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God name "Abellio" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | Tree god. Known from inscriptions in the Garonne valley of southwestern France and thought to be åśśociated with apple trees.... |
God name "Alisanos" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | Local chthonic earth god. Known only from inscription in the region of the Cote d'Or and åśśociated with the land. Also Alisonus, Alisåñuś.... |
Goddess name "Andarta" | Celtic / Gallic | A fertility goddess most likely |
Goddess name "Andarta" | Celtic / Gallic | Fertility goddess (probable). Patron goddess of the Vocontii tribe. Her name seems to have derived either from artos (bear) or ar (ploughed land).See also ANDRASTA.... |
God name "Arvernus" | Celtic / Gallic | Local tribal deity. God of the Arverni.... |
Goddess name "Aveta" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | Goddess of birth and midwifery. Known mainly from clay figurines found at Toulon-sur-Allier, France. The models show the goddess with infants at the breast and apparently she is concerned especially with nursing mothers. The figure is often accompanied by a small lapdog.... |
God name "Borvo" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | God of healing. Identified with several therapeutic springs and mineral baths.... |
Spirit name "CERNUNNOS" | Celtic, Gallic | Fertility and chthonic god. Cernunnos appears to have been recognized in the region of Gaul which is now central France. He is typically drawn as a man bearing the antlers of a stag, not necessarily representing an animal spirit but a deity closely involved with animals and one which can transform instantly into animal shape. In the Celtic world, horns and antlers were generally regarded as symbols of virility and fertility.... |
Goddess name "Divona" | Celtic / Gallic | Fertility goddess. Associated with water and known only from inscriptions.... |
Goddess name "Icauna" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | River goddess. Guardian deity of the river Yonne [Brittany].... |
Deity name "Mogounos" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | Local tribal deity. Assimilated with APOLLO.... |
Goddess name "Nantosuelta (winding river)" | Celtic / Gallic | Goddess of water. Identified as a possible consort of the god SUCELLOS. She frequently holds a pole surmounted by a dove-cote. In addition she carries the cornucopia of a fertility or mother goddess, but is also a domestic guardian deity and is often depicted with ravens, which may suggest further links with the underworld.... |
God name "Nemausius" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | God of water. Associated locally with a sacred spring at Nimes in France.... |
Goddess name "Onuava" | Celtic / Gallic | Fertility goddess. Associated with the earth and known only from inscriptions.... |
God name "Rigisamus" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | God of war. Assimilated with MARS.... |
Goddess name "Rosmerta (great provider)" | Roman / Celtic / British / Gallic | Fertility goddess. Consort to the god Mercury. Probably locally worshiped and often depicted carrying a basket of fruit, purse or cornucopia. She and Mercury frequently appear together. In addition to her purse, she may bear a twin-headed ax or, alternatively, she may carry Mercury's caduceus (snake-entwined wand).See also MERCURIUS.... |
God name "Rudiobus" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | Probably a horse god. Xnown from an inscription at Neuvy-en-Sullias which includes a depiction of a stallion.... |
Goddess name "Sequana" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | River goddess. The tutelary goddess of the Sequanae tribe. A pre-Roman sanctuary northwest of Dijon near the source of the Seine has yielded more than 200 wooden votive statuettes and models of limbs, heads and body organs, attesting to Sequana's importance as a goddess of healing. During the Roman occupation the site of Fontes Sequanae was sacred to her and was again considered to have healing and remedial properties. A bronze statuette of a goddess was found wearing a diadem, with arms spread and standing in a boat. The prow is in the shape of a duck, her sacred animal, with a cake in its mouth. Also found were models of dogs, an animal specifically åśśociated with healing through its affinity with the Greco-Roman physician deity AESCULAPIUS.... |
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