Lugus (Lugh/Lleu) god of light, war, art, and possibly the moon. often described as short, with long blonde hair and a beardless face, wielding a spear and a red shield
Sucellos/Dis Pater? (Dagda/Gwydion?) god of life & death, fertility and decay, tall bearded man with a large blunt weapon (club/mallet) in one hand and a cauldron/olla in the other
Nantosuelta (Morrigan) goddess of war, and death, perhaps fertility like her husband Sucellos, often connected with corvids (crows, ravens)
Nodens (Nuada/Nudd) god associated with kingship, hunting, healing, hounds, and the sea (perhaps a sea god as well)
Epona (Macha/Etain/Rhiannon) goddess of horses, fertility, and sovereignty (perhaps had a ritual involving the the marking of kingship)
Ogmios (Ogma) god of eloquence, writing, & possibly guider of the souls. Described by roman authors as like a old tan hercules with chains extending from his tongue around the ears of his followers
Belenos (Oengus?/Beli mawr) god of light, and possibly the sun, possibly the celtic 'deus pter'
Taranis/Loucetios (Tuireann/Taran) god of lightning and storms, fertilizer of the crops and protector of man using his lightning bolts, while riding his horse and carrying his wheel
Brigantia (Brigid) goddess of the dawn, and the hearth. Often depicted as being equipped for war like Athena, and known for being a smith
Gobannos (Goibniu/Gofannon) the celtic Hephaestus, smith of the gods
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Favorite celtic god, go!
these are old celtic gods, not the more modern irish and welsh versions, although if I think any of them are connected they should appear alongside the name
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Taranis - god of thunder
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Rhiannon
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I put a poll up, good choice, he's like halfway between thor and zeusOriginally Posted by Daco Celtic
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She definitely has an interesting story, the poll is up!Rhiannon
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Is not Celtic mythology related to Germanic/Nordic?
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about as much as slavic myth is to germanic myth
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I don't know anything about Celtic Mythology but the Storm god sounds coolest.
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Brigantia.
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The Irish appear to agree as they preserved her as st. Brigid
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