Esus

Gaulish god ('Lord') shown as a woodcutter hewing a tree by the bull Tarvos Trigaranus; named with Taranis and Teutates as receiving human sacrifice.

Domains

• woodcutting sacrifice

Powers

• Fell the willow that frees the bull and cranes

Epithets

• Esus gaulish · Esus'Lord/Master', the woodcutter-god with Tarvos TrigaranusPillar of the Boatmen, Paris (CIL XIII 3026); Lucan, Pharsalia I.445 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Pillar of the Boatmen (Esus + Tarvos Trigaranus panels); Lucan, Pharsalia I.445 (primary); Theonym likely 'lord/master'; Berne Scholia on Lucan (victims hung in a tree) (secondary)