Condatis

Condatis , also Condates , was a Celtic god who was worshiped mainly in Britain . In the Interpretatio Romana he is equated with the Roman god Mars .

Etymology and Interpretation

The name Condatis is derived from the Celtic word condate , which means "confluence". The corresponding place name Condate is especially common in Gaul for settlements at the confluence of two bodies of water. The inscriptions from Cramond (suburb of Edinburgh ), Bowes in Yorkshire , Piercebridge near Darlington ( North East England ) and Chester-le-Street near Durham each time identify him with the god Mars.

See also

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

literature

• Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .
• Miranda J. Green: Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. Thames and Hudson, 1997. ISBN 0500279756 .
• Hermann Steuding : Condates . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 922 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

1. ^ AE 1978, 451 - D (eo) M (arti) / Con / [dati] / [
2. ↑ The Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB) [1]
3. ↑ CIL 7, 420 - D (eo) M (arti) / Condati / Attonius / Quintianus / men (sor) evoc (atus) imp (eratum) / ex ius (su) sol (vit) l (ibens) a (nimo )
4. ↑ The Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB) [2]