Uxellus
According to Celtic mythology, Uxellus was a Gallic deity who was equated with Jupiter in the Interpretatio Romana .
Mythology and Etymology
The deity Uxellus appears in two inscriptions. A bronze plaque whose origin is unknown and which is kept in Paris could also be a fake. The other inscription (with the name form Uxelius ) comes from Hyères in the French department of Var . Its function is not known; a mountain or father deity is suspected.
A combination of the developed proto-Indo-European root * ow (x) selo- (“high”, “raised”, “sublime”) and the Latin ending -us is considered certain. The name means "the high one" or "the one on the elevated place". A direct connection with the name variant Uxellinus (also Uxellimus ) is assumed. This is mentioned in an inscription from Laško ( Slovenia ) as the nickname for Jupiter ( I (ovi) O (ptimo) M (aximo) / Uxellimo ).
Another variant of the name was probably Uxovinus in an inscription from Apt in the Vaucluse department .,
See also
- List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
- Celtic religion
- Uxellodunum (Oppidum in Gaul)
- Uxelodunum (fort on Hadrian's Wall )
literature
- Johann Baptist Keune : Uxellimus / Uxellus / Uxovinus . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher : Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 6, Teubner, Leipzig 1937, Col. 146-147.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Dessau : Inscriptiones Latinae selectae , No. 4693a : Aug. sacr. | deo Uxello .
- ↑ CIL 12, 387 : Uxelio v (otum) s (olvit) [l (ibens) m (erito)] / C (aius) propert (ius) A [––] .
- ^ Vocabulary of the Celtic Language Unit, Volume 2, p. 267 f.
- ↑ CIL 3, 5145 I (ovi) O (ptimo) M (aximo) / Uxellimo / Serandius / Verinus / dec (urio) Cel (eiae) p (oni) i (ussit) / Pomp (onia) / Ursula eius / cum Urso fil (io) / v (otum) s (olverunt) l (ibentes) m (erito) .
- ↑ CIL 12, 1105 Uxovino / v (otum) s (olvit) l (ibens) m (erito) / Q (uintus) Annius / Bottus