Maponos
deity Celtic single tradition · 1
In ancient Celtic religion, Maponos or Maponus ("Great Son") is a god of youth known mainly in northern Britain but also in Gaul. In Roman Britain, he was equated with Apollo.
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 400
- Historical notes
- Attested in ancient Celtic religion.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mabon ap Modron, Maponus, Mabon son of Mellt, Aengus, Modron
- syncretized with
- Apollo, Apollo Maponus
- child of
- Dea Matrona, Matrona
- manifested by
- Mabon, Mabuz, Mabonagrain
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Maponos surfaces in the Middle Welsh narrative, the Mabinogion, as Mabon, son of Modron who is herself the continuation of Gaulish Matrona (“Matronly Spirit”). The theme of Maponos son of Matrona (literally, child of mother) and the development of names in the Mabinogi from Common Brythonic”
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