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Fagus
The Gaulish God, Fagus: God of Beech Trees
Fagus is a Gaulish god known from four inscriptions found in the Hautes-Pyrénées, France. He represents the god of beech trees and may have had a acred grove in the region. |
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Gaul: God of Birch Trees
Fagus is known from four inscriptions found at Générest (CIL XIII 00225), Ladivert (CIL XIII 000333) and Tibiran-Jaunac (CIL XIII 00223 and 00224); all in the Hautes-Pyrénées, France.
As Fagus shares his name with the Latin for beech trees it has been proposed that he represents the god of the beech.
In this respect Fagus belongs to the same class of deities as Abelio (the god of apple trees), Buxenus (the god of box trees) and Robur (the god of oak trees).
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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