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Epadatextorix
A Gaulish God: King at the Assembly Hall
Epadatextorix (Intarabus, Interabus) is a Gaulish god known from an an inscription found at Néris-les-Bains, France where h eis named as an epithet of Mars Leucutios, a god of hunting and lightning. Evidence points to him being a god of the 'father of the tribe' type. |
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Gaul: King at the Assembly Hall
Epadatextorix is an epithet of Gaulish Mars Leucutios known from an inscription found at Néris-les-Bains, Allier, France (RIG II, 1, L-6), this being a traditional native Galish inscription. Loucetius/Leucutios himself is a healing deity associated with lightning and Epadatextorix probably reflects a specific function of this deity.
The deity's name may be broken down into three components. The first, epa- probably being related to the reconstructed proto Indo-European root *ep- (at) and the last rix is the Gaulish for 'king or leader'. It is the middle component datexto that proves to be problematic. This may be related to the reconstructed proto-Celtic root *datlo-tegos (assembly[-hall]) and would imply that Epadatextorix' name means 'King at the Assembly Hall'. This would make him a 'fatather of the tribe' deity (in a similar manner to that other lightning god Taranis) and implies lawgiver attributes. For this would be the function of the king sitting at the assembly hall.
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