Atesmerius

Atesmerius or Adsmerius is the name of a Celtic god who, according to the Interpretatio Romana, is equated with Mercurius .

Atesmerius is mentioned in two dedicatory inscriptions , one from Meaux ( Iatinum / Fixtinnum , Roman province Lugdunensis ), the capital of the Gallic tribe of the Meldi , the other from Poitiers ( Limonum , Roman province Aquitania ), where it occurs in the spelling Adsmerius .

The name of a female deity Atesmerta can be read on a consecration inscription in a forest near the former 1918 Templar - Commanderie Corgebin ( Haute-Marne was found) (ILTG 414) - see also Fund card at Rosmerta .

See also

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

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. 596.
• Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 , p. 31.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CIL XIII, 3023 D (eo) Atesmer [i] / o Heusta / v (otum) s (olvit) / l (ibens) m (erito)
2. ↑ CIL XIII, 1125 Deo Me (r) curio Adsmerio I (ulius) Venixxam (us) v (otum) s (olvit) l (ibens) m (erito)