Brigantia was the tribal goddess of the Brigantes, the British Celts living in the large region named after her, in northern England. The Romans identified Brigantia with Minerva (Athena).
Brigantia was a popular goddess, and she was worshipped and called Brigindo in Gaul (France), and Brigit in Ireland.
Brigantia was the goddess of war, healing and water. Brigantia was also a goddess of fertility and prosperity.
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Brigindo was the Gallic goddess, also called Brigandu. She was a popular goddess throughout the Celtic world. Brigindo was the goddess of arts, crafts, fertility, and possibly of war. Her name meant "Exalted One" or "High One". Imbolc was a pagan ...
Brigit (Brigid) was the goddess of healing and fertility as well as the goddess of craft, especially of metalworking. Brigit was probably also the goddess of fire and poetry. She was the warrior goddess as well as the patron goddess of craftsmen. ...
Brigid: The Exalted One Brigid, goddess of fertility, spring, and wells, was a Celtic deity of pagan Ireland . She was a prominent member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, meaning “the folk of the goddess Danu,” which is the pantheon of Irish deities. Not ...
A tutelary goddess. A Romano-Celtic goddess who was often associated with the Roman goddess Minerva (Athena). During the reign of Claudius Caesar, the Romans conquered Britain in AD 43, and they named the new province after the goddess Britannia.
All of the British deities listed here come from the Romano-Celtic pantheon. The deities found here belong to the period when Britain was a province of the Roman Empire. Like the page on the Gallic Deities , these Celtic deities were sometimes ado...
Andrasta (Andraste) was the Romano-Celtic goddess of war. Her name means the "Invincible One". Andrasta was a patron goddess of the Iceni tribe. It was said that Boudicca, the British warrior queen, prayed to Andrasta before going into battle agai...
A tutelary goddess of the river and spring. The river was named after Coventina and was also worshipped by the Romans. Her sacred spring was at Brocolitia (Carrawburgh), a Roman fort on Hadrian's wall. Here, votive offerings were made to the godde...
Andarta was the Gallic goddess of fertility. Andarta was the patron goddess of the Vocantii tribe. She should not be confused with the British goddess of war, Andrasta .
Goddess of healing springs. Sulis is actually a Latin name for the British goddess. The Romans identified her as the Gaulish Minerva , and she was known as Sulis Minerva. Her city was named after her as Aquae Sulis, which is modern Bath. Because o...
Agroná was the British goddess of battle and slaughter. The Welsh god Aeron derived his name from her.