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Flidais

Goddess of the forest, hunting, and wild beasts. Flidais was not only the huntress of wild animals, she was also their protector. Flidais was the mistress of stags, who had a chariot pulled by deer.

Flidais was the mother of several daughters who were druidesses or witches such as Bé Chuille, Dianann (Dinand), Bé Téite, and Fand; the last daughter being the wife of Manannán Mac Lir. Both Bé Chuille and Dianann aided the Tuatha Dé Danann against the Fomorians in the Second Battle of Mag Tuired. They used their sorcery to create illusions.

Flidais was also a fertility goddess, the only one beside Queen Medb of Connacht who could satisfy Fergus Mac Roich. Otherwise, Fergus would need seven ordinary women in his bed.

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Jimmy Joe Timeless Myths

By Jimmy Joe

Tuatha Dé Danann:

  • • Ernmas
  • • Danu (Ana)
  • • Morrígan
  • • Eriu, Banha and Fodla
  • • Brigit
  • • Boann
  • • Flidais
  • • Ainé
  • • Bilé
  • • Lir
  • • Manannán Mac Lir
  • • Dagda
  • • Nuada
  • • Ogma
  • • Dian Cécht
  • • Cian
  • • Goibhniu
  • • Credne
  • • Luchta
  • • Bres
  • • Lugh
  • • Angus Óg
  • • Bodb Derg
  • • Midir
  • • Neit
  • • Donn
  • • Crom Cruach
  • • Domnu
  • • Eochaid
Bé Chuille & Dianann

Bé Chuille & Dianann

Druidesses or sorceresses. Bé Chuille and Dianann were daughters of the woodland goddess Flidais. They were sisters of Bé Téite, and possibly of Fand, wife of Manannán Mac Lir. Bé Chuille was among those listed who fought in the First Battle of Ma...

May 13th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Arduinna

Arduinna

Arduinna was the Gallic goddess of the forest and hunting. The Romans identified her with Diana (Artemis). Arduinna was depicted in art as riding on the back of a wild boar. She seemed to be popular around the Ardennes region.

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Brigid

Brigid

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 o...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Goddess of Fairies: The Queen and the Caregiver of Fairies

Goddess of Fairies: The Queen and the Caregiver of Fairies

There are various goddesses of fairies since the fairies and their religion are very different from that of humans. The religion of fairies is very personal to them and very unique. Here we look at all the different types of goddesses that the fai...

April 3rd, 2022 • Timeless Myths
Danu

Danu

Danu: Mysteries of the Mother Goddess Danu, goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was the original mother goddess in Celtic mythology. The very name Tuatha Dé Danann means “Children of Danu,” and it is believed that she was the beginning of the existen...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Brigit

Brigit

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. ...

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Bona Dea (Fauna)

Bona Dea (Fauna)

Bona Dea means the "Good Goddess". Bona Dea was often called Fauna. Bona Dea was the goddess of women. Men were excluded from her temple on the Aventine Hill. Her festival was held on May 1. As Fauna, she was the goddess of vegetation and fertilit...

September 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Cocidius

Cocidius

Cocidius was a Celtic-British goddess of hunting. A stone relief of her was found in Risingham, Yorkshire.

May 13th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Dark Druid (Fer Doirich)

Dark Druid (Fer Doirich)

The Dark Druid or Fer Doirich was a powerful druid who loved Sadb, daughter of Derg Díanscothach of Síd Ochta Cleitigh or of Bodb Derg son of Dagda. Because Sadb refused to love him, the Dark Druid transformed her into a fawn. The Fenian hero Finn...

May 13th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Duillae

Duillae

Duillae were the goddesses of fertility and vegetation. They appeared as a pair of mothers nature. The Duillae were similar to the Matres.

January 11th, 2006 • Jimmy Joe
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