I am sorry I should have said Gaelic. Would Gaulish be included in this. I
thought that the Germanic people might have been influenced by the Celts.
They had a Sun Goddess and a Moon God.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea Huwydd Lycsenbwrg" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: Hello


--- Le Bateman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Could someone tell me if the Celtic name for the sun
> is a feminine noun and
> if the moon is in the masculine as it is in Old
> English.
> Le


I will if you tell me which Celtic language you mean.
In modern Welsh, "lleuad", moon, is feminine; "heul",
sun, is masculine.  However in the Gaelic languages,
which many scholars consider to be older, the word for
sun is feminine; in fact, there is a traditional Scots
Gaelic prayer which addresses the sun as "Mother of
the Stars" and "Queen of the Day".

On the other hand, I cannot think of any specifically
solar or lunar deity in any of the Celtic pantheons
with which I am familiar.  Arianrhod, whose name can
be translated "silver wheel", is considered by some to
be a moon goddess, but actually she is associated with
the North Star, I believe.

Andrea

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