The provided sources do not supply a narrative origin story for Sirona. What is attested in the cited material is that Sirona appears as a named goddess within Celtic-religious visual and epigraphic culture: Wikimedia-linked material referenced on the Wikipedia Sirona (goddess) page includes images and captions (for example, an 'Alzey sculpture' and 'Vienne-en-Val sculptures') and an unreferenced woodcut showing a temple to Apollo and Sirona, indicating her presence within local cultic contexts rather than a surviving mythic origin tale in the supplied extracts (Wikipedia; Wikimedia Commons captions as cited on the Sirona (goddess) page).
Surviving visual material is noted in the supplied sources: the Wikipedia Sirona (goddess) page and its Wikimedia Commons links reference sculptures (captioned 'Alzey sculpture' and 'Vienne-en-Val sculptures') and an 'unreferenced woodcut of a temple to Apollo and Sirona.' Beyond these image references the provided extracts do not give iconographic descriptions (no specifics about attributes, dress, animals, or held objects are supplied), so detailed physical appearance cannot be reconstructed from the supplied material (Wikipedia Sirona (goddess) page; Wikimedia Commons captions).
The provided sources do not record explicit powers, functions, or mythic behaviors for Sirona. The sole functional hint in the supplied extracts is the visual association in an unreferenced woodcut between a temple to Apollo and Sirona (as noted on the Wikipedia Sirona (goddess) page and its Wikimedia Commons material), which indicates a cultic association with Apollo in at least one depicted context but does not specify the nature of that association or any specific divine abilities in the supplied texts.
Abandinus
Abandinus is a locally attested Romano‑Celtic theonym known from a single inscribed bronze feather (votive object) dedicated at Godmanchester (the Roman fort Durovigutum) in Cambridgeshire. Scholars interpret him as a local god or male spirit tied to a specific place and possibly associated with a nearby spring or stream; this association is tentative and based on etymological readings of the name.
Abarta (Ábartach)
Abarta (also Ábartach) is a figure of Irish myth who, in surviving accounts, tricks Fionn mac Cumhaill's warriors by giving them a supernatural grey horse that bears them into the Otherworld. Sources variably identify him as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann or as a Fomorian; after the incident he is compelled to release the captured warriors and is refused entry to the Fianna.
Abcán (Abhcán)
Abcán (modern spelling Abhcán) is a named dwarf poet and musician of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish myth. He appears in a small number of narratives as a musician whose art has soporific power and as the ferryman who brings the goddess Ruad from the Otherworld to the human world.
Abhean
Abhean is a named poet of the Tuatha Dé Danann in medieval Irish literature, described as a poet in particular of Lugh and recorded as having been killed by Óengus before Midir in a poem by Fland Mainistreach preserved in the Lebor Gabála Érenn.
Abnoba
Abnoba is a Gaulish theonym and toponym attested in Roman-era sources and inscriptions: a localized deity associated with woods, springs and the sources of rivers (notably the Danube) and simultaneously the name applied to a mountain or mountain range in the Black Forest/Baar/Odenwald region. Roman altars equate her with Diana, reflecting syncretic cult practice in frontier provinces.
Accolon
Accolon is a mortal knight of the Arthurian court, presented in the Post-Vulgate Merlin tradition and Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur as Morgan le Fay's paramour and instrument in a plot to supplant King Arthur; his tale centers on enchanted weapons (Excalibur and its scabbard), love-manipulation, and a tragic duel with Arthur.
Achall
Achall is an eponymous mortal woman in the Ulster Cycle of early Irish literature whose grief-induced death is given as the origin of the hill-name Achall (identified with the modern Hill of Skryne). She appears as a genealogical and etiological figure tied to Tara and later legendary events at the hill, rather than as a recurring supernatural agent.
Achtland
Achtland is a figure from Irish tradition who, according to the surviving account, was a mortal woman famed for rejecting mortal suitors who married a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann and crossed into the síde to become immortal as his wife.
Adar Llwch Gwin
Legendary large, intelligent birds from Welsh tradition said to understand human speech and obey their master's commands; best known for tearing their master Drudwas ap Tryffin to pieces when bound by a literal order in an Arthurian battle narrative. The term later came to be applied to raptors and metaphorically to brave men in medieval Welsh poetry.
Adar Rhiannon
Adar Rhiannon ('birds of Rhiannon') are a set of three magical birds in medieval Welsh narrative (the Mabinogi) whose song can 'wake the dead and lull the living to sleep.' They appear as otherworldly song‑beings tied to the figure Rhiannon and function within tales as providers of enchanted music that sustains and consoles characters.
Aderyn y Corff
Aderyn y Corff (literally 'bird of the corpse') is a bird-like death-porter in Welsh folklore said to call outside the door of a person about to die. Described as an avian portent that may lack feathers or wings and as existing on another plane when not manifesting, it is treated in Welsh ghost lore and sometimes naturalized as a screech owl in modern accounts.
Adhene
A class of Manx fairies (Cloan ny moyrn) described in Isle of Man tradition as a social people of beings said to be "fallen angels cast from heaven but too good for hell," who interact with human livelihoods and families, sometimes benevolent but often mischievous.
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- [1]Sirona (goddess) — Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 'Sirona (goddess)' page and linked Wikimedia Commons image captions noting 'Alzey sculpture', 'Vienne-en-Val sculptures', and an 'unreferenced woodcut of a temple to Apollo and Sirona.'wiki
- [2]Sirona — Wikipedia (disambiguation). Wikipedia disambiguation page listing Sirona as referring to multiple modern uses and the goddess entry.wiki
- [3]Homo Sum — Volume 03 by Georg Ebers | Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg edition of Georg Ebers' Homo Sum, which includes a literary character named Sirona (used here to document modern literary reuse of the name).literary
- [4]Homo Sum — Volume 04 by Georg Ebers | Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg edition of Georg Ebers' Homo Sum (additional volume referencing a character named Sirona).literary
- [5]Apache Incubator — Sirona project pages and minutes. Apache Incubator project named 'Sirona' (modern technical reuse of the name); related board/minutes archived pages cite the project name.other
- [6]Assorted archival mentions and modern name uses. Various archival pages and listings referenced in research notes documenting modern corporate, musical, and other uses of 'Sirona' (e.g., Sirona Dental Systems, Sirona Care & Health, Sirona-Records). These attest modern reuse distinct from the ancient goddess attestation.other