Cernunnos
Cernunnos (also spelt as Cernenus[1] and Cern) is a Pagan Celtic God from the ancient Celtic lands of western Europe.
Cernunnos is linked with male animals with horns, especially stags (a type of animal). Because of this, he is linked with fertility.[2] Cernunnos is also seen as God of the Underworld.
Everything that we know about Cernunnos comes from two pictures; one from France, and one from Germany.[3]
Cernunnos Media
Cernunnos on the Gundestrup cauldron (plate A). He sits cross-legged, wielding a torc in one hand and a ram-horned serpent in the other.
The God of Bouray: a rare pre-Roman depiction of a Gaulish god. Cross-legged and hooved, the relationship of this Gaulish god to Cernunnos is uncertain.
A seated figure from Roquepertuse
References
- ↑ http://www.celtnet.org.uk/gods_c/cernwn.html Archived 2009-02-09 at the Wayback Machine - variant of the name, Cernenus was discovered ...
- ↑ Green, Miranda (1992). Animals in Celtic Life and Myth. Routledge. pp. 227–8.
- ↑ "Cernunnos: a Gaulish and Cymric god (The Hornéd One)". Archived from the original on 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2009-08-08.