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Etnosus
A Gaulish God: The Avian One
Etnosus is a Gaulish god known from a single inscription found at Bourges, France. His name suggests that he was an avian type diety and may have been a god of war, death and the otherworld — a psychopomp. |
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Gaul: The Avian One
Etnosus is known from a single inscription found at Bourges, Cher, France (CIL XIII 01189). Nothing survives of this deity's attributes and properties save his name. However, his name is probably related to genitive form of the reconstructed proto-Celtic word for bird fetn-os giving his name a meaning something like 'The Avian One' or possibly 'The Feathered One'. As many brid-associated deities in Celtic mythos (Brân, Creÿr and Rhiannon) are asssociated with war, death and the otherworld this might make Etnosus a psychopomp or a keeper of the dead.
If you would like to try the foods of the time of the ancient Celts, then why not have a look at the ancient recipes section of this site. For the foods of the time when some of these tales were written down, take a look at the Medieval recipes section of the site and, in particular, the recipes from The Forme of Cury.
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