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Celtic mythology Taranis was the god of
thunder worshipped in
Gaul and
Britain and mentioned, along with
Esus and
Toutatis, by the Roman poet
Lucan in his epic poem
Pharsalia as a Celtic deity to whom sacrificial offerings were made. He was associated, as was the
cyclops Brontes (‘thunder’) in
Greek mythology, with the wheel and may have received human sacrifices. Many representations of a bearded god with a thunderbolt in one hand and a wheel in the other have been recovered from Gaul, where this deity apparently came to be syncretised with
Jupiter. He is likely connected with the
Anglo-Saxon god Þunor, the
Norse Thor, the Celtic
Ambisagrus (likely from Proto-Celtic *Ambi-sagros = "Encircling-strength"), the
Irish Tuireann, the Roman Mars, and the
Culdee saint Taran. The name Taranis has not yet been recovered from Gaulish inscriptions, but similar variants have, such as Taranucno-, Taranuo-, and Taraino-.
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[Celtic] "Thunder". The thunder-god of ancient Gaul, and master of the sky. He may be compared to the Roman Jupiter, although his place in the Celtic pantheon was not as prominent as that of Jupiter in the Roman pantheon. His attribute is the wheel, which could be the symbol of thunder. The Romans described as receiving human sacrifices.
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