1. Meaning of Name: Green suggests “Winding River” or “Mandering Brook”.1 Olmsted suggests “Sun Warmed Valley” or “Who Makes the Valley Bloom”.2 2. Pronunciation: Nun-TAW-swel-taa, with the first “u” sound like in “Gus”. 3. Other Names and Epithets: None. 4. Interpretatio Romana: None. 5. Irish Equivalent: None known. 6. Indo-European Equivalent: None known. 7. Realm: Andernadâ/Underworld Goddess 8. Iconography: Green sees her iconography in terms of a patera, a house on a pole, a raven…

1. Meaning of Name: Olmstead gives us “of conflicts”, and “the warrior”. Green has no suggestions. Mackillop says, “powerful”. None are remotely certain of their etymologies.1 2. Pronuncation: Kam-UL-us, with the “a” like the “u” in “but”, and the “u” like in “put”. 3. Other Names and Epithets: Very many. Olmstead and Green between then give: Armogios, Cocidios, Caturix, Latobios, Magenios, Marmogius, Medocios, Meduriris, Mogetious, Mogios, Mullo, Nabelcus, Neto, Riocaletis, Rigonemetis, Rudianus, Rudiobus, Segomo, and…

1. Meaning of Name: Olmsted translates the name as “Battle Crow”. Mackillop translates it similarly, “Raven of Battle”.1 2. Pronunciation: CAT-u-BAWD-waa, with the “a” like the “u” in “Gus”, and the “u” like in “put”. 3. Other Names and Epithets: Olmsted gives us Bodva, Ancasta, Boudiga, Boudina, Cassibodva, and Vercana, all of them similar battle-Goddesses.2 4. Interpretatio Romana: None. 5. Irish Equivalent: The name is a direct cognate of the Irish Badb Catha, who must…

1. Meaning of Name: Kondratiev gives us “Lightning Flash”. Green suggests “Shining One”. Olmsted suggests “Bright” or else “God of Oaths”. Mackillop suggests “Raven”. Olmsted is supported by John Koch, who presents a strong argument not only for the name meaning “Oath”, but for Lugus being a deity of oaths and destinies necessary to the cohesion of early Celtic society. 1 2. Pronunciation: Lug-us, with the “u” like in “put”. 3. Other Names and Epithets: Green…

1. Meaning of Name: There is no scholarly consensus. Green translates her name as “Great Provider”, as does Mackillop. Olmsted, on the other hand, translates her name as “The Highly Foresighted”. Michael Enright translates it as “Great Prophetess”. 1 2. Other Names and Epithets: Olmsted gives us Atesmertis, Cantismerta, Braciaca, Nemetona, and Riga as by-names for Rosmertâ. 2 A British scholar named Stephen Yeates presents evidence supporting an identification of her with the “Mater Dobunnorum”,…

Meaning of Name: Pretty much all authorities are agreed that the name means “Thunder” 1 Pronunciation: Tuh-RUN-is. Other Names and Epithets: Olmsted gives us Tanaros and Taranus as alternate forms. Green identifies him with different forms of the Celtic Jupiter, among them Bessirissa, Brixianus, Ladicus, Parthinius, Poeninus, and Uxellinus. 2 Interptretatio Romana: Jupiter. 3 Irish Equivalent: The Daghda. 4 Indo-European Equivalent: Serith equates him to Perkwūnos, the Indo-European Thunder God. I think he also shares…