Anextlomarus

Anextlomarus , also Anextiomarus , is the name of a Celtic (healing) god from Britain and Gaul , who is equated with Apollo in several inscriptions.

Etymology and localities

Anextlomarus is derived from the old Irish anacul ("protection"), so the name could mean "great protector" or "who is great as a protector". In South Shields ( South Tyneside ) a bronze bowl was found on which he is equated with Apollo according to the Interpretatio Romana . This bowl is now in the Newcastle upon Tyne Archaeological Museum . In Suindunum ( Le Mans ) in the Roman province Lugdunensis an inscription incompletely preserved has been discovered on another inscription in Aventicum ( Avenches , Switzerland ) is the female name variation Anextlomara to read.

literature

Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , p. 619.
Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 , p. 20.

Web links

JA MacCulloch: The Religion of the Ancient Celts . Forgotten Books, ISBN 1-60506-197-2 , pp. 83 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
Max Him : Anextiomarus . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2184.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 619. Birkhan classifies the reading Anextiomarus as outdated and wrong, but this cannot be true, since it is secured by inscription.
^ The Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB) [1] : Apollini Anextiomaro M (arcus) A () Sab (inus?).
↑ CIL 000013 XIII, 3190 : [Apollin] i (?) Anex / [tlomaro (?)] / [3 sac (erdos)] eius dei / [aedem cum suis ornam] entis d (edit).
↑ AE 1916, 2 .

[HB-1] Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 619. Birkhan classifies the reading Anextiomarus as outdated and wrong, but this cannot be true, since it is secured by inscription.

[2] The Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB) [1] : Apollini Anextiomaro M (arcus) A () Sab (inus?).

[3] CIL 000013 XIII, 3190 : [Apollin] i (?) Anex / [tlomaro (?)] / [3 sac (erdos)] eius dei / [aedem cum suis ornam] entis d (edit).

[4] AE 1916, 2 .