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| | Maponos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | In one of our earliest sources, the Gaulish inscription of Chamalières—which is a magical incantation—the god Maponos is invoked at the beginning of the spell, and the god Lugus is invoked four times at the end. |
 | | In the Wall area of Northern Britain, the three main native gods known are Cocidius (equated to Mars and Silvanus), Maponos, and Belatucadrus, who is equated to Mars; each seems to have hunting or nature connections, and they may each be regional gods dedicated to these spheres. |
 | | In the First Branch, Pryderi is stolen just after his birth, and both dogs and horses play into this episode (a widespread motif found connected to Fionn’s relatives, as well as other stories, often Arthurian, of werewolves or cynanthropes). |
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