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Cissonius

Name of the Gaulish/Celtic Mercury From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cissonius

Cissonius (also Cisonius, Cesonius) was an ancient Gaulish/Celtic god. After Visucius, Cissonius was the most common name of the Gaulish/Celtic Mercury; around seventeen inscriptions dedicated to him extend from France and Southern Germany into Switzerland.[1]

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Relief of Mercury Cissonius from the Palatinate.
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Map showing the distribution of inscriptions to Cissonius.

Name

The name has been interpreted as meaning 'carriage-driver' (from cissum 'carriage'),[2] or 'dream-bringer' (from cit- attached to souno- 'sleep, dream').[3]

A goddess Cissonia is also recorded.[4]

Cult

He was probably a god of trade and protector of travellers, since Mercury exercised similar functions in the Roman pantheon.

In one inscription from Promontogno in Switzerland, Cissonus is identified with Matutinus.[1]

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