Atepomarus
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was associated with this god in the form Apollo Atepomarus.At some of Apollo's healing sanctuaries (as at Sainte-Sabine, Burgundy) small figurines of horses were associated with him.
Names and etymology
The title also appears as Atepomerus.[1]
Scholarship suggests the name is a compound of at- (intensifier), -epo- (the Celtic word for "horse") and -marus ("large, great").[2][3] Thus, the epithet is sometimes translated as "Great Horseman" or "possessing a great horse".[4][5]
Pierre-Yves Lambert rejects his connection with horses and suggests an etymology based on *ad-tepo, related to 'protection, refuge'.[6]
Role
As founder
A character named Atepomarus appears with a Momoros (fr) as a pair of Celtic kings and founders of Lugdunum. They escape from Sereroneus and arrive at a hill. Momorus, who had skills in augury, sees a murder of crows and names the hill Lougodunum, after the crows. This myth is reported in the works of Klitophon of Rhodes and in Pseudo-Plutarch's De fluviis.[7][2][8][4]
As a theonym
The name appears as a theonym attached to Graeco-Roman deities
References
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- Polomé, Edgar C. "Etymologische Anmerkungen zu keltischen Götternamen". In: Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie (ZcP) 49-50, no. 1 (1997): 741. https://doi.org/10.1515/zcph.1997.49-50.1.737
- ^ Lambert, Pierre-Yves (2012). "Patrice Lajoye, Des dieux gaulois. Petits essais de mythologie. Budapest, Archaeolingua alapítvány, Series Minor no 26, 2008". [Review]. Études Celtiques (in French). 38: 320–321 [321].
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Bibliography
- Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. Miranda Green. Thames and Hudson Ltd. London. 1997
- Animals in Celtic Life and Myth, Miranda Green, Routledge.
Further reading
- Picard, Gilbert Charles (1977). "Imperator Caelestium". Gallia (in French). 35 (1): 89–113. .
