Gods (J)

 

Jupiter

Roman Sky God. He was adopted by the Celts, not only as a Sun God but also as a high Mountain deity; Such as he was given a number of local territorial epithets or surnames in the Celtic world, of which the most important follow:

Jupiter Beissirissa

given in Gaus at Cadeac, among the Bigerriones tribe.

Jupiter Brixianus

Cisalpine Gaul.

Jupiter Ladicus

the spirit of Mount Ladicus in north-west Spain.

Jupiter Parthinus

also known as Partinus on the borders of north-east Dalmatia(Yugoslavia) and Upper Moesia (Bulgaria).

Jupiter Poeninus

was worshipped in the Alps around the Great St. Bernard Pass.

Jupiter Taranis

(see Taranis/Taranus)

Jupiter Uxellinus

a High Mountain God in Austria. The name may indicate supremacy.

 

 

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