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{{short description|Roman name for the Celtic god of hunting and forestation}} | {{short description|Roman name for the Celtic god of hunting and forestation}} | ||
[[File:Vosegus Inschrift Neustadt Museum Speyer.jpg|thumb|Votive stone for Vosegus (AD 151–230); the text reads ''Vosego / Iulius Vi/tunis v(otum) / s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito)'' ("To Vosegus, Julius Vitunis discharges the vow freely and happily, as is deserved".")]] | [[File:Vosegus Inschrift Neustadt Museum Speyer.jpg|thumb|Votive stone for Vosegus (AD 151–230); the text reads ''Vosego / Iulius Vi/tunis v(otum) / s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito)'' ("To Vosegus, Julius Vitunis discharges the vow freely and happily, as is deserved".")]] | ||
'''Vosegus''' ({{IPA|la|ˈwɔ.sɛ.ɡʊs|lang}}; sometimes ''Vosagus'', ''Vosacius'', ''Vosagō'', ''Vosegō'', ''Vogesus'') was a name used in the [[Roman Empire]] for a [[Celtic pantheon|Celtic god]] of hunting and forestation.<ref>[ | '''Vosegus''' ({{IPA|la|ˈwɔ.sɛ.ɡʊs|lang}}; sometimes ''Vosagus'', ''Vosacius'', ''Vosagō'', ''Vosegō'', ''Vogesus'') was a name used in the [[Roman Empire]] for a [[Celtic pantheon|Celtic god]] of hunting and forestation.<ref>[https://www.geologie.uni-freiburg.de/root/people/ex/krecher/Besiedlung.htm ''Geschichte zur frühen Besiedlung des Oberrheingrabens''], Geological Institute of [[Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg]] (German)</ref> | ||
== Description and history == | == Description and history == | ||
On the rare representations that have come down to us, Vosegus is represented with a bow and a shield, and he is sometimes accompanied by a dog.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.musees-alsace.org/Pages/Fiche.php?NumMusee=269000115&Langue=En|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108052301/http://www.musees-alsace.org/Pages/Fiche.php?NumMusee=269000115&Langue=En|url-status=dead|title=''Gallo-Roman Exhibition at Langensoultzbach''|archivedate=November 8, 2007}}</ref> He is also associated with a local hunting deity with a piglet under his arm, and sometimes associated with nuts, acorns, and pine cones.<ref>{{Cite book|last=MacKillop|first=James | On the rare representations that have come down to us, Vosegus is represented with a bow and a shield, and he is sometimes accompanied by a dog.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.musees-alsace.org/Pages/Fiche.php?NumMusee=269000115&Langue=En|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108052301/http://www.musees-alsace.org/Pages/Fiche.php?NumMusee=269000115&Langue=En|url-status=dead|title=''Gallo-Roman Exhibition at Langensoultzbach''|archivedate=November 8, 2007}}</ref> He is also associated with a local hunting deity with a piglet under his arm, and sometimes associated with nuts, acorns, and pine cones.<ref>{{Cite book|last=MacKillop|first=James|title=A dictionary of Celtic mythology|date=2016|isbn=978-0-19-880484-0|location=Oxford|oclc=965737514}}</ref> The central area where Vosegus was worshiped was around the [[Mont Donon|Donon]]. On top of a hill there was a temple dedicated to Vosegus.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071025115134/http://www.celtnet.org.uk/gods_v/vosegus.html ''Vosegus - A Gaulish god: The Sower'']}}</ref> | ||
The name is derived from the [[Proto-Celtic]] *''uɸo''- (“sub-, under”) and *''segos'' (“force, victory”).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UK46AQAAIAAJ&dq=segos++vosegus&pg=PA518|title=La grande encyclopédie des lieux d'Alsace: toponymie, étymologie, histoire|first=Michel Paul|last=Urban|date=March 9, 2010|publisher=Nuée bleue|via=Google Books|isbn=9782716507561}}</ref> | The name is derived from the [[Proto-Celtic]] *''uɸo''- (“sub-, under”) and *''segos'' (“force, victory”).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UK46AQAAIAAJ&dq=segos++vosegus&pg=PA518|title=La grande encyclopédie des lieux d'Alsace: toponymie, étymologie, histoire|first=Michel Paul|last=Urban|date=March 9, 2010|publisher=Nuée bleue|via=Google Books|isbn=9782716507561}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 00:15, 13 November 2025
Vosegus (Script error: No such module "IPA".; sometimes Vosagus, Vosacius, Vosagō, Vosegō, Vogesus) was a name used in the Roman Empire for a Celtic god of hunting and forestation.[1]
Description and history
On the rare representations that have come down to us, Vosegus is represented with a bow and a shield, and he is sometimes accompanied by a dog.[2] He is also associated with a local hunting deity with a piglet under his arm, and sometimes associated with nuts, acorns, and pine cones.[3] The central area where Vosegus was worshiped was around the Donon. On top of a hill there was a temple dedicated to Vosegus.[4]
The name is derived from the Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (“sub-, under”) and *segos (“force, victory”).[5]
Later in Gallo-Roman religion, Vosegus was the patron god of the Vosges in eastern Gaul. His name is attested in about five inscriptions from western Germany and eastern France, twice in the form Vosego Silv(estri) and once as Merc(urio) Vos(ego).[6]
References
- ↑ Geschichte zur frühen Besiedlung des Oberrheingrabens, Geological Institute of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (German)
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- ↑ Nicole Jufer & Thierry Luginbühl. 2001. Les dieux gaulois : répertoire des noms de divinités celtiques connus par l'épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie. Editions Errance, Paris.