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CELTIC DEITY
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• CELTIC DEITY (noun)
The noun CELTIC DEITY has 1 sense:
1. a deity worshipped by the Celts
Familiarity information: CELTIC DEITY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deity worshipped by the Celts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Celtic deity" is a kind of...):
deity; divinity; god; immortal (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Celtic deity"):
Fomor; Fomorian (one of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature)
Tuatha De; Tuatha De Danann (group of Celtic gods or demigods; ruled Ireland in the Golden Age)
Llew Llaw Gyffes (son of Gwydion and Arianrhod; supported by magic of Gwydion; cursed by Arianrhod)
Ler; Lir (the sea personified; father of Manannan; corresponds to Welsh Llyr)
Instance hyponyms:
Gwyn (Celtic underworld god)
Ana (mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu)
Morrigan; Morrigu (Celtic war goddess)
Manawydan; Manawyddan (Celtic sea god; son of Llyr)
Manannan (Celtic god of the sea; son of Ler)
Lug; Lugh (ancient Celtic god)
Llyr (Celtic deity who was the father of Manawydan; corresponds to Irish Lir)
LLud (a Celtic warrior god)
Aengus; Angus; Angus Og; Oengus (Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women)
Arawn (Celtic deity who was the lord of Annwfn (the other world or the land of fairies))
Arianrhod; Arianrod (Celtic goddess famous for her beauty; mother of Dylan)
Gwydion (Celtic sky god; a magician; giver of arts and civilization)
Amaethon (the farmer god; ancient god of agriculture)
Epona ((possibly Roman mythology) Celtic goddess of horses and mules and asses)
Dylan (Celtic god of the waves; son of Arianrhod)
Don (Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu)
Dana; Danu (Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don)
Dagda (chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit)
Brigit (Celtic goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom; later associated with Saint Bridget)
Boann (Celtic goddess; mother of Angus Og)
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