i'm beginning to think it's best to dispense with the word 'god' for the celtic identities. it isn't a celtic word, and anyway imo probably originated as the name of a perfectly earthly people, as i believe the words for god did in modern celtic languages - gods = goths. dia = dieu = jew = dyw. the word 'worship' has celtic forms with quite prosaic meanings, to do with answering, replying - gossiping even in english. so if he isn't called a god in the literature anywhere, it's unlikely that he was ever considered anything but a brilliant, unforgettable bard, whose legend is a wee bit adrift of the original historical account in favour of myth magic and mystique. i think we should take full advantage of the magical potential of the taliesin myth with an awareness that an ancestral taliesin may be real and willing to play along. but then, some people might like to call that a god - a question of semantics only - what does it matter what word you use as long as we alll understand what you mean...
i'm far from decided on that subject.
