Hu Gadarn?

[StormVixen]

now i dunno weather this should go in druids or gods and goddesses...! is Hu Gadarn a god? or something else? i havent got a clue what ive found bu googleing is confusing i thought maybe someone here could help!!!

:fpeace:

[Agaliha]

now i dunno weather this should go in druids or gods and goddesses...! is Hu Gadarn a god? or something else? i havent got a clue what ive found bu googleing is confusing i thought maybe someone here could help!!!


From pantheon.org


Cernunnos
"The Horned One" is a Celtic god of fertility, life, animals, wealth, and the underworld. He was worshipped all over Gaul, and his cult spread into Britain as well. Cernunnos is depicted with the antlers of a stag, sometimes carries a purse filled with coin. The Horned God is born at the winter solstice, marries the goddess at Beltane, and dies at the summer solstice. He alternates with the goddess of the moon in ruling over life and death, continuing the cycle of death, rebirth and reincarnation.
Paleolithic cave paintings found in France that depict a stag standing upright or a man dressed in stag costume seem to indicate that Cernunnos' origins date to those times. Romans sometimes portrayed him with three cranes flying above his head. Known to the Druids as Hu Gadarn. God of the underworld and astral planes. The consort of the great goddess. He was often depicted holding a bag of money, or accompanied by a ram-headed serpent and a stag. Most notably is the famous Gundestrup cauldron discovered in Denmark.


According to that, Hu Gadarn is the same or similar to Cernunnos. So yes, He is a god.

Hope that's what you were looking for :)

[StormVixen]

i was looking for a bit more info cos i think he is a god in his own right rather than what druids call cernunnos... maybe it should go in the druid forum bit...

cheers tho!

[Agaliha]

Well here is another site:



Hu Gadarn
Welsh: "Hu the Mighty"
Welsh Pseudo-Deity
It goes on to an article...
http://www.maryjones.us/jce/hugadarn.html (http://www.maryjones.us/jce/hugadarn.html)


http://www.red4.co.uk/Folklore/fairytales/hugadarn.htm (http://www.red4.co.uk/Folklore/fairytales/hugadarn.htm)
Some info

http://covenantofrhiannon.org/hu.htm (http://covenantofrhiannon.org/hu.htm)
Some more info

http://www.allstarz.org/religioustext/neu/celt/wfb/wfb77.htm (http://www.allstarz.org/religioustext/neu/celt/wfb/wfb77.htm)
And some more

[StormVixen]

cheers me dear...