Segomo

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Segomo in was Celtic mythology the name of a war deity , in Gaul was worshiped. In the Interpretatio Romana he was equated with Mars .

Mythology and Etymology

Segomo is mentioned in a total of five dedicatory inscriptions that were found in the former settlement area of ​​the Sequaner and Haedu in southeast and east France . One of these consecration offerings from Bolards ( Nuits-Saint-Georges , Département Côte-d'Or ) is a horse statuette (without a rider), in the base of which the ordination is notched. Segomo Dunatis in Culoz ( Département Ain ) was evidently venerated as the “lord of the dunums (fortification)” .

According to MacKillop, Segomo is said to correspond to the British god Cocidius , but this is very controversial.

Segomo is derived from the developed proto-Indo-European word part * sego [s] ("strength", "victory", also "strong", "bold", synonymous with Kymrian hy ) and can thus be called "the strong", "the mighty", "The victorious" can be interpreted.

The name of the famous High King of Ireland , Nia Segamain, is translated as "nephew (or governor / representative) of Segomo", whether there is a connection is unclear. An Ogham inscription (NETA) SEGAMONAS (genitive) from Ardmore ( County Waterford ) may mean this.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CIL 13, 1675 from Lyon ( Lugudunum ), Roman province Gallia Lugdunensis : et Ma] rti Segomoni sacrum / [ex stipe] annua / [Q (uintus) Adginnius Ur] bici fil (ius) Martinus / [Sequanus sac] erdos Romae et Aug (ustorum) / [creatus (?) M (arco) Ner] atio Pansa co (n) s (ule) / [flamen IIvir in c] ivitate Sequanorum / [cui tres provincia] e Galliae honores / [omnes (? ) impensis] suis decreverunt
    AE 1994, 1224 from Nuits-Saint-Georges ( Haedui ), Roman province Gallia Lugdunensis: [M] arti Segomoni et [3]
    CIL 13, 5340 from Arinthod ( Sequani ), Roman province Germania superior : Marti Sego / moni sacr / um Paternus / Dagusae f (ilius) / v (otum) s (olvit) l (ibens) m (erito)
  2. ↑ CIL 13, 2846 Gallio L (uci) / Maturci // v (otum) s (olvit) l (ibens) m (erito) deo / Segomoni donavi (t)
  3. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 650;
    CIL 13, 2532 from Culoz ( Ambarri ), Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis: N (umini) Aug (usti) / deo Mar / ti Segom / oni Dun / ati Cassi / a Satur / nina ex voto / v (otum) s (olvit ) l (ibens) m (erito)
  4. ↑ James MacKillop: Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 337.
  5. ↑ a b Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 638, note 9.
  6. ^ Dictionary of the Irish Language. Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, p. 478.