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Details Title: Celtic Anthro Description: Deities Total Flash Cards: 23 Created: 11/08/2007 06:54:55	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Inventor of all arts; craftsman Definition Lugh/Mercury Term generic god of the tribe   Definition Teutates Term God of the dead/underworld; often Dark One or Brown One Definition Donn Term Good striker; weilds hammer; connected with dogs, cauldrons, agriculture Definition Succellus Term carries wheel/thunderbolt; "Jupiter"; appears on Gundestrup Cauldron Definition Taranis Term ram's head/serpent; wears a torc; god of underworld; associated with hooved animals Definition Cernunnos Term Divine family Definition Modron = mother-god; Teyrnon = father-god; Mabon = their child Term Irish counterparts of divine family Definition Father: Daghdha   Mother: Boand   Son: Oengus  Term Sovereignty goddesses who personified Ireland Definition Term Trio of Irish goddesses Definition Anu/Danu; Boann; Etain Term Continental goddesses Definition Nemetona (consort to Lugh)   Epona  Term 3 names and places of Epona Definition Epona = Gaul; Macha = Ireland; Rhiannon = Wales Term Threefold nature of Epona Definition Term Three triads of Irish goddesses Definition 1) Three mothers (Eriu, Fodla, Banbha)   2) the hooded ones   3) the Morrigan (sexual, magic in battle; shape-shifters)   Term 5 types of livestock Definition Soay sheep of St, Kilda; Celtic shorthorn cattle; highland cattle; fowl; pigs Term where were Furstensitze found? Definition extending from upper Danube to eastern France and Switzerland Term 3 examples of Oppida Definition 1) Manching, Bavaria = 939 acres   2) Heidengraben, Swabian Jura = 3706 acres   3) Camulodunum = Colchester, England  Term Where were Oppida found? Definition Only on continent: Western Germany; Moravia; central & northern France  Term 4 dye colors Definition Tormentil, bell heather, rowan, ragwort Term Which region did Caesar not include in his division of Gaul? Definition Gallia Transalpina/Narbonensis Term Boudicca Definition Queen of Iceni Term Cartimandua Definition queen of Brigantes Term 2 Celtic temples Definition 1) Entrement   2) Roqupertuse   (built by Saluvii)