Arecurius

Arecurius (or Aericuros ) was a Celtic / British god who was worshiped near Hadrian's Wall . He was equated with the Roman Apollon or Mercurius and is regarded as the male counterpart to the goddess Aericura . He is mentioned as such in an inscription on an altar stone in Coriosopidum ( Corbridge , Northumberland ) (DEO ARECVRIO APOLLINARIS CASSI VSLM).

According to MacKillop, the name Arecurius means "who stands before the tribe", "who leads the tribe".

See also

• List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
• Celtic religion
• Celtic mythology

Web links

• James MacKillop: A dictionary of Celtic mythology , Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-19-860967-4 , p. 23.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ roman-britain.org: Robin George Collingwood and Richard Pearson Wright: The Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB), paragraph The Gods of Roman Corbridge , Vol. 1: The Inscriptions on Stone. RIB 1123