List of Celtic deities
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The Celtic pantheon is known from a variety of sources, these include written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, cult objects, and place or personal names.
It should be understood that there are two main types of Celtic deities: general and local. General deities were known by Celts throughout large regions, and are the gods and goddesses they invoked for protection, healing, luck, honour, and many other needs. The local deities were the spirits of a particular feature of the landscape (such as particular mountains, trees, or rivers) and thus was generally only known by the locals in the surrounding areas.
After Celtic lands became Christianized, there were attempts by Christian writers to euhemerize or even demonize the pre-Christian deities. For example, the Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish mythological sources have commonly been interpreted to be a divine pantheon, despite certain redactors' interjecting that the Tuatha Dé Danann were merely mortals, or else that they were demons.
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[edit] Gaulish and Brythonic deities
The Gaulish Celts, or Gauls, inhabited the region corresponding to that of modern France, much of the Low Countries, and western Germany. The Brythonic Celts, or Britons, inhabited most of the island of Great Britain and later migrated to Brittany.
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[edit] Welsh deities
The Welsh were the Britons that inhabited the area corresponding to modern Wales. After the Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain, much of the Brythonic territories came under Anglo-Saxon influence. However, in the area of Wales, Brythonic Celtic religion was largely retained.
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[edit] Irish deities
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[edit] Scottish deities
These were the deities of the Gaelic Celts who migrated from Ireland to Scotland and formed the kingdom of Dál Riata. They are also known as the Scoti. It should be noted that much of Scotland was inhabited by the Picts before the Gaels arrived, but little is known of their religious beliefs.
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