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  1. Celtic Mythology
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  3. Druids
    Background Iarbonél Druids of Danu Gebann Birog Bé Chuille & Dianann Caicer Cathbad Barach Cailitin Fedelm Tadg Bodhmall Finneces (Finegas) Dark Druid (Fer Doirich) Gallizenae Other Druids
  4. 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 Mag Tuired, when the Tuatha Dé Danann fought against the Firbolgs.

In the Second Battle of Mag Tuired, the two sisters aided the Tuatha Dé Danann in the war against the Fomorians, using their sorcery to conjure grass and leaves to create illusions of a host of Danann warriors. The Fomorian warrior Dé Domnann killed Dianann in the fighting.

Bé Chuille was also gifted with divination, and she foretold the number of Danann who would die in the battle against the Milesians.

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Bé Chuille, Becuille.

Dianann, Dinand.

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By Jimmy Joe

Druids:

  • • Background
  • • Iarbonél
  • • Druids of Danu
  • • Gebann
  • • Birog
  • • Bé Chuille & Dianann
  • • Caicer
  • • Cathbad
  • • Barach
  • • Cailitin
  • • Fedelm
  • • Tadg
  • • Bodhmall
  • • Finneces (Finegas)
  • • Dark Druid (Fer Doirich)
  • • Gallizenae
  • • Other Druids
Flidais

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 ...

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Delbaeth

Delbaeth

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Cailitin

Cailitin

Cailitín Dána (Cailitin or Calatin) was the chief druid of Medb and Ailill. Cailitin was known most for his fight against Ulster's hero Cu Chulainn, in the Táin Bó Cuailnge. Cailitin had many sons and several daughters, and they were all known as ...

May 13th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Cian

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 (Death of the Children of Tuireann), his brothers were Cu and Cethe; they were the sons of Cainte. Cian ...

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Tuatha Dé Danann

Tuatha Dé Danann

The Tuatha Dé Danann ("People of the Goddess Danu") were one of the mythical races which settled in Ireland before the arrival of the Milesians, the ancestors of the modern Gaels. The Dananns were descendants of the goddess Danu. Her son Dagda was...

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Muirenn (Muirne)

Muirenn (Muirne)

Muirenn, or Muirne as she known in English narratives, was the Danann daughter of Tadg and granddaughter of Nuada of the Silver Hand. She was often called "Muirne of the White Neck". Frequently, it was mentioned that Muirenn had two sisters – the ...

November 8th, 1999 • 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
Children of Danu

Children of Danu

The Children of Danu were the people of Danu, or as the Irish called them – the Tuatha Dé Danann. I have completed several different versions of the genealogy of the Tuatha Dé Danann. The Tuatha Dé Danann, like the other invaders of Ireland called...

January 20th, 2001 • Timeless Myths
Bodhmall

Bodhmall

Sister of Muirenn and aunt of the hero Finn Mac Cumhaill. Bodmall was also the daughter of the druid Tadg and foster-mother of Finn. Bodhmall followed her sister into the Sliab Bladma (Slieve Bloom), where she acted as a midwife to Muirenn and lat...

May 13th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Eriu, Banha and Fodla

Eriu, Banha and Fodla

Eriu and her two sisters, Banha and Fodla, had given their name to Ireland before the arrival of the Milesians. They were the incarnation of Ireland, represented as the Sovereignty of Ireland, who wedded kings to ensure the prosperity of the isle....

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
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