Tarvus Trigaranus
By Jimmy Joe
Tarvus Trigaranus was the Gallic bull god. Almost nothing is known about Tarvus Trigaranus, except for some images of him as a bull on some stone carvings.
During the reign of the Roman emperor Tiberius, boatmen from the Seine River near Paris erected a monument which depicted several gods, including Esus, Tarvus, Jupiter and Vulcanus. At Dorchester, England, it depicted Tarvus as a bull with three cranes perched on his back. Some depictions show Tarvus as a bull with three horns.
Stone carving from the Ara Nautae
found under Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris
Musée du Moyen Age, Cluny (Paris)
Related Information
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Tarvus, Travos.
Tarvus Trigaranus - "Tarvus of the Three Cranes".
