Moccus

Moccus is the name of a Gallic deity in Celtic mythology .

mythology

Mocus is mentioned in a dedicatory inscription from Langres ( Haute-Marne department , Grand Est region ), the area of ​​the Lingons . According to the Interpretatio Romana , he is equated with Mercurius . The name is probably related to Irish mucc or Welsh mochyn (both means "pig"). A connection with the hunt for boar is suspected, so that he is seen as the patron god of hunters.

See also

• List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
• Celtic religion

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 : Moccus. In: ders .: Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 , p. 235.
• Miranda Green: Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. Thames and Hudson Ltd., London 1997.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CIL 13, 5676 : In h (onorem) d (omus) d (ivinae) | deo Mercur (io) Mocco | L (ucius) Mascl (ius?) Masculus et | Sedatia Blandula / mater ex voto “In honor of the imperial family. Lucius Masclius Masculus and his mother Sedatia Blandula dedicated their vows to the god Mercurius Moccus ”. See Helmut Birkhan: Kelten. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , pp. 598, 715.
2. ↑ Miranda Green: Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. Thames and Hudson Ltd., London 1997.