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In Celtic mythology Taranis was the god of thunder worshipped essentially in Gaul, Gallaecia, the British Isles, but also in the Rhineland and Danube regions, amongst others. Taranis, along with Esus and Toutatis as part of a sacred triad, was mentioned by the Roman poet Lucan in his epic poem ''Pharsalia'' as a Celtic deity to whom human sacrificial offerings were made.〔M. Annaeus Lucanus. ''Pharsalia,'' (Book I ).〕 Taranis was associated, as was the cyclops Brontes ("thunder") in Greek mythology, with the wheel. Many representations of a bearded god with a thunderbolt in one hand and a wheel in the other have been recovered from Gaul, where this deity apparently came to be syncretised with Jupiter.〔Paul-Marie Duval. 2002. ''Les Dieux de la Gaule.'' Paris, Éditions Payot.〕 The name as recorded by Lucan is unattested epigraphically, but variants of the name include the forms ''Tanarus'', ''Taranucno-'', ''Taranuo-'', and ''Taraino-''.〔Nicole Jufer & Thierry Luginbühl. 2001. ''Répertoire des dieux gaulois.'' Paris, Éditions Errance.〕〔Jacob Grimm, ''Teutonic Mythology'', (ch. 8 ): "Now with this ''Donar'' of the Germani fits in significantly the Gallic ''Taranis'' whose name is handed down to us in Lucan 1, 440; all the Celtic tongues retain the word ''taran'' for thunder, Irish ''toran'', with which one may directly connect the ON. form ''Thôrr'', if one thinks an assimilation from ''rn'' the more likely. But an old inscription gives us also ''Tanarus'' (Forcellini sub v.) = ''Taranis''. The Irish name for Thursday, ''dia Tordain'' (''dia ordain, diardaoin'') was perhaps borrowed from a Teutonic one."〕 The name is continued in Irish as ''Tuireann'', and is likely connected with those of Germanic (Norse Thor, Anglo-Saxon Þunor, German Donar) and Sami (Horagalles) gods of thunder. Taranis is likely associated with the Gallic Ambisagrus (likely from Proto-Celtic *ambi-sagros = "about-strength"), and in the ''interpretatio romana'' with Jupiter. == Etymology == The reconstructed Proto-Celtic form of the name is *''Toranos'' "thunder".〔()〕 In present day Welsh ''taranu'' and ''taran'' means 'to thunder' and 'thunder' (''taraniñ'' and ''taran'' in Breton). Taranis, as a personification of thunder, is often identified with similar deities found in other Indo-European pantheons. Of these, Old Norse ''Þórr'', Anglo-Saxon ''Þunor'', Old High German ''Donar''—all from Proto-Germanic '' *þunraz'' (earlier '' *þunaraz'')—and the Hittite theonym ''Tarhun'' (see Teshub) contain a comparable '' *'' element. The Thracian deity names ''Zbel-thurdos'', ''Zbel-Thiurdos'' also contain this element (Thracian ''thurd(a)'', "push, crash down"). The name of the Sami thunder god Horagalles derives from Thor's.〔Scheffer, Johannes (1674). The History of Lapland. Oxford.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Taranis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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