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Conference tallis::celt

Title:Celt Notefile
Moderator:TALLIS::DARCY
Created:Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1632
Total number of notes:20523

1039.0. "Names of Celtic Gods" by EASE::BRADSHAW (Don't worry,, Baldrick has a cunning and devious plan..) Mon Apr 27 1992 04:51

         Anyone know the names of Celtic Gods, their side-kicks and
         'jobs'?

         Jonathan
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1039.1ACTGSF::BURNSUS Customer Demo Pgm.Mon Apr 27 1992 10:0713
    
    
    	Larry Bird
    	Kevin McHale
    	Robert Parish
    
    
    
    	The true Celtic Gods !!
1039.2Get it right!...EASE::BRADSHAWDon't worry,, Baldrick has a cunning and devious plan..Tue Apr 28 1992 05:244
	A. Guinness

	;-)
1039.3Some Celtic godsMACNAS::TJOYCEMon May 11 1992 10:5336
    
    Some Celtic gods:
    
    The leading deity was known as the Daghdha (Daw-da), the name means
    "good god". "Good" does not seem to be in the sense of moral
    superiority, but in the sense of effectiveness. He has been identified
    as a "Dis Pater" mentioned by Caesar as the ancestral deity of the
    Gauls.
    
    His son was known as Aongus, or the "Mac O'g", a sort of god
    like Apollo who represented youth and vigour. A cult of Maponus
    has been identified in Roman Britain, probably the same god.
    
    Nuadu seems to have been a god of hunting, identified with
    Nodons, another Romano-British cult figure.
    
    Lugh was another god, practised in all the arts and crafts.
    He appears as LLeu in Welsh mythology, and usually is known
    as Lamhfhada ("of the long arm"), referring not to a 
    physical attribute, but to the effectiveness of his weapons.
    Like the "long arm of the law"! Caesar mention a god whom
    he identifies with the Roman Mercury, who is probably the
    same figure. His name lives on in Lyons (Roman "Lugdunum"),
    Loudon, and Louden in France, centres of his worship.
    
    Mananna'n (usuaully "mac Lir") was the god of the otherworld 
    and the god of the sea - the name of the Isle of Man stems from 
    him. 
    
    Celtic gods are hard to pin down because (outside of the slim
    classical sources) all the information comes from Christian
    monks who were not eager to record the defeated pagan religion.
    Goddesses, redolent of the earth and sexuality, are even harder
    to find information about.
    
    Toby
1039.4Thanks...EASE::BRADSHAWDon't worry,, Baldrick has a cunning and devious plan..Wed May 13 1992 04:394
	Thanks for the information Toby.

	Jonathan
1039.5CSLALL::KSULLIVANFri May 15 1992 12:4440
    Hey, don't forget........
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                             Murphy.
1039.6Rhiannon!BTOVT::HARAMUNDANISThu Sep 17 1992 12:028
Re: .3 (Toby)

Wasn't Rhiannon one of the Celtic Goddesses? I have also read references to her
in the Welsh pantheon as well.

Regards,

Sergei