Bugius
Bugius was a local Celtic deity of the Gauls . Inscriptions in his honor have been found in the Roman province of Gallia Belgica in Decempagi ( Tarquimpol , Moselle department , France) and in Haegen in the Netherlands ; on other inscriptions in France he is said to be equated with the gods Narius Intarabus (?) and Cranus , which, however, is unproven . Eilenstein lists him together with the "deer god" Cernunnos as the "goat god" among the horned deities. Augustin Calmet equated him with Vosegus in the 19th century , although he was unable to provide any evidence.
The name Bugius is probably derived from the Celtic bukko- ("buck") and is related to the Cornish goblin Bucca , the Irish púca and the German puk .
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Web links
- Jean Louis Dugas de Beaulieu: Archéologie de la Lorraine, ou recueil de notices et documens pour servir à l'histoire des antiquités de cette province . 1840 (French, limited preview in Google Book Search).
- Harry Eilenstein: The Cauldron of Gundestrup: Origins of Celtic Mythology . 2nd Edition. BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8391-6455-6 , pp. 81 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Augustin Calmet: Notice de la Lorraine: qui comprend les duchés de Bar et de Luxembourg, l'électorat de Trèves, les trois évechés (Metz, Toul, et Verdun); l'histoire par ordre des villes alphabétique, etc . 2nd Edition. Mme. George, 1840, p. 359 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).