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Celtic Anthro
Deities
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
11/08/2007

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Inventor of all arts; craftsman
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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
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carries wheel/thunderbolt; "Jupiter"; appears on Gundestrup Cauldron
Definition
Taranis
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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 

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Sovereignty goddesses who personified Ireland
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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
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Threefold nature of Epona
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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
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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
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Cartimandua
Definition
queen of Brigantes
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2 Celtic temples
Definition

1) Entrement

 

2) Roqupertuse

 

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