Cernunnos

A picture of Cernunnos from the Pilier des nautes, Paris, France.

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.
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Françoise Foliot - Dieu de Bouray.jpg

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.
Roquepertuse. Statue de guerrier.jpg

A seated figure from Roquepertuse
Gundestrup cauldron, plate C, horned serpent.jpg

Ram-horned serpent on the Gundestrup cauldron (plate C)

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.

[1] ttp://www.celtnet.org.uk/gods_c/cernwn.html Archived 2009-02-09 at the Wayback Machine - variant of the name, Cernenus was discovered ...

[2] Green, Miranda (1992). Animals in Celtic Life and Myth. Routledge. pp. 227–8.

[3] "Cernunnos: a Gaulish and Cymric god (The Hornéd One)". Archived from the original on 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

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