y. Very little is known about Cernunnos except his name and his image, which appears on abundant rock carvings and other religious artifacts throughout Europe. He appears crowned with stag's antlers, generally seated in a attentive position, and is about consistently depicted with images of wild animals. His Celtic name is unknown, although he may be associated with Derg Corra, the early Celtic "Man in the Tree." He may aswell be related to the Celtic god Fionn (Finn MacCuill), who had a close affection with deer.
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Showing posts with label Cernunnos. Show all posts
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Cernunnos -Horned God
Cernunnos is the mysterius horned deity admirable by Iron age Celts across Europe until the end of the first centur
y. Very little is known about Cernunnos except his name and his image, which appears on abundant rock carvings and other religious artifacts throughout Europe. He appears crowned with stag's antlers, generally seated in a attentive position, and is about consistently depicted with images of wild animals. His Celtic name is unknown, although he may be associated with Derg Corra, the early Celtic "Man in the Tree." He may aswell be related to the Celtic god Fionn (Finn MacCuill), who had a close affection with deer.
y. Very little is known about Cernunnos except his name and his image, which appears on abundant rock carvings and other religious artifacts throughout Europe. He appears crowned with stag's antlers, generally seated in a attentive position, and is about consistently depicted with images of wild animals. His Celtic name is unknown, although he may be associated with Derg Corra, the early Celtic "Man in the Tree." He may aswell be related to the Celtic god Fionn (Finn MacCuill), who had a close affection with deer.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Serpent
Due to its unique characteristic represented by the repeated shedding of its skin, the serpent was the Celtic icon of regeneration and was broadly referred as an immortal woman with the aim of came to life each time after hibernation, realize amid
a new skin. The serpent is too equally a phallic representation (it is a lot seen depicted with Cernunnos, as in the figure above) and, paradoxically, a Celtic indication of female power. It is in addition linked in addition to the amount of water.
The number of the serpent biting its tail is branded as the Ouroboros (a Greek stretch connotation 'tail-devourer') (right) and symbolised the cyclical natural world of the Universe - the Ouroboros devours its own tail to sustain its life, in an eternal series of living and death, creation and destruction. This symbol, in actual fact, was adopted by the Celtic populations but is set up in various civilisations, beginning plus to of dated Egypt in 1600 B.C.
a new skin. The serpent is too equally a phallic representation (it is a lot seen depicted with Cernunnos, as in the figure above) and, paradoxically, a Celtic indication of female power. It is in addition linked in addition to the amount of water.
The number of the serpent biting its tail is branded as the Ouroboros (a Greek stretch connotation 'tail-devourer') (right) and symbolised the cyclical natural world of the Universe - the Ouroboros devours its own tail to sustain its life, in an eternal series of living and death, creation and destruction. This symbol, in actual fact, was adopted by the Celtic populations but is set up in various civilisations, beginning plus to of dated Egypt in 1600 B.C.
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