Mercury Dumiatis
deity Gaulish single tradition · 1
Mercury Dumiatis (‘of the Puy-de-Dôme’) is found in the territory of the Arverni. 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’.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Mercury
- co occurs with
- Arvernus, Mercury Arvernorix
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Compare also the title Mercury Dumiatis (‘of the Puy-de-Dôme’), found in the territory of the Arverni. 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’.”
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