British Deities
All of the British deities listed here come from the Romano-Celtic pantheon. The deities found here belong to the period when Britain was a province of the Roman Empire. Like the page on the Gallic Deities, these Celtic deities were sometimes adopted by the Romans who lived in the region between first and fourth centuries AD.
Sometimes Roman (and Greek) writers described Celtic deities by giving them Roman names, sometimes with their Gallic names, and at other times with just the Roman names. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Apollo, Hercules and Minerva were the most common Roman names used when applying them to Celtic deities. And in the Celtic pantheon, it was Mercury who was usually the highest in the order of hierarchy, not Jupiter. Jupiter was also sometimes below in ranking to Mars as well.
For Brigantia, see also Gallic Deities. For Camulos, Cernunnos, Lugus, Matres, Rosmerta and Taranis, see Gallic Deities.
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