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Gaulish deity, often associated with Mars
Albiorix (Gaulish god) is a deity often associated with the god
Mars .
Name
The origin of the name Albiorix is based on connection with the deity Mars,
[1]
[2] and as such the cult of this deity was known in the
Haute-Provence and in the
Alps .
[3]
Scholars disagree with this being an individual deity or one that has been connected with Mars through
syncretism and
interpretatio .
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
The name of one of the moons of
Saturn was named after this deity.
[8]
Attestations
The inscription from the
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL) includes references to the deity:
[9]
ALBIORICE
While also connected to the deity Mars
[10] found on fragments of vases:
[11]
MARTI
ALBIORIGI
References
^
"Provinces Alpines" . L'Année épigraphique . 2013 : 374–380. 2016.
ISSN
0066-2348 .
JSTOR
44072768 .
^ Olmsted, Garrett S. (1994).
The gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans . Universität Innsbruck. Institut für Sprachwissenschaft. Innsbruck: Verlag des Instituts für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck.
ISBN
3-85124-173-8 .
OCLC
32949330 .
^ Leveau, Philippe (1988).
"Six dédicaces à des divinités indigènes du Lubéron et du plateau D'Albion" . Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik . 71 : 179–187.
ISSN
0084-5388 .
JSTOR
20186763 .
^ Webster, Jane (1995).
" 'Interpretatio': Roman Word Power and the Celtic Gods" . Britannia . 26 : 153–161.
doi :
10.2307/526874 .
JSTOR
526874 .
S2CID
161751665 .
^ Christol, Michel; Janon, Michel (2004).
" "Albarinus", dieu indigène dans la cité de Carpentras (Gaule Narbonnaise)" . Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik . 146 : 272–278.
ISSN
0084-5388 .
JSTOR
20191779 .
^
"Gaule Narbonnaise" . L'Année épigraphique . 1990 : 194–201. 1993.
ISSN
0066-2348 .
JSTOR
25607643 .
^ van den Bruwaene, M. (1952).
"Approximations sur Tullus Hostilius" . Latomus . 11 (2): 153–163.
ISSN
0023-8856 .
JSTOR
41519767 .
^
"In Depth | Albiorix" . NASA Solar System Exploration . 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-15 .
^ CIL, XII, 1060 .
^ CIL, XII, 1300 .
^ Merlin, Alf. (1946).
"Périodiques" . L'Année épigraphique . 1945 : 5–38.
ISSN
0066-2348 .
JSTOR
25606677 .