BRIGANTIA

The High, The Elevated, Lady of Sovereignty, The Triple Flame. Porter of the light and Goddess of fire and victory. She burns in three forms:
as the light of inspiration (patron of poetry, the arts, philosophy and prophecy), the light of the hearth (patron of medicine and fertility, of shepherds and farmers, protector of the home)
and as the light of the forge (patron of metallurgy, ironworks and martial arts, She is a great warrior). She is patron of all of aspects that pertain to heights be they mountains,
hillforts of the highlands or even high cogitation. Patron of Druids and Druidesses, livestock and domestic animals as well as of wells and sacred founts.
All power m be regulated by Brigantia. She does not exercise that Sovereignty directly but orders who shall receive it or not, who is worthy of being called “monarch”.
She marks the sacred pact between human beings and the earth. Whoever does not respect this pact will never be a good leader and under them humanity will be ill governed. Clearly this is one
of the reasons that so many places in our land were named in Her honour. Brigantia assures the transition between winter and spring and guarantees the promise of rebirth that was made on the Winter Solstice. It is She who wakes the Gods Bel (her sometimes consort) and Lug (see his article below)
when the moment arrives, even breastfeeding the latter to Spring strength if necessary. In pan-celticism She is considered the daughter of Larouco and Anu.
In Ireland she is known as Brigid, Brìde in Scotland and Brigindũ in Wales. We celebrate Her in the time of the Winter Solstice and Mother Night (generally from the 21st to 25th of December)
but principally Her grand holiday is the Entroido (Imbolc), usually around the 1st of February.

LAROUCO

The Grandest God, The All-Father, The Good God, protector of the tribe, He of the High Plain, Lord of Knowledge, of the social order, agreements and bonds. Patron of the wise, the sage and the teacher.
He possesses an immense strength and force and is associated with the abundance and generosity of the earth. His great powers are represented by the enormous mace that He carries in His hand, while His masculinity
is represented by a large sexual member. He is also the guardian of the pot of abundance, from which comes all good and all Magic. Everything with Him and around Him and of Him is gigantic.
In the Galizan tradition He is bound together with the metonymic sacred mountain where He resides, though His presence can be felt on other peaks; in these cases He is known
by the name of Crouga (like the Crom Cruach of the Irish tradition). That is to say, Larouco is the name we give Him when we speak of the God as such, as a physical presence; Crouga, being His spirit,
His immaterial presence far from His physical mountain, in any dolmen or height of power. In pan-celticism He is considered the brother of Bandua-Cosso and consort of Anu. In Ireland He is known as An Dagda and in Gaul, Sucellus.
We celebrate Him principally in the time of the Winter Solstice and Mother Night (generally from the 21st to 25th of December).

ANU

The Great Mother, The Noble, The Good, origin of light and day. The Lady of literature and patron of the invisible creatures and of the ancient ancestors that made the dolmens and the hillforts, and also
the patron of all the mystical and powerful creatures. She can also take the form of Coca, a creature who manifests as a great serpent or dragon. Sometimes She is the consort of Larouco but only when She chooses,
a fact made clear by Her place of residence: the mountain of Pena de Anamão, not that far from His mountain. They are near but separate, like old close friends and neighbours that converse together,
share experiences and confide in each other. Both of Them form a peculiar pair, though this should never be confused with ideas that rose later, foreign to our tradition, such as the strict separation of the sexes,
a masculine-feminine binary dichotomy or similar such things. Anu and Larouco can complement each other but they are free and autonomous in each and every moment, and it is Anu that initiates the principle of independence and Sovereignty
of which Her descendent, Brigantia, becomes Overlady. In another example of their complementary relationship, Larouco can be Lord of Magic but Anu is the Lady of all who use and practice that Magic.
One without the other would be meaningless and yet still they are different, and though each commands what they command, it is She that decides who and how. She receives the names of Dôn in Welsh
(where her presence has important astronomical connotations in relation to the constellations Cassiopeia, Corona Borealis and even the Milky Way) and Danu or Dana in Ireland,
where She is the Mother Goddess of all the Tuatha Dé Dannan.
We celebrate Her principally in the time of the Winter Solstice and Mother Night (generally from the 21st to 25th of December).

LUG

The Luminous, The Splendid, The Radiant, The One of the Long Arm. He is young, attractive, athletic and an extremely able warrior who carries a magic lance and other fantastic weaponry.
He too appears to us with a triple nature associated with the Sun, the Sky and the Storms, in which He commands the thunder and lightning. He is patron, like Brigantia, of art and of artisans, but also of sport,
physical activity, creators and inventors and of all of those that can make something out of nothing. Patron of the law, of truth and of oaths, of those that make order out of chaos and defend their pacts and keep their promises.
Lug emanates a sensation of power, of eloquent knowledge and of warming calm; he is a comforter. He presides over and guards the grand Oinakos(assembly or gathering) of summer, enjoying at the same time the sporting competitions
and encouraging conviviality and weddings. Truly, He enjoys any Oinakos organised and carried out honestly. In Ireland He receives the name of Lugh, Lley Llaw Gyffes in Wales and Lugus in Gaul.
We honour Him principally during His grand holiday of the harvest, Seitura (Lughnasadh), around the 1st of August.

BANDUA

The One Who Ties Together, The Unifier, because with magic links and bonds the Deity Bandua seals promises and unites clans and people. Through these ties pacts are made formal and, furthermore, intercommunication itself is established:
the very fabric that makes relationships become stable, fundamental to the prosperity of any group. Bandua sounds the call of the common cause, convening all beneath the same banner. Patron of eloquence and a master of Magic
with ways of making us stick to our good word, appealing to the fundamental principle of the Celtic ethics (Honour, Responsibility and Commitment) either with convincing words or, more forcefully, with bond-making magic.
Or, if necessary, with both at the same time. But be careful not to get confused, for when talk turns to conflict Bandua takes the name of Cosso, the Deity who is patron of all warriors and fighters, incessantly walking the beat,
vigilant at night, prepared for for battle, should the need arise. In any case, there is no more formidable and feared warrior and in battle enemies are immobilised with that invisible cord that, in more peaceful moments,
bonds us and brings us together. Bandua-Cosso has a dual fluid nature, sometimes presenting as a woman and sometimes as a man. In Pan-celticism, Bandua-Cosso is considered the sibling of Larouco and receives the name of Ogma in Ireland
and Ogmios in Gaul. There is no fixed holiday in which we honour Them.

NAVIA

She Who Excels, The Adorned, Lady of the Waters, of the lakes, ponds, lagoons, waterfalls, rivers and streams, fountain sources and wells, as well as of the vallies and the low places nestled in the mountains.
The melancholic Goddess Navia is a navigator and sailor and Her boat accompanies any soul on their way to Berobreo’s High House, riding fluvial courseways from the interior to the coast and, should one ask, all the way to the place beyond.
Water is life and yet it welcomes the dead into its never-ending cycle. The water flows from the mountain peaks to the ocean deeps, and from there into the sky from whence it rains as it returns to the beginning again and with
it originates all life. Throughout this process Navia is present, doing Her part in aid of fertility when necessary. But the Goddess Navia also collects these waters and into the earth She weaves nets and networks,
the symbols of Brigantia’s pact: into Her calm waters She accepts the offerings of humans, a testimony to the encounters and agreements between us and the Deities. Navia attends to all of that and, together with Berobreo,
is hostess and protector of our local places. Her name is found everywhere, whether it be in the form of Nábia, Návia, Návea, Ávia, Coventina, Avon, Devon, Deva, etc. Of all of the Deities, Navia might be
the most familiar and most friendly with certain beings particularly associated with water. It is said She loves beer and flowers too. Navia does not have a particular date fixed as a holiday.