Arianrhod -Arianrhod is the mother of Llew and sister of Gwydion of Welsh lore. The name means "silver circle" and the Welsh name for the Corona Borealis is "Caer Arianrhod" or Castle of Arianhrod.
Artemis -Artemis is the Greek Goddess of wilderness, the hunt, protectress of children and also bringer of plague and death in childbirth. The name may come from the proto-indo-European root for the word "bear" or it may come from the Greek artemes "strong limbed" or artao "to cut up"
Arthur -Arthur is a name from British legend. It means bear, or possibly stone.
Atalanta -According to Greek myth, Atalanta was the name of a warrior woman and heroine of the Calydonian Boar Hunt. She had many suitors and said that she would marry the one who beat her in a foot race. Meleager was able to beat her by dropping golden apples which distracted her.
The name may mean "balanced".
Atalante -Atalante was a maiden from Greek myth who declared that she would marry no man who could not beat her in a foot race. She was eventually defeated and married, he cheated and she fell for it. The name means "balanced". The name may also be associated with the Titan Atlas.
Bridget -Brigid is a pan-Celtic fire Goddess honored by many modern Pagans and Heathens. And the popular St Brighid of Ireland. The name means "exulted one"
Calypso -The name Calypso means "hidden" or "concealed". It is the name of one of Saturn's moons and a species of orchid and a musical genre. In the Odyssey, Calypso was the name of a nymph who fell in love with Odysseus and kept him hidden on her island for seven years.
Cassandra -Cassandra was a Trojan princess loved by Apollo who granted her the gift of prophecy but when she spurned him he cursed her that no one would ever believe her. She was captured in the Trojan war by Agammemnon who took her home to be his bride. His wife Clytemnestra killed her. And him. Her name means "she who entangles men".
Ceridwen -The name Ceridwen is a female name of Welsh origin. She was the mother of the bard Taliesin in welsh lore. The name Ceridwen means "blessed song".
Charon -The name Charon is of Greek origin and it means "fierce gaze". It refers to flashing, or feverish eyes. Charon is name of the ferryman of the Underworld in Greek myth.
Chrysothemis -Chrysothemis or Krysothemis was the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agammemnon of Greek lore. The name is from khrysos meaning "golden" and themis meaning "order" or "custom". The name also applies to a local agricultural Goddess and appears throughout myth and history.
Clytemnestra -Clytemnestra is the name of the wife of Agammemnon whom she murdered along with his lover Cassandra and sister of Helen of Sparta and mother of Orestes, Electra Chrysothemis, and Iphigeneia. The name's meaning is a bit muddled. It may mean "noble or famous woo-er" or seducer? Or it may mean "famous schemer".
Daira -Daira is the name of an Okeanid nymph who was associated with the well in Eleusis. The name means "the knowing one" or "the teacher". This name has been used as an epithet associated with both Persephone and Hecate.
Daneus -Danaeus ordered her daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night. This all did but one, Hypermnestra, who spared her husband Lynceus.
Devi -The name Devi is a Hindu name referring to a God.
Dylan -Dylan is a Welsh name whose meaning is connected to the word for "sea".
Dylan was a Welsh sea spirit, son of Arianrhod and Gwydion
Edda -Edda is a word used to describe Icelandic/Norse epic poetry.
Eileithyia -Eileithyia is the Greek Goddess of Childbirth and midwifery of Minoan origin. She is often associated with Artemis.
Einherjar -Einherjar is an Old Norse word meaning "lone fighters"
Electra -Electra is the name of the heroine of Greek myth who helped her brother Orestes kill their mother Clytemnestra after she killed their father Agammemnon. It is also the name of one of the nine brightest stars of the Pleiades. The name means "shining" or "amber".
