CELTIC DEITY

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• CELTIC DEITY (noun)
  The noun CELTIC DEITY has 1 sense:

1. a deity worshipped by the Celts

  Familiarity information: CELTIC DEITY used as a noun is very rare.

• CELTIC DEITY (noun)

Meaning:

A deity worshipped by the Celts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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 (race 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:

Arianrhod; Arianrod (Celtic goddess famous for her beauty; mother of Dylan)

Aengus; Angus; Angus Og; Oengus (Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women)

Ana (mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu)

LLud (a Celtic warrior god)

Llyr (Celtic deity who was the father of Manawydan; corresponds to Irish Lir)

Lug; Lugh (ancient Celtic god)

Manannan (Celtic god of the sea; son of Ler)

Manawydan; Manawyddan (Celtic sea god; son of Llyr)

Morrigan; Morrigu (Celtic war goddess)

Gwyn (Celtic underworld god)

Gwydion (Celtic sky god; a magician; giver of arts and civilization)

Boann (Celtic goddess; mother of Angus Og)

Brigit (Celtic goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom; later associated with Saint Bridget)

Dagda (chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit)

Dana; Danu (Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don)

Don (Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu)

Dylan (Celtic god of the waves; son of Arianrhod)

Epona ((possibly Roman mythology) Celtic goddess of horses and mules and asses)

Arawn (Celtic deity who was the lord of Annwfn (the other world or the land of fairies))

Amaethon (the farmer god; ancient god of agriculture)