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[[File:Gripswalder-Matronenstein-Mercurius-_Arvernus-01.png|right|thumb|Drawing of an altar to Mercury Arvernus found at [[:de:Haus Gripswald|Gripswald]] along with a [[:de:Gripswalder Matronensteine|group of votive altars and reliefs]] dedicated to the [[Matronae]]]] |
[[File:Gripswalder-Matronenstein-Mercurius-_Arvernus-01.png|right|thumb|Drawing of an altar to Mercury Arvernus found at [[:de:Haus Gripswald|Gripswald]] along with a [[:de:Gripswalder Matronensteine|group of votive altars and reliefs]] dedicated to the [[Matronae]]]] |
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In [[Gallo-Roman religion]], '''Arvernus''' was an [[epithet]] of the Gaulish [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]]. Although the name refers to the [[Arverni]], in whose territory Mercury had at important sanctuary at the [[Puy-de-Dôme]] in the [[Massif Central]], all of the inscriptions to Mercury Arvernus are found farther away along the [[Rhine|Rhenish]] frontier. The similar name '''Mercury Arvernorix''', ‘king of the Arverni’, is also recorded once.<ref>[http://www.bifrost.it/CELTI/2.Divinitagalliche/02-Mercurius.html MERCURIUS - L'inventore di tutti le arte].</ref> Compare also the title '''Mercury Dumiatis''' (‘of the Puy-de-Dôme’), found in the territory of the Arverni.<ref>Nicole Jufer & Thierry Luginbühl (2001). ''Les dieux gaulois : répertoire des noms de divinités celtiques connus par l'épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie.'' Paris: Editions Errance. {{ISBN|2-87772-200-7}}.</ref> The name, like the name of the [[Arverni]] and of [[Auvergne (province)|Auvergne]], appears to derive from a [[Proto-Celtic]] [[compound (linguistics)|compound]] [[adjective]] *''φara-werno-s'' ‘in front of [[alder]]s’.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} |
In [[Gallo-Roman religion]], '''Arvernus''' was the tribal god of the [[Arverni]] and an [[epithet]] of the Gaulish [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]]. Although the name refers to the [[Arverni]], in whose territory Mercury had at important sanctuary at the [[Puy-de-Dôme]] in the [[Massif Central]], all of the inscriptions to Mercury Arvernus are found farther away along the [[Rhine|Rhenish]] frontier. The similar name '''Mercury Arvernorix''', ‘king of the Arverni’, is also recorded once.<ref>[http://www.bifrost.it/CELTI/2.Divinitagalliche/02-Mercurius.html MERCURIUS - L'inventore di tutti le arte].</ref> Compare also the title '''Mercury Dumiatis''' (‘of the Puy-de-Dôme’), found in the territory of the Arverni.<ref>Nicole Jufer & Thierry Luginbühl (2001). ''Les dieux gaulois : répertoire des noms de divinités celtiques connus par l'épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie.'' Paris: Editions Errance. {{ISBN|2-87772-200-7}}.</ref> The name, like the name of the [[Arverni]] and of [[Auvergne (province)|Auvergne]], appears to derive from a [[Proto-Celtic]] [[compound (linguistics)|compound]] [[adjective]] *''φara-werno-s'' ‘in front of [[alder]]s’.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} |
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In Gallo-Roman religion, Arvernus was the tribal god of the Arverni and an epithet of the Gaulish Mercury. Although the name refers to the Arverni, in whose territory Mercury had at important sanctuary at the Puy-de-Dôme in the Massif Central, all of the inscriptions to Mercury Arvernus are found farther away along the Rhenish frontier. The similar name Mercury Arvernorix, ‘king of the Arverni’, is also recorded once.[1] Compare also the title Mercury Dumiatis (‘of the Puy-de-Dôme’), found in the territory of the Arverni.[2] The name, like the name of the Arverni and of Auvergne, appears to derive from a Proto-Celtic compound adjective *φara-werno-s ‘in front of alders’.[citation needed]
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- ^ MERCURIUS - L'inventore di tutti le arte.
- ^ Nicole Jufer & Thierry Luginbühl (2001). Les dieux gaulois : répertoire des noms de divinités celtiques connus par l'épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie. Paris: Editions Errance. ISBN 2-87772-200-7.
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