2022年11月29日 · Cernunnos was a particularly mysterious deity. His name appeared only once in historical sources, and none of his tales have survived from antiquity. Modern scholars and neopagans have nevertheless attributed a number of tales to the horned god. Historical Cernunnos. The name Cernunnos has appeared only once—on the Pillar of the Boatman.

2022年11月29日 · It has been suggested that “Herne” was linked to the Gaulish deity Cernunnos, whose own name stemmed form the Latin cerne, or “horned.” Through Grimm’s Law, cerne could have become herne, and thus mean “horned.” Alternately, “Herne” could be a corruption of Hernian, a title born by Wotan, the Germanic god of the Wild Hunt.

2022年11月29日 · The Celtic gods and goddesses are a vast group of deities who were worshipped by the ancient Celtic tribes. Their names and attributes varied between languages and locations, with some deities worshipped by all tribes while others were specific to …

2022年11月29日 · Arawn may also be connected to the Celtic god Arubianus, an agricultural deity found in South Germany. This could explain the bounty and wonder of Annwn, Arawn’s realm, and the fact that Annwn may be a literal underworld, from where the bounty of the earth comes. Little else is known of Arubianus.

2023年5月20日 · Rustic Pan was the Greek god of shepherds, goatherds, and their animals and pastures. He himself was part-animal and was most often imagined with the horns, hind legs, and tail of a goat. Originally an Arcadian god, Pan’s fame had already spread by the beginning of the fifth century BCE, and he was soon worshipped across the Greek and Roman ...

2023年3月8日 · Cronus is featured as a recurring character in the God of War video game series and serves as a major antagonist in God of War III (2010). In Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series, Cronus appears as Kronos, a nefarious troublemaker who acquires an attitude after four thousand years of captivity in Tartarus. He leads an ...

2022年12月9日 · The messenger god Mercury, who could travel freely between the worlds of the living and the dead, spied Proserpina in Pluto’s possession and quickly informed Jupiter. The king of the gods approached his brother and ordered him to release Proserpina at once, lest he suffer the wrath of Jupiter.

2022年11月29日 · The Dagda, or “good god,” was a Celtic deity and the club-wielding chief of the Irish Tuatha dé Danann. With power over both life and death, he was associated with fertility, agriculture, magic, and druidry.

2022年11月29日 · The Egyptian creation myth centered around a creator god (usually Ra, but possibly Ptah, Atum, or Amun, depending on the tale) who brought the world into being by ejaculating and created the first gods through his seed. Hathor’s cult held that the goddess was both the hand that aroused the creator and the vital force of his seed. The Coffin ...

DnD Firbolg Names: Origin, Practices, and Influences. The firbolg are Dungeons & Dragons' resident tree-huggers, living in secluded forest sanctuaries and only emerging when someone has the audacity to mess with their precious woods.