Sucellus

Gaulish god of prosperity, agriculture and feasting ('the good striker'), shown with a long mallet and barrel; consort of Nantosuelta.

Domains

• prosperity feasting

Powers

• Strike well with his long-handled mallet

Epithets

• the Good Striker latin · Sucellus · cultThe god of the long-handled mallet and the olla; lord of agriculture, wine, and the deadGallo-Roman inscriptions and statuary (primary)
• Sucellus Gaulish · Sucellus · cultthe good striker (su- 'good' + cellos 'striker')Wikipedia, 'Sucellus' (secondary)
• Sucellus Silvanus Latin · Sucellus Silvanus · cultSucellus conflated with Silvanus (Augusta Rauricorum / Augst inscription)Wikipedia, 'Sucellus' (identified with Silvanus at Augst) (secondary)

Relations

• spouse: NantosueltaDivine couple of the Sarrebourg relief: the mallet god beside Nantosuelta with her house-sceptre and raven.Green, Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend (1992) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Sucellus dedications and mallet-god statuary across Gaul and the Rhineland (primary); Name 'the good striker'; M. Aldhouse-Green, The Gods of the Celts (1986) (secondary)