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Narius
A Gaulish and Brythonic God: Lord
Narius is a Gaulish and Brythonic god known from an inscription found in France and inscribed silver spoons found in Britain. In the British inscriptions Narius is equated with the Roman god Faunus and it seems that Narius might have been an oracular, pastoral, deity. |
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Gaul,Bryth: Lord
Narius is a deity known from a single inscription from Mackwiller, Bas-Rhin, France where he is assimilated with the Gaulish deity Intarabus. The deity is also known from Thetford in Norfolk where a hoard of 33 silver spoons were uncovered. Many of these spoons were dedicated to the Roman deity Faunus in many guises, three of which (RIB II, 2/2420.20; 2420.21cand 2420.23), two of which were dedicated to Faunus Narius.
Faunus was a Roman pastoral deity, equated with Pan; as an oracular deity he could predict the future. Sometimes Faunus was associated with Silvanus. It would seem therefore, by association with Faunus that Narius was a woodland deity.
Narius' name can be derived from the reconstructed proto-Celtic lexical elements *nāro- (lord) and the masculine ending -os. He would therefore seem to be the equivalent, at least etymologically, of the Cymric deity Naf.
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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