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 The Celtic gods and goddesses of the pre-Christian Celtic peoples living in ancient central and western Europe, especially in Gaul, the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula, are linked to aspects of life and the natural world.

History

Danu is the mother of the Celtic gods. The gods, having had their godhood usurped centuries ago by a younger god, built a world where they could shelter themselves apart from the mortal world, while still retaining their magic derived from the love devoted to them by mortalkind. This paradise world, Tir Na Nóg, was built by the Fomorians of the fairy folk to be the new home of the Celtic gods and their people, the fairies, whose other faction is the Tuatha dé Danann.[1]

The space reserved for them in the Underworld is called Annwn.[2]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Weaknesses

  • Power Loss: Similar to other pantheons, the Celtic gods draw greater power from the act of worship. When the number of worshippers diminishes, the gods within the Celtic pantheon, along with their power, gradually decline as well.[1]


Miscellaneous

Representatives:

Associates


Notes

  • These characters are an adaptation of Celtic deities, characters in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.

See Also


Links and References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman #1
  2. The Multiversity Guidebook #1
  3. Swamp Thing (Volume 2) #68
  4. The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman #5
  5. In Irish mythology the sídhe are equivalent only to the Tuatha Dé when they retreat to the Otherworld, but in DC Comics they refer to both the Tuatha Dé and the Fomorians.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Flash Comics #72
  7. Aquaman (Volume 2) #2