Cernunnos

            Cernunnos (literally “horned”) is the most picturesque character of Celtic mythology, which didn’t yield to the Roman assimilation.

            He played more important role as one of the Celtic images of the god of Earthly Forces than Esus. Esus.

            In spite of the fact that Cernunnos’s name is known from the only monument — "altar" from Clunisian museum, he is well recognized everywhere. The most typical features of the god are “a Buddhist pose” with crossed legs, antlers, a ring and a snake with the head of the ram.

Under the frequent representation of the snake, it is possible to draw a conclusion, that the snake represents something greater than just an attribute of the horned god. Both the snake and the ram represent aspect of fertility. In addition the ram as the sacral animal in Gallia was connected with the cult of fire in a fireplace and to some extent was connected with the cult of the dead.