Talk:Ambisagrus

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It's possible that Ambisagrus may have existed, but if so, he was inexplicably omitted from Nicole Jufer& Thierry Luginbühl's Les dieux gaulois : répertoire des noms de divinités celtiques connus par l'épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie, a recent (2001) and reasonably comprehensive listing. I'd like to see some hard evidence that Ambisagrus was actually worshipped in ancient Gaul. QuartierLatin1968 17:54, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I've had a look, and found a reference to Ambisagrus in Chapter 5 of Celtic Religion in Pre-Christian Times, a 1905 book by Edward Anwyl (here] on Project Gutenberg). "The following gods too, among others, are identified with Jupiter: Arămo (the gentle), Ambisagrus (the persistent), Bussumārus (the large-lipped), Taranucus (the thunderer), Uxellĭmus (the highest). It would seem from this that in historic times at any rate Jupiter did not play a large part in Celtic religious ideas." (Empasis mine.) It doesn't say where the name comes from, unfortunately.

Also found a reference to a "Iuppiter Optimus Ambisagrus" from Classical Weekly on Google books (here). Unfortunately it's a work that's only viewable as snippets so I can't get much context, but it does seem to refer to a Romano-Celtic inscription. Searching for "Ambisagrus" on Google books also listed a book called The Cults of Cisalpine Gaul as Seen in the Inscriptions, by Joseph Clyde Murley (1922), which has no preview available, but seems to suggest the inscription was in Gallic north Italy.

Nothing conclusive, but something to look for? --Nicknack009 18:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

You mean Jufer and Luginbühl aren't perfect? Immmmm-possible! ;-) Now that I think of it, they would have omitted the name 'Ambisagrus' deliberately if they thought it was Latin. In any case, this is clearly no hoax after all. QuartierLatin1968 19:45, 3 August 2006 (UTC)