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 Continental Celtic Deities
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The Gallic dieties have been studied by scholars for many years. The first accounts we have of the Gallic deities is found in Caesar's Testimony of the Gallic Wars.
"Among the gods, they worship Mercury. There are numerous images of him; they declare him the inventor of all the arts, the guide for every road and journey, and they deem him to have the greatest influence for all commerce and travel. After him in importance are Apollo, Mars, Jupiter, and Minerva. Of these deities they have almost the same concept as all other nations: Apollo drives away disease, Minerva supplies the first principles of arts and crafts, Jupiter holds the empire of heaven, Mars controls wars."While this thread will study these deities in particular and what the celts called them, we will also be studying many of the lesser Celtic deities as well.
(Caesar, VI, 17, 341)
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Religion in Gaul (8 posts)
I've always suspected that Romanization didn't happen overnight, Ceffyl (* Vortigern Aedui, Sep 2, 2007 - 03:10 ) Book on Religious Acculturation and Assimilation (* Ceffyl Aedui, Sep 2, 2007 - 00:56 ) Re: Literature on druids (* Ceffyl Aedui, Mar 19, 2004 - 23:39 ) Cernunnos (47 posts)
re, re; veles (* Marc Iceni, Nov 2, 2005 - 18:25 ) Re; Veles (* Marc Iceni, Nov 2, 2005 - 17:25 ) Veles; A Slavic Cernunnos? (* Radiant~Stag Belgae, Aug 24, 2005 - 20:24 ) Taranis (7 posts)
Taranis (* Kernos Parisii, Feb 15, 2004 - 12:18 ) Wheel as a Cult Symbol in Romano-Celtic World (* Ceffyl Aedui, Jan 2, 2004 - 03:30 ) Taranis pool in the Vosges (* Cornovius Parisii, Nov 5, 2003 - 03:31 ) Lugos: The White God (4 posts)
Re: Lugos' Name (* Vortigern Aedui, Jan 6, 2004 - 07:14 ) Questions on Lugos:,The White God (* Victoria Aedui, Jan 5, 2004 - 13:15 ) Etymology of Lugos (or Lugus) (* Nantonos Aedui, Oct 20, 2003 - 21:28 )|
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