Also called Banbha.
Their story
Banba was one of the three sister goddesses of Ireland, wife of Mac Cuill. She met the sons of Míl on Slieve Mis and asked that the land be named after her, and Amergin granted it. Banba remained a poetic name for Ireland in Irish verse for centuries. Some texts make her the first woman to settle the island, before the Flood.
Best times to give to them
- Bealtaine
- Lughnasadh
What they like being given
- milk poured on the earth
- bread
- a poem
How to honour them
- Use her name, as Irish poets did, as a loving name for the land itself.
- Plant something native in her honour.
How they can help you
- love of place
- poetry of the land
- ancestry
Symbols
- Slieve Mis
- the land
Sources
- Lebor Gabála Érenn
More Celtic goddesses
- Brigid Keeper of the sacred flame
- The Morrígan Great Queen of battle and prophecy
- Danu Mother of the Tuatha Dé Danann
- Rhiannon The queen on the white horse
- Cerridwen Keeper of the cauldron of inspiration
- Epona Great Mare, protector of horses
- Arianrhod Lady of the silver wheel
- Airmed Keeper of the healing herbs