History Myth / LusitanianMythology

Fairly digestible sources include [[https://herminiusmons.wordpress.com/2018/07/22/endovelico/ Hermeniusmons]] and [[https://omoledro.wordpress.com/deuses-ibericos/endovelico/ Omoledro]], which cite the latest papers on the matter.

* GodCouple: Duberdicus/Nabia, Sucellus/Nantosuelta (the second pair also occurring in Myth/CelticMythology) and possibly Bandua/Bandus, if they aren't two different names for the same god(dess).

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 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.

* 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 he/she was consort to.

** Although Endovelicus was the god of the Underworld and "the most black", he appears to have also been associated with light to some extent, since streams sacred to have have light-related names.

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

* MakingASplash: Durius, the god of the Douro river.

In what is now Portugal south of river Douro, and a portion of Spain, there existed Lusitania, previously owned by Celtic-derived groups and conquered by the Romans when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula. What most people, even most of the modern Portuguese and Spanish, seem to be unaware of, is that there was a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanian_mythology native pantheon of gods]]. Considering this is perhaps one of the least studied mythologies, there is no surprise that these gods were so little known, and today little is left after centuries of Christian domination (and a period of Islamic domination, and shorter period of the two fighting) of the Iberian Peninsula. What is known, however, is that the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman religion]] adopted some of the deities (as was the norm), and that there's enough known to [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife leave something written on TV Tropes]].

Like in many mythologies, there are historical texts focusing on it, the most relevant being Macrobius's ''Saturnalia''.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Ataegina, who presided over Spring, night, and seasonality, hereby making her an equivalent of Proserpina/Persephone. Unlike Proserpina/Persephone, it's unknown if she was kidnapped by some sort of equivalent of Hades.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:[[invoked]] Possibly Endovelicus, the only god even recognised by modern Portuguese and Spanish thanks to the amount of shrines and temples he had, and even so not a very famous figure.
* FatherNeptune: Duberdicus
* FertileFeet: Sucellus and Nantosuelta.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: Having derived from the Myth/CelticMythology and being incorporated into the Myth/ClassicalMythology by the Romans, this mythology seems to have effectively mixed both continuities; for instance several gods are present in the original Celtic myths, such as Sucellus and Nantosuelta, while the Romans accepted the native gods into their canon and the mythology itself shaped to fit the Roman influences (Lusus, the ancestor of the Lusitanians and thus of modern Portuguese people, was a canon Greek/Roman character).
* LightEmUp: There are two gods related to light: Endovelicus, also associated with [[HealingHands health]], was [[LightIsGood benevolent]], while the other, Neto, was [[LightIsNotGood a war god]]. The first [[HijackedByJesus became associated]] with Lucifer once Christianity got installed on Lusitania, while the latter was incorporated into the Roman god Mars, leading to the title of Mars Neto in the Iberian Peninsula and his association with the sun (he was already an agricultural god to begin with).
* MakingASplash: Several gods were water based as mentioned above.

* ThePowerOfTheSun: Neto was one of the few solar deities in any mythology to show the Sun's real potential.

* SuperheroSpeciation: Averted, unlike in most polytheistic religions. Of the known gods several were essentially water gods, a few were dedicated to war and two were related to light.

In dame what is now Portugal south of river Douro, and a portion of Spain, there existed Lusitania, previously owned by Celtic-derived groups and conquered by the Romans when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula. What most people, even most of the modern Portuguese and Spanish, seem to be unaware of, is that there was a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanian_mythology native pantheon of gods]]. Considering this is perhaps one of the least studied mythologies, there is no surprise that these gods were so little known, and today little is left after centuries of Christian domination (and a period of Islamic domination, and shorter period of the two fighting) of the Iberian Peninsula. What is known, however, is that the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman religion]] adopted some of the deities (as was the norm), and that there's enough known to [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife leave something written on TV Tropes]].

In what is now Portugal south of river Douro, and a portion of Spain, there existed Lusitania, previously owned by Celtic-derived groups and conquered by the Romans when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula. What most people, even most of the modern Portuguese and Spanish, seem to be unaware of, is that there was a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanian_mythology native pantheon of gods]]. Considering this is perhaps one of the least studied mythologies, there is no surprise that these gods were so little known, and today little is left after centuries of Christian domination (and a period of Islamic domination, and shorter period of the two fighting) of the Iberian Peninsula. What is known, however, is that the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman religion]] adopted some of the deities (as was the norm), and that there's enough known to [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife leave something written on TV Tropes]].

In dame what is now Portugal south of river Douro, and a portion of Spain, there existed Lusitania, previously owned by Celtic-derived groups and conquered by the Romans when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula. What most people, even most of the modern Portuguese and Spanish, seem to be unaware of, is that there was a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanian_mythology native pantheon of gods]]. Considering this is perhaps one of the least studied mythologies, there is no surprise that these gods were so little known, and today little is left after centuries of Christian domination (and a period of Islamic domination, and shorter period of the two fighting) of the Iberian Peninsula. What is known, however, is that the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman religion]] adopted some of the deities (as was the norm), and that there's enough known to [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife leave something written on TV Tropes]].

In what is now Portugal south of river Douro, and a portion of Spain, there existed Lusitania, previously owned by Celtic-derived groups and conquered by the Romans when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula. What most people, even most of the modern Portuguese and Spanish, seem to be unaware of, is that there was a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanian_mythology native pantheon of gods]]. Considering this is perhaps one of the least studied mythologies, there is no surprise that these gods were so little known, and today little is left after centuries of Christian domination (and a period of Islamic domination, and shorter period of the two fighting) of the Iberian Peninsula. What is known, however, is that the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman religion]] adopted some of the deities (as was the norm), and that there's enough known to [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife leave something written on TV Tropes]].

In what is now Portugal south of river Douro, and a portion of Spain, there existed Lusitania, previously owned by Celtic-derived groups and conquered by the Romans when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula. What most people, even most of the modern Portuguese and Spanish, seem to be unaware of, is that there was a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanian_mythology native pantheon of gods]]. Considering this is perhaps one of the least dam studied mythologies, there is no surprise that these gods were so little known, and today little is left after centuries of Christian domination (and a period of Islamic domination, and shorter period of the two fighting) of the Iberian Peninsula. What is known, however, is that the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman religion]] adopted some of the deities (as was the norm), and that there's enough known to [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife leave something written on TV Tropes]].

In what is now Portugal south of river Douro, and a portion of Spain, there existed Lusitania, previously owned by Celtic-derived groups and conquered by the Romans when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula. What most people, even most of the modern Portuguese and Spanish, seem to be unaware of, is that there was a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanian_mythology native pantheon of gods]]. Considering this is perhaps one of the least studied mythologies, there is no surprise that these gods were so little known, and today little is left after centuries of Christian domination (and a period of Islamic domination, and shorter period of the two fighting) of the Iberian Peninsula. What is known, however, is that the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman religion]] adopted some of the deities (as was the norm), and that there's enough known to [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife leave something written on TV Tropes]].

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In what is now Portugal south of river Douro, and a portion of Spain, there existed Lusitania, previously owned by Celtic-derived groups and conquered by the Romans when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula. What most people, even most of the modern Portuguese and Spanish, seem to be unaware of, is that there was a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanian_mythology native pantheon of gods]]. Considering this is perhaps one of the least studied mythologies, there is no surprise that these gods were so little known, and today little is left after centuries of Christian domination (and a period of Islamic domination, and shorter period of the two fighting) of the Iberian Peninsula. What is known, however, is that the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman religion]] adopted some of the deities (as was the norm), and that there's enough known to [[TvtropesWillEnhanceYourLife leave something written on TV Tropes]].

* CastSpeciation: Of the known gods several were essentially water gods, a few were dedicated to war and two were related to light.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Ataegina, who presided over Spring and seasonality, hereby making her an equivalent of Proserpina/Persephone. Unlike Proserpina/Persephone, it's unknown if she was kidnapped by some sort of equivalent of Hades.

* LightEmUp: There are two gods related to light: Endovelicus, also associated with [[HealingHands health]], was [[LightIsGood benevolent]], while the other, Neto, was [[LightIsNotGood a war god]]. The first [[SadlyMythtaken became associated]] with Lucifer once Christianity got installed on Lusitania, while the latter was incorporated into the Roman god Mars, leading to the title of Mars Neto in the Iberian Peninsula and his association with the sun (he was already an agricultural god to begin with).

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Few if any of these Gods are remembered today, and mostly through literature and some regional traditions.

In what is now Portugal south of river Douro and a portion of Spain, there was Lusitania, previously owned by Celtic-derived groups and conquered by the Romans when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula. What most people, even most of the modern Portuguese and Spanish, seem to be unaware of, is that there was a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanian_mythology native pantheon of gods]]. Considering this is perhaps one of the least studied mythologies, there is no surprise that these gods were so little known, and today little is left after centuries of Christian domination (and a period of Islamic domination, and shorter period of the two fighting) of the Iberian Peninsula. What is known, however, is that the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman religion]] adopted some of the deities (as was the norm), and that there's enough known to [[TvtropesWillEnhanceYourLife leave something written on TV Tropes]].

In what is now Portugal south of river Douro and a portion of Spain, there was Lusitania, previously owned by Celtic-derived groups and conquered by the Romans when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula. What most people, even most of the modern Portuguese and Spanish, seem to be unaware of, is that there was a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanian_mythology native pantheon of gods]]. Considering this is perhaps one of the least studied mythologies, there is no surprise that these gods were so little known, and today little is left after centuries of Christian domination (and a period of Islamic domination, and shorter period of the two fighting) of the Iberian Peninsula. What is known, however, is that the [[ClassicalMythology Roman religion]] adopted some of the deities (as was the norm), and that there's enough known to [[TvtropesWillEnhanceYourLife leave something written on TV Tropes]].

* IntercontinuityCrossover: Having derived from the Myth/CelticMythology and being incorporated into the ClassicalMythology by the Romans, this mythology seems to have effectively mixed both continuities; for instance several gods are present in the original Celtic myths, such as Sucellus and Nantosuelta, while the Romans accepted the native gods into their canon and the mythology itself shaped to fit the Roman influences (Lusus, the ancestor of the Lusitanians and thus of modern Portuguese people, was a canon Greek/Roman character).

* GodCouple: Duberdicus/Nabia, Sucellus/Nantosuelta (the second pair also occurring in the main CelticMythology) and possibly Bandua/Bandus, if they aren't two different names for the same god(dess).

* DarkIsNotEvil: Ataegina, who presided over Spring and seasonality, hereby making her an equivalent of Proserpina/Persephone. Unlike Proserpina/Persephone, it's unknown if she was kidnapped by some sort of equivalent of Hades, since there are only a few epigraphs.

* CastSpeciation: Of the known gods several were essentially water gods, several dedicated to war and two related to light.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Ataegina

* WarGod: Besides Neto, there was also [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariocecus Cariocecus]].

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* WeHardlyKnewYe

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Possibly Endovelicus, the only god even recognised by modern Portuguese and Spanish thanks to the amount of shrines and temples he had, and even so not a very famous figure.