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Welsh Deities
The gods and goddesses in Welsh myths were like the Irish deities, living in Wales, England and Scotland. They inhabited and ruled over the land wi...
By Jimmy Joe
Later Life
Freedom From Servitude Death of Iphitus Troy War of the Giants Wars in Peloponnesus Deïaneira Living in Trachis Death of Heracles Among the GodsDea...
By Jimmy Joe
Twelve Labours of Heracles
It would not make sense unless you read why Heracles had to perform his Twelve Labours. The Madness of Heracles was the origin of Heracles' great a...
By Jimmy Joe
Birth & Early Life
Birth of Heracles Early LifeBirth of Heracles Alcmene (Ἀλκμόνη) was the daughter of Electryon, king of Tiryns, and Anaxo. She married Amphitryon (Ἀ...
By Jimmy Joe
Celtic Mythology
We now leave the mild climate of the ancient Aegean, and the cold, forbidding regions of the North. Here, we enter the lush, green land, shrouded i...
By Timeless Myths
Heroines
Even though the societies in post-Dorian Invasion Greece were predominantly filled with myths about male heroes, some myths still survive about the...
By Jimmy Joe
Eochaid
A pre-Christian sun god. Eochaid was also god of lightning, and his sword was a thunderbolt. Eochaid seemed to be either a god of horses or he was ...
By Jimmy Joe
Domnu
Goddess of the Fomorians. Domnu appeared in Lebor Gabala as the mother of Indech, the Fomorian king. Her attribute is uncertain, but she may have b...
By Jimmy Joe
Crom Cruach
Crom Cruach was the god of weather and fertility. Crom Cruach was not a Tuatha Dé Danann deity. A great gold idol was set up in Mag Sleact ("Plain ...
By Jimmy Joe
Donn
Donn was a chthonic Underworld god responsible for the passage of the dead. Donn was the Irish god of the dead. Donn was mainly worshipped in Munst...
By Jimmy Joe
Neit
God of war. Neit was a son of Dagda. Neit was said to have been the father of the Fomorians: Delbaeth, who was the father of Elatha, and of Dót, wh...
By Jimmy Joe
Midir
Midir was the son of Dagda. He was often called Midir the Proud. Midir had a fairy palace in Sleive Callary. Midir seemed to appear more frequently...