Budenicus

Budenicus is the name of a Gallic local god who, according to the Interpretatio Romana, is equated with Mars . The South Gaulish tribe of the Bedunicenses is said to be named after him.

Mars Budenicus is named in a single dedicatory inscription from Bezouce ( Collias , Roman province Gallia Narbonensis ; near Uzès , Gard department ):

Marti / Budenic (o) / Gratus / Severi / filius ( CIL XII, 2973 ).

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. 650.
• Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 , p. 61.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Contributions to name research, Volume 35, Verlag C. Winter, 2000, p. 237.