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Cernunnos

Cernunnos proper noun: a deity, usually depicted as a man with antlers, associated with stags, horned serpents, dogs and bulls.

cernunnos: a deity, usually depicted as a man with antlers, associated with stags, horned serpents, dogs and...
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Proper noun

Cernunnos

  1. (historical, Gallo-Roman religion, Celtic religion) A deity, usually depicted as a man with antlers, associated with stags, horned serpents, dogs and bulls.
    • Cernunnos is one of the oldest of the old gods.[…]Often attacked by the forces of the early Christian Church, Cernunnos was misconstrued as demonic and the lord of sorcerers and witches during the Middle Ages.2003, Arthur Rowan, The Lore of the Bard, Llewellyn Publications, page 242
    • Here we see an image of Cernunnos - the Lord of the Animals, the wild Herdsman and Hunter.2004, Philip Carr-Gomm, Stephanie Carr-Gomm, Druid Craft Tarot, Connections Book Publishing, page 146

Forms of Cernunnos

alternative formCarnonos

Origin of Cernunnos

Learned borrowing from Latin Cernunnus, itself from Gaulish *Karnonos.

Questions about Cernunnos

What does Cernunnos mean?
Cernunnos means a deity, usually depicted as a man with antlers, associated with stags, horned serpents, dogs and bulls.
What part of speech is Cernunnos?
Cernunnos is a proper noun.

Words near Cernunnos in the dictionary

  1. Cernica
  2. Cerniglia
  3. Cerniglias
  4. Cernik
  5. Cernișoara
  6. Cernunnos
  7. cernuous
  8. Cerny
  9. cernyite
  10. Cernys
  11. Cernătești

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