History Myth / LusitanianMythology

* LordOfTheOcean: Well, more like Lord of the River, but the god of the Douro River, Durius, was the most proeminent (unambiguous) water god and even had a [[ProngsOfPoseidon weapon]] assigned to him, the net.

In what is now UsefulNotes/{{Portugal}} south of river Douro, and a portion of UsefulNotes/{{Spain}}, there existed several now extinct nations, under the Lusitanian designation when the Roman province was established as the [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Romans]] conquered the area. Due to no writting[[note]]There are nonetheless a few inscriptions written in Lusitanian post-Romanisation, the language likely having survived as a SacredLanguage or LanguageOfMagic among the local priests for a while. They are mostly simple prayers to the gods and not particularly informative.[[/note]] and most historical sources being written by their enemies comparatively little is known about them; it is broadly accepted that they were Indo-European speakers (though you won't catch two archaeologists that agree whereas they were Celtic speakers, more closely related to Romans or an entirely sperate branch altogether) that lived in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castro_culture castros]] up the mountains and lead a pastoral lifestyle. A lot of the gods might have [[Myth/CelticMythology Celtic]] influences, but there is a significant substrate of older beliefs similar to those of the Iberians and the Aquitanians, the ancestors of the Basque.

** Ataegina, believed to preside over Spring, night, and seasonality. Her name may be derived from an etymological root for "night", and her name was also found attached to Roman Proserpina (Greek Persephone).

* AnimalMotifs: Boars for Endovelicus, horses for Carioceus (and likely Neto and Asidia) dogs for Quangueio, bulls for Reo, goats for Ataegina and sheep for Trebaruna.

** Ataegina, who presided over Spring, night, and seasonality. Her name may be derived from an etymological root for "night".

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: As in many [[CanisLatinicus Latinized names]], there are several variations to the names; Endovelicus was Aendovelicus and, in Portuguese, Endovélico. There is a possible subversion in Bandua's case as the name Bandus might have referred to the god they were the consort to.

* LordOfTheOcean: Well, more like Lord of the River, but the god of the Douro River, Durius, was the most promenient (unambiguous) water god and even had a [[ProngsOfPoseidon weapon]] assigned to him, the net.

In what is now Portugal south of river Douro, and a portion of Spain, there existed several now extinct nations, under the Lusitanian designation when the Roman province was established as the Romans conquered the area. Due to no writting[[note]]There are nonetheless a few inscriptions written in Lusitanian post-Romanisation, the language likely having survived as a SacredLanguage or LanguageOfMagic among the local priests for a while. They are mostly simple prayers to the gods and not particularly informative.[[/note]] and most historical sources being written by their enemies comparatively little is known about them; it is broadly accepted that they were Indo-European speakers (though you won't catch two archaeologists that agree whereas they were Celtic speakers, more closely related to Romans or an entirely sperate branch altogether) that lived in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castro_culture castros]] up the mountains and lead a pastoral lifestyle. A lot of the gods might have [[Myth/CelticMythology Celtic]] influences, but there is a significant substrate of older beliefs similar to those of the Iberians and the Aquitanians, the ancestors of the Basque.

** Historically a massive amount of gods have been interpreted as water/river gods, to the point this is something of a meme among archaeologists. Currently, only the above two can be associated with water with certainty.

* OurGiantsAreBigger: Possibly Dervetius, a mountain god.

* AnimalMotifs: Boars for Endovelicus, dogs for Quangueio, bulls for Reo, goats for Ataegina and sheep for Trebaruna.