Celtic deities
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The gods and goddesses of the pre-Christian Celtic peoples are known from a variety of sources, including ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, cult objects, and place or personal names. The
Epona, the Celtic goddess of horses and riding, lacked a direct Roman equivalent, and is therefore one of the most persistent distinctly Celtic deities. This image comes from Germany, about 200 AD
Replica of the incomplete Pillar of the Boatmen, from Paris, with four deities, including the only depiction of Cernunnos to name him (left, 2nd from top)
Detail of the antlered figure holding a torc and a ram-headed snake depicted on the 1st or 2nd century BC Gundestrup cauldron discovered in Jutland, Denmark
Epona, 3rd century AD, from Freyming (Moselle), France (Musée Lorrain, Nancy)
Esus
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Esus is a Celtic god known from iconographic, epigraphic, and literary sources.
Esus as depicted on the Pillar of the Boatmen
Esus and Tarvos on the Pillar of the Boatmen
The Trier monument: Left, Mercury and Rosmerta; Right, Esus chopping a tree, which holds a bull and three birds.
Statue of Mercury from Lezoux