Glanis
Glanis ("shiny, shining gemstone"?) Is the Gallo-Roman city god of Glanum ( Saint Rémy-de-Provence in the Bouches-du-Rhône department ). He is also the protector of the holy spring next to which the sanctuary was built. The city itself was built by Celto- Ligurians at the end of the 3rd century BC. Hellenized and got in the 1st century BC A Roman garrison, which named the place after the deity worshiped there. However, the sanctuary dates back to the 6th – 4th centuries. Century BC And was still used by the Romans and only given up around 270 AD.
The three mother goddesses Matres Glanicae (Gallic inscription: ματρεβο γλανειχαβο) were worshiped there together with Glanis. A dedicatory inscription rokloisiabo ("those who hear"?) Related to them has also been found. In the temple niches with skulls ( têtes coupées ) were found.
See also
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 .
- Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bernhard Maier: Lexicon of the Celtic religion and culture . Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 , p. 144
- ↑ 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. 514 f.
- ↑ 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. 774.