People/Goddesses Flashcards
Teuta (5)
- early Celtic Queen
- succeeded King Argon
- Female Pirate
- assassinated Roman Governor
- made a treaty with Rome
Onomaris (4)
- early Celtic Queen
- crossed the Danube
- led her settlersand tries to reclaim land for her people
- Scordisci
Chiomara (4)
- early Celtic Queen
- wife of Ortogion of the Tolistoboii
- united the Galatian Celts against Rome
- raped by a centurion, then decapitated him, gave his head to her husband
Boudica (8)
- tall, red hair, wore a torc
- early Celtic Queen and priestess of the Iceni Tribe
- Widow of Prasutagus
- had two daughter, that got raped by Romans
- lead revolt against the Romans
- burnt Colchester the defeat was called the Boudican destruction horizon
- Boudica fought against Seutonius and lost
- said: this ‘I thank you Andraste and call upon you as a woman speaking to woman… I pray to you for victory, preservation of life and liberty…’
Tacitus (2)
Writter of:
- the Boudican Revolt
- Cartimandua
Cassius Dio (1)
Writter of the Boudican Revolt
Cartimandua (5)
- did not join Boudica’s revolt
- could compare her to Queen Medb
- Queen of the Brigantes
- married then later divorces Venutius
- hooks up with Vellocatus
Venutius (4)
- devorces Cartimandua
- Brihantes on his side
- inherited the throne
- violent, anti-Roman
The Morrígan (3)
- Badb
- Nemain
- Macha
Verbeia/wharfe (1)
-River Goddess
Sequana/Seine/Saone (5)
- River Goddess
- Female personification of the River Seine
- appears as a draped divinity wearing a diadem
- stands in a boat
- associated with healing
Matrona/Marne (1)
River Goddess
Bouwinda /Boyne/Boan/d (1)
River Goddess
Nantosuelta (5)
- River Goddess
- she hols a dish and a house on a long pole
- name interpreted as ‘winding brook’
- perceived as the protector of home and hearth
- associated with the Otherworld
Andrasta (2)
- War Goddess
- Boudica pleads to her
Babd (2)
- War Goddess
- Phantom or Crow Queen
Morrigan (2)
- War Goddess
- Phantom or Crow Queen
Macha (5)
- War Goddess
- Horse Goddess
- could be interpreted as a witch because of her curse on the Ulsterman
- can run faster than a horse
- Fought battles with magic
Nem(h)ain/Nemetona (2)
- War Goddess/Frenzy
- goddess of sacred grove
Natusuata (1)
-Fertility/Healing Goddess
Aíne (1)
-Fertility/Healing Goddess
Cer(r)idwen (1)
-Fertility/Healing Goddess
Epona (4)
- Fertility/Healing Goddess
- always with equine companion
- association with the Mother-goddess type
- tied to the Otherworld
Rosmerta (3)
- Fertility/Healing Goddess
- means ‘great provider’
- associated with prosperity and plenty
Sulevaie (2)
- Fertility/Healing Goddess
- Matres, worshiped at Cirencester, Colchester and Bath
D/Anu (4)
- Mother Goddess, also fertility
- Don is the Welsh equivalent
- associated with the river Danube
- known as the mother of the gods
Modron (1)
-Mother Goddess
Dea Nutrix (1)
-Mother Goddess
Deae Matres/Matronae (1)
-Mother Goddess
Mór Mumhan (1)
-Sovereignty Goddess
Medb Lethderg/Queen Medb of Connacht/Connaught (12)
-Sovereignty Goddess
-pale,long-faced, long hair, wearing red cloak, carrying a spear
-originally meant the one who intoxicates
-Warrior queen, incited armies, drives chariot around the battlefield
-Squirel and Raven on either shoulder
-seems ageless
-reared in Tara
-herione in the Táin
has several husbands: Conchobar mac Nessa,Tinne mac Connrach, Eochaidh Dála, Ailill mac Máta
-can run faster than horses
-takes part in battles with weapons not magic
-Fergus is her preferred lover
-is killed by the youth, Furbaidhe by a piece of hard cheese in a sling
The Cailleach Bhéire (6)
- Sovereignty Goddess
- wise and sinister
- identical with Buí
- wife of Lugh
- appers to a knight as a crone, becomes a beautiful woman
- passes through seven points of youth so each husband dies of old age
Branwen (1)
-Sovereignty Goddess
Rhiannon (7)
- Sovereignty Goddess
- Horse goddess
- chooses her husband
- places an important task for her husband who fails to use his wit, she then gives her counsel
- bag on plenty (fertility)
- she is wrongfully accused of infanticide, but suffers the penance peacefully until justice prevails
- her offspring is a colt
Posidonius (3)
- Classical writer
- Gives us most of the accounts of Iron Age Law
- wrote about the nine priestesses of the Island Sena
Druids (4)
- training lasted apox. 20 yrs
- priests, who communcated with the deities to control supernatural forces
- teaching was oral
- said to have started Ogham
Philosophers and Poets (2)
- believed the gods could be neutralized if one human life were exchanged for another
- had special knowledge of: astronomy, astrology, medicine, legal matters and functioned as teachers and tradition bearers
Vates/Uates (4)
- discipline took 12 yrs
- related to Philosophers and Poets
- accredited to the powers of prophecy
- masters of poetry
Bards (3)
- training lasted 7 years
- writing praise-poetry,bringing benefits to their patrons
- had the power of satire, could cause physical blemish, bad luck, or even death
Fedelm (5)
- a beautiful woman armed and riding in a chariot
- long blonde hair
- three irises in each eye
- warns Queen Medb of the impending doom of her army against Ulster
- the prophetess of Cruachain
Brigit/d (8)
- associated with some attributes of the goddess Brigantia
- associated with rivers and water cults, cattle raising and other agricultural animals (oxen)
- lamented the dead with weeping and shrieking
- territorial deity of Leinster
- born in a druid’s house and fed milk from otherworldly cows
- the protector against drowning and burning
- associated with fire
- feb 1st St. Brigit’s day (light, spring, coming of life)
Gwenffrwei/Winefride (5)
- from Treffynnon/Holywell
- Caradog, the son of the prince, attempted to abduct her, she refused to go with him and he cut off her head
- a well sprang up where her head touched the ground
- Beuno, her uncle-saint, raises her from the dead
- the place of a healing bathing pool, a refuge for priests and Jesuits
Melangell (4)
- Irish princess who lived in Wales as a hermit
- Saves the life of a hare, a sacred animal for the pre-Christian British
- Symbolizes refuges and protection
- Feast day: May 27th
Conchobar mac Nessa (4)
- one of Medb husbands
- was left by Medb because of pride of mind
- he raped her while she was bathing
- killed Tinne mac Connrach
Eochaidh Dála (2)
- one of Medb husbands
- saved her after Conchobar killed Tinne
Ailill mac Máta (5)
- originally a champion
- one of Medb husbands
- challenged by Fergus
- had a spear thrower kill Fergus after witnessing them cheating
- Medb makes fun of him for being less determined
Fergus (3)
- prefer lover of Medb
- unsatiable in bed
- killed by spear thrower sent by Ailill
Cú Chalainn (3)
- Man of Ulster
- young
- Medb gets his foster-brother Fer Dia Dunk, by offering her daughter, to engage in single combat fight him
Gallizenae (6)
- accredited with superhuman powers
- ability to raise storms at sea by incantations
- shape shifter
- cures incurable diseases
- foretells the future
- one of the nine priestesses on the island of Sena
