The Carnyx was a wind instrument of the Iron Age Celts, attested for ca. 300 BC to 200 AD. It is a kind of bronze trumpet, held vertically, the mouth styled in the shape of a boar's head. It was used in warfare, probably to incite troops to battle. Carnyx - Evidence for the carnyx. Carnyx - Depiction in sculpture. The instrument is known from depictions, on coins, and notably from the initiation scene of the Gundestrup cauldron. Carnyx - Literature. Including:

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• Carnyx - Literature
• Carnyx - Archaeology
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Carnyx, Carnyx - Evidence for the carnyx, Carnyx - Depiction in sculpture, Carnyx - Literature, Carnyx - Archaeology, Carnyx - Carnyx in other cultures

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Cernunnos in Celtic polytheism is the deified spirit of horned male animals, especially of stags, a nature god associated with produce and fertility. As a "Horned God", Cernunnos was one of a number of similar deities found in many ancient cultures. Cernunnos - Origins. Cernunos is known, from archaeological sources such as inscriptions and depictions, to have been worshipped in Gaul, Northern Italy (Gallia Cisalpina) and the southern coast of Britain. The earliest known probable depiction of Cernunnos was ...

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• Cernunnos - Etymology
• Cernunnos - Iconography
• Cernunnos - Medieval traces
• Cernunnos - Neo-Paganism
• Cernunnos - Wicca

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Cernunos is known, from archaeological sources such as inscriptions and depictions, to have been worshipped in Gaul, Northern Italy (Gallia Cisalpina) and the southern coast of Britain. The earliest known probable depiction of Cernunnos was found at Val Camonica in Italy, dating from the 4th century BC, while the best known depiction is on the famous Gundestrup cauldron found in Denmark and dating to the 1st century BC. In Gallo-Roman religion, his name is known from the "Pillar of the Boatmen" ("Pilier des nautes"), a monument ...

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Gundestrup cauldron - Base Plate. The round base plate is dominated by a bull. On its back is a leaping man wielding a spear, attacking it. Two dogs are also shown, one over the bull's head, and another under its hooves. Gundestrup cauldron - Exterior Plates. Each of the seven exterior plates centrally depicts a bust, probably of a deity. Plates a, b, c and d show bearded male figures, while the remaining three are female. On plate a, the beard ...

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Gundestrup cauldron, Gundestrup cauldron - Discovery and Assembly, Gundestrup cauldron - Decoration, Gundestrup cauldron - Base Plate, Gundestrup cauldron - Exterior Plates, Gundestrup cauldron - Plate A: Horned God, Gundestrup cauldron - Plate B: Goddess with Wheels, Gundestrup cauldron - Plate C: Broken Wheel, Gundestrup cauldron - Plate D: Bull Sacrifice, Gundestrup cauldron - Plate E: Warrior Initiation, Gundestrup cauldron - Interpretation, Gundestrup cauldron - External link

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The depictions of Cernunnos are strikingly consistent throughout the Celtic world. His most distinctive attribute are his stag's horns, and he is usually portrayed as a mature man with long hair and a beard. He wears a torc, an ornate neck-ring used by the Celts to denote nobility. He often carries other torcs in his hands or hanging from his horns, as well as a purse filled with coins. He is usually portrayed seated and cross-legged, in a position which some have interpreted as meditative or shamanic, although it may only reflect the fact that the C ...

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Cernunnos - Wicca. In Wicca, imagery derived from historical Celtic culture is sometimes used, including a depiction of Cernunnos, often referred to as The Horned God. This version of Cernunnos is based little on historical findings and more on phallic symbolism, merged from elements of Pan and from Eliphas Lévi's depiction of Baphomet. The adherents generally follow a life-fertility-death cycle for Cernunnos, though his death is now usually set at Samhain, the Gaelic New Year Festival usually taking place on Oc ...

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The cauldron had been dismantled and deposited in a dry section of the Raevemose peat bog. Originally, it was put on dry land as an offering and not buried.It was found in 1891 as an ensemble of 13 plates: one round plate, five long rectangular and seven shorter rectangular ones (with an eighth one missing). The plates consist of 97% pure silver, partly gilded. In 1892, Sophus Müller reconstructed the plates into their present shape, with the five short plates on the inside, the seven longer ones forming the outside and the round pla ...

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Gundestrup cauldron, Gundestrup cauldron - Discovery and Assembly, Gundestrup cauldron - Decoration, Gundestrup cauldron - Base Plate, Gundestrup cauldron - Exterior Plates, Gundestrup cauldron - Plate A: Horned God, Gundestrup cauldron - Plate B: Goddess with Wheels, Gundestrup cauldron - Plate C: Broken Wheel, Gundestrup cauldron - Plate D: Bull Sacrifice, Gundestrup cauldron - Plate E: Warrior Initiation, Gundestrup cauldron - Interpretation, Gundestrup cauldron - External link

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