Q939549
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thumb|A large man lowers a warrior, headfirst, into a container. This scene from the Gundestrup cauldron may represent a sacrifice to Teutates.
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Name
- Etymology and development
- Protector of the tribe
- Lucan and the scholia
- Lucan
- Scholia
- Epigraphy
- ''TOT'' rings
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|A large man lowers a warrior, headfirst, into a container. This scene from the Gundestrup cauldron may represent a sacrifice to Teutates.
Teutates (spelled variously Toutatis, Totatis, Totates) is a Celtic god attested in literary and epigraphic sources. His name, which is derived from a proto-Celtic word meaning "tribe", suggests he was a tribal deity.
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