Erudinus the Harvest God
Cantabrian · deity · Roman period (altar dated AD 161) · Recorded classification
Name leads with the English phrase 'the Harvest God', from the 'of last year / early grain' etymology. Attested form Erudino (dative) on the dated Pico Dobra altar — one of the few precisely dated Iberian votive monuments. Known from this dedication; no narrative.
Domains
- harvest grain
Epithets
- Erudinus A Cantabrian god honoured on the heights of DobraThe dated rock inscription of Monte Dobra (Cantabria) (primary)
Sources
- Erudinus is a Cantabrian god known from an inscribed altar found in 1925 on Monte/Pico Dobra near Torrelavega, dated to AD 161; his name is connected with an Indo-European adjective meaning 'the one of last year', linked to the early rye and barley harvest.: Pico Dobra altar to Erudinus (AD 161), Cantabria (inscription); Discussion in Cantabrian religion scholarship; Olivares Pedreño, e-Keltoi 6 (2005) (secondary)