The three-horned Bull of Avrigney is a 1st century #bronze #statue representing the Celto-Roman god Tarvos trigaranus, discovered in 1756 in Avrigney-Virey #hautesaone . In the 1980s, the mayor of #besançon offered a cast of this bonze to the town of Avrigney-Virey to symbolize the return of this bull to the village of its origins. The town chose this #bull as its coat of arms. #celtic apotropaic #divinity widespread in the #french 🇫🇷🇪🇺 #swiss Alpine and Jura arc, we know about thirty representations of this tricornu #animal, in particular in #arlay , #chateaurenaud , in La Pisseure, as well as in #switzerland🇨🇭 in #martigny . The Sequans worshiped the urus or the bison as a tutelary and protective deity. #horn #archaeology #symbol #gods #roman #empire 🌟👁️ #alpes #jura #vesontio #doubs #spiritual #franchecomte 🍁🌺🇫🇷 #connectingminds #louvre #avrigney (à Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQbgxzwgFut/?utm_medium=tumblr