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Aernus was a theonym used for a god in the Celtiberian pantheon. The use of this theonym was confined to worship in the vicinity of Bragança. Around this area, a number of inscriptions to a god hailed by this name have been recorded. One inscription, found in Castro de Avelãs, Bragança, was dedicated by the ‘ordo Zoelarum,’ and this leads Tranoy and Roux to conclude that this god was probably the protector of the Zoelae. Another inscription was also found in Castro de Avelãs, while yet another was found in Malta in Macedo de Cavaleiros, also in the District of Bragança. While epigraphic evidence for Aernus is scarce, its concentration in a reduced territory in association with homogeneous aspects of material culture indicates to Olivares a homogeneity in the cultural area of the Zoelae. The meaning of the name is still unknown but compare the Proto-Indo-European roots *aper- ‘behind, at the back’ and *āpero- ‘bank’ with the regular phonological developments in Celtic.

References

  1. Page 4 of Juan Carlos Olivares Pedreño (University of Alicante) ‘Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula’ Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies Volume 6; available at Archived 2009-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Page 6 of Juan Carlos Olivares Pedreño (University of Alicante) ‘Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula’ Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies Volume 6; available at Archived 2009-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Page 14 of Juan Carlos Olivares Pedreño (University of Alicante) ‘Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula’ Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies Volume 6; available at Archived 2009-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum II 2606
  5. Page 296 of Tranoy, A. 1981. La Galice romaine. Recherches sur le nord-ouest de la Péninsule Iberique dans l´antiquité. Paris: Boccard.
  6. ^ Pages 179-180 of Le Roux, P. 1992-93. Vicus et castellum en Lusitanie sous l´empire. Studia Historica Hispania Antiqua 10-11 : 151-160.
  7. Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum II 2607
  8. Pages 184-186 of Alves, F.M. 1909. Memorias archeológico-históricas do distrito de Bragança. Porto: Tip. da Emprêsa Guedes.
  9. 2002b. El dios Aernus y los Zoelas. Iberia 5: 65-77.
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