THE	IRISH AND FAERIE GODDESSES AND GODS...

Achtland: (AKHT-lawnd) 
     She was a Goddess queen whom no mortal man could sexually
satisfy, so she took a giant from the faerie realm as her mate.
Legend has it that she took great pleasure in combing his long, 
fair hair.
     Invoke her energies for sex magic or for taking the female role
in the Great Rite.

Aeval: (A-vahl)	
     This Goddess came into popular legend as a faerie, a Munster
queen who heald a midnight court to hear the debate on wheather or
not the men of her kingdom were keeping their women sexually
satisfies or not.  The problem, she deemed, was that the men were
both prudish and lazy.  She commanded that they bow to the women's
wishes.
     Call on her to aid you in spells of love, lust, and wisdom in
making judgements.

Aimend: (AW-mend)(EE-mend) 
     A minor Celtic sun Goddess who was said to be the daughter of
the King of the region known as Corco Liodhe

Aine: (AA-nee)				 
     A Goddess of love who may also be a Goddess of cattle.  She is
said to be a daughter of Ouel, a sage and seer of the Tuatha De
Danaan.

Airmad: (AWR-meet)(EER-meet) 
     Daughter of the God of Medicine, Diancecht, who was an adapt at
the healing arts.  She was looked upon as a magician and an
herbalist.  After the death of her brother, Miach, she tened the
grave on which all of the herbs of the earth grew, and as she
harvested them, they spoke to her and assisted her in their uses.
She laid them out on a cloak by their properties, but her jealous
father came along and shook the cloak, scattering away nearly all of
the knowledge.She was a craftsman who, with the help of her brother
helped forge the famed silver hand of Nuada.

Almah: 
     Goddess who not much is known about.  There is a hill in
Southern Ireland named after her.

Andarste: 
     This war goddess' name means "the invincible one." Her presense
was invoked on the eve of battles to curry favor, and possibly
ritual sacrifices were made to her.
     In magic and ritual she helps to overcome enemies.
     
Anu: (AW-noo) 
     Anu is the virgin aspect of the tripple Goddess.  Dana is the
Mother, and her crone aspect is Badb.  She was known as a Goddess of
prosperity and abundance, which suggests her name is associated
with the mother aspect of this triplicity.
     Call on Anu for fertility magic.
     
Badb: (Bayv) 
     She is the crone aspect of the tripple goddess, often called
"The Fury." Her archetype as a war goddess was particulary strong.
She is also part of the dreaded Morrigan, a triplicity of crone
Goddesses associated with death, distruction, and battle.  SHe is
linked with the death faerie, the banshee, who is seen as washing
the armor of soilders who would perish in the upcomming battle.
     A daughter of Ernmoas, she is also called the "one who boils,"
as in bioling the otherworld cauldron of death and rebirth which she
presides over, deciding the fate of those who have passed over nto
its great cosmic mix.  It will be Badb who will cause the end of
earthly time when she lets the cauldron boil over, engulfing the
planet in a great wasteland.  Call on Badb at Samhain to aid you
with spirit contact and to learn of past lives.  She corresponds
with the carrion crow, the staff, seythe, bloodstones, apples, and
The Tower tarot card.

Banbha: (BAHN-na) 
     A worrior goddess who protected Ireland from invaders, and one
in a triplicity with Eire and Fodhla, who is the earth aspect whose
name means, "land unplowed for a year." She was a gifted magician
and, as such went out to meet the Milesian invaders when they first
came to Ireland.  Her mission was to keep them from taking over.
She tried to impress them with her magic, but they ignored her.
     Banbha can enhance qualities of leadership, teach us to keep
memories alive, and bless earth magic.

Bebo: 
     A faerie woman whose affair with King Ulster made the region
prosper.  Ask her aid in prosperity or fertility rites, to bless
animal, crop, or human reproduction, or honor her at Harvest
Sabbats.


Biddy Early, the White Witch of Claire:	
     She was said to have a blue bottle which contained very
powerful magic.  Before she died, she tossed it into a lake near the
hills where she lived where it still rests today, waiting to be
reclaimed.
     She can be a great aid in all forms of magic.  Invoke her when
you study Pagan subjects, or when attempting to reclaim lost Pagan
arts or Legends.  Her correspondances include Blue Grass, the
chalice, and the cauldron.

Blai: (Blee)(Blaw) 
     Ossan's Tuatha mother.  She probably reprisents a personal or
mascot diety to him, as his earthly mother was Saba.  (Compare the
relationship between Lugh and Cuchulain.) Today she is known as a
Faerie Queen with a burgh of her own in Drumberg.
     She is a good aid in making faerie contact.
     
Bo Dhu: 
     The Black Cow Goddess who helped bring fertility to barren
Ireland. See Bo Find.

Bo Find: 
     Her name means "white cow" and this is how she appeared long ago
on the barren and fruitless mass which would become green and
verdent.  She came from the western sea with her sisters, Bo Dhu and
Bo Ruadh. They represent the Tripple Goddess.
     The Black Cow went to south of Ireland, Red to the North, while
she went to find the center.  When Bo Find arrives at Tara, she gave
birth to twin calves, a male and a female who would feed her people
forever. Then she and her sisters retreated back into the sea.
     Call on her to ward off hunger, bring prosperity and fertility,
and honor her at Mabon.

Bo Ruadh: 
     The Red Cow Goddess who helped bring fertility back to Ireland.
See Bo Find.

Bri: (Bree)	
     A Queen of the Tuatha De Danaan, considered a burgh-dwelling
faerie queen. She is a good aid in making faerie contact.

Branach: (BRAN-awh)	
     Crond Goddess linked to forgotten Samhain rituals.  Reclaim her
at Samhain.

Cethlion: 
     A Goddess of the formations who'se called "Crooked Teeth." Ask
her to help you in divination.

Cred or Creide:	
     A Faerie Queen Goddess associated with Dana's mountains, the
Paps of Anu.  She promiced not to sleep until she found a man who
could create for her the most magnificent poem ever written.  Coll,
a Fianna Warrior, finally wrote the poem.  She was impressed and
married him making a home together in the Otherworld.
    She can aid in love magic, teching us about searching for the
perfect mate, keeping secrets, amd can aid in making spirit contact
from her otherworld home.  Yew, Rose Oil, and the color pink
correspond with her.

Dana or Danu: (DAWN-na)(DAY-na)	
     She was the Great first mother Goddess or Ireland, who was
later renamed or reclaimed as Brigid.  She is The Mother aspect of
the Tripple Goddess.  She is the soverign, singular great mother who
birthed all things into being.
     Dana's powerful presence can aid you in achieving anything you
desire.  She is espically strong in her aspect of motherhood, fire,
fertility, manifestation magic, healing children, inspiration of the
self, soverignty, and other creative endevors.  She corresponds with
the Tarot card The Empres, amber, blood, and holey stones.

Dubh Lacha: (Doov LAH-kah) 
     An early Irish Goddess of the sea of whom little is known.
     
Eadon: (AE-don) 
     Goddess of poetry who was also a bard.  Female bards were
known, but most of their legends have not survived.

Edain or Etain (EE-dawn)(AY-deen) 
     She was a beautiful blond queen of the Tuatha De Danaan, and a
superb horsewoman for which she earned the name "Edain the Horse
Rider." Her story was immortalized in Fiona MacLeod's "The Immortal
Hour."
     Ask Edain to help you with past or future life explorations,
invoke her to enhance personal appearence.  Correspondances include
lilac oil, the butterfly, the serpent (espically one with its tail
in its mouth to symbol reincarnation.)

Edain Oig: 
     Edian's daughter who was hidden away beacuse of her barrenness.
However, she gave birth to a daughter who would later be the mother
of King Conaire Mor.

Eile: (EL-lee) 
     The sister of Queen Maeve of Connacht.
     
Eire: (AIR-uh) 
     The dative form of her name, Erin, has been used as a poetic
name for Ireland for Centuries.  She has been worshipped as the
Goddess/Protectoress of Ireland.  She was a daughter of the Dagda
and Delbaeth, the maiden/spiritual part of a triplicity with Banbha
and Foldha, and was the third of the three to be approached by the
Milesian invaders.  Eire's magic was so potent that she was able to
throw mud balls down on her enemies whereupon they turned into
hundreds of warriers when they smached.  Eire won the battle, but
lost the land.Yet, out of respect for her power, the Milesians
agreed to name the land after her.  She was also the wife of
MacGreine, the Sun of the Son, so she may be part of the creation
myths.
     Call on her for qualities of leadership, to aid in keeping
memories as in keeping one's name alive, and for finding creative
ways to overcome enemies.  She corresponds with the harp and the
shamrock, the age old symbols of Ireland, and with the color green.

Emer: (EE-mer) 
     A heroic woman of great pride in all she accomplished, which
was considerable.  She was also beautiful, intelligent, witty, and
multi-talented, which she was all well aware.
     Call on her when you need a boost of self esteem or self pride.
She can also help you to release your own creative spirit and mental
prowess.

Eri of the Golden Hair 
     She was a virgin Goddess of the Tuatha.  One day she was out at
the bank of a river when a man ina silver boat floated down to see
her on a beam of light.  She was so overcome with emotion at the
sight that the two fell in the boat and made love.  The man left Eli
pregnant with Bres. He left a golden ring to remember him by. 
     Utilize Eri's energy as the female principle of creation.  As
the mate to the sun, she can be lionked to moon mother images.

Ernmas: AIRN-maas) 
     A granddaughter of Nuada of the Silver Hand who was the mother
of several tripple goddesses.
     Use her energy for fertility rites or earth spells.
     
Etan: 
     A daughter of Dianececht who married Qghma.
     
Etar: 
     A woman who drank Edain when, as a butterfly, fell into Etar's
ale. She later gave birth to Edian in human form.

Ethne: 
     A daughter of Aengus MacOg, who when he tried to rape her,
she escaped by becomming a being of pure light.  When she vanished
from humanity, she took with her the Tuatha's Veil of Invisibility,
which had protected them from the invading Milesians.

Fachea: 
     A goddess of Poetry and patron Diety of Bards.  Invoke her to
inspire creativity in yourself.

Fea: (fee) 
     See also the Morrigan.  This war goddess whose name means "The
Subordinate One" is a subordinate diety.

Fedelma 
     She was a faerie Queen who can be invoked to increase psychic
abilities. She corresponds with glass.

Finncaev:
     Her name means "fair love" and she was a minor Princess among
the Tuatha De Danaan, perhaps a diety of Love or Fertility.

Franconian-Die-Drud:
     A druidess associated with the horse goddess Mare, the bringer
of dreams.

Fuamnach:
     The jealous wife of Midhir, who turned his captured bride,
Edain, into a pool of water, a brown worm, and a mayfly.  In some
legends, Edain was not rescued, but rather blew away in a furious
storm raised by Fumnach.

Grian (GREE-awn):
     A faerie Goddess who is still believed to live in a burgh
beneth Pallas Green Hill.  Her name means "sunny" and she was
undoubtedly at one time a potent regional sun diety.  Call on her
for seasonal rites.  She and Aine can easily represent the Holly and
Oak kings roles.

Inghean Bhuidhe (EEN-awn BOO-ee):
     Her name means "yelow haired girl." Though most knowledge of
her is lost, we know she was a middle sister of a tripple goddess
and she represented the coming of summer, beltaine, and was honored
on May 6 involving a sacred well.  Use her energy in Beltaine
rituals, for flower festivals, or to bless the spring planting.
(See also Lassair and Latiaran)

Lassair:
     The eldest of a tripple goddess.  Her name means "flame."
Invoke her during seasonal rites.  (See also Inghean Bhuide and
Latiaran)

Latiaran:
     The youngest of a tripple Goddess with Inghean Bhuidhe and
Lassair.  She represented the first harvest of Lughnasadh.  Her
sister Inghean Buidhe represented Beltaine, as Lassair represented
Midsummer. 
     Use her aid in fire magic at Lughnasadh.
     
Locha:
     Maidservent to Queen Meave who died defending her in a war with
Ulster.

(Queen) Meave (Medb, Madb, or Mayv)
     She was a powerfull Goddess who merged later with a historical
figure.  Her name means "Intoxicated Woman," and she is known for
her long golden hair, iron will, and fiery temper.
     Invoke her in sex magic, spells for leadership skills, to gain
perseverance and stregnth, or to ward off enemies.  Pathwork with
her to understand your own or your partners feminine power.  She
corresponds with red, yellow, and purple, and the Star tarot card.

Maire Ni Ciaragain:
     A warrior queen whose legends have been lost.
     
Mare: (MAH-re)
     She is a horse Goddess.  She is also the bringer of Dreams,
both good and bad.  The english word of Nightmare is derived from
her name.
     Call upon her for dream work, fertility or war.  Use her help
in banishing nightmares.  She corresponds with horses, vervain,
oats, white and black.

Messbuachallo (MESS-boo-HAHL-la):
     The granddaughter of Eochaid and Edain, a daughter of their
only child with Edain Oig.  She was fostered by a cow-herder who
taught her embroidery.  She remained hidden with the herder for fear
of her true iddentity being discovered.  Later, a king recieves
prophecy stating that shewould bear him a male son, tho he didn't
know of her heritage.  A bird from the otherworld was sent to tell
her this news, and she went to the king and bore him Conaire Mor.
     Use her help with fertility and as a general aid to magic.
     
(The) Morrigan or The Morrigu
     She is a tripple goddess made up of three Crone goddesses of
death, war, and distruction; Badb, Macha, and Nemain.  Their
collective name means "The Phantom Queen." They were said to fly
over battles in the form of a raven or carrion crow.
     They are a powerful force which people prefer to work with one
on one.  Call on them for passing over rituals, or to overcome
enemies.  They are also a potent force fir the waning moon and
banishing magic.  Though BEWARE!  Their collective energy can easily
turn violent.

Macha (MAAX-ah)
     One of the morrigan, this crone Goddess of death, strife, and
destruction was a cheif of the Red Branch.  WHen she was heavily
pregnant, she was forced to race against the fastest horse in
Ireland.  She completed the course, but dies at the end while giving
birth to twins.  As her life ended, she cursed all the men to have
labor pains so they could not fight.  Cuchulain was immune to the
curse, but the rest of the men fell under the curse and were
defeated by Connacht.
     Cultivate her to aid you in childbirth, to gain wisdom, to
overcome enemies, or to uncover past lives.  She corresponds with
the Tower tarot card, Belladonna, the waning moon, serpents and
apples.

Nemian: (NIM-awn)
Her name Means, "The Venomous One," and she is one of the Morrigan.

Odras:
     This girl refused to let her cow be mated with Slemauir, the
Smooth, the famous bull belonging to the Morrigan.  So they took the
cow away and she followed them to the underworld where they turned
her into a pool of water to purify newcommers to the land.
     Odras' tale teaches us that we cannot cheat death.  When her
livelihood (cow) was taken, she died (return to elements) tho she
tried to fight the Death Goddesses.  Use her to learn about
inevitable cycles of time rather than fighting them.  (This does not
mean that we shouldn't fight for life, but rather that we should be
wise as to realize where the fight must end.)

Onaugh or Oona (OU-nah)
     She was the faery wife of the Tuatha leader Finvarra.  She
tolerated his cheating with a mortal woman and seemed aesexual
herself. She is known as a munster queen.

Saba or Sadb:
     Wife of Fionn MacCumhal who was lured away from her house by
forrest faeries when she was pregnant.  After she got lost in the
wind, the faeries turned her into a deer. 
     Seek her to aid in magic for animals, or to help you find a
familiar.

Scena:
     Wife of Amergin who once had a shrine at the mouth of a River
Kenmare.  Experiment with her energies as a Goddess of mergers and
subtle changes.

Scota:
     A Mother Goddess.  She died in the war of the Milesians and is
said to be buried in a doleman in County Kerry.  Tge Scottish people
are said to be named after her.

Taillte (TAWL-tay)
     A Goddess of Lughnasadh associated with the harvest of the
first grains, a feminine fertility symbol.  She was the daughter of
teh Fir Bolg, Magh Mor and wife of Duach the Dark, one of the Tuatha
De Danaan.

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