Taranis
Gaulish · deity · mythic · deity
Gaulish thunder god named by Lucan and in inscriptions; 'the Thunderer', identified with Jupiter, emblematised by the spoked wheel. Berne scholia report burnt human sacrifice (secondary).
Domains
- thunder
Powers
- Drive the solar thunder-wheel across the sky
Epithets
- Iupiter Taranucnus