "fair shining one"

Cocidius | god associated either with forests and hunting (linked with the Roman god Silvanus), or war (equated with Mars)

Condatis | god who personified the joining of two bodies of water in the Tyne-Tees area of North Britain; also conflated with the Roman god Mars

Mogons | god who was worshipped mainly in North Britain; his name means "great one"

Nodens | god of healing; he is related to the Irish god Nuada

Belenus | god of light; his name means "shining one"

Borvo | god of healing; his name is associated with springs

Cernunnos | god of fertility and animals; referred to as the "horned one"

Dispater | Roman god of the underworld; his cult thrived in Gaul also

Esus | god equated with the Roman deities Mars and Mercury

Ogmios | gods of eloquence and knowledge; equated with the Roman hero Hercules

Sucellus | god of agriculture and forests; also a hammer god (his name means "good striker")

Taranis | god whose name means "thunderer"; compared to the god Jupiter

Teutates | god of war; roughly equivalent to the Roman god Mars

Cian | the father of Lugh

Creidhne | god of metalworking; one of the trio of craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan

Daghda | god of the earth; leader of the Tuatha De Danaan

Dian Cecht | god of crafts and healing

Donn | god of the dead; the "dark one"

Goibhniu | god of the smith; one of three craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan

Luchta | god of wrights; one of the triad of craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan

Lugh | god whose name means "shining

Dewi | god who was represented by the Red Dragon, which has become the emblem of Wales

Govannon | god of smiths & metalworkers

Gwynn ap Nudd | god of the Underworld

Lleu Llaw Gyffes | god who is the Welsh equivalent of the Irish Lugh

Llyr | god of the sea

Mabon | this son of Modron was a warrior

Math ap Mathonwy | god of sorcery
Pryderi | son of Pwyll and Rhiannon

Pwyll | he was the Prince of Dyfed and a hero in the Mabinogion
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Apollo (Apollo) | god of the arts (esp. poetry and music)

Bacchus (Dionysos) | god of wine and mysteries


Jupiter (Zeus) | god of the sky; ruler of the Roman pantheon

Mars (Ares) | god of war

Mercury (Hermes) | god of merchants; messenger of the gods

Neptune (Poseidon) | god of the sea and earthquakes

Vulcan (Hephaistos) | god of smiths and metal-workers

Consus | god of fertility

Cupid | god of love; the Roman counterpart to the Greek god Eros

Dis (Dis Pater) | god of the Underworld; similar to the Greek Hades

Faunus | god of the fields and shepherds; identified with the Greek god Pan

Glaucus | god of the sea

Janus | god of gates; lent his name to the first month of the year

Lares | gods of the household; they were spirits of dead ancestors who protected the family

Liber | god of fertility; Liber was identified with Bacchus and/or the Greek god Dionysos

Manes | spirits of the dead

Penates | gods who presided over the welfare of the family

Portunus | god of harbors

Priapus | god of fertility

Quirinus | god of war

Saturn | god of agriculture; the Roman counterpart to the Greek god Cronus

Silvanus | god of nature and the woods

Terminus | god of boundaries

Vertumnus | god who had the power to change his shape

Apulu (Apollo) | god of the arts (esp. poetry and music), archery, and divination

Tinia (Jupiter) | god of the sky; ruler of the Etruscan pantheon

Turms (Mercury) | god of merchants

Mithras | god of soldiers and armies, who was originally from Persia; known to his followers as the "lord of light"

Serapis | god associated with the cult of Isis; his cult features Greek and Egyptian elements

Sol Invictus | "the unconquered sun"; eastern god introduced to Rome by the emperor Elagabalus
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Apollo (Apollo) | god of the arts (esp. poetry and music), archery, and divination

Ares (Mars) | god of war

Dionysos (Bacchus) | god of wine, mysteries, and the theatre

Hephaistos (Vulcan) | god of smiths and metal-workers

Hermes (Mercury) | god of merchants; messenger of Zeus

Poseidon (Neptune) | god of the sea and earthquakes

Zeus (Jupiter) | god of the sky; ruler of Olympus

Hades (Pluto) | god of the Underworld and ruler of the dead; husband of Persephone

Thanatos | god of death

Atlas | Atlas led the struggle between the Titans and Olympians, and for this he was punished...

Epimetheus | this Titan was the brother of Prometheus; his name means "afterthought"

Hyperion | god who was the father of Helios, Eos, and Selene

Iapetos | god who fathered Atlas, Prometheus, and Epimetheus

Koios | god who mated with Phoebe and together they produced Leto and Asteria

Kreios | god who sired Astraios, Pallas, and Perses

Kronos (Cronus) | it was Kronos, son of Gaia and Ouranos, who castrated his father; in turn, Kronos was the sire of many of the Olympians

Okeanos (Oceanus) | god of the Ocean and water; father of the Oceanids ("three thousand slender-ankled daughters")

Ouranos (Uranus) | Ouranos was both the son and the consort of Gaia; he was also the father of the Titans

Prometheus | the name of this Titan means "forethought"; in myth, Prometheus was punished for giving fire to humans - he was bound, and daily an eagle would devour his liver

Asklepios (Asclepius) | god of healing

Boreas | god of the north wind

Eros (Cupid) | god of love and desire

Helios (Sol) | god of the sun

    Himeros | god of sexual desire; companion of Aphrodite

Hypnos (Somnus) | god of Sleep; brother of Thanatos

Morpheus | god of dreams

Nereus | sea god who fathered 50 daughters - the Nereids (sea-nymphs)

Pan (Faunus) | god of the countryside

Triton | water god; son of Amphitrite and Poseidon

Zephyrus | god of the west wind
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