Cel (goddess)
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Cel (mythology)
)Cel was the
Tellus
.
In
Giants. A bronze mirror from the 5th century BC depicts a theomachy in which Celsclan, "son of Cel," is a Giant attacked by Laran, the god of war. In Greek, "giant" comes from a word meaning "born from Gaia".[2] Another mirror depicts anguiped Giants in the company of a goddess, possibly Cel, whose lower body is formed of vegetation.[3]
In a sanctuary near
votive bronze statuettes, some male and some female, dedicated to her as Cel Ati, "Mother Cel". The inscription on each reads mi celś atial celthi, "I [belong to, have been given] to Cel the mother, here [in this sanctuary]."[4]
Cel appears on the
haruspicy. She is placed in House 13.[citation needed
]
References
- ^ Nancy Thomson De Grummond, Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2006), p. 43, 106.
- ^ De Grummond, Etruscan Myth, p. 105.
- ^ De Grummond, Etruscan Myth, p. 105–106.
- ^ Giuliano Bonfante and Larissa Bonfante, The Etruscan Language: An Introduction (New York University Press, 2002, revised edition), p. 166.