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Both in historical cases and modern ones you'll find many examples of Gallo-Hellenism.

There were two major historical examples of this, with the Greeks who settled Massalia, modern day Marseille in southern France, and also Gauls who settled in central Anatolia.

In fact, it was the Greeks who settled in Massalia and heavily traded upriver that caused many tribes to shift from the older versions of continental Celtic to a Gaulish overculture, picking up stuff like afterlife concepts from the Greeks, the oldest Gaulish inscription I think is written in Greek script as well.

Here's a video that discusses Gallo-Med syncretism in general, with a strong emphasis on the trade area of Massalia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TtEjV8Bicw

You can check out the god inscriptions in southern Gaul here: https://riig.huma-num.fr/browse.html?collection=RIIG

Here's an article on the different Zeuses that appear among the Galatians: https://houseofsecrets.org/the-galatian-zeuses

If you're old enough to join our discord server, there are many Gallo-Hellenism syncretics you can learn from as well, with many PDFs on the subject that can be shared more easily.

I was just wondering what are your thoughts on Lugus? do you have any experiences with him? What does he represent?

Hey there! Thank you so much.

This is a great question. I've personally had minimal interactions with Lugus myself, but I've seen many examples of others' interactions with Him, so brief warning it's a lot of gnosis mixed in.

He's a warband leader, and feels like a younger generation of god compared to the more primal beings like Taranos and Belinos, Lugus is instead a god of culture, a god of the people. His association with the Irish god Lugh has brought in the aspect of being the many-skilled, and while historically that seemed to be focused on His marital ability, in Gaulpol there are many other martial and gods of war yet no true patron of the arts so instead Lugus is often seen in that role, as the "renaissance man" among the gods, skilled in many crafts and art.

I'm a bit of a newbie, and from what I've seen, there seem to be a lot of controversy about which god was the main god of war/Martian-ish god. Any insight? Also, do you have anything in store about Taranis 👀?

Thank you so much for your blog!

Hey, awesome!

There is no concept of a main god of war or a centralized pantheon in Gaulish Polytheism , which can be complicated when approaching Gaulpol initially from the lens of another polytheistic tradition where those things do exist.

Gaul was not a centralized region, people, religion, culture, language, none of that, we're dealing with an umbrella term for many different nations and tribes over a massive period of time where populations shifted and so many different outside variables have introduced the people, language, religion, and culture. There is no hard line where Gaulish religion starts or ends, geographically or chronologically, no strict definition defines Gaul or Gaulish Polytheism.

This is a great question! I've not gotten any asks in a bit so this makes me quite happy.

This topic came up in Gaulchat not too recently so I'll mention everyone's ideas as well. While Venus was worshipped in Gaul, there wasn't a Gallo-Roman sync that appeared but there are a few candidates as far as love goddess goes:

-Rosmerta, the great provider (for attraction/long-lasting love, gnosis)

-Epona (for commitment, marriage, gnosis)

-At least one person syncs Venus with Nementona

-Whichever deity is closest to you makes a great candidate for many endeavors

-Linguistically, the Matres (great mothers of) Lubicae might be associated with affection/love

-Venus is often a Mars pairing, and Mars is synced with a good chunk of Gaulish gods, so the divine pairings between a Gaulish war god and a goddess could also be excellent candidates, there's a great presentation on divine pairing in Gaulpol that can be found on the Toutâ Galatian YouTube channel.

As far as the sex aspect, again there isn't an easy answer. Warriors in Gaul were known to freely love among their fellows, so this might also point to that Gaulish Mars-Venus pairing again.