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Caerwiden is a Welsh horned God. He is comparable to the Celtic God Cernunnos. For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... The Pashupati-like figure on the Gundestrup cauldron The Horned God is a modern syncretic term, invented to link together numerous male nature gods out of such widely-dispersed and historically unconnected mythologies as the Celtic Cernunnos, the Welsh Caerwiden, the English Herne the Hunter, the Hindu Pashupati, the Greek... This article is about the European people. ... Michelangelos depiction of God in the painting Creation of the Sun and Moon in the Sistine Chapel) This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and derived henotheistic forms. ... Depiction of Cernunnos from the Pilier des nautes, Paris Cernunnos in Celtic polytheism is the deified spirit of horned male animals, especially of stags, a nature god associated with produce and fertility. ...


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Horned God (589 words)
The Horned God is a term used to describe an archetype of God found in several religions and mythologies.
Examples include the Celtic Cernunnos, the Welsh[?] Caerwiden[?], the British[?] Herne the Hunter[?], the Hindu Pashupati[?], and the Greek Pan.
There are a number of related figures as well, such as the satyr, Puck, Robin Goodfellow, and the Green Man[?].
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