In Celtic mythology, Teutates is a Gallic theonym known only from the epic La Pharsale by Lucain, an account of the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey; he is mentioned with Esus and Taranis. It is an archaic form or variant of Toutatis, it comes from teutã which evolved into touta and totã.
The custom of the Celts to cut off the heads of defeated enemies and display them as trophies is attested to both by texts and by archaeological finds and representations from southern Frankish. We wanted to recognize severed heads also in the other representations of heads of Latenian art (masks),
In Gallic Celtic mythology, Taranis is, with Esus and Teutates, one of the gods of an alleged Celtic triad attested by the Latin poet Lucain. He is one of the most important gods of the Gallic pantheon. Its name means the thunderer (tarann in Breton and Welsh). Taranis is said to be primarily the
As in other cultures of antiquity, sacrifices were an essential element of religious practice among the Celts. The texts mention in particular the practice of human sacrifices, clearly attested by a certain number of discoveries. The poet Lucain evokes “those who appease with dreadful blood the crue
Ogmios In Celtic mythology, the god Ogma is known by many variant spellings:Ogm, Ogme, Ogmios, Ogmius. An h is sometimes attached to the g showing that it is almost inaudible in Irish. Julius Caesar who writes Ogmios equates him with Mars and Lucian of Samosata (2nd century) brings him closer to H
Among the best-known gods of the Tûatha Dé Dânann are Nûada and Lug. Nûada was the king of the Tûatha Dé, but he had to relinquish power after losing his arm in battle, because physical deformity disqualified the island rulers, Nûada having been temporarily deprived of command, a replacement was app
Lug is the supreme god of Celtic mythology, not only because he is at the top of the hierarchy but also because he is pan-Celtic:he is one of the rare deities to be found, according to our knowledge, among all Celtic peoples .Summary A pan-Celtic god The importance of Lugus in Gaul is particularly
Divine blacksmith of the Tuatha Dé Danann, tutelary god of metal craftsmen. He forged the points of the weapons of Lug and his companions for the battle of Mag Tuired. He presided over a feast in the Underworld that made those who partake of it eternally young. His Welsh equivalent was Gofannon. Go
Innumerable and monstrous demonic people, who fought and tried to subjugate the successive mythical races that populated Ireland. The Formori succeeded in imposing their domination on the people of Nemed, after the death of its king Nemed. The tribute that these people had to pay to the Formori at t
One of the six races of Irish mythology which successively occupied the island. According to the Book of Conquests, they would have arrived fourth, after the Nemed, of whom they would be descendants from Greece, and would have preceded the Tuatha Dé Danann who faced them and defeated them at the fir
The Druids were the intellectual elite of the Celts. According to Caesar, one of the best sources concerning them, “they preside over public and private sacrifices, regulate religious practices; young people come in droves to learn from them, and they are greatly honored. It is the Druids, in fact,
Dana (we also find the spelling Danu), in Irish Celtic mythology is the primordial goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the people of the goddess Dana, that is to say the gods of the Celts before the Christianization of the island. In Cormacs Glossary (Sanas Cormaic, 10th century manuscript of Bishop Co
The Dagda (good god - Daga Devos) is, in Irish Celtic mythology, the most important god of the Tuatha Dé Danann just after Lug. He is also known in literature as Eochaid (“who fights by the yew”), Ollathair (“the powerful father”) and Ruadh Rofessa (“Red of ideal science”). He appears in particular
In Irish Celtic mythology, Cúchulainn is the very prototype of the hero, one of the most important characters, a quasi-god. His physical strength, his magical powers and his divine supports make him an extraordinary man, capable of anything. He can also be considered a berserk.[1] One of his favorit
Cernunnos would mean the “Horned”. In fact, it is systematically decorated with deer antlers. We found a similar representation (the character in question however having bovine horns) on a seal of the Indus civilization (character with horns, seated cross-legged, surrounded by animals). No myth, no
Lit. the Mighty. One of the nicknames of the Gallo-Roman god Mars, probably inherited from an important Celtic deity with whom he had been identified. We know in Irish tradition a Cumal, father of Finn, who could be his island equivalent.
Celtic mythology has the particularity of having only one divine feminine principle. Known under the names of Brigit, Brigantia, she is, schematically, at the same time the mother, the wife, the sister and the daughter of the other gods. Her name is found in different spellings, and she manifests he
This legendary leader of the Celts expedition against Rome in 386 BC. J.-C. According to an anecdote reported by Livy and other authors, Brennos, convinced that the weights used by the Romans to weigh the ransom of a thousand pounds of gold obtained for the departure of the Gallic army were rigged,
In Gallic Celtic mythology, Borvo (Bormo or Boramus) is a healing god whose theonym means bubbling water. It is known by inscriptions dating from the Gallo-Roman era and a number of toponyms:La Bourboule, Bourbonne-les-Bains in France, or Burtscheid, Worms, in Germany, to name but a few examples. Th
Lit. the Crow, irl. Badbh. Goddess of war from the Irish mythological tradition. She is also named Morrigain (lit. the Great Queen) and it is probably the same goddess (at the same time triple and unique?) who is mentioned under the name of Macha (lit. the Plain).
To approach the history of women in the Middle Ages is to play hide and seek with shadows, silhouettes without faces or bodies. Almost dreamed of, these ladies of yesteryear? No, of course. Like a curtain-raiser after a long wait, portraits, startling in their embodied precision, will appear at the
When the 1914 war broke out, Lieutenant Jürgen von Arnim, from an old aristocratic military family, was twenty-five years old. He will earn his captains stars by fire and serve in the Imperial Guard. An officer by tradition with a brittle look, he succeeded in entering the Reichswehr of 100,000 men
When World War II broke out, on 1 September 1939 two Cavalry Regiments joined the newly formed Cavalry Brigade (TI). Other cavalry regiments were disbanded and their divisions distributed to other formations. TI extended the 1st and 2nd SI, with the above composition. In addition to the two regi
Victory 42 Biography lyozoh Fujita was one of only two Navy pilots with at least, in one day, ten aerial victories. The son of a doctor and a midwife, he was born in 1917 in Shandong Province, China. he began to take an interest in a naval career while attending secondary school. His school resul