...[[Toutatis]], by the Roman poet Lucan in his epic poem ''Pharsalia'' as a Celtic deity to whom sacrificial offerings were made. [http://worldwideschool.org/
...ry:Norse mythology|Norse]] [[Thor]], [[Ambisagrus]], the [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] [[Tuireann]] and the Culdee saint Taran. The name Taranis has not y
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'''Brigit''' is a deity in Irish mythology. She was a member of the [[Tuatha Dé Danann]].
Brigit is considered a classic Celtic [[Triple Goddess]].
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'''Abcán''' was the dwarf poet of the [[Tuatha Dé Danann]], the early Celtic divinities of Ireland.
* Monaghan, Patricia (2004). ''The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore'', Checkmark Books, New York, NY
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From ''The Celtic Legend of the Beyond'':
The Celtic Legend of the Beyond, by Anatole Le Braz, ISBN 0947992
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In Welsh mythology, '''Gwyn''' or '''Gwynn ap Nudd''' was the ruler of Annwn (the Underworld).
...d Culhwch hunt the boar Twrch Trwyth. [http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/culhwch.html Culhwch ac Olwen], translated by Lady Charlotte Guest a
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...o'' bòcan'' [Ir.], ''bogan, buckawn'') is a type of [[brownie]] in Celtic mythology.
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'''Murigen''' was a goddess of lakes, and associated with flooding in Welsh mythology. She is also known as Morgan, probably a specific personification of [[morg
[[Category:Celtic mythology]]
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'''Cirein crôin''' is a sea serpent in Scottish Mythology. It is believed to be the largest of all living and legendary creatures cap
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*[[Bran and Sgeolan]], Fionn Mac Cumhal’s hounds in Celtic lore;
*[[Wild Hunt]], typical of German mythology;
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==List by mythology==
===[[Aztec mythology]]===
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JAMES MacKILLOP. ''A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004''.
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In Celtic mythology, a '''joint-eater''' or '''Alp-Luachra''' is a type of parasitic fairy.
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*[[Bran and Sgeolan]], Fionn Mac Cumhal’s hounds in Celtic lore;
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...tied to a tree and flailed. [http://www.maryjones.us/jce/esus.html Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia] These Commentaries come from the 9th Century AD, though, and
[[Category:Celtic mythology]]
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...souls that had departed this world in [[:Category: Celtic mythology|Celtic mythology]].
...kely derived from the Proto-Celtic ''An-dubnion'', a phrase with the Proto-Celtic semantic connotations of "extremely deep.".
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In Irish mythology the '''aos sí''' (older form, aes sídhe) are a powerful, supernatural rac
==Celtic Mythology==
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...mythology|Gaulish]] and (later) [[Roman mythology|Roman]] and Gallo-Roman mythology, '''Epona''' was the goddess of horses, donkeys, mules.
...the presence of foals in some sculptures (Reinach, 1895). Unusually for a Celtic deity, most of whom were associated with specific localities, the worship o
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Within Celtic mythology, she is a variant of the Bean-Nighe, known as the 'Washer at the Ford' and
[[Category: Scottish mythology]]
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*[[Bran and Sgeolan]], Fionn Mac Cumhal’s hounds in Celtic lore;
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...mportance. It is thought that it was either an important figure in Pictish mythology, and/or a political symbol.
[[Category:Celtic mythology]]
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...may be derived from the green color often worn by Celtic fairies. In Irish mythology the Cu Sith was said to be an immense, coal black hound with glowing or bur
[[Category: Scottish mythology]]
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W.Y. Evans-Wentz, ''The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries'', pp. 164, 175.
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'''Cernunnos''' in [[:Category:Celtic mythology|Celtic mythology]] is the deified [[spirit]] of horned male animals, especially of stags, a
...It depicts Cernunnos and other Celtic deities alongside [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman divinities]] such as [[Jupiter]], [[Vulcan]], [[Castor]], and [[Pollu
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* Sykes, Egerton and Kendall, Alan (2002 ed.) Who's Who in Non-Classical Mythology Routledge, New York, p. 132;
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In [[:Category:Celtic mythology|Celtic mythology]], a '''boggart''' (or ''bogart'', ''bogan'', ''[[bogle]]'' or ''boggle'')
The Game Magic: The Gathering's Lorwyn block, which focuses on Celtic mythology, replaced its goblin's with boggarts, seen as mischievous thieves with a ve
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...s to Argyllshire, Skye and some of the neighbouring islands. Within Celtic mythology, she is a variant of the Bean-Nighe, known as the 'Washer at the Ford' and
[[Category: Scottish mythology]]
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...d anglicised as "doyarchu", "dhuragoo" etc) is a water creature of [[Irish mythology]] and a cryptid.
==Mythology==
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In Irish mythology the '''Fir Bolg''' (Fir Bholg, Firbolg) were one of the races that inhabite
...belo, meaning "bright"). In Early Irish, "boillsg" meant gleam; from Proto-Celtic *bolg-s-cio-; related to Latin "fulgeo", shine, English "effulgent", Lithua
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...d- similar to the tales of Rip Van Winkle and of the Elves of Germanic and Celtic folklore.
[[Category:Malay mythology]]
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*[[Bran and Sgeolan]], Fionn Mac Cumhal’s hounds in Celtic lore
[[Category:English mythology]]
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* Lewis Spence - The Magic Arts in Celtic Britain
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In the mythology of the Igbo people in West Africa, an '''Ogbanje''' is an evil spirit who i
...s they share with the fairy [[changeling]]s of Celtic and broader European mythology.
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...Dé Danann''' ("peoples of the goddess Danu") are a legendary race in Irish mythology. In the invasions tradition which begins with the Lebor Gabála Érenn, the
...Nuada is cognate with the British god Nodens; Lugh is a reflex of the pan-Celtic deity Lugus; Tuireann is related to the Gaulish Taranis; Ogma to Ogmios; th
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'''Dearg-due''' translates as ''red blood sucker''. A Celtic legend tells that a famous female called Dearg-due is buried next to Strong
Leanan Sidhe is the famous Celtic muse with such a dark and incomparable beauty that her lover was often dist
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In [[:category:English mythology|English mythology]], '''Herne the Hunter''' is an equestrian [[ghost]] associated with Windso
...claimed that Herne is a manifestation of the [[:Category:Celtic mythology|Celtic]] [[Horned God]]. This idea is largely based on connecting his name and app
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[[Category:Category:English mythology]] [[Category:Psychopomps]] [[Category:Animal]]
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In Brythonic mythology, '''Cwn Annwn''' are the hounds of [[Annwn]].
*[[Bran and Sgeolan]], Fionn Mac Cumhal’s hounds in Celtic lore
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In [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]], Scots and Manx mythology, '''Manannán mac Lir''' is the god of the sea. He is often seen as a [[ps
His [[:Category:Welsh mythology|Welsh]] equivalent is '''[[Manawydan|Manawydan ap Llyr]]'''. In the “Yell
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===Mythology and Folklore===
*[[Odin]]’s name derived from the Old Norse Mythology ''Odhr''' which means ''Fury, ecstasy, inspiration'', ''Woden'' is similarl
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...ish]] [[Herne the Hunter]], the Hindu [[Pashupati]], the [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek]] [[Pan]] and the [[satyr]]s, and even the Paleolithic cave painting
...nted manifestations of a single Horned God, and that [[:Category:Christian mythology|Christianity]] had attempted to suppress his worship by associating him wit
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...Foel, and they lived near Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid) in north Wales. Like many Celtic goddesses, she had two children representing dark and light aspects emergin
...r to a tale told about the Irish hero, Finn mac Cumhal, and may enshrine a Celtic divinatory practice involving thumb chewing. This practice was known in ear
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...lder and probably Celtic in origin, based on a Christian demonisation of a Celtic goddess known variously as Annis, Ana, Anu, Dana and Danu. Many pagan godde
[[Category:Scottish mythology]]
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In the study of [[mythology]] and religion, the '''underworld''' is a generic term approximately equiva
===[[Akkadian mythology]]===
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In Norse mythology, '''Sleipnir''' is Odin's magical eight-legged steed, and the greatest of a
...allion, Svadilfari. Sleipnir can be compared to the otherworldly horses of Celtic gods such as [[Manannan Mac Lir]] and [[In Dagda]].
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*MacKillop, James (1998). ''Dictionary of Celtic Mythology''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 368. ISBN 0192801201.
*Wentz, W. Y. (1998). ''The Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 524. ISBN 019072518.
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'''Each monster should be listed in the three main dimensions : monstrotype, mythology and element association.'''
...humanoid creatures from legends and folklore mainly drawn from the scoto-celtic culture or humanoid races that may exist on our plan but hidden or extinct
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[[Odin]]’s name derived from the Old Norse Mythology ''Odhr''' which means ''Fury, ecstasy, inspiration'', ''Woden'' is similarl
*[[Bran and Sgeolan]], Fionn Mac Cumhal’s hounds in Celtic lore;
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*G. Henderson, ''The Norse Influence in Celtic Scotland''.
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