NAME Gabalglinde mac Dedaid
ALTERNATIVE Cairpre Gabalfada / Gabalgline
GENDER M
FESTIVAL Samhain (Night of the Dead)
CATEGORY filidh
TYPE Gutuater
CULTURE Goidel - Clanna Dedad (The Degads)
COUNTRY Ireland
REGION Kerry
TERRITORY Munster
CENTERS Temair Luachra (Tara of the Rushes)
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
BATTLES Temuir Luachra
RELATIVES Dedad (father); Ogaman (son); Dare,
Conganchness, Li, Echbel and
Foenglinde
(brothers); CuRoi (nephew);
Eremon and Tea
(ancestors)
SEE
ALSO Conganchness mac Dedaid / Cromm
Deroil / CuRoi
macDaire / Dare mac Dedaid /
Dedad / Echbel mac
Dedaid / Eremon / Foenglinde mac
Dedaid / Li mac
Dedaid / Tea
REMARKS Gabalglinde was the ancient blind druid
who
guarded the knowledge of Temair Luachra for
the Clanna
Dedad. During a Samhain he was visited by Cromm Deroil and
Foenglinde and told of the unexpected
arrival of warriors
of Ulster.
He was questioned to see if there had been any
kind of plan developed in preparation for
this type of
event.
Gabalglinde told them of the secret
iron house that
had been built. The iron walls had been hidden by covering
it with wood on the inside and out. He explained that
there was an earth room underneath that was
filled with
dried timber. The plan was to secure the Ulster warriors
within the iron house and set the wood on
fire.
NAME Gabran
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / Ri Ruirech
TYPE head chieftain
CULTURE Goidel - Dal Riada / Danann / Pictish / Scotti
COUNTRY Ireland / Scotland / England
REGION Argyll / Kintyre
TERRITORY Albainn / Cinel Gabran
AGE Ui Néill
DATES AD 6th c / AD 559 (ruled 22 years)
RELATIVES Domangart (father); Comgall (brother);
Fergus
(grandfather); Cairbre Riada
(ancestor)
ENEMIES Pictish - Caledonians
SEE
ALSO Cairbe Riada / Comgall /
Domangart / Fergus
macEirc
REMARKS Gabran was 5th head chieftain of the Dal
Riada
tribe of Albainn and during his time his
people became
fully established on the mainland. They continually
conquered more land from the Picts until by
the end of AD
7th century they were in control of the
Firth of Forth.
EPITHET The Grey Goidel
ALTERNATIVE Gael / Gaidel / Gedeyl-glays / Goidel mac
Nuil
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior
TYPE chariot warrior
CULTURE Goidel / Egyptian
COUNTRY Egypt
LANDMARKS Red Sea
AGE Bronze
DATES BC 20th c
RELATIVES Nel (father); Scota (mother); Esru (son);
Sru
(grandson); Feinius Farsaid
(grandfather);
Rifath Scot and Iaphet
(ancestors)
SEE
ALSO Feinius Farsaid / Iaphet / Nel
/ Rifath Scot /
Sru
REMARKS Gaedhal Glas, son of Nel, was a
descendant of
Rifath Scot. Because of his father's scholarly abilities
he was invited to live in Egypt where
Gaedhal was born to
Scota, a daughter of the Pharaoh.
Gaedhal was the progenitor of the
Gaelic speaking Q-
Celts who settled Ireland, Scotland, Isle of
Man and other
places.
Gaedhal had a son named Esru (The Fierce) who
sired a son named Sru.
NAME Gaius Valerius Catullus
EPITHET Clever Valerius
GENDER M
CATEGORY poet
TYPE satire
CULTURE Gallic
COUNTRY Italy
TERRITORY Cisalpine Gaul
LANDMARKS Adige
CENTERS Verona
AGE Iron
DATES BC 1st c / BC 85-54
ENEMIES Caesar
SEE
ALSO Helvius Cinna / Virgil
REMARKS Gaius Valerius Catullos was born in
Verona on
the Adige river. He was of Celtic parentage during a time
of Roman rule so he was entitled to Roman
citizenship and
the use of privileges that went with it.
Gaius became a poet and a member of a
local school of
thought.
Following in the style of the Celtic poets, he
wrote lyric verse as well as satire which
was often
directed against Caesar. He was a friend of two other
Celtic writers, Virgil and Helvius Cinna,
who also had
Roman citizenship.
NAME Galatea
EPITHET Milk White
ALTERNATIVE Galateia
GENDER F
CATEGORY deity
TYPE water goddess / sea nymph (quiet sea)
CULTURE Trojan / Goidel - Sequani tribe
COUNTRY France
TERRITORY Gaul
LANDMARKS Seine
AGE Bronze
DATES BC 13th c / BC 12th c
RELATIVES Nereus (father); Doris (mother); Belenos
(husband); Galates, Celtus and
Illyrios (sons);
Amphitrite and Thetis (sisters);
Poseidon
(brother-in-law); Achilles
(nephew); Pontus
(grandfather); Gaia (grandmother)
SEE
ALSO Achilles / Belenos / Galates /
Poseidon
REMARKS Galatea was a goddess of the Sequani
tribe who
settled in the area around BC 12th
century. She was
pursued by the cyclops Polyphemus but she
refused him and
married the sun god Belenos (Heracles). Her father was
Nereus, a sea god, and her mother was Doris,
the eponymous
ancestor of the Dorians.
NAME Galates
ALTERNATIVE Galas
GENDER M
CATEGORY deity / hero / warrior / chieftain
TYPE god of the tribe
CULTURE Trojan / Goidel - Sequani tribe
COUNTRY France
TERRITORY Gaul
LANDMARKS Seine
AGE Bronze
DATES BC 13th c
RELATIVES Galatea (mother); Belenos (father); Celtus
and
Illyrios (brothers)
SEE
ALSO Belenos / Galatea
REMARKS Galates surpassed all others in the
tribe for
his intelligence and strength. After becoming the head
chieftain of his people, he accomplished
many feats of
bravery and enlarged the territory of his
tribe which
became known as the Gauls.
Galates was the eponymous ancestor of
the Gaul, and
his brothers were the eponymous ancestors of
the Celts and
the Illyrians.
NAME Galatos
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / chieftain
TYPE horse warrior
CULTURE Boii tribe
COUNTRY Italy
TERRITORY Cisalpine Gaul
LANDMARKS Po valley
AGE Iron
DATES BC 3rd c / BC 299
SEE
ALSO Atis
REMARKS Galatos and Atis led their tribes across
the
Alps to the Po valley where they were both
killed by the
local Celts.
NAME Galba
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / chieftain
TYPE horse warrior / war leader
CULTURE Belgae - Suessiones tribe
COUNTRY France
TERRITORY Gaul / Belgica
LANDMARKS Seine / Marne
AGE Iron
DATES BC 1st c / BC 57
ENEMIES Rome
REMARKS Galba was appointed war leader of the
Belgae
warriors during Caesar's invasion in BC 57. The Belgae
force comprised of 291,000 warriors made up
from 19,000
Aduatuci, 10,000 Ambiani, 10,000 Atrebates, 60,000
Bellovaci, 10,000 Caleti, 7000 Menapii, 25,000 Morini,
50,000 Nervii; another 40,000 warriors were
supplied by the
Caeroesi, Condrusi, Eburones and the Paemani
tribes and
10,000 by the Veliocasses and Viromandui
tribes. Galba's
own tribe, the Suessiones, volunteered
50,000 warriors.
The Belgae tribes entered the territory
of the Remi
and attacked their oppidum of Bibrax. Caesar, using
Numidian and Cretan archers and Balearic
slingers, beat
them back.
Then he sent the Ædui into the territory of the
Bellovaci to devastate their land. The Belgae then burned
the countryside around the fort and turned
their attention
toward Caesar's camp near the Aisne. Caesar sent out his
horse warriors and broke the Belgae
warriors, who were
inexperienced at fighting against soldiers.
NAME Gan Comer
GENDER M
CATEGORY deity
TYPE god of love
CULTURE Danann
COUNTRY Ireland
REMARKS Gan Comer was a Danann god of love to
female cow
herders and milkmaids.
NAME Gan-Ceann
EPITHET The Headless / Love Talker
GENDER M
CATEGORY deity
TYPE spirit
CULTURE Danann
COUNTRY Ireland
REMARKS Gan-Ceann was a Danann deity who would
visit
girls when they were working and fill their
heads with
fantasies.
NAME Gann
EPITHET With Valour
GENDER M
SYMBOL hinge
FESTIVAL Bron Tro Gain (Lughnasadh)
CATEGORY warrior / 3rd Ri Ruirech
TYPE head chieftain
CULTURE Firbolg
COUNTRY Ireland
REGION Cork / Westmeath
TERRITORY East Munster
LANDMARKS Black Rock / Passage / Comar Tri nUisce
(Suir/Nore/Barrow) / Belach
Conglais
SITES Inber Dubglaisi (Douglas river) / Frewin Hill
(Fremaind)
AGE Bronze
DATES BC 17th c / BC 18th c / BC 1727-1723 (Kings List)
RELATIVES Dela (father); Etar (wife); Genann,
Rudraige,
Sengann and Slainge (brothers);
Loth
(grandfather); Magog and Semeon
(ancestors)
ENEMIES Fomorii
SEE
ALSO Dela / Genann / Magog /
Rudraige / Semeon /
Sengann / Slainge
REMARKS Gann, son of Dela son of Loth, was one
of the 5
Firbolg chieftains who invaded Ireland. They divided their
people into 3 groups. Gann and Sengann landed with 2000
followers at Inber Dubglaisi, the mouth of
the Douglas
river between Black Rock and Passage in Co.
Cork 3 days
after Slainge landed.
When the Firbolg had captured the
Island they divided
it into 5 provinces (coiceda) with Uisneach
as the hub of
the island.
Gann's territory was marked on the rim of the
island by Comar Tri nUisce, the confluence
of the Suir,
Nore and Barrow rivers and Belach Conglais
(Pass of The
Hound), a pass in the vicinity of Cork. Gann's 1/5 or
province became known as East Muma (East
Munster).
When Rudraige died, Gann and Genann
ruled jointly for
4 years until they both died of a plague at
Fremaind
(Frewin Hill) in Co. Westmeath.
NAME Garbh Ogh
ALTERNATIVE Garbh Og (young and rugged/rough/coarse)
GENDER F
FESTIVAL Grian Stad (sun stop) - summer solstice
CATEGORY hunter
TYPE giant
COUNTRY Ireland
REGION Meath
LANDMARKS Loughcrew
SITES Sliabh na Caillighe (Mountain of the
Sorceress)
AGE Bronze
REMARKS Garbh Ogh was an ancient ageless giant
whose
chariot was drawn by elks and whose diet was
venison milk
and eagles' breasts. She hunted mountain deer using a pack
of 70 hounds, all of which had bird names.
Garbh gathered stones to build a triple
cairn in a
womb of the hills, then sat in her chair and
died. This
was the season when the heather was in
bloom.
NAME Garselid
EPITHET The Irishman
GENDER M
CATEGORY hunter
TYPE chief hunter of Ireland
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY Wales
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 5th-6th c
SEE
ALSO Isbaddaden
REMARKS Isbaddaden insisted that Twrch Trwyth
could not
be hunted without the help of Garselid.
NAME Gartnan
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / Ri Ruirech
TYPE head chieftain
CULTURE Goidel / Scotti
COUNTRY Scotland / England
TERRITORY Albainn
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 7th c / AD 656
RELATIVES Cano (son)
SEE
ALSO Cano
REMARKS Gartnan was a head chieftain of Albainn
(Scotland/northern England) Scotland and
died shortly after
his son returned from Ireland.
NAME Gelban
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior
TYPE spy
COUNTRY Scotland / Ireland
TERRITORY The Otherworld - Scandinavia (Lochlann)
Ulster
SITES Red Branch hostel
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
ENEMIES Naoise
SEE
ALSO Conchobar / Deirdre / Naoise
REMARKS Gelban was the son of the head chieftain
of
Lochlann who was in the service of
Conchobar, the head
chieftain of Ulster. He was asked by Conchobar to go to
the hostel of the Red Branch warriors, where
Naoise and
Deirdre were staying, to see if she was
still beautiful.
When Gelban looked through the window,
Deirdre and her
husband were playing fidchell. Naoise saw him spying and
threw a gaming piece at him which hit him in
an eye and
knocked it out. Gelban reported to Conchobar that her
beauty was such that the one look was worth
his eye.
NAME Genann
EPITHET The Pure
ALTERNATIVE Genand
GENDER M
FESTIVAL Bron Tro Gain
CATEGORY warrior / 4th Ri Ruirech
TYPE head chieftain
CULTURE Firbolg
COUNTRY Ireland
REGION Westmeath
TERRITORY Connacht
LANDMARKS Uisneach / Shannon / Eas Aedha Ruaidh /
Luimneach
SITE Imber Domnann (Malahide Bay) / Frewin
Hill
(Fremaind)
AGE Bronze
DATES BC 17th c / BC 18th c / BC 1727-1723 (Kings List)
RELATIVES Dela (father); Cnucha (wife); Rinnal and
Erc
(sons); Eochaid (grandson); Gann,
Rudraige,
Sengann and Slainge (brothers);
Loth
(grandfather); Magog and Semeon
(ancestors)
ENEMIES Fomorii
SEE
ALSO Dela / Eochaid mac Eirc / Erc /
Gann / Magog /
Rinnal / Rudraige / Semeon /
Sengann / Slainge
REMARKS Genann, son of Dela son of Loth, was one
of the
5 Firbolg chieftains who invaded
Ireland. After the
Firbolg had divided their warriors into 3
groups, Genann
and Rudraige landed their 2000 warriors at
Imber Domnann
(Malahide Bay) in Connacht. This happened 6 days after
Slainge landed his warriors.
When the Firbolg had captured the
Island they divided
it into 5 provinces (coiceda) with Uisneach
as the hub of
the island.
The southwest of Genann's territory was marked
on the rim of the island in the mouth of the
Shannon river
near Limerick (Luimneach) and at Eas Aedha
Ruaidh (Ess
Ruaid) in the northwest. Genann's 1/5 became known as the
province of Connacha (Connacht).
When Rudraige died, Genann and Gann
jointly ruled the
Firbolg for 4 years until they both died of
a plague at
Fremaind (Frewin Hill) in Co. Westmeath.
NAME Genii Cucullati
EPITHET The Three Little Women
GENDER F
CATEGORY deity
TYPE goddess of well-being, prosperity and
fertility
CULTURE Belgae - Catuvellauni tribe
COUNTRY Germany / France / England
REGION Gloucestershire / Northumberland / Avon
TERRITORY Lloegr
SITES Cirencester (Corinium) / Housesteads /
Bath /
Springhead
AGE Iron
DATES BC 3rd century
ACCESSORIES eggs
SEE
ALSO Cuda
REMARKS Genii Cucullati were 3 females of very
small
stature who wore hooded cloaks and were
sometime seen
accompanying the Great Mother. They were venerated as far
afield as Germany, France and England.
In England, the Genii Cucullati
accompanied the
goddess Cuda at Cirencester in the territory
conquered by
the Catuvellauni. A relief carving depicting the trio was
found at Housesteads on Hadrian's Wall in
Northumberland
which may tie the veneration to Roman
mercenaries from Gaul
of Germany.
Other known sites were Bath and Springhead.
NAME Genonn Gruadsolus
EPITHET Bright Cheek
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / filidh
TYPE poet / sorcerer
CULTURE Goidel - Dal nAraide / Danann / Pictish
COUNTRY Ireland
TERRITORY Ulster
SITES Mound of Slane in Mide
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
BATTLES Cualnge Cattle Raid / Gairech &
Irgairech
ACCESSORIES shield with hooks / sword
RELATIVES Cathbad (father); Maga (mother); Imrinn
(brother); Elbha, Dechtire and
Findchaem
(sisters); Conchobar, Fachtna,
Ferghus and
Sualtaim (half-brothers)
ENEMIES Host of Connacht
SEE
ALSO Cathbad / Conchobar mac Nessa /
Dechtire / Elbha
/ Fachtna Fathach / Ferghus mac
Roig / Findchaem
/ Imrinn / Maga Muresc / Sualtaim
macRoig
REMARKS Genonn was with his father and brother
in the
vanguard of the druids as they arrived at
the Mound of
Slane in preparation for the battle of
Gairech.
Genonn was described as having curly hair, a light
complexion, and wearing a blue tunic, green
cloak and
purple boots. He carried a sword with a white hilt and
silver decorations as well as a brown shield
fitted with
hooks.
During the battle, the filidhs worked
their sorcery so
that the heavens split open with lightning,
thunder and
torrents of rain.
ALTERNATIVE Gilvaethy {Ghil-vath-ee} / Gilvaeyhwy
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior
TYPE horse warrior
CULTURE Danann
COUNTRY Wales
REGION Gwynedd {Gwin-eth} / Clwyd {clud}
TERRITORY Gwynedd
CENTERS Caer Dathl (Fort Dathal) at Caernarfon
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
RELATIVES Don (mother); Arianrod (half-sisters);
Dylan
(son); Gwyddion
(brother/consort); Hyddwn,
Hychdwn and Bleiddw (sons);
Govannon, Amaethon
(half-brothers); Math
(uncle/foster-father);
Llew (nephew)
SEE
ALSO Amaethon / Arianrod / Don /
Dylan / Govannon /
Gwyddion / Llew Llaw Gyffes /
Math / Pryderi
REMARKS Gilfaethwy, a son of the goddess Don,
was
fostered to his uncle Math at the tribal
center of Caer
Dathl at present-day Caernarfon in Wales.
Gilfaethwy fell in love with Goewin,
his uncle's
virgin footholder. He told his brother Gwyddion about his
problem and Gwyddion conceived of a way to
get Math to
remove his feet from the lap of the
virgin. Gwyddion knew
that if he could instigate war between his
uncle and
Pryderi, head chieftain of Dyfed in the
southwest, Math
would lead his warriors to battle.
While Math was assembling his warriors,
Gilfaethwy and
his brother Gwyddion raped Goewin, who was
to become
Arianrod the moon goddess. When the crime was relayed to
Math, he punished both nephews by changing
them into a stag
and a doe for a year and Gilfaethwy bore a
son to Gwyddion
called Hyddwn (The Tall Deer). The next year he turned
them into a boar and a sow for a year and in
this
relationship Gilfaethwy sired a son to
Gwyddion called
Hychdwn (The Tall Swine). The third year Math changed them
into a wolf and a bitch for a year and
Gilfaethwy bore a
son to Gwyddion called Bleiddw (The Tall
Wolf). When the
the offspring were brought home each year,
Math changed
them into humans and raised them at Caer
Dathl as a
reminder of what Gwyddion and Gilfaethwy had
done.
After their three-year punishment,
Gilfaethwy and
Gwyddion were asked who should be Math's new
footholder and
they suggested Arianrod. When Arianrod came before Math
she produced a baby boy who was the son of
Gilfaethwy.
NAME Giona mac Lugha
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / chieftain
TYPE battle-line
CULTURE Fianna
COUNTRY Ireland
SITES Loch Leann (Lake of Learning)
AGE Iron
DATES AD 3rd c
RELATIVES Lugha (father); Fair Mane (foster-mother)
SEE
ALSO Fionn mac Cumhaill
REMARKS Giona mac Lugha, a chieftain of the Fianna, was
the son of Lugha and one of Fionn's warrior
daughters. He
proved to be a poor leader and never gained
the loyalty of
his warriors. He was a lazy man and thought only of
himself and never took his warriors to hunt
deer or boar.
Giona was constantly boasting about
himself, beating
his dogs and bullying his servants. His warriors became so
distressed that they went to Fionn at Lough
Lena (Lock
Lena) in Killarney and gave him the
ultimatum that he must
either get rid of Giona or lose them.
Fionn realized the seriousness of the
situation and
sent for Giona mac Lugha and questioned him
about the
situation.
He then gave Giona instructions on actions
befitting a chieftain:
Be quiet in the house of a great person.
Save your surliness for narrow passes.
Do not beat your hounds without a reason.
Never accuse your spouse unless you are
sure of a guilt.
Do not mix with a fool in battle.
Refrain from brawling or fighting with mad
or evil people.
Be kind to women, children, poets and
common people.
Never brag, boast or swagger.
Do not sell out your people for money or
wealth.
A chieftain should never abuse his people.
Do not cause embarrassment or strife among
your own people.
Never tell unflattering stories about any
of your people.
Never frequent drinking establishments.
Do not pick quarrels with ancient men or
poor people.
Disperse your meat (wealth) among your
warriors freely.
Do not give any reason for a chieftain to
speak ill of you.
Hold on to your weapons until the fight is
truly over.
If the opportunity arises, help people.
Fionn explained to Giona that these are
the ways of a
real chieftain.
NAME Glanis
ALTERNATIVE Glanicae
GENDER F
CATEGORY deity
TYPE triple goddess
(health/fertility/prosperity)
CULTURE Celto-Ligurian - Salyes tribe
COUNTRY France
REGION Provence
TERRITORY Gaul
SITES curative spring at Glanum
AGE Iron
DATES BC 4th c
REMARKS Glanis was venerated at the healing
spring of
Glanum near Marseilles in southern
France. This was in the
territory of the Salyes tribe which was
formed in BC 4th
century from the indigenous Ligurian and
incoming Early
Hallstatt tribes. The spring was only one component of a
large sanctuary developed by the Ligurian
and Early
Hallstatt invaders.
NAME Glas
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior
TYPE chariot warrior
CULTURE Goidel - Dal nAraide / Danann
COUNTRY Ireland
TERRITORY Ulster
SITES Mound of Slane in Mide
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
BATTLES Cualnge Cattle Raid / Gairech &
Irgairech
RELATIVES Conchobar (father); Mane and Conaing
(brothers);
Fedlimid (half-sister); Cu
Chulainn, Cormac,
Cuscraid, Findchad, Fiachu,
Fiachna, Naoise,
Conall, Follomain, Diarmait,
Beann, Furbude and
Fiachra (half-brothers)
ENEMIES Host of Connacht
SEE
ALSO Beann / Conchobar mac Nessa /
Cormac Condloinges
/ Conall Cernacht / Cuscraid Menn
/ Diarmait mac
Conchobar / Fedlimid Nocruthach /
Ferghus mac
Roig / Fiachna / Fiachra / Fiachu
/ Findchad /
Follomain / Furbude Fer Bend /
MacRoth / Naoise
REMARKS Glas, Mane and Conaing, three sons of
Conchobar,
were at the head of a troop and MacRoth
described them as
youth with white faces and curly hair. They all wore
tunics of silk bordered with gold, and over
these they wore
curly kirtles held with fibulas of silvered
bronze.
The three carried shields with images
of beasts in
silvered bronze and bosses of red gold, and
broad-bladed
javelins with shafts of ash. They carried swords along
their shoulders that were decorated with
gold thread.
Ferghus described them as three pillars of
the borders.
NAME Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / guard
TYPE horse warrior / gates of Arthur's
raith
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY Wales
REGION Gwent
LANDMARKS Usk
CENTERS Caerleon-on-Usk
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 6th c
SEE
ALSO Arthur
REMARKS Glewlwyd was the door guard for Arthur's
camp
and he insisted on minimizing wear and tear
on his feet by
moving about on his head like a rolling
stone. Huandaw,
Gogigwr, Llaesgenym and Penpingion were his
lieutenants.
NAME Gloyw
ALTERNATIVE Gloyw Gwallt Llydan (Shiny Wide Hair)
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / chieftain
TYPE horse warrior
CULTURE Briton - Demetae tribe
COUNTRY Wales
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
RELATIVES Casnar Wledig (father); Gwyn Glohoyw
(son);
Cigva (grandaughter)
SEE
ALSO Cigva / Gwyn Glohoyw
REMARKS Gloyw Gwallt Lydan was a descendant of
Casnar,
an important chieftain of Britain.
NAME Glythfyr Llydaweg
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / tracker
TYPE horse warrior
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY Wales / England / Ireland
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 6th c
ACCESSORIES Aned and Aethlem - dogs as swift as the wind
REMARKS Glythfyr Llydaweg used the help of the
dogs Aned
and Aethlem to help him track down the boar
Ysgithrwyn.
They also chased Twrch Trwyth out of
Cornwall and into the
sea, where he swam off toward Gaul.
NAME Gobannitio
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior
TYPE traitor
CULTURE Gallic - Arverni tribe
COUNTRY France
LANDMARKS Allier / Garonne
CENTERS Gergovia
AGE Iron
DATES BC 1st c / BC 52
RELATIVES Vercingetorix (nephew)
ENEMIES Vercingetorix
SEE
ALSO Vercingetorix
REMARKS Gobannitio tried to stop Vercingetorix
from
rousing the tribes to fight Rome and when he
refused to
accept Roman domination, Gobannitio expelled
him from the
oppidum of Gergovia.
NAME Gobnenn macLuring
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / chieftain
TYPE chariot warrior
CULTURE Goidel
COUNTRY Ireland
TERRITORY Connacht
SITES Cul Silinne (Cargin's Lough)
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
BATTLES Cualnge Cattle Raid
ENEMIES Cualnge / Pictland / Ulster
SEE
ALSO Ailill macMata
REMARKS Gobnenn macLuring pitched his tent 6th
to the
right of Ailill when they camped at Cul
Silinne during the
Cualnge Cattle Raid.
NAME Goddess-Without-Name
ALTERNATIVE Isis
GENDER F
FESTIVAL Co-thad-thrath (spring equinox)
CATEGORY deity
TYPE fertility goddess of plants, animals
and mortals
CULTURE Goidel - Parisii tribe
COUNTRY France
TERRITORY Gaul
SITES Paris
AGE Bronze / Iron
DATES BC 13th c
RELATIVES Dis (consort)
SEE
ALSO Dis
REMARKS Goddess-Without-Name was a Gallic earth
goddesss
and was sometimes associated with Dis who
was venerated by
the Parisii tribe from as far back as the
Bronze Age.
It is possible that the
Goddess-Without-Name is the
Great Mother Isis who was venerated at
Paris, the major
ancient center of her veneration.
NAME Goffar
GENDER M
CATEGORY hero / warrior / Brenin
TYPE head chieftain
CULTURE Pictish - Poitevins tribe / Aquitani
COUNTRY France
TERRITORY Gaul / Aquitanica
LANDMARKS Loire
AGE Bronze
DATES BC 11th c
ENEMIES Brute / Corineus
SEE
ALSO Brute / Corineus
REMARKS Goffar fought off the Trojans Brute and
Corineus
when they invaded his territory in
Gaul. He was one of the
12 leaders of Gaul at the time. One of his messengers shot
an arrow at Corineus when he refused to stop
hunting in
their territory. He missed and was killed by Corineus. A
chieftain of the Aquitani called Suhard
fought Corineus and
was split from head to crotch by Corineus's
battle-axe.
Corineus proved to be a great champion but
the Picts were
too well established and the invaders left
the territory.
NAME Gogmagog
ALTERNATIVE Gog ma Gog {gagh may'gagh} / Gourmaillon
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / chieftain
CULTURE Goidel
COUNTRY England / Wales
REGION Cornwall / Cambridgeshire
TERRITORY Lloegr
SITES Totnes / Gogmagog's Leap / Gogmagog
Hills
AGE Bronze
DATES BC 11th c
RELATIVES Iafeth and Magog (ancestors)
ENEMIES Brute / Corineus
SEE
ALSO Brute / Corineus / Iafeth /
Magog
REMARKS Gogmagog was the chieftain of the giants
in
Britain and claimed descent from Magog, son
of Iafeth. He
was described as being 12 Cornish cubits
tall, roughly
three times the height of the average
man. He led twenty
warriors against the camp of Brute at
Totnes.
Gogmagog was taken prisoner and had to
fight Corineus
in a wrestling match. He was thrown over a cliff
(Gogmagog's Leap) to his death.
NAME Goibhniu
EPITHET The Divine Smith
ALTERNATIVE Gaibne / Gaibniu / Gobha / Goibhnionn /
Goibnenn
/ Goibniu Saer
GENDER M
FESTIVAL Beltainn (Brilliant Fires) / summer
solstice /
Fledh Ghoibhnenn (Feast of
Goibhniu) /
CATEGORY deity / hero / druid
TYPE god of the forge / master artificer /
smith /
brewmaster / Tri De Dana (Three for Danann)
CULTURE Danann
COUNTRY Ireland
REGION Sligo
TERRITORY Connacht / The Otherworld
LANDMARKS Plain of Towers (Magh Tuireadh)
AGE Bronze
DATES BC 16th-15th c
BATTLES second battle of Magh Tuireadh (north
Moytura)
RELATIVES Esaire (mother); Tuirbe (father); Aillenn,
Cuilleann and Cairchi
(daughters); Creidhne,
Luchtine, Diancecht and Samhain
(half-brothers);
Lugh (foster-son); Net
(grandfather); Magog and
Iarbonel (ancestors)
ENEMIES Fomorii
SEE
ALSO Bress / Cian / Creidhne /
Diancecht / Esaire /
Iarbonel / Magog / Luchtine /
Lugh / Net /
Ruadan / Samhain
REMARKS Goibhniu, son of Esaire daughter of Net,
was
also a son of Tuirbe the axe-thrower, and
one of the triad
of artisan gods called Tri De Dana (3 for
the Danann). In
preparation for the second battle of Magh
Tuireadh, they
worked at lightning speed to supply weapons
for the Danann.
Goibhniu would quickly make a spear and
fling it red-
hot into the door-post, Luchtine would throw
the handle
after it so they fastened together, and
Creidhne would pin
the two parts together by throwing hot nails
from his
tongs.
Weapons made by them always hit their mark and no
one ever recovered from their wounds
(poison).
During the second battle of Magh
Tuireadh, Goibhniu
was wounded by Ruadan, a son of the deposed
Bress. Goibhniu
died of plague from his wound and after his
death, he held
his Feast of Goibhniu (Fledh Ghoibhnenn) in
The Otherworld
where he plied the dead heroes with an
immortalizing brew.
Goibhniu was also known for his therapeutic
powers and was
considered the founder of arts and crafts.
EPITHET The Warrior
ALTERNATIVE Galam (Ga = Spear)(Lam = hand)/ Golam /
Gulam /
Mil / Milid / Milesians Espain
(warriors of Spain)
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / chieftain
TYPE chariot warrior / mercenary
CULTURE Goidel (Milesian) - Artabri tribe
COUNTRY Ukraine / Russia / Egypt / Spain
REGION Galicia
TERRITORY Scythia
LANDMARKS Caucasus / Caspian Sea / Volga / Black Sea
/
Crimean Peninsula / Mediterranean
/ Red Sea
CENTERS Brigantia (A Corunna)
AGE Bronze
DATES BC 16th c
RELATIVES Bile (father); Seang (1st wife); Airioch
Feabhruadh and Donn (sons); Scota
(2nd wife);
Eber, Amhairghin, Colptha, Ir,
Eremon and
Arannan (sons); Conaing (3rd
wife); Dil and Odba
(daughters); Bregon
(grandfather); Brego, Bladh,
Fuat, Murthemne, Cualgne, Cuala,
Ebleo, Nar and
Ith (uncles); Rifath Scot
(ancestor)
ENEMIES Danann
SEE
ALSO Amhairghin / Arannan / Bile /
Bladh / Bregon /
Cermat / Colptha / Donn / Eber /
Eremon / Fuad /
Ir / Ith / Odba / Reafloir /
Rifath Scot / Scota
/ Seang
REMARKS Golamh, son of Bile, son of Bregon, son
of
Brath, son of Death, was a descendant of
Rifath Scot.
Golamh led a group of Goidel warriors for
Reafloir, son of
Refill, head chieftain of Scythia (a
territory north of the
Caucasus streaching east around the Caspian
Sea to the
Volga river and west around the Black Sea to
the Crimean
Peninsula).
Golamh married Seang, daughter of
Reafloir, and she
bore him 2 male children: Airioch Feabhruadh
and Donn.
Seang died mysteriously and Reafloir blamed
Golamh for her
death.
The two engaged in combat and Golamh mortally
wounded Reafloir with his spear before
Golamh and his
followers were driven from the Goidel
territory in Scythia.
Golamh led his followers in 4 ships of
15 couples with
1 servant per ship. They stayed for 3 months at the island
of Taprobane of the harbors, then spent 3
months voyaging
on the sea of white crests to Egypt, where
he entered the
service of the pharaoh. This should have been around the
time Pharaoh Aahmes founded the 18th dynasty
after he drove
the Hyksos out of Egypt.
Golamh married the pharaoh's daughter
and she was
called Scota after her husband's
people. Scota gave birth
to two males called Eber and
Amhairghain. Golamh stayed 8
years in Egypt while Setga, Sobairche, and
Suirge learned
craftmanship; Mantan, Caicher and Fulman
learned druidery;
Goscen, Amhairghin and Donn studied law by
the white-kneed
one; and Golamh, Occe and Ucce plied their
trade as battle-
conquerors.
After 8 years they quit Egypt, and as
they travelled
on the Red Sea a storm blew them eastward past India, past
Cirord (?) and Golgardona (?) past the
estuary of the Ganges,
then
to Taprobane (Sri Lanka)
where they stayed a month.
They then sailed up the Indus, past Mount Caucasus
(Hindu Kush)
from
the west, past Ithia and the Boria river, past western
Scythia and westward to the estuary of the Caspian Sea.
On the Caspian Sea the Sirens chanted
over their ships
and they fell asleep for 3 weeks. Caicher filled their
ears with pitch and kept out the sounds of
the Sirens and
they continued their voyage.
The Goidels then entered the land of
the Amazons and
Golamh left behind 20 shiploads of his
people as they
continued through Albania and past south of
the Rhipaean
Mountain, where Colptha of the Marshes was
born, and on to
Asia, where they stayed a month, and to
Thrace where they
stayed a year and where Ir was born on the
Thracian Sea.
Golamh and his warriers (54 tribes)
then travelled
(via the Danube ?) to Gothia and to eastern
Germany where
they settled. Here they were joined by Thracian warriors
and they travelled on to the land of the
Cruithne in
Pictland.
They then crossed the Rhine to Gallia, Belgica,
Gulf of Lions, Gallia, Aquitania, southern
Spain, over
Druim Sailt (eastern Sierra Morena) into
northern Spain,
and across the Pyrenees (Cantabrian
Mountains) to Brigantia
(A Corunna).
Brigantia was almost depopulated when
Golamh and his
warriors arrived home, and they had to fight
many battles
before they subdued their neighbors. Here Golamh sired two
sons by Scota, Eremon and Arannan, and two
daughters by
Conaing called Dil and Odba. Golamh died of a plague and
his sons Donn and Eremon ruled jointly.
NAME Goleuddydd
EPITHET Bright Day
GENDER F
CATEGORY rigbean (noble woman)
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY Wales
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 6th c
RELATIVES Anlawdd Wledig (father); Cilydd (husband);
Culhwch (son)
SEE
ALSO Cilydd / Culhwch
REMARKS Goleuddydd went crazy when she became
pregnant
and ran away to the woods. When she was ready to give
birth she came back to reality and found
herself in a pig
run, hence the name she gave her child
Culhwch (Pigrun).
Seven years later, she died.
Nora Chadwick has suggested that the
term pig-sty was
a symbolic name for a barrow or grave of a
deity related to
the boar and a good place to acquire
meaningful dreams. It
is quite possible that Goleuddydd was a
filidh (The
Enlightened) and when she became pregnant
went to a
sanctuary of women (boar clan) where she had
her child.
Then, because it was male it was returned to
the father, or
when he was 7 he was returned to his father.
NAME Goll mac Morna
EPITHET Goll of Blows (Goll na Beumanan)
ALTERNATIVE Aedh mac Morna / Gol-shuil (Squint-eyed)
GENDER M
SYMBOL 1 eye
CATEGORY hero / warrior / chieftain / Rigfeinnid
TYPE battle-line / champion / head
chieftain of the
Fianna
CULTURE Goidel / Fianna - Clanna Morna
COUNTRY Ireland / Scotland
REGION Dublin
TERRITORY Connacht
LANDMARKS Hill of Howth
SITES Dun Kincorry
AGE Iron
DATES AD 3rd c
BATTLES Cnucha
RELATIVES Morna (mother); Lia (father); Conan
(brother);
Cebha (wife); Eremon and Tea
(ancestors)
ENEMIES Cairell / Cumhal / Fierce Baoire
SEE ALSO Cairell / Cebha / Conan Maol / Cumhal /
Eremon /
Fergus Truelips / Fergus
Finnbheoil / Fionn mac
Cumhaill / Lia / Manus / Morna / Oscar / Tea
REMARKS Aedh of the Clanna Morna was chieftain
of the
Connacht Fianna. He claimed descent from Eremon, the first
high chieftain of Ireland. When he was born he was so big
that a caesarian operation had to be
performed.
Years later, he and Cumhal of the
Munster Fianna were
competing for the position of head chieftain
of the Fianna
of Ireland.
During the Battle of Cnucha, Aedh beat Cumhal
in combat but Cumhal managed to blind him in
one eye. From
this time on, Aedh was known as Goll. With Cumhal dead,
Goll became the head chieftain of the
Fianna. Physical
perfection was not a prerequisite for that
position. Years
later, when the high chieftain of Ireland
appointed Fionn
as head chieftain, Goll stepped down without
a battle.
Once in the camp of the Fianna, an
argument started
between Oscar and Goll. Goll's mother was ancient and had
lost her teeth and she liked to suck the
marrow out of
bones.
Oscar grew angry at always having to give away his
bones to her. This night he had a large bone which he
wanted to keep but Goll thought he should
give it to her
and the two started to argue. Fionn devised a game where
he put a hole in a plank so that Goll and
Oscar could sit
on either side and grab an end of the
bone. Goll won the
bone by pulling it through the hole to his
side of the
plank.
Goll then threw the bone at Oscar who ducked out of
harms' way.
The bone flew onward, hitting Goll's mother
and killing her.
Goll was a champion of the Fianna, and
fought many
single combats on their behalf. At Dun Kincorry near the
Hill of Howth, he fought and killed the
champion Erragon,
who had killed Alvin and a son of Leir. He killed the 3
Fomorian sorcerers, daughters of Conaran,
when their father
sent them to capture warriors of the
Fianna. Fergus
Truelips chanted praise for Goll when he was
rescued by
him.
When the warriors were all freed from Dun Conaran,
they sacked the raith for treasure then set
it afire. For
saving Fionn and his warriors, Goll received
the hand of
Cebha, Fionn's daughter. Goll also started a brawl at the
Raith Almu by reminiscing over the killing
of Cumhal.
Goll's finest single combat was with
the chieftain
Fierce Baoire. He fought in order to save the daughter of
the head chieftain of Under Waves. Fierce Baoire was the
son of the head chieftain of Sorcha of Red
Shields. In
true hero fashion, Goll buried Fierce with
the honor of
having a gold ring on each finger.
When Goll and Cairell became engaged in
combat, Oscar
tried to mediate but failed. Goll killed Cairell, and the
Leinster Fianna chased after him and
surrounded him. He
refused to surrender, and after 12 days
without food or
water he died, a hero to the end.
EPITHET Father of the Goidel
GENDER M
CATEGORY hero / warrior / chieftain
TYPE chariot warrior
CULTURE Goidel
COUNTRY England / Wales
TERRITORY Lloegr
LANDMARKS Black Sea
AGE early-Bronze
DATES BC 21st c
RELATIVES Iafeth (father); Aschenez, Rifath, Thogorma,
Emoth and Rifath Scot (sons);
Madai, Iabal,
Tubal, Mosoch, Thiras and Magog
(brothers)
SEE
ALSO Iafeth / Magog / Rifath Scot
REMARKS Gomer, son of Iafeth, led his people
from their
territory on the Black Sea westward into
Europe. Here the
Goidel emerged on the shore of the North Sea
and eventually
settled territories in England and Wales.
Gomer and his brother Magog are both
considered to be
the fathers of the Goidel, Cimmerians and
the Scythian.
Other than the blood lines of Partholon and
Nemhedh, the
sons of Gomer and Magog are given as the
same people in The
Book Of The Taking Of Ireland, so it
is most likely that
Magog is a female and the wife/half-sister
of Gomer. The
ancient stories were modified at different
times to fit
into the creation mythology of the new
adopted Roman
religion that was conquering the lands of
the Celtic
people.
NAME Goneril
GENDER F
CATEGORY rhain (noble woman)
TYPE daughter of the Rix of Britain
CULTURE Goidel - Coritani tribe
COUNTRY England / Scotland
TERRITORY Albainn
CENTERS Caer Troia (Town of Troy) present-day
Ilford
AGE Iron
DATES BC 8th c
RELATIVES Leir (father); Maglaurus (husband);
Marganus
(son); Regan and Cordelia
(sisters); Cunedagius
(nephew)
SEE
ALSO Cordelia / Cunedagius / Leir /
Marganus / Regan
REMARKS Goneril was the oldest of Leir's three
daughters
and by dint of flattery persuaded her aged
father to give
her one-third of his territory.
Goneril married Maglaurus, a chieftain
from the north
of England.
The two of them set out to seize more
territory and agreed to maintain Leir, who
was by then an
ancient man. She allowed Leir to keep one hundred and
forty warriors but after two years ordered
him to dismiss
all but 30.
This was too much of an insult to the
ancient leader
and he left their territory and went to
visit his second
daughter Regan in Cornwall where he stayed
for a short
while, then returned again.
Goneril then reduced his retinue to one
and the
ancient man was so hurt and insulted that he
left Lloegr
(England) and went to see his youngest
daughter Cordelia in
Gaul.
NAME Gorlois
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / chieftain / Brenin
TYPE head chieftain of Cornwall
CULTURE Briton - Dumnonii tribe / Cymry (tribes
that
fight side by side)
COUNTRY England
REGION Cornwall
SITES Tintagel fortress / Dimilioc (Tregeare
Rounds)
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 5th c
RELATIVES Igerna (wife)
ENEMIES Germani / Uther
SEE
ALSO Aurelius / Eldol / Igerna /
Uther
REMARKS Gorlois, the head chieftain of Cornwall,
led his
warriors against the Germani in the battle
in which
Hengist, their Saxon leader, was killed by
Eldol, chieftain
of Gloucester. The leader at the time was the Roman-Briton
Aurelius, brother of Uther.
When Uther became the high chieftain of
the Cymry,
Gorlois served him, fighting the Germani
once again. As he
was the most experienced warrior and
commander, Uther often
consulted him. During a battle, Gorlois suggested to Uther
that they attack the Germani in the dark
because they were
in greater number. The Germani were thrown into total
confusion and were slaughtered by the
thousands.
Peace was over the land of Britain once
again. Uther
decided to have a celebration and invited
all his
chieftains and great warriors. Gorlois and his wife Igerna
were present, and because she was by far the
most beautiful
woman in Britain at the time, Uther fell
madly in love with
her and made a fool of himself and insulted
Gorlois.
Gorlois withdrew to Cornwall and Uther
raised an army
to pursue him. Gorlois sent his wife to Tintagel because
it was the safest of his raiths and he made
his defence at
the raith of Dimilioc (Castle Dameliock)
where he remained
under siege for a week. When it was discovered that Uther
was not among the sieging warriors, Gorlois
became fearful
for his wife's safety and charged the
attacking forces. He
was killed during the battle.
EPITHET Goban the Wright (Gobban Saer)
ALTERNATIVE Gofannon / Gobhan Saor
GENDER M
CATEGORY deity / druid
TYPE god of blacksmithing / master
artificer / mason
/ architect
CULTURE Danann
COUNTRY Wales
REGION Gwynedd {Gwin-eth} / Clwyd {clud}
TERRITORY Gwynedd
CENTERS Harlech
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
RELATIVES Don (mother); Arianrod (half-sister);
Amaethon
(brother); Gilfaethwy and
Gwyddion (half-
brothers); Dylan and Llew
(nephews)
SEE
ALSO Amaethon / Arianrod / Don /
Dylan Eil Ton /
Gilfaethwy / Gwyddion / Llew Llaw
Gyffes
REMARKS Govannon was the master smith of the
Danann of
Wales, and he was also credited with being a
master mason
and a master builder. Gof means smith in Welsh. Under
Welsh law, the smith is the first to taste
the drink at a
festival.
Govannon was responsible for the death of his
nephew Dylan.
NAME Grainne
EPITHET The Repulsive
ALTERNATIVE Grainne {Grann-ya}
GENDER F
CATEGORY rigbean (noble woman)
CULTURE Danann / Goidel / Pictish
COUNTRY Ireland / Scotland
REGION Meath
TERRITORY Mide
LANDMARKS Magh mBreg
SITES The Beds of Diarmaid and Grainne
CENTERS Raith Rig - Tara / Raith Grainne
AGE Iron
DATES AD 3rd c
RELATIVES Cormac macAirt (father); Ethne (mother);
Diarmaid (1st husband); Fionn
(2nd husband);
Ailbe (sister); Celleach and
Cairbre (brothers)
SEE ALSO Ailbe / Anghus mac Og / Cairbre Lifechair
/
Celleach / Cormac macAirt /
Diarmaid ua Duibhne
/ Ethne / Fionn mac Cumhaill /
Oisin
REMARKS Grainne, daughter of Cormac macAirt, was
considered to be the most beautiful maiden
in Ireland at
the time and her hand had been promised to
Fionn mac
Cumhaill.
During a banquet she tried to persuade Fionn's
son Oisin to help her escape from the
upcoming marriage,
but he refused. When she saw Diarmaid's love-spot she
placed a geis on Diarmaid to help her
escape, as she
reasoned that his duty as a Fianna to save
her honor was
more important than his duty to Fionn.
The night before the marriage was to
take place,
Grainne had her filidh Daire mix a sleeping
draught that
affected all the guests. She and Diarmaid fled, and soon
the Fianna were on the trail in a chase that
was to last 16
years.
During their expulsion to the wilds, the couple ate
the berries from the tree of immortality
after Grainne
convinced Diarmaid to kill Searban the Surly
who guarded
the tree.
Many of the dolmens of Ireland and
Scotland have
become known as The Beds of Diarmaid and
Grainne because of
the time the couple spent on the run in the
wilds. During
their pursuit, they were aided numerous
times by the Danann
god Anghus.
Cormac, the high chieftain of Ireland, also
helped negotiate a peace between the couple
and Fionn.
Cormac macAirt built Raith Grainne (The
Palace of the
Single Pillar) at Tara where Grainne and
Diarmaid made
their home and raised 4 boys and 1
girl. Grainne insisted
that they invite Fionn and Cormac to a feast
which lasted a
year.
During a boar hunt, Diarmaid was poisoned by a boar
and died when Fionn refused to save him.
After Diarmaid's death, Grainne married
Fionn but the
Fianna jeered both of them for their
behavior. Grainne was
similar to the Celtic goddess of a
geographical area whose
whims must be catered to or the tribe (the
Fianna) would
fail.
NAME Grannus
GENDER M
CATEGORY deity
TYPE healer sun god
CULTURE Gallic - Bituriges confederation
COUNTRY France / Belgium / Holland / Germany /
Austria /
Hungary
TERRITORY Gaul / Belgica / Aremorica / Danube
SITES Aachen / Brigetio
AGE Iron
DATES BC 4th c
RELATIVES Sirona (consort)
SEE
ALSO Sirona
REMARKS Grannus was a sun god who was venerated
at
numerous sites such as the curative springs
at Aachen in
Germany and Brigetio in Hungary.
NAME Grici
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior
CULTURE Danann
COUNTRY Ireland
TERRITORY Ulster
SITES Cruachu Ai
AGE Bronze
DATES BC 15th c
ENEMIES Goidel
SEE
ALSO Brea / Gulban Glass / Redg
Rotbel / Tindell
REMARKS After the defeat of the Danann, the
Goidels
divided Ireland into 5 provinces. The Danann left 5
warriors in each of the five provinces to
cause as much
trouble for the Goidel as possible. In the province of
Ulster they left Brea, Redg, Grici, Gulban
and Tindell.
Grici was stationed at Cruachu Ai.
NAME Griselicae
GENDER F
CATEGORY deity
TYPE water goddess
CULTURE Celto-Ligurian - Salyes tribe
COUNTRY France
REGION Provence
TERRITORY Gaul
LANDMARKS Durance / Verdon
SITES curative spring of Gréoux-les-Bains
AGE Iron
DATES BC 4th c
REMARKS Griselicae was a healing water goddess
at the
curative spring of Gréoux-les-Bains on the
Verdon river in
the territory of the Salyes tribe who formed
in BC 4th
century from the indigenous Ligurian and
incoming early
Hallstatt.
NAME Gronw Pebyr
EPITHET Lord of Penllyn
ALTERNATIVE Gronw Pebyr {gron'-oo pay-ber}
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / chieftain
TYPE horse warrior / coward
COUNTRY Wales
REGION Gwynedd {Gwin-eth} / Clwyd {clud}
TERRITORY Gwynedd / Penllyn
LANDMARKS Cynvael
SITES Raith of Mur Castell / Bryn Cyfergyr
(Battle
Hill) at Ardudwy
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
BATTLES Battle of Ardudwy (Cynfael of Ardudwy)
RELATIVES Blodeuedd (consort)
ENEMIES Llew / Gwyddion
SEE
ALSO Blodeuedd / Gwyddion ap Don /
Llew Llaw Gyffes
REMARKS During a hunt in the territory of
Dinoding,
Gronw was invited to take shelter with his
hunters and dogs
at the Raith of Mur Castell. It happened that the
chieftain Llew Llaw Gyffes was away but his
wife Blodeuedd
invited him to dine with her.
Over the next few days the two fell in
love and began
to plot a way to kill Llew. This was not easy because Llew
was protected by supernatural forces and
could only be
killed in a specific way. Gronw told Blodeuedd to find out
how he could be killed and with what type of
weapon.
The process of making the special spear
required a
year, and when it was finished Gronw waited
in hiding while
Blodeuedd asked Llew to show her the
position he must be in
for him to be killed. He was at the time taking a bath and
she led a goat up to him so he could have
one foot on the
goat and the other on the tub, then while he
was neither
standing on land or in water or riding an
animal Gronw came
out of hiding and threw the supernatural
spear at him. It
went through his body and he turned into an
eagle and flew
away.
Gronw then conquered Llew's territory and added it
to his own, along with Llew's wife
Blodeuedd.
To Gronw's suprise, Llew was cured by
his father
Gwyddion and came to Gronw's raith to
challenge him to
single combat with an exchange of
spears. As a chieftain,
Gronw could ask a champion to step forward
and fight his
battle for him, but to his suprise none of
his warriors
would do so. Gronw showed himself to be a coward and
begged that since he was not the warrior
that Llew was, he
should be allowed to stand behind the
standing stone on the
hill of Ardudwy. Llew allowed this and when he threw his
spear, it pierced the stone and went through
the body of
Gronw and killed him. The stone is referred to as Gronw's
Stone of the Bryn Cyfergyr (Hill of Battle)
and still
stands on the bank of the Cynvael river in
Ardudwy. Llew
then asked the people of Gronw's territory
if they would
like to be a part of his territory and they
agreed.
NAME Guaire
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / Ri Ruirech
TYPE head chieftain
CULTURE Goidel
COUNTRY Ireland
TERRITORY Connacht
CENTERS Raith Cruachain (Rathcroghan)
AGE Ui Néill
DATES AD 7th c / AD 656
SEE
ALSO Cano / Cred
REMARKS When Guaire, head chieftain of Connacht,
invited
Cano to a feast he unwittingly set the stage
for the
meeting between Cano and Cred, the young
wife of an ancient
chieftain named Marcan.
NAME Gulban Glass
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior
CULTURE Danann
COUNTRY Ireland
TERRITORY Ulster
SITES Bend Gulbain Guirt maicc Ungairb
AGE Bronze
DATES BC 15th c
ENEMIES Goidel
SEE
ALSO Brea / Grici / Redg Rotbel /
Tindell
REMARKS After the defeat of the Danann, the
Goidels
divided Ireland into 5 provinces. The Danann left 5
warriors in each of the five provinces to
cause as much
trouble for the Goidel as possible. In the province of
Ulster they left Brea, Redg, Grici, Gulban
and Tindell.
Gulban was stationed at Bend Gulbain Guirt
maicc Ungairb.
NAME Gurguit Barbtruc
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / Rix
TYPE high chieftain
CULTURE Briton - Trinovantes tribe
COUNTRY England / Wales / Scotland
REGION Cornwall
TERRITORY Lloegr / Cambria / Albainn
LANDMARKS Thames / Usk
SITES Kaerusc
CENTERS Trinovantum (London)
AGE Iron
DATES BC 4th c
RELATIVES Dyvnwal (grandfather); Belinos (father);
Brennius (uncle)
ENEMIES Ginchtalacus
SEE
ALSO Belinos / Brennius / Dyvnwal
Moelmud / Marcia
REMARKS Gurguit became the high chieftain of the
Britons
on the death of his father. He was a powerful ruler and
did not mind using force to keep the
peace. Ginchtalacus,
the continental chieftain who had paid
tribute to his
father Belinos, refused to pay him on the
grounds that he
did not owe allegiance to Gurguit. This caused a war in
which the continental chieftain was killed
and his people
subjected to the high chieftain of the
Britons.
When Gurguit died he was buried at
Kaerusc, a fort
built by his father that he had improved on
throughout his
life.
The rule of Britain then passed to Guithelin and
then to his wife Marcia.
NAME Gutruatus
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior / chieftain
TYPE freedom fighter / war leader
CULTURE Gallic - Carnutes tribe
COUNTRY France
TERRITORY Gaul
AGE Iron
DATES BC 1st c / BC 51-50
ENEMIES Caesar
SEE
ALSO Comm / Correus
REMARKS Gutruatus, Correus and Comm were three
freedom
fighters who defied Rome after their defeat
at Alesia.
Gutruatus was eventually caught by the
Romans. Caesar had
him flogged senseless and beheaded, and the
head paraded
around Gaul as a message to others who were
thinking that
they could throw off the yoke of Rome.
NAME Gwain
EPITHET Gwain Over Withered Sticks
ALTERNATIVE Wain
GENDER M
FESTIVAL Samhain (Night of the Dead)
CATEGORY warrior / chieftain
TYPE raider
CULTURE Pictish ?
COUNTRY Ireland
REGION Dublin
TERRITORY Mide / Ulster
LANDMARKS Magh Liffey
SITES Da Derga's Hostel
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
BATTLES Ath Cliath
ENEMIES Host of Eirinn
SEE
ALSO Conaire
REMARKS Gwain was a chieftain of 500 warriors
from the
north of Ulster who began to plunder when
Conaire was high
chieftain of Ireland. He supplied warriors to attack
Conaire at Da Derga's Hostel at Ath Cliath
in Mide. In
combat, Gwain would jump over his opponents
as he killed
them.
NAME Gwalchmai mab Gwyar
EPITHET The Falcon of May / Falcon of Summer
ALTERNATIVE Gauvain / Gawain / Gwalchaved / Gwalchmei
{Goo-alkh-meh}
GENDER M
CATEGORY hero / warrior / chieftain
TYPE horse warrior
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY Wales / England / Ireland / France
REGION Gwent / Cornwall / Brittany
TERRITORY Lloegr
LANDMARKS Usk
SITES Richborough
CENTERS Caerleon-on-Usk
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 6th c
RELATIVES Lot (father); Gwyar (mother); Medrawt
(brother);
Arthur (uncle)
ENEMIES Romans / Medrawt
SEE
ALSO Arthur / Culhwch / Eseult /
Gwyar / Hoel / March
/ Medrawt / Tristan
REMARKS Gwalchmai was a son of Lot of Lodonesia
and a
champion warrior from Arthur's camp at
Caerleon-on-Usk in
Gwent, Wales. He always accomplished his mission and this
is why he was one of the seven to accompany
Culhwch on his
quest.
He also negotiated peace between March, Eseult and
Tristan.
During Arthur's campaign in France,
Gwalchmai acted as
negotiator in dealing with the Romans. When the nephew of
the Roman commander purposely insulted the
Cymry, Gwalchmai
drew his sword and lopped off his head. This led to a
skirmish between the two groups, with the
Britons coming
out ahead.
Gwalchmai was then made
second-in-command of the
fourth division under Hoel. Their division faced the first
charge of the battle and were being pushed
back by a
superior force when Arthur added his
division and the
combined forces put the Romans to
flight. Gwalchmai
returned to Britain with Arthur but was
killed by his
brother Medrawt at the battle of
Richborough.
NAME Gwawl fab Clud
ALTERNATIVE Gwawl {Gwahl, Goo-owl}
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior
TYPE horse warrior
COUNTRY Wales
REGION Clwyd {clud}
TERRITORY Gwynedd
LANDMARKS River Clwyd
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
ENEMIES Pwyll / Rhiannon
SEE
ALSO Heveydd / Llwyd fab Cil Coed / Pwyll / Rhiannon
REMARKS When auburn-haired Gwawl son of Clwyd
entered
the feast given by Heveydd Hen for the
suitors of his
daughter, he saw that Pwyll of Dyfed held
the position
beside Rhiannon. Gwawl flattered Pwyll, then while Pwyll
was feeling in debt, asked him for a
favor. Pwyll granted
the favor, only to find that Gwawl had
tricked him out of
his seat beside Rhiannon. This act put Gwawl in the best
position for the next year's feast in which
Rhiannon was to
choose a mate.
When the festival began the following
year, a beggar
entered the feasting hall and asked Gwawl,
who was in the
position of the best man, if he could have
some food for
his small sack. Gwawl, with some prompting from Rhiannon,
said he could fill it if he hurried. After some time Gwawl
realized that the beggar was still putting
food into his
bag and became fearful that he would take
away all the food
from the feast. When Gwawl asked him why it was taking so
long, the beggar informed him that it would
take the foot
of a champion to stamp it down in his
sack. Again with
encouragement from Rhiannon, Gwawl stepped
into the bag
intending to stamp down the food, but before
he could react
the bag was pulled over him and he was hung
on a peg by the
door to the feasting hall.
The beggar then took off his disguise
and showed
himself to be Pwyll, who then invited his
warriors to enter
the feast.
Each warrior noticed the hanging bag and asked
what was inside causing such a ruckus. Pwyll replied that
it was a wild badger and the warriors would
give the bag a
whack with the flat of their sheathed
swords.
Gwawl finally begged for mercy and
Rhiannon extracted
an agreement from Gwawl that he would not
take any kind of
revenge on her or on Pwyll in any form and
he would be let
out.
Gwawl agreed and this event marked the first time
"Badger in the Bag " was
played. Years later after Pwyll's
death, a friend of Gwawl's called Llwyd was
to seek revenge
for him.
NAME Gwenddoleu ab Ceidio
EPITHET The Son of Preservation
GENDER M
SYMBOL apple trees
CATEGORY druid
TYPE physician (medicinal plants)
CULTURE Pictish / Briton
COUNTRY France / England
REGION Brittany / Cornwall
TERRITORY Gaul / Llydaw / Lloegr
LANDMARKS Loire
AGE Iron
DATES BC 6th c / BC 550 ca.
REMARKS Gwenddoleu was a druid who left Llydaw
(Brittany) on the Loire river and migrated
with the La Tène
A Picts to Cornwall in Lloegr (England).
NAME Gwendolen
EPITHET The White Circle
GENDER F
CATEGORY hero / warrior / Rix
TYPE chariot warrior / high chieftain of
Britain
CULTURE Goidel - Coritani tribe
COUNTRY England / Wales / Scotland
REGION Cornwall
TERRITORY Lloegr / Cambria / Albainn
SITES Stour
CENTERS Caer Troia (Town of Troy) present-day
Ilford
AGE Bronze
DATES BC 11th c / BC 1071 (ruled 15 years)
RELATIVES Corineus (father); Locrinus (husband);
Maddan
(son); Mempricius and Malin
(grandsons)
ENEMIES Locrinus / Estrildis / Habren
SEE
ALSO Brute / Corineus / Locrinus /
Maddan / Malin /
Mempricius
REMARKS Gwendolen's father Corineus and Brute
had
arranged that she and Locrinus would marry,
thus joining
the two Trojan lines of descent
together. When she was
married and gave birth to a boy, she had her
son sent to
Cornwall to be fostered by her father and
raised with her
people.
When Corineus died, Locrinus threw
Gwendolen out and
took in his consort Estrildis. Gwendolen went to Cornwall
and raised an army. She fought Locrinus at the Stour river
where he was killed, and had Estrildis and
her daughter
Habren sacrificed to the river goddess. Gwendolen became
the head chieftain of her people and ruled
for fifteen
years, then her son became the head
chieftain and she
returned to Cornwall to live out her life.
NAME Gwenhyvar
EPITHET The White Phantom
ALTERNATIVE Genevra / Guinevere / Gwenhwrthucher /
Gwenhyvar
{Gwin-hwee-var} / Gwenhwyfar /
Gwenhwyar /
Gwenhwyvar {gwen'-hoo-i-var}
GENDER F
CATEGORY rigbean (noble woman)
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY Wales / England
REGION Gwent
LANDMARKS River Usk
CENTERS Caer-on-Usk (Kearusk)
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 6th c
RELATIVES Ogyruan (father); Arthur (husband);
Medrawt
(consort)
ENEMIES Arthur
SEE
ALSO Arthur / Medrawt / Ogyruan
REMARKS Gwenhyvar became a consort of her
husband's
nephew Medrawt while Arthur was on his
campaign in Gaul.
Together they tried to take control of
Britain and sought
help from the Picts, Scots, Irish and
Germani tribes.
Arthur returned home with a huge army and
defeated Medrawt.
Gwenhyvar retired to a Land of Women.
NAME Gwenwynwyn
ALTERNATIVE Gwenwynwyn (White Onion / Leek)
GENDER F
CATEGORY warrior
TYPE horse warrior
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY Wales / England / Ireland
REGION Gwent
LANDMARKS River Usk
CENTERS Caerleon-on-Usk (Kaerusk)
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 6th c
RELATIVES Naw (father); Bedyw (brother)
SEE
ALSO Arthur
REMARKS Gwenwynwyn was a warrior of the Cymry
who fought
under Arthur.
NAME Gwion
EPITHET Little Gwion (Gwion Bach)
GENDER M
CATEGORY water boy / ovate
TYPE poetic inspiration / shapechanger /
reincarnation
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY Wales
TERRITORY The Otherworld - Lake Tegid (Llyntegid) /
Morgannwg
LANDMARKS Afon Dyfi
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 6th c
RELATIVES son of Gwreang of Llanfair
ENEMIES Cerridwen
SEE
ALSO Cerridwen / Elffin / Morfran /
Taliesin
REMARKS Gwion Bach son of Gwreang of Llanfair
was the
water boy for the ovate Cerridwen when she
was mixing her
potion of poetic inspiration that was to be
used on her son
Morfran (Afagddu the Ugly). Cerridwen also employed a
blind man to stir the brew so that he would
not know what
ingredients the sorcerer was using.
When the time came for Morfran to
receive his drops of
inspiration, Gwion pushed him from the
boiling cauldron and
was splattered by 3 drops of Cerridwen's
brew. The brew,
having lost its purpose, turned to poison,
destroyed the
cauldron, then flowed into a nearby stream
where it killed
two horses belonging to Gwyddno Garanhir,
the father of
Elffin.
Gwion Bach now had the gift of
prognostic senses and
he realized that his life was in danger from
Cerridwen, so
he immediately turned himself into a hare
and hopped away.
Cerridwen turned herself into a black
greyhound and chased
after him.
Gwion jumped into a river and turned himself
into a fish, but Cerridwen adopted the form
of an otter and
chased him.
Gwion, seeing that Cerridwen was gaining on
him, changed himself into a bird and took to
the air only
to find that he was being chased by a
hawk. Gwion spied a
farmyard and changed himself into a grain of
wheat on the
floor of the hen house. Cerridwen adopted the form of a
tufted black hen and ate the grain of wheat.
Cerridwen became pregnant and 9 months
later Gwion was
reborn.
Cerridwen set the baby in a covered coracle and
let him float out to sea where 40 years
later he was caught
in the fish weir of Gwyddno Garanhir. On the eve of
Samhain, Elffin son of Gwyddno found the
baby at the weir
on the Dyfi river and brought him home to
his wife, who
accepted him as their child and named him Taliesin.
NAME Gwlyddyn
GENDER M
CATEGORY druid
TYPE engineer / architect
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY Wales
REGION Gwent
LANDMARKS River Usk
CENTERS Caerleon-on-Usk
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 6th c
SEE
ALSO Arthur
REMARKS Gwlyddyn, a master builder, was
responsible for
the design and construction of Arthur's
raith at the site
of present-day Caerleon-on-Usk on the river
Usk in Gwent.
NAME Gwrhyr
EPITHET Interpreter of Tongues (Gwrhyr Gwastad
Ieithoedd)
ALTERNATIVE Gwrhyr {Gu-heer}
GENDER M
CATEGORY ovate
TYPE interpreter of languages
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY Wales / England / Ireland / France
REGION Cornwall / Brittany
TERRITORY The Otherworld - Loyw's fortress (Caer
Loyw)
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 6th c
SEE
ALSO Culhwch / Mabon
REMARKS Gwrhyr was chosen to accompany Culhwch
on his
quest becuse he could interpret all tongues
including that
of animals, birds, fishes, etc. To find Mabon, Gwrhyr had
to communicate with the Raven of Cilg Wri,
the Stag of
Rhedynfre, the Owl of Cwm Cawlwyd, the Eagle
of Gwernabwy
and the Salmon of Llyn Llyw. The Salmon, who was the
oldest of species alive, remembered hearing
a human cry
coming from Caer Loyw in the area of
present-day
Gloucester.
NAME Gwron
EPITHET Ollamh
GENDER M
CATEGORY ollamh
TYPE master bard / musician
CULTURE Pictish / Briton
COUNTRY France / England
REGION Brittany / Cornwall
TERRITORY Gaul / Llydaw / Lloegr
LANDMARKS Loire
AGE Iron
DATES BC 6th c / BC 550 ca.
SEE
ALSO Alawn / Dyvnwal / Plennydd /
Prydain
REMARKS Gwron, Alawn and Plennydd developed the
concept
of usage and privileges which was to become
the foundation
for the customs of the bards of the Island
of Britain. This
was accomplished during the time of Prydain
and his son
Dyvnwal when they left Llydaw (Brittany) on
the Loire river
and came to Lloegr (England), landing in
Cornwall.
NAME Gwyar
GENDER F
CATEGORY rigbean (noble woman)
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY England
REGION Cornwall
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 6th c
RELATIVES Uther (father); Igerna (mother); Lot of
Lodonesia (husband); Gwalchmai
and Medrawt
(sons); Arthur (brother)
SEE
ALSO Arthur / Gwalchmai / Igerna /
Medrawt / Uther
REMARKS Gwyar was the sister of Arthur and
married Lot
of Lodonesia and bore two sons: Gwalchmai
and Medrawt.
EPITHET Son of Genius / Lord of Knowledge
ALTERNATIVE Gwydion {Guhd'-yon, Gwud-yon}
GENDER M
CATEGORY hero / warrior / druid
TYPE horse warrior / astronomer / sorcerer
/ poet /
teacher
CULTURE Danann
COUNTRY Wales
REGION Gwynedd {Gwin-eth} / Clwyd {clud}
TERRITORY Gwynedd
LANDMARKS Maenawr Bennardd / Maenawr Coed Alvaun
SITES Caer Gwyddion (Milky Way)
CENTERS Caer Dathl (Fort Dathal) at Caernarfon
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
RELATIVES Don (mother); Arianrod (half-sister); Llew
(son); Gilfaethwy
(brother/consort); Hyddwn,
Hychdwn and Bleiddwn (sons);
Amaethon and
Govannon (half-brothers); Math
(uncle/foster-
father) / Dylan (nephew)
SEE
ALSO Amaethon / Arawn / Arianrod /
Blodeuedd / Don /
Dylan / Gilfaethwy / Govannon /
Gwynn ap Nudd /
Idris Gawr / Llew Llaw Gyffes /
Math / Pryderi
REMARKS Gwyddion was a son of Don, goddess of
the
Danann.
He was a foster son to her brother Math and
resided at Caer Dathl, a site in present-day
Caernarfon.
Arfon means "looking over Mona"
and Mona was one of the
major Druidic centers of the Celtic
world. Here Gwyddion
studied the arts and sciences and in spite
of a troubled
youth he became known as one of the 3 happy
astronomers of
the island of Britain, the other two being
Idris Gawr and
Gwynn ap Nudd. His knowledge of the stars was such that he
understood the rhythms of nature, could
regulate the
calendar and predict future events.
When Gwyddion was young, his brother
Gilfaethwy became
obsessed with Math's virgin footholder. Gwyddion knew that
Math could only be away from her in times of
war and strife
so he concieved a plan that would cause
trouble between
Gwynedd and Dyfed.
Gwyddion had heard that Arawn of Annwn
had given
Pryderi a sounder (herd) of supernatural
boars. Gwyddion,
who was an eloquent speaker, convinced
Pryderi to trade the
boars for items of great value that were not
what they
seemed.
Gwyddion conjured 12 stallions with gold fixings
and 12 black greyhounds with white fronts,
gold collars and
gold leashes. He then turned twelve toadstools into
shields with gold trim.
When Pryderi found out that he had been
tricked out of
his supernatural boars he invaded the
territory of Gwynedd.
Math, who was the head chieftain of the
territory,
abandoned his position with his feet in the
lap of the
virgin and went to lead his warriors to
repel the invasion
from Dyfed.
This now allowed his brother Gilfaethwy
enough time
for a tryst with Goewin, the virgin
footholder. However,
Goewin was not interested in Gilfaethwy and
shunned his
advances.
Gilfaethwy and Gwyddion resorted to raping her,
then joined Math and his warriors.
Gwyddion was challenged by Pryderi to
single combat
and they fought at a site between Maenawr
Bennardd and
Maenawr Coed Alvaun. Gwyddion used his sorcery to help him
defeat Pryderi, and when Math found out that
Gwyddion had
not only killed Pryderi in unequal combat
but had also
instigated the conflict and raped Goewin, he
conceived of a
unique punishment for the two nephews.
Gwyddion and Gilfaethwy were turned
into animals by
Math and made to sire and bear each other's
children. The
first year Gwyddion was changed into a buck
and sired a son
called Hyddwn (The Tall Deer). The second year he was
turned into a sow and bore a son to
Gilfaethwy called
Hychdwn Hir (The Tall Swine) and the third
year he sired a
son called Bleiddwn (The Tall Wolf). Each year the two
brothers brought their offspring back to
Caer Dathl and
Math turned them into human babies. The children were
brought up at Caer Dathl to be a continuous
reminder to the
brothers of what they had done.
When their punishment was over, Math
asked them who
should be his new virgin footholder. They suggested
Arianrod (Goewin) and when she stepped over
Math's spell-
binding wand she left two baby boys
behind. Gilvaethwy
claimed the first as his, and the second was
the son of
Gwyddion.
Because Gwyddion had raped Arianrod and
she was by now
a powerful ovate, she cursed her son never
to have a name,
weapons or a wife of a known race. Because they were
Danann, the mother controlled these rites of
passage into
their society.
Gwyddion raised his son at Caer Dathl
and in time
tricked Arianrod into naming the boy Llew
Llaw Gyffes and
into arming him, and when it came time for
the young man to
marry, Gwyddion and his uncle Math used
their sorcery to
conjure a bride from 3 important
flowers. The young bride,
who was named Blodeuedd, proved to be
treacherous and
nearly caused the death of Llew. Gwyddion changed her into
an owl as punishment.
NAME Gwyddon Ganhebon
GENDER M
CATEGORY druid
TYPE poet / teacher / scholar
CULTURE Pictish / Briton
COUNTRY France / England
REGION Brittany / Cornwall
TERRITORY Gaul / Llydaw / Lloegr
LANDMARKS Loire
AGE Iron
DATES BC 6th c / BC 550 ca.
REMARKS Gwydddon Ganhebon was a Pictish druid
who
migrated to Cornwall in Lloegr (England)
from the territory
of Llydaw (Brittany) around the Loire. Cymry mythology
considers him to have been the first man in
the world to
compose a poem and explain the arts and
sciences with the
use of stone carvings.
NAME Gwyn Glohoyw
EPITHET The Splendid
ALTERNATIVE Gwyn {Gwin} / Gwynn Gloyw (White Shiny)
GENDER M
CATEGORY warrior
TYPE horse warrior
CULTURE Briton / Demetae tribe
COUNTRY Wales
AGE Iron
DATES BC 2nd-1st c
RELATIVES Gloyw (father); Cigva (daughter)
SEE
ALSO Cigva / Gloyw
REMARKS Gwyn Glohoyw accompanied Bran on his
expedition
to Ireland but was not one of the 7
survivors.
NAME Gwynn ap Nudd
EPITHET Of the Wild Hunt / Whitehawk
(Gwalchgwynn)
ALTERNATIVE Gwyn {Gwin} (white)
GENDER M
SYMBOL crescent moon (hunter's moon)
FESTIVAL Beltainn (Brilliant Fires)
CATEGORY deity / warrior / druid / hunter
TYPE astronomer / leader of the Wild Hunt
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY Wales / England
TERRITORY The Otherworld - The Underworld (Annwn)
SITES Glastonbury Tor
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 6th c
ACCESSORIES horse (Dubh)
RELATIVES Nudd (father); Creddylad (half-sister)
ENEMIES Gwythyr
SEE
ALSO Arthur / Creddylad / Gwyddion
ap Don / Gwythyr
ap Greidyawl / Idris Gawr / Nudd
REMARKS Gwynn the son of Nudd held his court on the
summit of Glastonbury Tor. Gwynn, Gwyddion and Idris were
known as the 3 happy astronomers of the
Island of Britain.
Gwynn's knowledge of the sun, moon and
constellations gave
him the ability to read the calendars and
predict future
events.
Gwythyr son of Greidyawl had captured
Creddylad
daughter of Nudd. Gwynn pursued them, and when he finally
caught up with them he engaged in combat
with Gwythyr.
Arthur intervened and sent Creddylad home to
her father and
put a geis on the two dragons to fight over
her every
Beltainn until doomsday, when the winner
would have
Creddylad as a prize.
Gwynn was known to have the ferocity of
the fiends of
Annwn (The Underworld) and he rode Dubh, the
black horse of
Moro Oerfeddawg. As the leader of the wild hunt, he
collected the souls of the fallen heroes and
led them to
The Otherworld.
NAME Gwythyr ap Greidyawl
ALTERNATIVE Gwythur
GENDER M
FESTIVAL Beltainn (Brilliant Fires)
CATEGORY warrior
CULTURE Cymry (tribes that fight side by side)
COUNTRY Wales
AGE Post-Roman
DATES AD 6th c
RELATIVES son of Greidyawl
ENEMIES Gwynn
SEE
ALSO Arthur / Creddylad / Culhwch /
Gwynn ap Nudd /
Isbaddaden / Olwen
REMARKS Gwythyr son of Greidyawl captured
Creddylad
daughter of Nudd. They were then pursued by Gwynn ap Nudd
and when he finally caught up with them, the
two males
engaged in combat. Arthur intervened and sent Creddylad
home to her father and put a geis on the two
dragons to
fight over her every Beltainn until
doomsday, when the
winner would have Creddylad as a prize.
Because Gwythyr had once saved a colony
of ants from a
fire, they helped him reap the harvest of 9
lots of linseed
that Culhwch had to turn into linen for
Olwen's wedding
veil.
This solved one of the tasks which Isbaddaden had
given to Culhwch.
NAME Gyptis
GENDER F
CATEGORY rigbean (noble woman)
TYPE daughter of a chieftain
CULTURE Ligurian - Segobrigii tribe / Hallstatt
COUNTRY France
CENTERS Marseille
AGE Iron
DATES BC 7th c / BC 600 ca. (founding)
RELATIVES Euxenos (husband)
REMARKS Gyptis invited Euxenos the Phocaean to marriage
by offering him wine from a golden cup. He was one of the
founding leaders of Marseille.