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Lanovalus
A Gaulish God: Great Leader
Lanovalus is a Gaulish god known from a two inscriptions, both found at Cadanet, France. Nothing of this god's attributes survive, save his name which can be interpreted as 'Great Leader' and he may have been associated with the Nemetii tribe. |
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Synonyms:
Gaul: Great Leader
Gaul: Great Leader
Lanovalus is a deity known from a two inscriptions found at at Cadenet, Vaucluse, France (CIL XII 1065; ILN-III 226). As such he would have been a god of the Nemetii.
The name is probably derived from the reconstructed proto-Celtic elements *flƒno- (full) and *walo- (prince, chief) yielding a meaning something like 'Great Leader'.
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