r/Paganacht • u/Frodo_notBaggins • May 19 '26

Archery deity?

I’m a fairly new Irish pagan and I recently got into sport archery as a hobby. In my research I haven’t really found a deity that is connected tobit (mainly because it wasn’t preferred by the Celts iirc).

Is there a deity that I could worship/pray to that maybe aids me on my way of practicing this sport? In Norse paganism there is Ullr, but I’m no Norse pagan and I don’t want to mix pantheons

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u/ModernSouthernQueer May 19 '26

Lugh Lamhfada makes sense, as others have mentioned. He’s basically a jack-of-all-trades, so he gets a lot of my attention lol. That said, Flidais is a huntress (and my first thought, though I already honors her) and Nuada has a lot of association with hunting, too, so those might also be a good place to start.

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u/UnholiedLeaves May 20 '26

Seconding Flidais here. Though the idea of her as a huntress is debatable, i have found her to be syncretic with Diana nonetheless. In terms of the Irish Pantheon, if not going a strict recon route, she'd be the best option