Rudiobus is a Celtic god[1] known only from a single inscription, on a bronze figurine of a prancing horse: "sacred to the god Rudiobus". This figurine, from the 1st century BC, is one a group found at Neuvy-En-Sullias (Loiret). It may be an aspect of the Gaulish version of Mars, instead of an indigenous god.[2] The hoard was discovered in 1861; the horse with the Rudiobus inscription is one meter high.[3]
References
edit- ^ Aldhouse-Green, Miranda Jane (1997). Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. London: Thames and Hudson.
- ^ "Rudiobus". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ Pennick, Nigel (2021). The Ancestral Power of Amulets, Talismans, and Mascots: Folk Magic in Witchcraft and Religion. Simon and Schuster. p. 4. ISBN 9781644112212.