Ialanos

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Also Ialanus. In Celtic polytheism, the male deification of riverside clearings.

[edit] Centres of worship

Ialanos was worshipped in Roman Britain, an altar stone raised to him having been recovered in the United Kingdom at Lancaster(600) reading

  • ‘DEO IALANO CONTRE SANCTISSIMO IVLIVS IANVARIVS EM EX DEC V S’
  • "To the most sacred and inimical god Ialanus, Julius Januarius, Emeritus,¹ former Decurion,² has fulfilled his vow."(RIB 600; altarstone)

The text and translation of this inscription is shown above, and may provide evidence supporting the identification of Lancaster with the Calunio entry of the Ravenna Cosmography. The similarity between the words Ialanus and the Aliona of the Notitia Dignitatum should also be noted. It is very likely that Ialanus, the 'most sacred and inimical god' referred to the clearings beside the River Lune.

[edit] Etymology

May be derived from the Proto-Celtic *jāl-ā-onos meaning 'clearing god' (q.v. [1] [2] [3]).

[edit] Sources

Calunium Roman Fort, Lancaster Museum, Lancaster, England.


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