Lugus

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Lugus is a Celtic god associated with light, craftsmanship, and commerce, often identified with the Roman Mercury and widely venerated across ancient Gaul and Iberia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lugus canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic deity ⓘ
craftsman god ⓘ
god of commerce ⓘ
god of light ⓘ
associatedWith arts ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
craftsmanship ⓘ
eloquence ⓘ
light ⓘ
oaths ⓘ
skills ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ
trade ⓘ
travelers ⓘ
war ⓘ
attestedIn Roman-period epigraphy ⓘ
inscriptions from Gaul ⓘ
inscriptions from Hispania ⓘ
culture Celtic mythology ⓘ
equatedWith Mercury ⓘ
Roman Mercury ⓘ
linked to: Mercury (Roman god)
gender male ⓘ
hasCognate Lug ⓘ
Lugh ⓘ
identifiedBy interpretatio Romana as Mercury ⓘ
linkedDeity Lugh of Irish mythology ⓘ
linked to: Lugh

Lugus of Hispania ⓘ
nameEtymology possibly related to Proto-Celtic *Lugus ⓘ
possibly related to Proto-Indo-European root *leuk- (light) ⓘ
religion Celtic polytheism ⓘ
role patron of contracts ⓘ
patron of markets ⓘ
patron of travelers ⓘ
protector of craftsmen ⓘ
protector of merchants ⓘ
symbolicDomain communication ⓘ
economic exchange ⓘ
intelligence ⓘ
light ⓘ
skill ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
Roman era ⓘ
venerationType widely venerated ⓘ
worshippedIn Celtiberian regions ⓘ
Gaul ⓘ
Iberia ⓘ
Roman-era Gaul ⓘ
Roman-era Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Hispania (probable)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sulu → hasMunicipality → Lugus ⓘ
Lugh → nameVariant → Lugus ⓘ