Cicollus
Cicollus , Cicolluis or Cocolluis was a god of war in late ancient Celtic mythology . According to the Interpretatio Romana, he was identified with the Roman Mars , his native name is interpreted as "the one big in meat" or "large muscle" (a bull of the same name is also documented). Since the name mostly occurs in the Gallic dative CICOLLVI ( OGAM script ), the name is often given as * Cicolluis . The Gallic nominative was * Cicollos or Cicollus . In Cymric cig means “meat”, in Old Irish oll means “big”, “mighty”.
Main distribution area of cicolluis were the regions of Côte-d'Or and Franche-Comte , where he and his companion, the goddess litavis or the Roman Bellona was worshiped together, inscriptions in his honor, however, were also found in Switzerland in Windisch and in Germany in Xanten .
The Gallic Cicollus is often associated with the Irish mythical figure of the Fomoir King Cichol Gri-cenchos .
See also
literature
- Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. 2nd, corrected and enlarged edition. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 .
- Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .
- CIL 13, 2887 , CIL 13, 5479 , CIL 13, 5598 , CIL 13, 5599 (entries in the Clauss-Slaby epigraphic database ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 651.
- ^ Bernhard Maier: Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition. Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 , p. 78.
- ↑ 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. 516.