The Celtic Gods

Name means:Doer of Deeds

Abarta was, in Irish mythology, a mischievious god. He was one of the Tuatha De Danann, who ruled Ireland until they were overcome by the Milesians, war-like invaders from Spain. Driven underground, Abarta and his kin appear in the Irish sagas more like heroic mortals than gods, although in the tale of his trick on the Fenian warriors there remains a strong trace of his original divinity.

Abarta's Trick

 

 

AMAETHON

Name means: Labourer or Ploughman


Amaethon was the god of Agriculture and the son of the Welsh goddess DON. Amaethon was said to have stolen from Arawn, the lord of the otherworld Annwy, a hound, a deer and a bird, thereby provoking the Cad Goddeu or Battle of Trees. It was in this battle that Amaethon's brother, Gwydion, magically transforms trees into warriors to fight in the battle. Amaethon also refused to help hard..pressed Culhwch to plough, sow and reap a hill in a day..a task in his quest to win Olwen.

 

 

AONGHUS

Aonghus was the Irish love god. His father was Dagda, the father of the gods and the protector of druids, and his mother was the water goddess Boann. Rather like Zues, Dagda deceived Boann's husband and lay with her.
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ARAWN

Arawn was the ruler of the Welsh otherworld ANNWN, which was a paradise of peace and plenty. The Dyfed chieftain Pywll became friends with Arawn and was allowed to claim in his title some authority over the otherworld. The two rulers met by chance. While out hunting, Pwyll encountered a strange pack of hounds chasing a stag, so he drove them off and set his own hounds on to the prey.

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