Alisanos

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In Gallo-Roman religion, Alisanos or Alisaunus was a local god worshipped in what are now the Côte-d'Or in Burgundy and at Aix-en-Provence.[1]

The name may possibly be connected to Proto-Celtic *alisā, meaning ‘alder’.[2] This apparent semantic connotation has led Dr. John Koch at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies to propose that this deity may originally have personified alder forests.[citation needed]

[edit] References

  1. ^ L'Arbre Celtique entry for Alisanus.
  2. ^ Proto-Celtic—English lexicon and English—Proto-Celtic lexicon. University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. (See also this page for background and disclaimers.)
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