Cicolluis
Sign in to savethumb | right | alt=Altar for Mars Cicollus (AE 1981, 690) | Altar for Mars Cicollus (AE 1981, 690) Cicolluis or Cicoluis (also known as Cicollus, Cicolus, Cicollui, and Cichol) is a god in Celtic mythology worshiped by the ancient Gauls and having a parallel in Ireland.
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thumb | right | alt=Altar for Mars Cicollus (AE 1981, 690) | Altar for Mars Cicollus (AE 1981, 690) Cicolluis or Cicoluis (also known as Cicollus, Cicolus, Cicollui, and Cichol) is a god in Celtic mythology worshiped by the ancient Gauls and having a parallel in Ireland.
== Name == The Gaulish theonym Cicollu(i)s derives from the stem cico-, itself from Proto-Celtic *kīko-, meaning 'meat, flesh, muscle' (cf. Old Breton cic-, Middle Welsh cig 'meat') and, by metonymy, 'breast' (cf. Middle Irish cích). It could be translated as 'Big-Muscle' or 'Great-Breast'.
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