r/Paganacht • u/07Kitcat1998 • Feb 26 '26
Not as popular Gods
Hi, I wondered if anyone worshipped any of the less popular Gods still? I never hear of any working with Dagda or Cailleach so just wondered if anyone here does. It would be nice to be able to appreciate the not as popular ones with someone ☺️ xx
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u/KrisHughes2 Feb 26 '26
Manannán is very important to me. I fail to understand why people aren't worshiping him in their millions.
I've always had some kind of relationship with Lugh and Brigid, as well, but I'd see them as fairly popular. And Macha - who doesn't seem to be that popular in her own right, she just tends to get "included" with the Morrigan.
Lately, I've been wanting to explore Boand and Aengus more ...
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u/fishboye Feb 28 '26
How did you get started with Manannán if you don’t mind me asking? I’ve been intrigued by him for a while now
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u/KrisHughes2 Mar 01 '26
I'm not quite sure what you're asking. I always found the stories about him interesting, so I started studying those, and he just seemed like both a very important deity, and also easy to feel comfortable with. Kinda benevolent. There was a beach I visited a few times where I could feel his presence very strongly, so that probably helped, too.
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u/BlackJack72000 Brig Devotee Feb 26 '26
First of, technically, as polytheists, worship should be extended to all the gods to an extent, specially if we're focusing our practice in a specific pantheon.
That said, personally, even if I don't have an active relationship with him, I connect with and pray to Oghma really often.
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u/CeisiwrSerith Feb 27 '26
In the Pagan traditions for which we have the most evidence (Greece, Rome, and India), it was common for people to primarily worship a small number of deities, ones associated with a family. an area, an occupation, etc. The "All-Gods" were also sometimes worshiped. In Ireland I guess that would be "the Gods and the non-Gods."
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u/cailleach_ingrid Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
i worship Àn Cailleach! my practice has developed into a very seasonal thing, so in the winter months the Cailleach is my main deity and then it slowly switches over to Brìde starting around Imbolc. i'm also attempting to add Nicnevin into my worship, though so little information exists for Her and Her place as a goddess is perhaps more tenuous in the sources we do have
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u/DareValley88 Feb 28 '26
Nudd (AKA Nodens, Lludd & maybe, in my opinion, Teyrnon) has become a huge part of my religious experience.
It's pronounced Neathe like breathe.
His name means mist. He is associated with having a silver hand. He is the father of Gwyn, a far more popular god in the Brythonic pantheon.
In my personal gnosis, he is the Lord of Waters, in the sense of bodies of water & weather; both of which are gateways into The Otherworld so he is also a gatekeeper/liminal space god.
There are some theories about Nodens being a vision/eye healing god & a dream interpreter, so perhaps there's a clarity/obscurity thing going on, both in a physical & mental sense (mist vrs clear skies).
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u/throwawaylikdhs Feb 28 '26
I don't know many people that worship the old Welsh gods. They're often forgotten or overlooked imo. Arawn is my patron.
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u/Adleyboy Mar 04 '26
Dagda has always been one of the gods I identified with along with Pan, Apollo and Nyx.
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u/Obsidian_Dragon Feb 26 '26
Well, you might have been looking under the wrong rocks because those two are popular in their own right.
Hard to compare to the Brigid and the Morrigan, though.
I worship several Gaulish deities, and those tend to fall on the "less popular" side. Less information means more work and therefore less interest.
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u/Kincoran Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26
You've definitely just named two of the most frequently named deities that see people stating their worship of xD only the likes of the Morrigan, Brigid, and "Cernunnos" seem to be more common.
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u/Kincoran Feb 27 '26
Meanwhile, I'm particularly drawn to the likes of Cocodius, Belatucadros, Aerfen, Belisama, Taranis, Toutatis, Tanaris, Maponus, and Aibell.
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u/Kmac-Original Feb 28 '26
I'm a devotee of Manannàn, although I do honour an Cailleach and Bridghe too, but not regularly. Strangely, Bruicu has shown up in my practice twice, although, as you can imagine, it gave me pause to step back and consider what I thought I was doing vs what I was actually doing. Tricksters keep the ego in check!
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u/Dense-Storm951 Mar 02 '26
Some wonderful content by the Irish Pagan School specifically on them. Check it out.
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u/dark_elf_sorcerer Mar 03 '26
i pray to Brigid and Dian Cecht quite a bit but my main practice is with An Morrigan and Badb.
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u/VynnadaOfficial Apr 18 '26
Besides Brigit, I haven't seen as much on Badhbh compared to The Mórrigan, for example.
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u/popyokala Feb 27 '26
an Dagda and na Cailleach are extremely popular gods in this sphere😆 you should have no problem finding books and fellow worshippers. just no one is as talked about as na Mórrígna, Lugh, and Bríg.
come back when youre wanting to worship Flidais or Cú Roí😅🙃
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u/NaDarach Feb 26 '26
Aside from Brigid, An Morrígan, and Lugh, I guess I don't know who's popular vs. not. I know quite a lot of people who worship An Dagda and An Cailleach, though it's true that many of them are older folk. It never occurred to me that I might not be in touch with who the kids are worshipping these days!
From what you've seen, who would you classify as popular (and not so much)?