Celtic Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs (Greek Mythology - Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Celtic Mythology)

These Goddesses and Gods were called the Tuatha De Dannan, meaning the Family of Danu, and with them they brought four treasures: the Stone of Virtue and Destiny, called the Lia Fail or Great Fal; the Sword of Nuada from Gorias; Lugh's Spear of Victory from Finias; and from the mythical city of Murias, Dagda's Cauldron of Rebirth.

The Irish myths revolve around the Tuatha de Danann, the “divine race” to which the Sun god Lugh and the triple goddess Brighid, among many others, belong. The Welsh myths inhabit a somewhat different world, with divine characters of their own, including the horse goddess Rhiannon, the giant king Bran, and the shapeshifting goddess Ceridwen.

The Milesians, who were mortals, invaded the lands of the Celts around 1500 B.C. and drove the Tuatha De Dannan underground. At this point the Celtic God Dagda, a Titanic figure in Irish mythology, assigned each member of the Tuatha De Dannan one of the mounds, or sidhe, establishing Otherworld kingdoms beneath the hills of the countryside, within