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	Celtic deities, mythological beings and historical figures
		Dea Matrona In Continental Brythonic mythology, Dea Matrona was the goddess of the river Marne in Gaul.
		Govannon (Goibniu) In Insular Brythonic mythology, Govannon (Welsh) was the son of Danu and Beli or Brigid and Tuireann.
		Sirona In Continental Brythonic mythology, Sirona was a goddess of astronomy and fertility, wife of Grannus.
	www.mandrake-press.co.uk /Definitions/celticmythbeings.html (13655 words)

	Encyclopedia: Celts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to Greek mythology, Celtus was the son of Heracles and Celtine, the daughter of Bretannus.
		A Celtic cross incorporating the Celtic knotwork motif associated with Celtic cultures Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic Polytheism the apparent religion of the Iron Age Celts.
		The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Celts (7255 words)

	Continental Brythonic mythology - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Continental Brythonic mythology
		Evidence of their mythology can be gleaned from altars, inscriptions, and images in continental Europe, especially France (ancient Gaul), and in Britain, and from the mythological tales of Ireland and Wales.
		Celtic mythology is closely connected to medieval literature, many of its characters and themes being represented in such romances as the legend of King Arthur.
		A feature of Irish mythology is the personification of the sovereignty of the land as a goddess; a mate to be won by the king.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Continental+Brythonic+mythology (677 words)

	Celtic mythology -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The pagan Celts were not widely literate, and their priests, the (A pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland) druids, forbade using writing to record anything of religious significance.
		Celtic mythology can be divided into a number of distinct, if related, subgroups, largely corresponding to the branches of the (A branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era) Celtic languages:
		Mythology based on (though, not identical to) the pre-Christian religion was common place knowledge in Celtic speaking cultures up to today, though it is now dwindling.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ce/celtic_mythology.htm (2165 words)

	Brythonic mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism the apparent religion of the Iron Age Celts.
		In contrast, those Celtic peoples who maintained either their political or linguistic identities (such as the Gaels and Brythonic tribes of the British Isles) did transmit at least vestigial remnants of the mythologies of their Iron Age forebears, which were often recorded in written form during the Middle Ages.
		In Gaul, it is speculated that the Dagda is associated with Sucellos, the striker, equipped with a hammer and cup.
	pillscatalog.net /Brythonic_mythology.html (3420 words)

	Torx bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Continental Brythonic mythology, Arduinna was the goddess of the moon, hunters and forests.
		In Insular Brythonic mythology, Arnemetia was a water goddess.
		In Continental Brythonic mythology, (specifically known from Switzerland), Artio was the goddess of wildlife.
	www.elexi.de /en/t/to/torx.html (371 words)

	Beast bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Insular Brythonic mythology, Andraste was a goddess of war.
		In Insular Brythonic mythology, specifically Welsh, Annwn was the Otherworld, the land of souls that had departed this world.
		In Sumerian mythology and later for Assyrians and Babylonians Anu (see also An) was a sky-god, the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, spirits and demons, and dwelt in the highest
	www.elexi.de /en/b/be/beast.html (412 words)

	Artio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Continental Brythonic mythology, (specifically known from Switzerland), Artio or Artos was the goddess of wildlife.
		She was specifically associated with the bear, and was worshipped at Berne, which actually means "bear".
		She may be a source for the modern name Arthur.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Artio (42 words)

	Annwn: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Annwn
		In Insular Brythonic mythology, specifically Welsh, Annwn was an underworld region, ruled by Gwyn ap Nudd.
		In Culwch and Owen[?], God gave Gwyn control over the demons lest "this world be destroyed." He led the Wild Hunt.
		Unlike most underworlds in mythology, Annwn could be entered by those still living, near Lundy Island and Glastonbury Tor.
	www.encyclopedian.com /an/Annwfn.html (190 words)

	Celtic Heritage
		Though both have their roots in the mists of antiquity the Gaelic and Brythonic mythologies are of two different characters.
		In Welsh mythology he is the father of Manawyddan, Bran the Blessed and Branwen.
		Llew would seem to be the Brythonic interpretation of a deity prominent among the continental Celts, giving his name to the towns of Laon, Leyden, and Lyons (Lugdunum).
	www.celticheritage.co.uk /articles_deities.cfm (2273 words)

	Matronae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Roman mythology, the Matronae (Latin for "important mothers/ladies") were three mothering fertility goddesses of peace, children and serenity.
		The term comes, by antonomasia, from the noble ladies (called matronae, in fact); for these, in the early centuries of Christianity, a restricted area of churches was reserved named Matroneum (or, sometimes, Matroneus).
		In Continental Brythonic mythology, Matronae was an alternate spelling for Matres.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Matronae.htm (156 words)

	The Religion of the Ancient Celts: Chapter VI. The Gods of the Brythons
		Or if they are Brythonic, the likenesses might be accounted for by an early community in myth and cult among the common ancestors of Brythons and Goidels.
		Arthurian place-names over the Brythonic area are more probably the result of the popularity of the saga than that of the later romantic cycle, a parallel instance being found in the extent of Ossianic place-names over the Goidelic area as a result of the spread of the Fionn saga.
		Taken as a whole the various gods and heroes of the Brythons, so far as they are known to us, just as they resemble the Irish divinities in having been later regarded as mortals, magicians, and fairies, so they resemble them in their functions, dimly as these are perceived.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/celt/rac/rac09.htm (8528 words)

	In Insular Brythonic mythology Insular Brythonic mythology specifically Welsh Welsh Modron... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Insular Brythonic mythology Insular Brythonic mythology specifically Welsh Welsh Modron...
		In Insular Brythonic mythology Insular Brythonic mythology, specifically Welsh Welsh, "Modron" ("mother goddess") was a daughter of Avalloc Avalloc, similar to Matrona Matrona.
		She may have been the prototype of Morgan Morgan from Arthurian legend Arthurian legend.
	www.biodatabase.de /Modron (157 words)

	The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries: The Recorded Fairy-Faith: Chapter V. Brythonic Divinities
		In many mythologies and in world-wide folk-tales there is a narrow bridge or bridges leading to the realm of the dead.
		The old romances of the Brythons were cultivated and revised, and written down by men and women of literary genius.
		Our study of the literary evolution of the Brythonic fairy-romances shows that as early as about the year 800 Arthurian traditions were known, though possibly Arthur himself never had historical existence.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/celt/ffcc/ffcc250.htm (6264 words)

	Ancient Lothian - Loth Stane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Loth Stane is situated just to the South-west of Traprain Law, the assumed ancient capital of the Brythonic kingdom of Gododdin, and just to the North of another stone site at Standingstone Farm.
		However, "Loth" derives from the original Brythonic Lleu, and early medieval Welsh spellings of "Lothian" generally come along the lines of Lleuddiniawn, or the "Land of Lleu".
		In deeper Brythonic mythology, Arianrhod is the pagan Moon-goddess (her name literally means "Silver Circle"), and Lleu is the Sun-god.
	www.cyberscotia.com /ancient-lothian/pages/loth-stane.html (356 words)

	In Insular Brythonic mythology Insular Brythonic mythology Gwawl was Rhiannon Rhiannon... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Insular Brythonic mythology Insular Brythonic mythology Gwawl was Rhiannon Rhiannon...
		In Insular Brythonic mythology Insular Brythonic mythology, "Gwawl" was Rhiannon Rhiannon's fiance.
		She was taken from him before they were wed by Pwyll Pwyll.
	www.biodatabase.de /Gwawl (77 words)

	Arawn
		In Insular Brythonic mythology, Arawn was an underworld god.
		Amaethon stole a dog, lapwing and roebuck[?] from Arawn, leading to the Cath Godeau[?], which Arawn lost to Amaethon and his brother, Gwydion.
		Sir Ralph's curiosity was strongly excited by the friar's description to visit the castle, under the very plausible pretext of giving.
	www.freearchive.info /ar/arawn.html (415 words)

	Annwn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The door was said to be at the mouth of the Severn near Lundy Island or on Glastonbury Tor.
		(The temple of Nudd archaeologically discovered near Lydney, and Brythonic stories such as the tale of Seithenyn, suggest that the Severn Bore held symbolic importance in Druid esoteric spiritual teachings.
		Glastonbury appears widely as a sacred isle of the dead and as the place where saints and kings are buried.)
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/an/Annwn.htm (382 words)

	brythonic mythology - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word brythonic mythology:
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		Phrases that include brythonic mythology: continental brythonic mythology, insular brythonic mythology
	onelook.com /?w=brythonic+mythology (82 words)

	Bile - RSCI, The Science Classification Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yellow and fl bile were two of the four vital fluids or humours of ancient and medieval medicine; for example, melancholia was believed to be caused by a bodily surplus of fl bile.
		Bile is also another name for Belenus, a god in Brythonic mythology.
		This page was last modified 21:39, 23 Oct 2004 by Anonymous user(s) of Scindex.
	www.scienceindex.org /Bile.html (259 words)

	Behind the Name: Celtic Mythology Names
		The names listed here occur in the mythologies and legends of the Celtic peoples.
		These are primarily from continental Celtic mythology - see Irish mythology and Welsh mythology for more.
		Elaborated form of Bel, the name of a Brythonic solar god, which probably meant "bright, brilliant".
	www.behindthename.com /nmc/cel-myth.html (122 words)

	Cwn Annwn
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		Article created on 30 July 1997; last modified on 17 May 1999.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/c/cwn_annwn.html (145 words)

	Taranis - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
		In Continental Brythonic mythology, and especially in Gaul, Taranis was the god of thunder.
		He was associated with the wheel and may have received human sacrifices.
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	www.indopedia.org /Taranis.html (135 words)

	Nantosuelta - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Nantosuelta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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		In Continental Brythonic mythology, and especially in Gaul, Nantosuelta was a goddess of water and fertility.
		The Mediomatrici (Alsace) depicted her in art as holding a model house.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Nantosuelta.html (68 words)

	EUROPEAN THEME PARK - With respect to our history and legends
		EUROPEAN THEME PARK - With respect to our history and legends
		Before we begin, it is important to keep in mind that the Celtic culture (and its religion(s)) were not as contiguous as the more homogeneous
		Hereunder some websites that specialise in celtic mythology that can provide usefull information to researchers or just general knowledge.
	www.freewebs.com /eurothemepark/celticmythology.htm (1004 words)

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