Neto (god)

Neto , also Netos or Netus , is the name of a Celtiberian god of war who was worshiped in the area of Cadix and Trujillo . Neto was equated in the Interpretatio Romana with the Roman god Mars . His name is known from three inscriptions.

The name can be connected with the proto-Indo-European root * nei-t- ("fight"), possibly also with the Anglo-Saxon niď ("envy"). A connection with the Irish legendary figure Neit would therefore be possible.

Literature and Sources

• 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 .
• CIL 02, 05278 Netoni deo / Caelius / v (otum) s (olvit) l (ibens) m (erito)
• CIL 02, 03386 Isidi Puel [lae (?)] / Iussu dei Net [onis (?)] / Fabia L (uci) f (ilia) Fabiana avia / in honorem Avitae nept (i) s / piisimae ex arg (enti) p (ondo) XCII s (emis) || ...
• CIL 02, 00365 [Deo Marti?] Neto Valerius Avit [us] / M (arcus) Turranius Sulpici [3] / de vico Baedoro / gentis Pinton (um?)

See also

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 162.
2. ↑ 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. 638.
3. ↑ Julius Pokorny : Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2 vol., Francke, Bern / Munich 1947-66 (1st edition), 2005 (5th edition), ISBN 3772009476 , p. 760.