Ambisagrus

In Gallo-Roman religion, Ambisagrus was a Gaulish god worshipped at Aquileia in Cisalpine Gaul, where he was identified with Jupiter Optimus Maximus.

The name may be composed of the Proto-Celtic prefix *ambi- ('around') and root *sagro-.

Dr. John Koch at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies has suggested that this Jovian epithet may originally have applied to Taranis, with allusion to the tendency of thunder near an observer to seem all-surrounding.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

Ambisagrus was believed to be the gaelic god of hail, fog, wind, and rain and was worshipped in some of the celtic tribes.

References

• Peter Berresford Ellis, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology(Oxford Paperback Reference), Oxford University Press, (1994): ISBN 0-19-508961-8
• Juliette Wood, The Celts: Life, Myth, and Art, Thorsons Publishers (2002): ISBN 0-00-764059-5