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Luchta
The master carpenter. Luchta was the divine carpenter or wrights. Luchta was one of three divine craftsmen; they were known as na tri dée Dána. The...
By Jimmy Joe
Credne
The master artificer. Credne was the god of gold. Credne was one of three divine craftsmen; they were known as na tri dée Dána. The other two craft...
By Jimmy Joe
Goibhniu
The master smith. Goibhniu was the smith god. He was one of three divine craftsmen; they were known as na tri dée Dána. The other two craftsmen wer...
By Jimmy Joe
Cian
Cian was the son of Dian Cécht and Danu. Cian had two brothers: Goibhniu (master smith) and Sawan. But according to Oidheadh Chlainne Tuireann (Dea...
By Jimmy Joe
Morrígan
Goddess of war and fertility. Her name, Morrígan (Morrigan), means the "Queen of Demons" or the "Phantom Queen". Morrígan was the daughter of Delbá...
By Jimmy Joe
Dian Cécht
The Celtic god of healing. Dian Cécht (Dian Cecht) was the great physician of the Tuatha Dé Danann. There is a lot of confusion over his parentage....
By Jimmy Joe
Ogma
The Irish god of writing, eloquence and poetry. Ogma was credited with being the inventor of the Celtic writing systems that the Druids used for th...
By Jimmy Joe
Nuada
King of Erin (Ireland) and leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Nuada has been called the son of the goddess Danu. Usually Nuada had also been called th...
By Jimmy Joe
Dagda
His name means the Good God. Dagda was sometimes called Eochaid Ollathair (Father of All) and Ruad Rofhessa (Lord of Great Knowledge). Unlike the s...
By Jimmy Joe
Manannán Mac Lir
Sea god. Manannán (Manannan) was said to be the son of Lir, who was also a god of the sea. Manannán supplanted his father in his role as a sea god....
By Jimmy Joe
Lir
God of the sea. Lir was the father of Manannán (Manannan) and Lodan. Lir was known to the Welsh sea-god as Llyr. Unlike his son, Lir was merely a p...
By Jimmy Joe
Bilé
Consort of the goddess Danu. Bilé (Bile) was the god of death. Bilé married Danu and became the father of Dagda, the chief leader of the Tuatha Dé ...
By Jimmy Joe
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