Gods (N)

 

Naas

Wife of Lugh Lamhfada who died at the site of Naas, Co. Kildare, which bears her name. (Irish)

Nair

'Modesty', a Goddess who took the High King Crebhan to the Otherworld and gave him fabulous treasures. (Irish)

Nantsovelta

Gaulish Goddess probably connected with water, (nant=a brook).

Nechtan

A water God and husband of Boann. (Irish)

Neit

Sometimes Net. A God of War. His wife appears as Nemain, part of the triune Goddess Morrigan. The name may be a synonym for Nuada. (Irish)

Nemain

A War Goddess and wife of Neit. She is listed as one of the five Goddesses who hovers over battlefields, inspiring battle madness: Dea(Hateful), Badb(Fury), Nemain(Venomous), Macha(Personification of Battle), and the Morrigan (Great Queen or Supreme War Goddess). (Irish)

Nemausicae

(Also known as the Matres Nemausicae) Celtic mother goddesses of fertility and healing who were associated with the shrine and spa a the town of Nimes, France. they were also associated with Nemausus, the eponymous god of that town who presided over the healing spring. (Gaulish)

Nemetona

Goddess of the Sacred Grove. A Gaulish War Goddess. Could be a connection with Nemain (frenzy), Goddess of War. Equated with Minerva. Especially concerned with thermal waters and fertility cults.

Nemglan

A Bird God who appeared to Mess Buachalla and made love to her. (Irish)

Niamh

Daughter of Manannan Mac Lir, the lover of Oisin. (Irish)

Nodons/Nodens

He Who Bestows The Wealth? The Cloud Maker? Invoked more as a God of Healing than that of a warrior God. Connected with Healing, the sun and water. Likened to Silvanus in his role as divine hunter. Equated with Mars the healer rather than Mars the warrior. Regarded as the ancestor of all the Irish, a divine prerogative. He is referred to in the Coir Anmann as Iriel Faith: he was prophet, champion and King of Irelan, He was Nuadu Airgethlam Ancestor deity of the Eoganacht and others according to certain traditions. Also associated with Lludd Llaw-ereint' Silver Hand or Arm' and the legend which explains the name, but this is in question. He was the father of Gwynn ap Nudd. Also God of Lydney in Gloucestershire.

Nuada

God also known as Iriel Faith. See Nodons/Nodens above

Nynniaw

A son of Beli and brother of Peibaw. (Welsh)

 

 

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