Cernunnos -Horned God of the Wild (The myth of Cernunnos) Celtic Mythology

 

The most mystifying easily identifiable god of folklore is a horn being called  Cernunnos, visually striking God, who is Dorn, with the antlers of a stag. Bearing a Celtic torque about his neck and in his hand at a small purse, filled with coin or grain. He was sometimes portrayed with serpent legs. A man's torso with the head of a bull or a ram or even with three faces coiled about one of his arms is a serpent, with the horns of a ram, while an assortment of beasts of the field and forests around him.  Cernunnos is heavily associated with nature, hunting animals, fauna, fruit, grain, fertility, and prosperity. And in some legends. He's even the ruler of the underworld or other world. The opener of the gates between life and death. But What makes  Cernunnos so mysterious of being, is that we truly know little about his character, or his roles in mythology, as there are few surviving texts pertained to him, and other ancient Celtic Gods. Cernunnos is the Latin name given to this mysterious Celtic deity. And is usually translated as the horned one derived from an Indo-European root word "Karr" meaning growth. The name  Cernunnos has appeared only once on the pillar of the boatmen's carved in what is now Paris, France, sometime during the first century, possibly erected by a guild of Celtic sailors and house beneath Notre Dame Cathedral, the biller depicts several Roman and Gaelic gods.  Cernunnos Counted among them. In this depiction, Cernunnos torques hung around his antlers, rather than his neck or his hands. Though the bottom tier of the pillar remains missing, leading many to believe the original carving depicted him as sitting cross-legged And would most likely have held an additional torque. Perhaps the most famous image of Cernunnos or another name was God who is nonetheless associated  Cernunnos is upon the goodness drop cauldron, discovered in a Danish peat bog in 1891 and dated to the first or second century Before Cernunnos sits cross-legged, surrounded by forest animals and plant life, holding a ram horn serpent in one hand and torque in the other. However, these and other visual representations of a horned God as a part of the Celtic Pantheon predates such inscriptions and names by centuries. Some go as far back as the seventh century Before Common Era, from various different parts of Western Europe. Some have even conjectured how the foreign deity was venerated as a shamanic god of the hunt, since prehistoric times. In essence, while scholars prescribed  Cernunnos to the horned god of the kilts, the deity in itself is far older than the conventional name. And while it is unknown exactly who had worshipped  Cernunnos. Horned gods were commonly worshiped throughout the Celtic world, as his image appears throughout Europe, from Ireland to Romania, with the oldest surviving image from the fourth century Before Common Era. In the Italian Alps time when they were under Celtic occupation. Much of what is said about Cernunno's character and role is modern speculation based upon these ancient images. Most commonly, he is seen as a Lord of wild things rules or pristine nature and uncivilized ways. He is depicted as being surrounded by animals who may embody his traits, such as the stag, namely, a red deer. The bull.   the raven and wild dogs, he's depicted as a mediator of man and nature, able to tame predator and prey or like, so they might lie down together in harmony. Like many other deities associated with hunting and gathering, it is likely a prayer was invoked for any animals or wild vegetation were gathered from this forest

his associated association with nature, animals, and hunting, have led some to interpret him as a god of death or the underworld, as death is a prominent part of the natural world

 Cernunnos is widely were often attributed to the changing of the seasons and masculine energy.

 His power waves will need to regrow and spring, stronger, more beautiful than before. Some even interpret  Cernunnos, and other horn Gods' legends to have evolved into interpretations of the green man, a nature spirit who represents rebirth and new growth of the springtime season. though the truth of this mysterious figure is lost to history.  Cernunnos is a fascinating figure indeed one of his attributes as a character. Even his true name, we may have discovered doing part too few we have any surviving   Celtic literature about them, as well as attempted eradication of the Christian church. But, like a stag antlers in the spring.  Cernunnos legend, seems to have begun its regrowth. birds, flowers and vegetation seasons and nature, hunting and harvest fertility, and well, life and death. All attributed correctly or wrongly, to the horned god. Whatever the truth may be about him and his being. His appearance as an antlered god of the wild with animals in tow and torque in hand-painted  Cernunnos as the ultimate embodiment of the natural world.

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