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Three Faced God ( almost, tricephalos) perhaps from the Remi tribe, Gaul.First century BC to first century AD ?
"Remains of a recumbent lion are still visible on the upper surface" . One similar one is in Reims . This similar one might be a copy or a maquette? Confirmed as an original from the Remii tribe from a private collector.
This altar is like the classic presentation of an important god of the Remi, a Celtic tribe of the area of modern day Reims/ Rheims" re-founded circa 80 BC as Durocorteron ("round fortress"), served as the tribe capital— whose name the town would subsequently echo. In the course of Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul (58–51 BC), the Remi allied themselves with the Romans, and by their fidelity throughout the various Gallic insurrections secured the special favour of the imperial power.
Before the Roman conquest of northern Gaul, Reims had served as the Remi tribe's capital. At its height in Roman times the city had a population in the range of 30,000–50,000 or perhaps up to 100,000. Reims was first called Durocortorum in Latin, which is hypothesised to derive from a Gaulish name meaning "Door of Cortoro-". The city later took its name from the Remi tribe (Rēmi or Rhēmi). The modern French name is derived from the accusative case of the latter, Rēmos.
(Christianity had become established in the city by 260, at which period Saint Sixtus of Reims founded the Diocese of Reims (which would be elevated to an archdiocese around 750). The consul Jovinus, an influential supporter of the new faith, repelled the Alamanni who invaded Champagne in 336; but the Vandals captured the city in 406 and slew Bishop Nicasius; and in 451 AD Attila the Hun put Reims to fire and sword.) ...
"Triplism, ie, triple faces, triple heads, three horned bulls (Tarvos Trigaranus), triskeles (3 armed spirals) etc are a recurrent feature of Celtic spirituality and art , a legacy from earlier Indo-European traditions".
The oldest surviving monument in Reims, the Porte de Mars ("Mars Gate", so called from a temple to Roman god Mars), a triumphal arch, consists of three archways flanked by columns. It probably belongs to the 3rd or 4th century AD.
The image of the three headed god has a central concentration among the Belgae confederation, between the Oise, Marne and Moselle rivers.
Miranda A. Green observes that "triplism" reflects a way of "expressing the divine rather than presentation of specific god-types. Triads or triple beings are ubiquitous in the Welsh and Irish mythic imagery" (she gives examples including the Irish battle-furies, Macha, and Brigit). The Morrígan also appears sometimes as one being, and at other times as three sisters, as do the three Irish goddesses of sovereignty, Ériu, Fódla and Banba. "The religious iconographic repertoire of Gaul, southern Germania and Britain during the Roman period includes a wide range of triple forms: the most common triadic depiction is that of the triple mother goddess the Matronae " (she lists numerous examples).
This Remi artifact is from the Celtic and Prehistoric Museum at Kilvicadownig, Ventry, Dingle. A great private museum in County Kerry, in Ireland / Eire.Housing several great items from the Neolithic to Celtic Iron Age Ireland and early Roman occupation in continental Europe.
Kilvicadownig (also Kilvickadownig, Irish Chill Mhic an Domhnaigh - "the Church of the King of the World") is nearby, the west of the bay of Ventry on the Dingle Peninsula.
Not far from the small early Celtic Christian cemetery, there features a decorated cross, an upright cross-slab, there's a dilapidated chamber grave and a second cross-slab. According to legend, here is "Donn, the king of the world", is buried, Donn slighted Ériu, one of the eponymous goddesses of Ireland, and he was drowned off the south-west coast of the island. A place near this spot, on a small rocky island named 'Tech nDuinn' ('the House of Donn'), became Donn's dwelling place as god of the dead. This house was the assembly place for the dead before they began the journey to the Otherworld.Donn is regarded as the father of the Irish race; a position similar to that of Dis Pater and the Gauls, as noted by Julius Caesar.Originally, Donn was the chief of the Sons of Mil, a mythological race who invaded Ireland, ousting the Tuatha Dé Danann.The Battle of Ventry was also nearby. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cath_Finntr%C3%A1gha. In the village, the "Celtic and Prehistoric Museum" is located.
Three Faced God ( almost, tricephalos) perhaps from the Remi tribe, Gaul.First century BC to first century AD ?
"Remains of a recumbent lion are still visible on the upper surface" . One similar one is in Reims . This similar one might be a copy or a maquette? Confirmed as an original from the Remii tribe from a private collector.
This altar is like the classic presentation of an important god of the Remi, a Celtic tribe of the area of modern day Reims/ Rheims" re-founded circa 80 BC as Durocorteron ("round fortress"), served as the tribe capital— whose name the town would subsequently echo. In the course of Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul (58–51 BC), the Remi allied themselves with the Romans, and by their fidelity throughout the various Gallic insurrections secured the special favour of the imperial power.
Before the Roman conquest of northern Gaul, Reims had served as the Remi tribe's capital. At its height in Roman times the city had a population in the range of 30,000–50,000 or perhaps up to 100,000. Reims was first called Durocortorum in Latin, which is hypothesised to derive from a Gaulish name meaning "Door of Cortoro-". The city later took its name from the Remi tribe (Rēmi or Rhēmi). The modern French name is derived from the accusative case of the latter, Rēmos.
(Christianity had become established in the city by 260, at which period Saint Sixtus of Reims founded the Diocese of Reims (which would be elevated to an archdiocese around 750). The consul Jovinus, an influential supporter of the new faith, repelled the Alamanni who invaded Champagne in 336; but the Vandals captured the city in 406 and slew Bishop Nicasius; and in 451 AD Attila the Hun put Reims to fire and sword.) ...
"Triplism, ie, triple faces, triple heads, three horned bulls (Tarvos Trigaranus), triskeles (3 armed spirals) etc are a recurrent feature of Celtic spirituality and art , a legacy from earlier Indo-European traditions".
The oldest surviving monument in Reims, the Porte de Mars ("Mars Gate", so called from a temple to Roman god Mars), a triumphal arch, consists of three archways flanked by columns. It probably belongs to the 3rd or 4th century AD.
The image of the three headed god has a central concentration among the Belgae confederation, between the Oise, Marne and Moselle rivers.
Miranda A. Green observes that "triplism" reflects a way of "expressing the divine rather than presentation of specific god-types. Triads or triple beings are ubiquitous in the Welsh and Irish mythic imagery" (she gives examples including the Irish battle-furies, Macha, and Brigit). The Morrígan also appears sometimes as one being, and at other times as three sisters, as do the three Irish goddesses of sovereignty, Ériu, Fódla and Banba. "The religious iconographic repertoire of Gaul, southern Germania and Britain during the Roman period includes a wide range of triple forms: the most common triadic depiction is that of the triple mother goddess the Matronae " (she lists numerous examples).
This Remi artifact is from the Celtic and Prehistoric Museum at Kilvicadownig, Ventry, Dingle. A great private museum in County Kerry, in Ireland / Eire.Housing several great items from the Neolithic to Celtic Iron Age Ireland and early Roman occupation in continental Europe.
Kilvicadownig (also Kilvickadownig, Irish Chill Mhic an Domhnaigh - "the Church of the King of the World") is nearby, the west of the bay of Ventry on the Dingle Peninsula.
Not far from the small early Celtic Christian cemetery, there features a decorated cross, an upright cross-slab, there's a dilapidated chamber grave and a second cross-slab. According to legend, here is "Donn, the king of the world", is buried, Donn slighted Ériu, one of the eponymous goddesses of Ireland, and he was drowned off the south-west coast of the island. A place near this spot, on a small rocky island named 'Tech nDuinn' ('the House of Donn'), became Donn's dwelling place as god of the dead. This house was the assembly place for the dead before they began the journey to the Otherworld.Donn is regarded as the father of the Irish race; a position similar to that of Dis Pater and the Gauls, as noted by Julius Caesar.Originally, Donn was the chief of the Sons of Mil, a mythological race who invaded Ireland, ousting the Tuatha Dé Danann.The Battle of Ventry was also nearby. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cath_Finntr%C3%A1gha. In the village, the "Celtic and Prehistoric Museum" is located.