Glossary entry

français term or phrase:

dieu cerf

anglais translation:

stag-headed god (Cernunnos)

Added to glossary by Anna Beria
Feb 13, 2002 17:13
22 yrs ago
français term

Cerf

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Despite Internet research I have been unable to find a conclusive answer.

Le Grand Donon ( 1009m) est un des plus anciens lieux de culte celtique puis gallo-romain. De nombreux vestiges archéologiques ont été trouvés sur le terrain . Parmi eux : les bases de plusieurs temples où se pratiquait le culte celtique du dieu cerf et le culte gallo-romain de Mercure.

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stag-headed god (Cernunnos)

Sarah, have a look at this site (found with a simple Google search, I should add... I'm no expert)

"The pattern of Celtic cults is not easy to decipher because of lack of written records;
but the stag-headed god Cernunnos was highly significant in iconography ..."
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agree DPolice
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agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : Another solution, although a step towards a description rather than a term for "dieu cerf" - which is just why it might be appropriate!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you to everyone. As I mentioned I did do some research on google, but couldn't find any conclusive answer, so wanted to double-check rather than translate this incorrectly."
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stag

an adult male deer (with a set of antlers)

as for the god...I have no idea
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deer

Like other gods with names of animals within the Celtic cult...
Best, y

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stag is an adult male deer, especially a male red deer (Encarta Dict.) and I\'m not quite sure about the type of deer, so...
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the Horned God, the Stag God, Cernunnos

Perhaps I don't understand what you need.

Tons of sites may help you decide:
The stag is most closely associated with the Gaulish god Cernunnos, who wears stag horns. He is portrayed on the Gundestrup cauldron, dating from 300 BC, as a seated figure with antlers growing from his head. He holds a snake in one hand and a torc in the other, showing that he is a god of winter and summer, sky and underworld, death and resurrection.. He is surrounded by the animals of the forest. A secondary illustration shows him as Lord of the Animals, holding aloft a stag in either hand. Cernunnos was an intermediary between the animal kingdom and man, a guardian of the gateway to the Otherworld. The stag is rarely portrayed in Celtic art except with the stag god.

just search with celtic deer god

cheers

paola l m






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forgot to append site for the quotation:
http://www.geocities.com/annafranklin1/deer.html
Peer comment(s):

agree Yolanda Broad
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agree Ineke Hardy
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agree DPolice
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agree Guereau : Cernunnos, that's it
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agree Lucien Marcelet
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agree sjpereira : I like your suggestions
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agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : I like "stag god", short and clear.
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agree ZOLTÁN PARRAGH
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Hart

The Celtic god was "Kernunos", (the one with antlers). But long before, in the prehistoric times, hunters were buried, squatting with atlers covering their bodies. Some were foond on a small islet off the coast of QUIBERON.

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I probably had a pint too many with my typing!
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agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : Hence the name of many a pub in England!
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"stag-headed god"

probably the best choice, since a stag is the male and I seem to remember drawings of the Gaulois actually wearing antlers ???
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