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 a warrior on horseback.
Eochaid, Eochu - "horse-rider".
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Dagda: Magic of the Good God Dagda, god of gods, went by Dagda or The Dagda. He was the chief and foremost god of the Irish group of gods, the Tuatha dé Danann. He was very wise, very skilled, and had many domains such as fertility, agriculture, a...
Lugh was the son of Cian (Kian), son of Danu and Dian Cécht, and Ethlinn (Ethnea or Eithliu), daughter of Balor, a Fomorian champion (leader). Lugh was a popular sun god, worshipped throughout the Celtic world. In Gaul he was identified as Lugus o...
Eochaid Airem was the high king who married Etain. As a Danann, Etain was the wife of a Danann king named Midir, son of Dagda. As a mortal, Etain was the most beautiful woman in the world. Eochaid and Etain became the parents of Etain Og (Etain th...
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 of Adoration") in Ulster. Crom Cruach was a bloodthirsty god where human sacrifices were performed. ...
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. Dian Cécht was said to be the son of Esarg and grandson of Neit. This makes Dian Cécht the brother ...
His name means the Good God. Dagda was sometimes called Eochaid Ollathair (Father of All) and Ruad Rofhessa (Lord of Great Knowledge). Unlike the some of the other major Irish deities, Dagda was a deity confined to Ireland; no reference or evidenc...
Sun god. Cautha or Catha was identified with the Roman sun god Sol, whom the Greeks called Helius. His symbol was a sun disk crown, and he was depicted holding fire in each hand, rising from the sea.
A king of Tara. Eochaid Feidlech was better known because of his children, particularly his daughters. His consort may have been Crucaha, who was the mother of Medb (Maeve). Among his other daughters were Clothra, Eithne, Ele and Mugain. His sons ...
Taranis: The Forgotten Male Triad of the Celts Taranis may have been one of the most important and widely worshipped deities in Bronze Age Europe. However, no myths about Taranis have survived to the present day. What do we actually know about thi...
Eacus was a Romano-Iberian weather god who was equated with the Roman god Jupiter Solutorius. Eacus was popular in the region of Castile.