Lugus
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thumb|250px|The long dedication to Lugus from Peñalba de Villastar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Celtic deity
- Gender
- male
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- different from
- Lugal
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Lugus
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Linguistic evidence
- Epigraphy
- Proper names
- Caesar and Gaulish Mercury{{anchor|Gaulish Mercury}}
- Depictions
- Later mythology
- Lugh in Irish mythology
- Lleu in Welsh mythology
- Lugus, Lugh, and Lleu
- Reconstruction
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|250px|The long dedication to Lugus from Peñalba de Villastar
Lugus (sometimes Lugos or Lug) is a Celtic god whose worship is attested in the epigraphic record. No depictions of the god are known. Lugus perhaps also appears in Roman sources and medieval Insular mythology.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lugus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.