Talk:List of Celtic deities

message: I've discovered that the verbal commentary on the various gods is reproduced verbatim from http://www.paralumun.com/celticgod.htm . I'm therefore cutting it as copyright violation; it was going to be a nightmare to have to verify and wikify the material anyway. I'll also move this article from Celtic gods to 'list of', since that's basically what we'll be left with. QuartierLatin1968  17:11, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvio

message: It could be said that the only well-attested to instances of ANY known non-christian "deities" worshipped by the Irish/ Welsh/ Scottish/ British, etc. are those named in inscriptions on Romano-Celtic altars. I have left reminders on this elsewhere on Wikipedia discussion pages and so it seems especially appropriate here. I would like to see some serious discussion on the merit of the near universal custom of elevating to god/goddesshood virtually any of the primary characters in the stories of the so-called "Celtic" corpus. Related articles could start responding to this issue by briefly (-somehow?) defining their usage of the terms "gods" and "celtic".  Earrach (talk) 16:07, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. A case can be made for the Tuatha De Danann as former Irish gods but some of the characters in the Welsh section are clearly not deities. Some are even thought to be historical figures like Taliesin and Myrddin Wyllt. It's misleading to call all these characters deities. I changed the heading and included a note about this point. Rajah1 (talk) 20:41, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

text: Perhaps most of the Gallic "deities" are local epithets or hypostasises of deities of the original pantheon? For example, Gallo-Roman Mars has many epithets and these epithets are probably not independent deities. We could organize these regional epithets by Interpretatio Romana for clarification and organization. Deo Mercurio, the website, does an excellent job of explaining this and cites reputable sources. See his page for Mars ("To Lenus Mars") for an example. The downside to this is not every Gallic inscription has an interpretatio romana deity to go with it. So maybe there could be a separate list for unique Gallic inscriptions of deities.  Emmie3296 (talk) 01:41, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: "Gods"? - "Goddesses"? - "Deities"?

message: There needs to be an English Wikipedia article on Domnu. There already is an article on her in a different language. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.189.247.72 (talk) 02:13, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Domnu 

message: Hey, I have painstakingly added citations to the article. Can someone remove the template saying the article needs additional citations for verification? Most of the deities now have citations, although there are still some missing. If you can help, that would be great. Kspecific2011 (talk) 01:07, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations added 

message: Is it just me or are deities later added to the Celtic pantheon from other cultures not included? For example Eostre was added to the Celtic pantheon, but she's not included in the list. Cybele was an Anatolian goddess added to the Galatian pantheon, but she's not included either. Gog and Magog are originally from the bible and they're not included in the list. Should the article stay this way? What are your thoughts?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kspecific2011 (talk • contribs) 02:54, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Personally my feeling is that none of the deities you mentioned should be included here, because what is it that makes them Celtic? Galatians worshipping Cybele is interesting and important, but it's usually taken as evidence of their Hellenizing (or even Phrygianizing?!) tendency once they were established in their new digs. What would be the argument for including Gog and Magog? Are they mentioned in the Mabinogion or Geoffrey of Monmouth (my memory's failing me at the moment!)? Q·L·1968 ☿ 21:31, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  We should keep Angdistis (Galatian name for Cybele) off the list. But I didn't put Gog and Magog, Erce, or Eostre in the list. The hundreds of deities on the list are mostly Gallic (at least 300-400 entries!). I can verify most of the other gods were originally Celtic. Every reputable source (all the book sources) also puts on the Mars variant gods on a Celtic list so I left the hybrid Roman-Celtic gods in there, but I think they number less than 100 (the list has over 1,000 deities). As for the argument for Gog and Magog, this article mentions they became deities during Roman times and it was mentioned in a book written in the 12th century "The full story can be found in Geoffrey of Monmouth's twelfth century Historia Regum Brittaniae, a largely fanciful history that connects Celtic royalty to the heroic world of the Greek myth by way of the old Welsh legend of King Arthur." https://lordmayorsshow.london/history/gog-and-magog.html Kspecific2011 (talk) 23:14, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Got it! For my part, I'd think it would be incredibly useful if primary source attestations were listed (e.g. so-and-so is mentioned as a god in Cormac's Glossary, so-and-so is invoked in an inscription on an altar from Spain, etc., etc.). But there are WP rules about not presenting original research and relying too heavily on primary documents. Maybe an encyclopedia of Celtic mythology by a reputable publisher might serve the purpose best? Q·L·1968 ☿ 16:45, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

text: PS: Among online resources, L'Arbre celtique (with which I'm not affiliated!) is excellent. It includes an inventory of deities named on ancient altars. This could be a good starting point for cross-checking the validity of the other online source(s), at least down to 500 CE or so. Q·L·1968 ☿ 16:54, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: There are some gods and goddesses with which I can't find any source on them since I didn't start this page. I can't find anything on Bandoga (Celtiberian goddess) and Epane (Celtiberian goddess). And these are just a few. It would be nice if we had some more help. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to have 2 citations for each deity. Also, I can't read French, but I'll try to use that website. But, according to that website, Trivia is a Gallic goddess? Wikipedia says Trivia is a Roman goddess. 
Also, the German Wikipedia lists Cú Chulainn and Cormac mac Airt as gods. These are not gods! They are mortal heroes. If a god has a child with a mortal, their offspring are mortal. I have kept mortal demigods/heroes off the list.
Kspecific2011 (talk) 19:59, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deities added to Celtic pantheon not included 

message: We have now reached 1170 entries! We have 572 male entries and 598 female entries (643 female deities including triads). We have a total of 1215 deities on the list! Kspecific2011 (talk) 22:40, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: We need quality here, not quantity. Looking over this, too many of these are "sourced" to pop culture or dubious occult presses, rather than reliable sources. These lists of redlinks need cleanup, not expansion. - CorbieV ☊ ☼ 19:38, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Let's keep count