Banba

Culture: Irish (Celtic)   Domain: Sovereignty of Ireland (poetic name)

Banba is one of the three sister goddesses of sovereignty alongside Eriu and Fódla; though Eriu's name became the island's common one, Banba remains a poetic and literary name for Ireland used in later writing, especially in nationalist poetry of more recent centuries.

Associations

The land's layered, older history, poetic naming, sovereignty.

Ways people honor her (modern)

• Learn the older or alternate names of places you love
• Read Irish poetry that invokes her as a name for the land
• Keep an heirloom or older object on the altar as a link to earlier history
• Reflect on how a place can carry more than one true name

Approach any deity with respect and do your own research. Practices vary widely between traditions, and modern devotional practice often goes beyond what survives in ancient sources.