Tridamos

Tridamos

Also Tridamus.In ancient Celtic polytheism, the male deification of supposed bovine triplication, conceived as a manifestation of abundance.

Centres of worship

Tridamos was worshipped in Roman Britain and altar-stones raised to him have been recovered in the United Kingdom, such as at Michaelchurch (304).

Parallels

Parallels can be drawn between this deity and Tarvos Trigaranos.

Etymology

Tridamos may be derived from the Proto-Celtic "*Tri-damos " meaning 'threefold bovine one' (q.v. [http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/PCl-MoE.pdf] [http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/MoE-PCl.pdf] [http://www.indo-european.nl/cgi-bin/query.cgi?root=leiden&basename=%5Cdata%5Cie%5Cceltic] ).

ources

*British Museum, London, England
*Lancaster museum, Lancaster, England
*Newcastle Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle, England
*Penrith Museum, Penrith, England
*Verovicium Roman Museum, Housesteads Fort, Northumberland, England
*York Castle Museum, York, England


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  • Tridamus — Tridamus, oder Triadamos, war möglicherweise eine kelto britische Gottheit. Der Name wurde bisher nur von einer Inschrift herausgelesen[1], die sich in Michaelchurch fand und vielleicht ursprünglich in Magnis aufgestellt war (zur näheren… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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