- 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 theUnited 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
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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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