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Dis Pater

deity underworld Gaulish single tradition · 10

Dis Pater was the Gaulish god of the underworld and progenitor of the Gauls as described by Caesar. Sucellus has been frequently identified as a candidate for this deity.

↻ synthesized from 10 sources

When

First attested
509 BCE
Attested period
-509 – 2020
Historical notes
Roman underworld god.

Relationships

syncretized with
Sucellus, Hades, Pluto, Orcus, Cernunnos, The Dagda, Soranus, Taranis
co occurs with
Nehalennia, Arecurius, Libera, the Fates, Ilithyia, Proserpina, Moerae, Ilythiae, Terra Mater, Rosmerta, Sulevia, Sirona, Teutates, Lugus, Éris, Horkos, Ogmios, Charon, Iapetus, Nodens, Silvanus, silvani, Nantosuelta, Ceres, Liber, Mother Earth, Juno, Diana, Apollo, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Epona
consort of
Erecura, Proserpina, Proserpine, Aericura
allied with
Cerberus
child of
Saturn, Ops
sibling of
Jupiter, Neptune

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Mentioned by

and 6 more

Sources

wikipedia (10)
  1. Sucellus
  2. Erecura
  3. Proserpina
  4. Dis Pater
  5. Carmen Saeculare
  6. Secular Games
  7. Celtic deities
  8. Lyon cup
  9. Orcus
  10. Ogmios

Source passages

“Sucellus has been frequently identified as a candidate for Gaulish Dis Pater, the Gaulish god of the underworld and progenitor of the Gauls described by Caesar.”

#12352 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“associated with the Roman underworld god Dis Pater, as on an altar from Sulzbach. She appears with Dis Pater in a statue found at Oberseebach, Switzerland, and in several magical texts from Austria, once in the company of Cerberus and once probably with Ogmios.”

#12476 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The Roman cult of Mother and Maiden named Proserpina as queen of the underworld, spouse to Rome's king of the underworld, Dis Pater, and daughter to Ceres.”

#13047 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In 249 BC and 207 BC, the Roman Senate under senator Lucius Catellius ordained special festivals to appease Dis Pater and Proserpina. Every hundred years, a festival was celebrated in his name.”

#13323 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Originally, the celebrations, dedicated to Dis Pater and Proserpine, were held over three nights”

#19768 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5