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Look up: Taranis

  1. Taranis
    In Druid mythology, Taranis is the god of the wheel, associated with forces of change.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Taranis
    In Celtic mythology, god of the sky and thunder. His emblems are lightning and the wheel, and he is linked by the Roman writer Lucan to two other Gallic gods, Esus and Teutates, and connected by him...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  3. Taranis
    Tar'a·nis noun [ Latin taranis , from the Celtic; confer W. & Corn. taran thunder.] (Myth.) A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/11

  4. taranis
    A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter. ... Origin: L. Taranis, from the Celtic; cf. W. & Corn. Taran thunder. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. Taranis
    In Celtic mythology `Taranis` was the god of thunder worshipped in Gaul and Britain and mentioned, along with Esus and Toutatis, by the Roman poet Lucan in his epic poem `Pharsalia` as a Celtic deity to whom sacrificial offerings were made. He was associated, as was the cyclops Brontes in Greek mythology, with the wheel and may have received human sacrifices. Many representations of a bearded god with a thunderbolt in one hand and a wheel in the ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranis

  6. Taranis
    • (n.) A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Taranis
    (Celtic: `Thunderer`), powerful Celtic deity that was one of three mentioned by the Roman poet Lucan in the 1st century ; the other two were Esus ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/12


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