Áine
Radiant goddess of summer and love, associated with Knockainey in County Limerick. Her midsummer fires blessed the cattle and crops of Munster.
Divine domains
Gods of Cattle
3 deities from 3 traditions whose entries in this atlas list cattle among their domains, grouped by tradition.
Celtic
Mesopotamian
Sin
The moon god and lord of the night sky. Sin is the father of the sun god Shamash and the goddess Inanna, and the keeper of time through the lunar calendar.
Slavic
Veles
The "cattle god" (skotii bog) of the treaty oaths, sworn by beside Perun in 907 and 945, and left off Vladimir's 980 hilltop pantheon in a way scholars have long puzzled over.
Quick answers
- Who is the Celtic god of cattle?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Celtic deity whose domains include cattle is Áine.
- Who is the Mesopotamian god of cattle?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Mesopotamian deity whose domains include cattle is Sin.
- Who is the Slavic god of cattle?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Slavic deity whose domains include cattle is Veles.
Related domains
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