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Aedh (Fire - Irish) Son of Ler.  He is a Lord of Fire, and may thus be considered as a male aspect of the Brigit.  He is one of the children of Ler transformed into a swan by a wicked stepmother, see Con for fuller details.  

Aengus (Unique Strength - Irish) Son of the Daghda.  Associated with birds, particularly songbirds.  An accomplished Musician.  He is considered a God of Beauty and Perfection of Form. 

Aeron (Slaughtering - Welsh)  A war-gad, a male aspect of the Irish Morrigan.  He is a later period male counterpart to Agrona of earlier British belief.

Afagddu (Utter Darkness - Welsh) The Ill-favoured child of Ceridwen, whose name means "dark" or "ugly" for whom the potion of knowledge is intended.  This archetype reappears in the Arthurain cycle as a mortal warrior whose unsurpassed ugliness prevents him from ever being struck at by an opponent, for fear that he might be the Devil.

Agrona (Salughtering - British) A warrior Goddess, seemingly a version of the Irish Morrigan, in that she is associated with rivers as well.  Later this archetype became masculinized among the Cymri as Aeron, which see, above.

Aife I (Pleasant, Beautiful - Irish)  Third wife of Ler, the evil stepmother of Aedh, Conn, Fiachra, and Finnguala, who transforms them into swans in a heat of jealous spite (she being childless).  Her deed discovered, she herself is transformed into a vulture, and made to stay eternally in the winds. 

Aife II (Pleasant, Beautiful - Irish)  Irish lover of Ilbrech, she is transformed into a crane by a jealous rival.  In such form, and as a water-bird, she becomes a part of Manannan's Realm, when at length she dies, he makes of her remains the fabulous Crane Bag, in which he stores his chief treasures. 

Aine (Brightness, Glow, Splendor, Glory - Irish)  A faery goddess of love and desire.  Se is also the tutelary goddess of Knockany, Munster.  In that her name derives from the root for "fire".  She may also be considered and aspect of the Brigit.

Ancamna (Gaulish)  A goddess known from inscriptions in the Moselle Valley, near Trier.  Apparently recognized as a Consort to a divinity identified by the Romans as Mars.

Andarta (Bear - Gaulish)  An obscure continental goddess know from inscriptions in Berne and in the south of France.  Apparently a patroness of the Vocontii tribe, and perhaps a counterpart or aspect of Artio.  She may also have a connection with Andrasta (see below).

Andrasta (British)  A warrior goddess of the Ideni tribe, who accepted sacrifices of hares and perhaps humans.  She is perhaps best known as the deity invoked by the Iceni warrior queen Boudicca in her rebellion against Rome.  See also, Andarta above for a possible continental connection.

Arawn (Welsh)  Lord of Annwn, the underworld and realm of departed spirits.  He makes a pact with Pwyll, to exchange places with him for one year, in order that Pwyll might defeat an enemy, King Hafgan.  Though Arawn set no conditions upon the exchange, when the pact was successfully concluded and each had returned to his own heritage, Arawn discovered that Pwyll had denied himself of his own accord the rights of a husband to Arawn's Lady.  Thus Arawn swore an eternal vow of friendship and support toward Pwyll.

Arduinna (Gaulish)  An Artemis/Diana-like figure, the tutelary goddess of the Ardennes Forest region.  She seems to be a particular protectoress of wild boors, and is imaged as riding upon one at least once.  Often conflated with the Roman Diana.

Arecurius (One who stands before the assembly, Lawgiver - British)  A tutelary god of northern Britannia during the Roman occupation.

Arianhod (Silverwheel - Welsh) The mother of Llew, the tale of how she needed to be beguiled into granting him a name and arms is a mainstay of the Mabinogion.  She is associated with Night, with the star Polaris, and her hall is said to be the aurora borealis.  As her name clearly implies, she may very well be a late version of a Moon goddess. 

Artio (She Bear - Gaulish)  A goddess of bears, a protector and nurturer of ursine virtues.  Closely associated with the Helvetican city of Berne.  Also see, Andarta.

Badb (Raven - Irish)  One of the three Valkyrie aspects of the Morrigan.

Banbha (Pig, Sow - Irish)  One of the triplicity of the goddesses who are the patronesses of all Ireland (see Eriu and Fotla).  Her name derives from the same root as "sow" or "pig".  Banbha is the wife of the Tuatha King MacCuill.

 

This Vulturi Iden page  updated on 12/28/2001

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