Name and etymology The name "Cernunnos"  has only appeared once in writing, when it was inscribed on the Nautae Parisiaci (the sailors of Parisi, who were a tribe of Gauls). The figure of Conall Cernach is not associated with animals or forestry elsewhere; and the epithet "Cernach" has historically been explained as a description of Conall's impenetrable "horn-like" skin which protected him from injury . "Cernunnos" is widely believed by celticists to be an obscure epithet of a better attested Gaulish deity; perhaps the God described in the interpretatio Romana as Silvanus or Dis Pater, which are considered to share the horned God's woodland and chthonic attributes .
Name and etymology "Cernunnos" is widely believed by Celticists to be an obscure epithet of a better attested Gaulish deity; perhaps the God described in the interpretatio Romana as Silvanus or Dis Pater, which are considered to share the horned God's woodland and chthonic attributes. The name has only appeared once in writing, when it was inscribed on the Nautae Parisiaci (the sailors of Parisi, who were a tribe of Gauls). The figure of Conall Cernach is not associated with animals or forestry elsewhere; and the epithet "Cernach" has historically been explained as a description of Conall's impenetrable "horn-like" skin which protected him from injury .
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"Cernunnos" is widely believed by celticists to be an obscure epithet of a better attested Gaulish deity; perhaps the God described in the interpretatio Romana as Silvanus or Dis Pater, which are considered to share the horned God's woodland and chthonic attributes