Celtic gods & goddesses
Branwyn - a goddess of love, sexuality and the sea
Bridget - goddess of fertility, feminine creativity, martial arts and healing
Cernunnos - The 'Horned god', god of Nature, Animals, Fertility and the Underworld
Cerridwen - Moon goddess, goddess of Dark Prophecy and the Underworld
Coventina - goddess of Rivers, Abundance, Inspiration and Prophecy
The Crone - One of the Triple goddess Aspects, goddess of Old Age, Winter and the Waning Moon
Eostre - goddess of Spring, Rebirth, Fertility and New Beginnings
Epona - Horse goddess, goddess of Prosperity, Healing, Nurturance and Sustainence
Latis - goddess of Water and Beer
Lugh - Sun god, god of War, Mastery, Magic and Good Harvest
Morrigan - goddess of War, Revenge, Night, Magic and Prophecy. Queen of Fairies and Witches
The Triple goddess - The Maiden, Mother and Crone all at once. Moon, Creator, Destroyer
Showing posts with label Celtic myth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celtic myth. Show all posts
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Saturday, June 5, 1976
Creiddylad (Welsh)
Creiddylad
Goddess of Summer and Flowers
Pantheon: Celtic
Element: Fire
Sphere of Influence: Summer and Flowers
Preferred colors: Red, Yellow, Orange
Associated symbol: Flowers
Best day to work with: Sunday
Strongest around Beltane
Associated Planet: Sun
Creiddylad is a figure from Welsh mythology known from the early medieval Welsh Arthurian tale of Culhwch ac Olwen, one of the tales of the Mabinogion. She is the daughter of Lludd Llaw Eraint. It is over her that Gwythyr ap Greidawl and Gwyn ap Nudd fight.
Originally betrothed to Gwythr ap Greidawl, Creiddylad is abducted by her other suitor, Gwyn ap Nudd, causing the two rivals to go to fight over her. King Arthur settles the feud by arranging for the two to engage in single combat every May Day until Doomsday; in the meantime Creiddylad will stay with her father.
The names of Creiddylad's and Gwyn's fathers, Lludd and Nudd, are likely cognate, and both seem to be variants of the pan-Celtic deity Nodons. The etymology of Creiddylad is uncertain.
Creiddylad's story is somewhat similar to Persephone's in Greek mythology. Some researchers equate her with Queen Cordelia in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin pseudo-history Historia Regum Britanniae, and therefore the source of Cordelia in William Shakespeare's play King Lear, but there are notable differences in the legends and the Welsh versions of Geoffrey's Historia use the name Cordelia, not Creiddylad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creiddylad
Goddess of Summer and Flowers
Pantheon: Celtic
Element: Fire
Sphere of Influence: Summer and Flowers
Preferred colors: Red, Yellow, Orange
Associated symbol: Flowers
Best day to work with: Sunday
Strongest around Beltane
Associated Planet: Sun
Creiddylad is a figure from Welsh mythology known from the early medieval Welsh Arthurian tale of Culhwch ac Olwen, one of the tales of the Mabinogion. She is the daughter of Lludd Llaw Eraint. It is over her that Gwythyr ap Greidawl and Gwyn ap Nudd fight.
Originally betrothed to Gwythr ap Greidawl, Creiddylad is abducted by her other suitor, Gwyn ap Nudd, causing the two rivals to go to fight over her. King Arthur settles the feud by arranging for the two to engage in single combat every May Day until Doomsday; in the meantime Creiddylad will stay with her father.
The names of Creiddylad's and Gwyn's fathers, Lludd and Nudd, are likely cognate, and both seem to be variants of the pan-Celtic deity Nodons. The etymology of Creiddylad is uncertain.
Creiddylad's story is somewhat similar to Persephone's in Greek mythology. Some researchers equate her with Queen Cordelia in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin pseudo-history Historia Regum Britanniae, and therefore the source of Cordelia in William Shakespeare's play King Lear, but there are notable differences in the legends and the Welsh versions of Geoffrey's Historia use the name Cordelia, not Creiddylad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creiddylad
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