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Smetrios

Smetrios or Smetrius was the Gallic god of war. Smetrios was the tutelary deity of the Treveri. It is possible that Smetrios is not a name of an in...

Jimmy Joe
November 3rd, 1999
By Jimmy Joe

Sirona

Goddess of healing springs. Judging by the number of sites dedicated to Sirona, from Brittany in the west to Hungary in the east, she was a popular...

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November 3rd, 1999
By Jimmy Joe

Sequana

A river goddess. Sequana was a tutelary goddess of the Sequanae tribe, which occupied territory between the Saône, Rhône and Rhine rivers. Sequana ...

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November 3rd, 1999
By Jimmy Joe

Rudiobus

Rudiobus was the Gallic god of horses. An inscription was found at Neuvy-en-Sullias which included a depiction of a stallion.

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November 3rd, 1999
By Jimmy Joe

Rosmerta

Rosmerta was a fertility goddess. Rosmerta was depicted as a woman carrying basket of fruit, possibly a Cornucopia , which suggests that she was a ...

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November 3rd, 1999
By Jimmy Joe

Ritona

Goddess of rivers and fords. Ritona was a Romano-Celtic goddess associated with the Treveri tribe. Inscriptions are found in this region.

Jimmy Joe
November 3rd, 1999
By Jimmy Joe

Rigisamus

A Celtic god of war. Rigisamus or Rigonmetis was assimilated with the Roman god of war, Mars (Ares). Perhaps it was an epithet to the Gaulish Mars.

Jimmy Joe
November 3rd, 1999
By Jimmy Joe

Ogmios

Ogmios was a Gallic god known for his strength. The Romans identified Ogmios as Hercules ( Heracles to the Greeks), wearing a cloak made of lion's ...

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November 3rd, 1999
By Jimmy Joe

Nemausius

Nemausius was a Romano-Celtic god of the sacred spring at Nimes, in southern France. Nimes was the capital of one of the Gallic tribes who lived in...

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November 3rd, 1999
By Jimmy Joe

Nehalennia

Nehalennia was the Romano-Celtic goddess worshipped around the region of the Netherlands. Nehalennia was the goddess of seafarers, and was the trib...

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November 3rd, 1999
By Jimmy Joe

Nantosuelta

Nantosuelta was the Gallic goddess of nature, the valley and streams. She was the consort of Sucellus , the god of fertility or prosperity. The Gau...

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November 3rd, 1999
By Jimmy Joe

Matres

Matres was a triad of mother goddesses, worshipped through much of Continental Europe, especially around the Rhine regions. There were numerous ima...

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November 3rd, 1999
By Jimmy Joe
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