Gods (D)

 

Da Choc/ Da Coca

Irish deity comparable with the north British God.

Da Derga

He is the God of the Dead, the same being as Donn in fact. Only the dead or those destined to die can enter his house. Da Derga's Hostel. Derga means 'red', such would be the association with blood and death.

Dagda

The Good God, Lord of Great Knowledge, The All Father Ruad Rofhessa or The Red One of Great Knowledge, Eochaid Ollathair or Eochaid The Great Father, the name Eochaid being derived from ech for 'horse'. A mighty warrior dealing out death with a blow from one end of his staff, and with the other restoring life to those from whom it has been taken. Mate of Boann which makes their pairing that of, Mother Goddess and Tribal God. The Patron God of Druidsm. (Irish)

Daireann

Daughter of the Bodb Dearg and sister of Sadb. She became Fionn's lover and gave birth to his son Oisin. (Irish)

Damona

Gaulish Goddess, 'Great' or 'The Divine Cow'. Seen as a fertility and healer Goddess. She had several God Companions such as Apollo Moritasgus and a related deity Borvo or Bormo (a water God), and Abilllus of Arnay-le-Duc.

Dana

Sometimes given as Danu and cognate with Anu, in Welsh as Don, Mother Goddess from the Tuatha De Danaan. Danu and Anu may have been seperate deities as Anu was specifically connected with the fertility of Ireland, and Danu was the mother of the Tuatha De. (Irish)

Dea Arduinna

Gaulish, she may be cognate with Flidhais, who ruled over the beasts of the forest and herded wild deer.

Dea Nutrix

'Nursing Goddess' from the latin, used to describe a Celtic Mother Goddess in western Europe. Also known to have been called by the name Aveta

Dechtire

Grandaughter of Aonghus Og and Mother of Cuchulainn. (Irish)

Deva

Goddess of the river Dee and other rivers with similar root names.

Diancecht

God of Healing and the toreutic arts, God of Medicine. (Irish)

Diarmuid

Grandson of Aonghus Og. (Irish)

Dis pater

Roman God equated also with Cerrnunnos, the divine ancestor, and this God of the underworld, God of the Dead, also seen as an ancestor deity, with his fertility-chthonic assosciations, had a sanctuary in Rome. Linked with the Irish Donn.

Domnu

Goddess of the Fomorii. Name means 'Abyss of the Sea'. She appears to be a mother Goddess and ancestor of all the Fomorii. (Irish)

Don

Welsh equivalent of Danu 'Mother Goddess'

Donn

God of the Dead (House of Donn). Eldest son of Midir the Proud. (see Da Derga) (Irish)

Donn of Culnge

The Brown One of Culnge. A great bull of probable divine origin. His bull is form is the culmination of many transformations undergone since he was a divine swineherd. In bull form he retained human reason and understanding. His very lowing would put all the cows in calf, emphasising his great powers of fecundity, of importance in a stock raising community. Supernatural bull, protector of warriors, averter of evil from the province, provider of magical music, ensuring the reproductive powers of the herds. A Horned God. (Irish)

Dunatis

Gaulish God of the Fortified Place.

Dylan (Eli Ton )

Sea, Son of the Wave. Yellow haired son to Ar(i)an(r)h(r)od and Gwydion and twin to Lleu, he is associated with the sea and the symbol of a silver fish. (Welsh)

 

 

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