The Badbh
The Badbh ALSO KNOWN AS: Badbh Catha (literally, the battle crow) ORIGIN: Irish Crows on the battlefield are harbingers of doom. They await the battle’s…
Category: Irish Mythology
Far Darria
Far Darria In Irish folklore, a fairy who wears a red cap and coat and spends his time at practical joking, especially of a gruesome…
Dagda
The Dagda : The Good God Chief of the Tuatha Dé Danaan, oldest of the Celtic deities, Dagda literally means “the good god.” What is…
Aengus og
Aengus og (Angus, Oengus) In Celtic mythology, son of Dagda, god of love and beauty, who had a golden harp. His kisses became birds that…
Ogma
Ogma (Ogham) In Celtic mythology, orator, warrior of the Tuatha de Danann, Irish god of literature, eloquence, fertility, healing, poetry, prophecy, and war; husband of…
Horned Women
Horned Women : In Irish legend, 12 horned women, all witches, who take over the household of a rich woman and bewitch her and her…
Tuatha Dé Danaan
Tuatha Dé Danaan ORIGIN: Ireland The Tuatha Dé Danaan are the spirits who inhabited Ireland before the arrival of the Gaels (Milesians). Their name means…
Sinnann
Sinnann is the spirit of the Shannon River. The surviving vestiges of her myth are similar to that of Boann and the birth of the…
Sidhe
Sidhe : The Good People; The People Who Go Widdershins The Gaelic word Sidhe has three meanings: • “Barrow” or “tumulus”: ancient burial mounds often…
Oonagh
Oonagh the Fairy Queen has golden hair so long it reaches the ground. Oonagh is a goddess of love and protectress of young animals. Oonagh…