Celtic Resources & Links

Celtic Gods & Goddesses

Reflections on Rhiannon and the horse episodes in Pwyll / http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3732/is_199801/ai_n8798798

A mystery connected with Rhiannon is the significance of how her horse is impossible to overtake no matter how fast or slow the pursuit may be; This may be part of the general phenomenon of temporal (and spatial) distortion which typically accompanies mortal intrusion into the Otherworld, especially in Celtic tradition.
Author Jessica Hemming, University of Leeds, California Folklore Society Winter 1998.

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Epona.net  A scholarly resource / http://epona.net/

A website providing a wealth of information of the horse goddess of Gaul, including archaeological, literary and inscriptional evidence of her worship, with valuable citations. A valuable sub-essay http://epona.net/later.html on the likely connection with Rhiannon is provided.

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Nemeton - Belenos / http://www.celtnet.org.uk/gods_b/belenos.html

Possibly one of the most widespread of all the Celtic deities he is also known as Belen, Belenus, Belinus, Bellinus, Bélénos, Belennos, Belenos, Bel, Bilé: The Shining God. A launch point for the Nemeton website's listing of Celtic deities.

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St Brigid / http://www.unc.edu/celtic/catalogue/stbrigid/essay.html

This extensive essay provides an exploration of the link between the goddess Brigid and St Brigit of the 5th century tackling the often asked question whether St. Brigid and the goddess may be one and the same such that the saint is the goddess transformed and reinvented in a manner suited to the monastic hierarchy. To support this is explored the striking continuity of symbolism and a scarcity of differences that would clearly distinguish the daughter of the Dagda from the Patroness of Ireland.
Presented by the University of North Carolina.

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Mythography | Celtic Mythology / http://www.loggia.com/myth/content2.html

This section of Mythography provides brief descriptions of many Celtic dieties, with more detailed information when useful. Deities of Ireland, Britain and Gaul, and also the Heroes of these lands are included.

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Mythical Ireland: Lugus: The Many-Gifted Lord / http://www.mythicalireland.com/mythology/tuathade/lugus.html

Alexei Kondratiev presents an analysis of Celtic perceptions of the god Lugh. The placement of Roman rule into the fabric of Celtic religion by Emperor Augustus in 10BC under the auspices of Lugus at the Temple of the Three Gauls is shown to be an important reminder of the sovereign guardianship provided by Lugus. Irish Lugh and Welsh Llew myths are shown to display the same qualities as continental Lugus.
Originally published in An Tríbhs Mhór: The IMBAS Journal of Celtic Reconstructionism #1, Lúnasa 1997.

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The Heroic Age: Brigantia, Cartimandua and Gwenhwyfar / http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/1/habcg.htm

Michelle Zeigler provides insights into the concept of 'Brigantia'. Developing the theme that Brigantia represents three separate concepts, namely a goddess, a people, and a tribal federation. The relationships between Brigantia, Cartimandua and Gwenhwyfar are explored. The Heroic Age, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 1999.

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OBOD - Brigid: The Survival of a Goddess / http://www.druidry.org/obod/deities/brigid.html

An exploration of the attributes of Brigid, looking at the continued worship of the Triple Goddesses through her career as a Catholic saint and worship at Kildare, and points to her stories retaining remnants of other Goddesses from the ancient worlds including Roman Minerva and Egyptian Isis.

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Ancient History Sourcebook - Lucius Apuleius (c.155 CE): Isis, Queen of Heaven / http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/lucius-assa.html

This weblink is included for reference to the spread of mystical religions into the Celtic world, and their impact of syncretism there. The cult of Isis was one of the most important of the empire wide cults in the later empire. In Lucius Apuleius' very strange novel, The Golden Ass (http://books.eserver.org/fiction/apuleius/), Isis appears to Lucius, and claims to be all goddesses, the Queen of Heaven, and principal of all the gods and goddesses.