Moritasgus
Sign in to saveMoritasgus is a Celtic epithet for a healing god found in four inscriptions at Alesia. In two inscriptions, he is identified with the Greco-Roman god Apollo. His consort was the goddess Damona.
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- Etymology
- Shrine in [[Alesia (city)|Alesia]]
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Moritasgus is a Celtic epithet for a healing god found in four inscriptions at Alesia. In two inscriptions, he is identified with the Greco-Roman god Apollo. His consort was the goddess Damona.
== Etymology == The name Moritasgus, shared by a 1st-century BC ruler of the Senones, has been analyzed variously. The particle -tasgus has been derived by scholars from a Proto-Celtic stem *tazgo-, *tasgos or *tasko- 'badger'. Xavier Delamarre proposed that the complete name means "Sea Badger", from Gaulish mori 'sea' + tasgos (also tascos or taxos), 'badger'. The European badger produced a secretion used in Gaulish medicaments, hence a possible connection with a healing god.
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