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  Isis Books Pagan Celtic Article: Cernunnos, The Celtic Horned God
Cernunnos is said to be able to influence the winds and rains that refresh and water the wood and field, valley and heath, keeping them verdant and life-engendering.
Cernunnos is also known as Guide of the Dead; a title he is probably bestowed with on account of the stealth and grace of his movements.
The “Vined Cernunnos” (as this visage of him is sometimes called) is the icon of Celtic Philosophers and Poets, whose quest in life is for the kind of awakening that gives rise to ever-deepening glimpses of Wisdom.
www.isisbooks.com /cernunnos.asp   (4305 words)

  
 Cernunnos the Stag Lord
Cernunnos was worshipped by the iron age Celts all across Europe as late as the first century AD, and his worship must have begun centuries before that.
Cernunnos is nearly always portrayed with animals, in particular the stag.
Cernunnos carries it in his left hand, and in his right he carries a torc, the Celtic symbol of nobility, the symbol of having been initiated into that special state.
www.lugodoc.demon.co.uk /CERNUNOS.HTM   (1184 words)

  
 Cernunnos.html
Cernunnos rules Nature, woodlands, forests, hunting, death, reincarnation, fertility, crossroads, sacrifice, magic, circles, cycles, initiation, wild animals, all horned animals, the underworld, the astral plane, and physical love.
The oak is the sacred tree of Cernunnos.
Invoke Cernunnos for magic, prosperity, wealth, commerce, rebirth, regeneration, virility, nobility, reincarnation, shamanism, abundance, knowledge, fertility, shape-shifting, male potency, good fortune, chieftainship, love spells, sex magic, hunting, male mysteries, Earth mysteries, workings which relate to the spiral of life, culling herds, protecting wild animals, helping to maintain the balance of Nature, and working with animals.
www.open-sesame.com /Cernunnos.html   (225 words)

  
 Wicca: For the Rest of Us - Cernunnos
There is, in fact, only one known actual mention of Cernunnos in history - his name is inscribed above the head and shoulders of a stag-horned figure from ancient Gaul.
Lord of the Hunt - Always bearing the horns of a stag, Cernunnos is identified him with the hunted, which in turn identifies him as hunter as well - shamanistic practices across the world bear witness to the concept that in order to catch your prey, you must identify in spirit with the prey.
Herne is a wildwood entity complete with stag horns that helps shelter and direct the forest-dwelling Merry Men again the oppressive King John and his cohort, the Sheriff of Nottingham.
wicca.timerift.net /gods/cernunnos.html   (431 words)

  
 Cernunnos MotorCycle Club (England, UK)
Cernunnos (pronounced Kur‑nun‑noss) is the Celtic pagan god of the woods.
Cernunnos Motor Cycle Club was formed in 1996 by a small band of people with a number of common interests.
Cernunnos MCC is affiliated to N.A.B.D., which are the initials for the National Association for Bikers with a Disability.
www.cernunnos-mcc.org   (1372 words)

  
 Cernunnos Interacts with the XRCC4{middle dot}DNA-ligase IV Complex and Is Homologous to the Yeast Nonhomologous ...
Cernunnos Interacts with the XRCC4{middle dot}DNA-ligase IV Complex and Is Homologous to the Yeast Nonhomologous End-joining Factor Nej1 -- Callebaut et al.
Articles by Callebaut, I. Articles by de Villartay, J.-P. Cernunnos Interacts with the XRCC4·DNA-ligase IV Complex and Is Homologous to the Yeast Nonhomologous End-joining Factor Nej1
sequence analysis revealed that Cernunnos can be associated
www.jbc.org /cgi/content/abstract/281/20/13857   (778 words)

  
 *Ø*  Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine | Horned God and Western saints |  Herne Cernunnos Eustathius ...
This is probably a piece of folklore that derives from the suppression in Europe of the pagan cult of Cernunnos.
The Celtic god Cernunnos (Herne, ‘the horned one’) bears the antlers of a deer.
It is interesting to note that the image of Cernunnos on the Gundestrup Cauldron, which is one of the primary sources for a representation of the god, shows him seated in what might be referred to as an Indian 'lotus' (padmasana) or yogic position (see below).
www.wilsonsalmanac.com /horned_god.html   (6723 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As a horned god, Cernunnos is associated with horned male animals, especially stags and the ram-headed snake; this and other attributes associate him with produce and fertility.
Cernunnos is known, from archaeological sources such as inscriptions and depictions, to have been worshipped in Gaul, Northern Italy (Gallia Cisalpina) and the southern coast of Britain.
The earliest known probable depiction of Cernunnos was found at Val Camonica in Italy, dating from the 4th century BC, while the best known depiction is on the famous Gundestrup cauldron found on Jutland, dating to the 1st century BC.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Cernunnos   (1261 words)

  
 Cernunnos : Cernunos
Cernunnos the Horned One was worshipped by the iron age Celts all across Europe as late as the 1st century, and his worship must have begun centuries before that.
Cernunnos is a Roman name meaning "Horned One," probably the new Romanised name given by the Gauls to their very old horned god, in which case its use may have been widespread throughout Gaul after it became a Roman province.
Cernunnos is nearly always portrayed with animals, in particular the stag[?].
www.findword.org /ce/cernunos.html   (925 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/cernunnosmcc
Cernunnos (pronounced Kur-nun-noss) is the Celtic (or pagan) god of the woods.
Cernunnos Motor Cycle Club was formed in 1996 by a small band of people with a number of common interests.
Cernunnos MCC is affiliated to N.A.B.D., which are the initials for the National Association for Bikers with a Disability.
www.myspace.com /cernunnosmcc   (249 words)

  
 Cernunnos -- The Horned One
The name Cernunnos has come down to us through a stone relief carving from the Gallo-Roman period which was unearthed in Paris of a God with antlers, upon each of which hangs a torc.
Undoubtedly the most famous image believed to represent Cernunnos is from an inner plate of a priceless silver-plated copper cauldron unearthed in the spring of 1891 in a Danish peat-bog near the hamlet of Gundestrup in Northern Jutland.
Cernunnos is understood as a complex and powerful god, though he may not have been the head of the Celtic pantheon.
hawthorngrove.faithweb.com /writings/horndgod.htm   (1313 words)

  
 Cernunnos Triple Candle Holder
Cernunnos, also known by Celts as the Horned One, was the antlered God of the Forest and Prosperity.
To symbolize the aspect of Provider, there are seven coins hidden within this piece, each carved with one of Cernunnos' symbols.
The right side of his face is decorated with holly, the left side with oak and mistletoe.
www.abaxion.com /ntt50.htm   (159 words)

  
 Square Cernunnos Necklace
Cernunnos is an old celtic diety who is known as "The Horned God".
Cernunnos is the Lord of the Hunt and one of the spirits familiar to warriors.
Cernunnos is the consort of the Goddess of spring; one of the personalities of the Earth Mother.
www.abaxion.com /nvcer2.htm   (195 words)

  
 Cernunnos the Stag Lord
Cernunnos was worshipped by the iron age Celts all across Europe as late as the first century AD, and his worship must have begun centuries before that.
Cernunnos carries it in his left hand, and in his right he carries a torc, the Celtic symbol of nobility, the symbol of having been initiated into that special state.
We have learned that Cernunnos was considered to be The Stag Lord, The Horned God of the Hunt and The Lord of the Forest.
members.tripod.com /~Dark_Moon_School/Cerrn.html   (1243 words)

  
 RealMagick Article: The Horned God in India and Europe by Neil MacGregor Campbell
In his left hand Cernunnos is holding a horned serpent which also appears on another two of the interior panels on the Gundestrup Cauldron, while in his right-hand he is holding a torque.
Cernunnos is often referred to a being in a 'lotus posture' on the Gundestrup Cauldron.
The Cernunnos image di Cernunnos face (on the left) is from Europe, whereas the Pashupati mask (on the right) is from the Indus Valley.
realmagick.com /articles/93/1493.html   (3599 words)

  
 Cernwm: the Gaulish and Cymric god also known as Cernunnos, Cernenus, Karnonos (The Hornéd One)
Cernunnos is one of the paradoxes of Celtic studies.
The name Cernwn is a Cymric extrapolation of Cernunnos and has been used to refer to the figure encountered in the tale of the Iarlles y Ffynon (Lady of the Lake) in the Mabinogi where Cynon ap Clydno relates to Arthur and his kinsmen of an adventure that befell him.
Or, at the very least originating when hunter-gatherer and agrarian societies existed side by side; for he is seen as a protector deity patron both of the hunt and of of the hunted which may explain his association both with the stag and with canids that may either be wolves or hunting dogs.
www.celtnet.org.uk /gods_c/cernwn.html   (821 words)

  
 Cernunnos (Herne)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cernunnos is one of the horned gods that date back to prehistory (as evidenced by the dancing "shaman" in the Trois Freres cave painting).
Cernunnos is surrounded by animals -- stags, bulls, boars, lions, and even a man riding on the back of a large fish.
In such a setting, Cernunnos is seen as the Lord of the Animals or Master of the Hunt, an ancient and powerful shamanistic archetype.
www.leyline.org /cra/articles/cernunnos.html   (523 words)

  
 Cernunnos
The modern tendency to depict Cernunnos with a prominent erect phallus is not reflected in the ancient artefacts.
Among other theories, one of the most popular is that Cernunnos was Lord of the Hunt, and the bulls may represent the wildness of such animals as the boar and the stag existing within some domesticated settings.
In at least three other images Cernunnos is seated on a bench, in a style familiar to those who have seen images of The Matronae, and we gain an impression of a more peaceful deity.
www.manygods.org.uk /articles/essays/cernunnos.html   (2456 words)

  
 Cernunnos, King of the Forest, Tree of Life -- Meditative Drawing by Olivier Manitara
Cernunnos is the king of the forest, the God of the trees.
Cernunnos is one with the stones, the plants, the animals, the human beings, the spirits of nature, the angelical hierarchies, and the seasons’ cycle.
Cernunnos favors the communications with the spirits of nature.
www.essenespirit.com /drawings/cernunnos.html   (109 words)

  
 Celtic Mythology
Cernunnos is depicted with the antlers of a stag and is often depicted with a purse filled with coins.
Cernunnos was depicted on the Gundestrup Cauldron, a bronze vessel created around 120 BC, found in a bog in Denmark.
To the Celts, Cernunnos (or Herne, as he is also known) was the the Lord, the consort of the Lady, and not even remotely a symbol of evil.
www.celticjewelry.org /celtic_mythology.htm   (534 words)

  
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Cernunnos was first recognized by the inscription of the Paris monument which, along with the inscription, shows a horned deity wearing torques on his antlers.
In agreement with Powell, Olmsted(1979) suggests that the figure be classified as "Dieu Accroupi." According to him, all of the "accroupi" figures with antlers, torques and serpent come from north central Gaul, while only a quarter of the "accroupi" figures with one or two attributes come from outside the region.
Klindt Jensen notes that the eyes of the three figures- Cernunnos, the stag, and the hound- are level, thus suggesting a striking connection between them.
www.unc.edu /celtic/catalogue/Gundestrup/a.html   (671 words)

  
 Wholesale Celtic Jewelry Cernunnos Pendants
Cernunnos is the spirit of the sacrificed stag-god, a nature deity to whom sacrifices were dedicated in order to maintain the wild creatures and the cycles of nature with his holy blood.
Cernunnos is the god of virility, fertility, animals, sex, nature, woodlands, reincarnation, crossroads, wealth, commerce and warriors.
Correspondences for Cernunnos include the direction west, stags and rams, the oak, and peridot.
www.silverenchantments.com /cernunnos-celtic-god-pendant_0011.html   (372 words)

  
 Cernunnos   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Therefore, Cernunnos became the symbol and the prototype for the Christian devil.
The idea of Cernunnos being an Underworld God is backed up by his image of carrying coins.
In my own work, I have personally found Cernunnos to be associated with sexuality, which in my own subjective opinion, indicates a strong association with fertility.
www.the-night.net /wicca/cernunnos.htm   (513 words)

  
 OKCupid!   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cernunnos was one of the most important of all the Celtic Gods.
Since he was so popular, the Catholic Church discovered that the Celts were extremely resistant to abandoning his worship for the sake of a new religion called Christianity.
So the Church decided that instead of ignoring Cernunnos altogether, they would simply incorporate his horned image with the Catholic notion of "Satan." Abracadabra!
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 METAL NIGHTMARE: CERNUNNOS! INTERVIEW 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cernunnos is the horned god of the witches or the horned one.
We had a tough time getting the engineer to understand what we were going for since, we had lots of driving keyboard work AND we wanted the music to be loud as hell and forceful as metal should be.
So, "Cernunnos" had to be mixed twice and "Battle Hymn of the Motherland" had to be mixed three times to get it even as good as you hear it on the tape and to where it was fair to my bandmates.
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 Lytha Studios - Cernunnos Information and Jewelry   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lord of the Forest, Cernunnos is associated with fertitlity, abundance, and regeneration.
Its antlers, shed and regenerated the following year, represent the tree of life and are symbolic of spiritual regeneration, abundance, and prosperity.
The stag, representing the masculine side of the balance of nature, was the totem animal for the antlered deity, Cernunnos, ruler and protector of water, animals, and nature.
www.lythastudios.com /alpha/cernunnos.html   (83 words)

  
 Cernunnos
Der Artikel Cernunnos gehört zur Kategorie: Keltische Gottheit
Cernunnos („der Gehörnte“) ist ein altkeltischer Gott der Natur, des Reichtums und der Fruchtbarkeit.
Cernunnos wurde überwiegend in Gallien, in Norditalien und im südlichen Britannien verehrt, seine Spuren lassen sich aber insgesamt von Irland bis Rumänien verfolgen.
www.kalkriese.de /Cernunnos.html   (335 words)

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