Heathen

Tony Johannot (1803–1852), “Faust & Mephistopheles”

illustration from ‘Le Faust de Goethe: traduction revue et complète, précédée d’un essai sur Goethe par M. Henri Blaze,’ 1847

Cernunnos

Celtic coin depicting the Celtic chieftain Dumnorix of the Aedui tribe, as he holds a severed head.

Dumnorix translates to ‘King of the Underworld’ in old Gaulish.

“When their enemies fall they cut off their heads and fasten them about the necks of their horses; and turning over to their attendants the arms of their opponents, all covered with blood, they carry them off as booty, singing a paean over them and striking up a song of victory, and these first-fruits of battle they fasten by nails upon their houses, just as men do, in certain kinds of hunting, with the heads of wild beasts they have mastered.”

Welsh mythology - Ceridwen

~ Norse mythology - Odin