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

  1. ^ "Provinces Alpines". L'Année épigraphique. 2013: 374–380. 2016. ISSN 0066-2348. JSTOR 44072768.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Webster, Jane (1995). "'Interpretatio': Roman Word Power and the Celtic Gods". Britannia. 26: 153–161. doi:10.2307/526874. JSTOR 526874. S2CID 161751665.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Gaule Narbonnaise". L'Année épigraphique. 1990: 194–201. 1993. ISSN 0066-2348. JSTOR 25607643.
  7. ^ van den Bruwaene, M. (1952). "Approximations sur Tullus Hostilius". Latomus. 11 (2): 153–163. ISSN 0023-8856. JSTOR 41519767.
  8. ^ "In Depth | Albiorix". NASA Solar System Exploration. 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  9. ^ CIL, XII, 1060.
  10. ^ CIL, XII, 1300.
  11. ^ Merlin, Alf. (1946). "Périodiques". L'Année épigraphique. 1945: 5–38. ISSN 0066-2348. JSTOR 25606677.
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