Talk:Mabon ap Modron

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[edit] Etymology

I deleted the largely content free:

This theonym appears to be derived from Proto-Celtic *Makwo-n-os meaning "young son's [spirit]" (q.v. [1] [2] [3]). Following accepted sound laws elucidating systematic diachronic phonological sound change in Celtic proto-linguistics (q.v. [4] [5] [6] [7]), the Romano-British form of this Proto-Celtic theonym is likely to have been *Maponos.

because

• *Makwo-n-os should be *Mak^w-on-os
• *maponos is not a theoretical construct but an attested name, Maponos
• the proto-Celtic lexicon does not yet include any Gaulish material, so is not a good source here
• the etymology at the Maponos gives more details and references, which can just be referred to here.

I replaced this with a link to the etymology of Maponos, and a note about the relevant evolutions from Brythonic to Middle Welsh:

• dropping of masculine singular -os and feminine singular -a endings
• p > b

--Nantonos 03:24, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mystery cult

There is no mystery cult of Mabon on Hadrians Wall. I suspect this refers to dedications to Apollo Maponos, which are already described in the main article. However, if there is some reference that I missed to Mabon on Hadrians Wall I would be interested to hear about it. --Nantonos 03:24, 24 July 2005 (UTC)