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Silver Cernunnos Pendant
With your choice of Moss Agate or Malachite
This fully handcrafted (not cast) horned god, Cernunnos pendant is fabricated in solid fine silver, weighing over 8 grams. This is a gorgeous and enigmatic statement piece worthy of passing down through your family generations. The rustic, blackened finish really brings out the depth and character of the piece. Featuring two oak leaves and a Vinca symbol (also a bindrune). Rests on a 18″ blackened sterling silver chain. Choose from either: moss agate or malachite cabochon.
- 45mm tall – 24mm wide
- Choose Moss Agate or Malachite cabochon
- 18″ sterling silver blackened chain
Origins...
Most of the information about Celtic Paganism today comes from Cornelius Tacitus and Julius Caesar.
The “horned God” Cernunnos is a widely known God from the Celtic Pantheon. The Celts derive from Indo-European migrations, deriving from the “Urnfield culture” and the later “Hallstatt culture” in the Alps of Europe.
Horned Goats that combine the Deer or Goat are common in Eurasian types of Mythologies. The Libyan God Ammon is usually shown with horns of a ram and also the Greek God of Pan is shown with horns.
The name “Cernunnos” is mentioned in the french Pilier des nautes from what today is Paris. The sculpture from the 1st Century AD is written in Latin with Gaulish words and is a unique reference to the Gods of the Gauls.
“Cernunnos” stems from two Celtic words that is “Cern” and “Yna”, “horn” and “spear” and also possibly derives from the Proto-Indo-European root “Ker” meaning as much as “horn”.
Scholars agree that Cernunnos was most likely a rural God of wilderness, the forest and hunting. Via comparative mythology, some assume that Cernunnos might be related to Dionysus or Bacchus as adopted by the Roman people.
Shamans in Siberia do dress up with Deer antlers. The myth of a Deer Mother is ancient among Early Nomads of Central Asia and Siberia.
