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In ancient Celtic religion, Maponos or Maponus ("Great Son") is a god of youth known mainly in northern Britain but also in Gaul. In Roman times he was equated with Apollo. The Welsh mythological figure Mabon ap Modron is apparently derived from Maponos,〔 who by analogy we may suggest was the son of the mother-goddess Dea Matrona. The Irish god Aengus, also known as the ''Mac Óg'' ("young son"), is probably related to Maponos, as are the Arthurian characters Mabuz and Mabonagrain. ==Etymology of the name== In Gaulish, ''mapos'' means a young boy or a son.〔Matasović, Ranko. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, page 253. 2009. Brill.〕 The suffix ''-onos'' is augmentative. Besides the theonym ''Maponos'', the root ''mapos'' is found in personal names such as ''Mapodia'', ''Mapillus'', and ''Maponius''; ''mapo'' is also found in the Carjac inscription (RIG L-86). The root is Proto-Indo-European ''(unicode: *makʷos)''. (Delamarre 2003 pp. 216–217). In Insular Celtic languages, the same root is found in Welsh, Cornish and Breton ''mab'' meaning ''son'' (Delamarre 2003 pp. 216–217), derived from Common Brythonic '' *mapos'' (identical to Gaulish). In Old Irish, ''macc'' also means ''son''; it is found in Ogham inscriptions as the genitive ''maqui'', ''maqqi'', ''maqui'' (Sims-Williams 2003 pp. 430–431) with a geminative expressive doubling ''(unicode: *makʷkʷos)''. (This is the source of Scottish and Irish names starting ''Mac'' or ''Mc''). He therefore personified youthfulness, which would explain the syncretism with the Graeco-Roman god Apollo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maponos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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