Ialonus Contrebis
Inancient Celtic religion,Ialonus ContrebisorIalonusorGontrebiswas a god (or perhaps two related gods) worshipped in what are nowLancashireandProvence.Ialonus is thought to be the god of clearings and/or meadows.
Name
[edit]The nameIalonus,which may have designated a god of clearing, derives from the Celtic stemialo(n)- ('cleared place, clearing'; cf. Middle Welshial'clearing',an-ial'wasteland').[1][2]The stemialon- also had the meaning 'village' inGaulish.In the words ofXavier Delamarre,"In forest-covered Gaul, a village was essentially established by clearing a wood."[1]
The nameContrebisis based on the prefixcon- ('with, together') attached to the root-treb- ('settlement'; cf. Old Irishtreb,Middle Welshtref,Old Bretontreff'town, dwelling-place'). It can be compared with theCeltiberianplace nameContrebia,meaning 'conurbation'.[3][4]
Cult
[edit]He is known from three dedicatory inscriptions. One, atLancaster,was dedicated (in the dative) toDeo Ialono Contre Sanctissimo( "to the holiest god Ialonus Contre[bis]" ); another, atOverborough or Over BurrownearKirkby Lonsdale,toDeo San Gontrebi( "to the holy god Gontrebis" ).[5]In the third inscription, found atNîmesinProvence,Ialonus was invoked in conjunction with the goddessFortune.[6]
References
[edit]- ^abDelamarre 2003,p. 186.
- ^Matasović 2009,s.v.*yalo-.
- ^Delamarre 2003,p. 301.
- ^Matasović 2009,p. 388.
- ^RIB 600 and 610Archived2007-07-13 at theWayback Machine,online at www.Roman-Britain.org.
- ^L'Arbre Celtique.Ialonus
Bibliography
[edit]- Delamarre, Xavier(2003).Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental.Errance.ISBN9782877723695.
- Matasović, Ranko(2009).Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic.Brill.ISBN9789004173361.
- Miranda Green (1997).Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend.Thames and Hudson Ltd, London.
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