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CELTIC DEITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deity worshipped by the Celts
Classified under:
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"):
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)
Fomor; Fomorian (one of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature)
Instance hyponyms:
Amaethon (the farmer god; ancient god of agriculture)
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)
Ana (mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu)
Aengus; Angus; Angus Og; Oengus (Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women)
Gwyn (Celtic underworld god)
Gwydion (Celtic sky god; a magician; giver of arts and civilization)
Arawn (Celtic deity who was the lord of Annwfn (the other world or the land of fairies))
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)
Arianrhod; Arianrod (Celtic goddess famous for her beauty; mother of Dylan)
