Cerunnos image on the pillar

The Pillar of the Boatmen (Pilier des nautes) is monument now displayed in the Musée national du Moyen Age in Paris, believed to have been erected by Gallic sailors in the early 1st century AD and was found in 1711 in the foundations of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris on the site of the Celtic settlement of Lutetia. Image of Cernunnos, Museum of the Middle Ages, Paris By ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image of Cernunnos, Museum of the Middle Ages, Paris By ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Gallia (in English Gaul) is the Latin name for the region of western Europe occupied by present-day France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... (Redirected from 1st century AD) (1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century - other centuries) The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 to 99. ... // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... This article is about the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. ... Lutetia (sometimes Lutetia Parisiorum or Lucotecia, in French Lutèce) was a town in pre-Roman and Roman Gaul. ...

The pillar's original height was probably about 6 m and had been erected on the Île de la Cité where it was found. It is dedicated to several deities, both Celtic and Roman. The main dedication is to Jupiter, alongside Mercury, Mars, Fortuna, Castor and Pollux and Vulcan. Gaulish deities mentioned are Esus, Tarvos Trigaranos (the Bull with the three Cranes), Smertrios and Cernunnos. The pillar thus documents religious syncretism in Roman Gaul, marking a period of transition before Gaulish religion and language would be marginalized by the dominant Roman culture. The ÃŽle de la Cité seen from the west, downstream The ÃŽle de la Cité, an island in the Seine river, is the center of Paris, France, and the location where the city was founded. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 70 kPa Hydrogen ~86% Helium ~14% Methane 0. ... This article treats Mercury in cult practice and in archaic Rome. ... Mars, with polar ice caps visible. ... In Roman mythology, Fortuna was the personification of luck, hopefully of good luck. ... Castor (or Kastor) and Polydeuces (sometimes called Pollux), were in Greek mythology the twin sons of Leda and the brothers of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. ... Vulcan is the name of several different things, derived from the name of the Roman god of fire and volcanoes, who made weapons for the other gods. ... In Continental Brythonic mythology, especially among the Essuvi of Gaul, Esus or Hesus (lord or master) was a god of agriculture, war and commerce. ... In Continental Brythonic mythology, and especially in Gaul, Tarvos Trigaranos was the bull god. ... Depiction of Cernunnos from the Pilier des nautes, Paris Cernunnos was an important deity of the Celts, essentially a nature god associated with produce and fertility. ... Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate, even opposing, beliefs and to meld practices of various schools of thought. ...

The pillar is dated by a dedication to emperor Tiberius offered by the guild of sailors of Lutetia, i.e. merchants that travelled along the Seine. The dedication is as follows: The Emperor Tiberius enamelled terracotta bust at the Victoria and Albert Museum. ... This article is about the river in France. ...

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It provides one of the few records of the name Cernunnos Depiction of Cernunnos from the Pilier des nautes, Paris Cernunnos was an important deity of the Celts, essentially a nature god associated with produce and fertility. ...

See also

• Gallo-Roman culture

The term Gallo-Roman describes the Romanized culture of Gaul under the rule of the Roman Empire, particularly the areas of Gallia Narbonensis that developed into Occitania, and to a lesser degree, Aquitania. ...

External links

• French langauge site with more images of the pillar