#romano celtic

[thesilicontribesman]

Romano-British Decorated Disc Brooch, Lancaster City Museum

[hearthglow]

Where there is epigraphic allusion to Jupiter on wheel-bearing altars, we have indisputable conflation between Roman and Celtic sky-deities, though the Roman name is always used. Frequently, whether or not an inscription is present, the Celtic wheel is balanced by other, Roman sky-signs such as thunderbolt and eagle, as if the worshiper is either thinking of the sky-god as a true blend of ethnic concepts, and cramming as many different sky-symbols as possible onto one stone to increase its potency, or is covering all eventualities in propitiating native and intrusive god alike. (70)

Green, Miranda. “Jupiter, Taranis and the Solar Wheel.” In Pagan Gods and Shrines of the Roman Empire, ed. Martin Henig and Anthony King. 1986.

[thesilicontribesman]

Romano-Celtic Native God Stone Carvings, Great North Museum, Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Iron Age Carved Stone Head, Lancaster City Museum, Lancaster, Lancashire

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Undated Ancient Stone Head, The Museum of Liverpool, Merseyside

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Iron Age Replicas, Biggar Museum, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

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'The Leasowe Skull', 1900 to 1600 years old (Romano-Celtic), The Museum of Liverpool, Merseyside

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Lynchat Iron Age Souterrain or Earth House, Aviemore, Cairngorms, Scotland.