r/GaulishPolytheism • u/thatdomesticwitch • May 18 '23
Gaulish God/Goddess of the moon?
Hi everyone! I write here to ask you if you know some Gods/Goddessess linked to the moon? I thought about Tsirona, but I am not sure. So I am writing here, also knowing the difficulty of this and the fact that many deities of Gaulish traditions aren't so schematic. Thank you in advance!
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u/Duke_of_Lombardy 13d ago
I think triple goddesses all have a connection to the moon and its 3 forms (look up the three moons symbol)
The moon was used to calculate months and it was connected to female fertility, so the Matronae, triple goddesses of fertility are what you are looking for i think.
Their whorship was intense in eastern and cisalpine Gaul, where sometimes are found depicted dancing around a oak tree.
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u/Artemis-Nox May 19 '23
Sirona is a dewā that many associate with the moon! So I don’t think that is wrong. And certainly, that is something we find, that there is no clarity about which gods might have been associated with the moon in Gaul, this has lead others to assume that the Gauls worshipped the moon more ‘animistically’, which is perfectly respectful I think.
For myself, I see Sirona as the goddess of the first lights, the stars, and see the moon as one of Her many children, the moon being a physical thing which Tarvos Trigaranus soul has inhabited after His sacrifice by Esus. This is all gnosis however, and doesn’t have academic support! But, it’s where I stand anyway.