Every Celtic God Explained: The Tuatha Dé Danann, the Mabinogi & the Gods Who Became Fairies

A race of shining gods who lost a war for the world and became the fairies. A father-god whose club killed with one end and raised the dead with the other. A war-queen who flew above the slaughter as a crow. A woman conjured out of flowers, who betrayed her husband and was turned into an owl. These are the Celtic gods — and here is the strangest part: not one of them was ever written down by the people who actually worshipped them. This is the complete Celtic pantheon, Irish and Welsh, walked one god at a time — and told honestly, marking clearly what we truly know from what is medieval reconstruction and scholarly guesswork. What you'll discover in this video: Why the Celts left no scripture, and how Christian monks preserved (and reshaped) these gods centuries later The Tuatha Dé Danann — Danu, the Dagda and his cauldron, the war-goddess Morrígan, Brigid, Ogma, and the silver-handed king Nuada The two Battles of Mag Tuired, and how Lugh the master-of-all-arts killed the one-eyed giant Balor Manannán mac Lir, the sea-god, and the Celtic Otherworld — Tír na nÓg, the Land of the Young, where time runs wrong Aengus, god of love, and the swan-maiden of his dreams How the gods lost Ireland to the mortal Sons of Míl and went down into the hollow hills as the fairy folk The Welsh Mabinogi — Arawn, Pwyll, Rhiannon, Bran the Blessed, Math, Gwydion, Lleu, and Blodeuwedd Why Irish and Welsh myth rhyme — Lleu and Lugh, Manawydan and Manannán — and the older shared pantheon underneath Welcome to Mythology Illuminated. Cinematic, deeply-researched deep-dives into the great myths of the world — every god, every legend, every underworld and creation, painted scene by scene in dark epic art. Faithful to the ancient sources, and unforgettable. Subscribe for a new mythology deep-dive every day. Chapters: 00:00 Intro #mythology #celticmythology #celticgods #tuathadedanann #irishmythology #welshmythology #themabinogi #lugh #themorrigan #thedagda #brigid #otherworld #mythologyexplained #pantheon #gods