Crouga the Cairn-God
Lusitanian · deity · Iron Age to Roman period (Lamas de Moledo inscription) · Recorded classification
Name leads with the English phrase 'the Cairn-God', from the *krouka- ('mound/cairn') etymology; in northwestern Hispania the related 'Crougin Toudadigoe' is attested as a community deity. Some scholars doubt whether Crougeai is a theonym at all. Attested in the Lamas de Moledo (and related) inscriptions; sex unknown, no narrative.
Domains
- sacred stones cairns
Sources
- Crouga is a Lusitanian theonym appearing in the dative (Crougeai) in the Lamas de Moledo inscription, alongside Reue and the community-name Veaminicori; the name is connected with a Celtic word for a heap of stones, mound or cairn (*krouka-).: Lamas de Moledo inscription, Castro Daire (Viseu) (inscription); B. M. Prósper, Lenguas y religiones prerromanas del occidente de la Península Ibérica (2002) (secondary)