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:''For the stick insect genus, see ''Moritasgus (insect). Moritasgus is a Celtic epithet for a healing god found in four inscriptions at Alesia.〔Jacky Bénard ''et al.'', ''Les agglomérations antiques de Côte-d'Or'' (Annales Littéraires de l'Université de Besançon, 1994), p. 251 (online. )〕 In two inscriptions, he is identified with the Greco-Roman god Apollo.〔''CIL'' 13.11240 and 11241; Bernhard Maier, ''Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture'' (Alfred Kröner, 1994, 1997, translation Boydell & Brewer 1997), p. 198 (online. )〕 His consort was the goddess Damona. Alesia was an oppidum of the Celtic Mandubii in present-day Burgundy. A dedication to the gods alludes to the presence of a shrine at the curative spring, where sick pilgrims could bathe in a sacred pool. The sanctuary itself, located near the eastern gate of the town just outside the city wall,〔James Bromwich, ''The Roman Remains of Northern and Eastern France: A Guidebook'' (Routledge, 2003), pp. 49 and 133 (online ) ''et passim''.〕 was impressive, with baths and a temple. In addition, there were porticoes, where the sick possibly slept, hoping for divine visions and cures. Numerous votive objects〔See ex-voto and Milagro (votive) for analogous Christian practices.〕 were dedicated to Moritasgus. These were models of the pilgrims and the afflicted parts of their bodies: these included limbs, internal organs, genitals, breasts, and eyes. Surgeons' tools have also been found, suggesting that the priests〔The druids were the priesthood of the ancient Celts.〕 also acted as surgeons. The name ''Moritasgus'', shared by a 1st-century BC ruler of the Senones,〔Julius Caesar, ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico'' 5.54.〕 has been analyzed variously. It probably means "Great Badger" or "Sea Badger." The European badger produced a secretion used in Gaulish medicaments, hence a possible connection with a healing god.〔Gaulish ''mori'' "sea" + ''tasgos'' (also ''tascos'' or ''taxos''), "badger". See Xavier Delamarre, ''Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise'' (Éditions Errance, 2003), pp. 229, 292–293, and D. Ellis Evans, ''Gaulish personal names: a study of some Continental Celtic formations'' (University of Michigan Press, 1967), p. 103. For further discussion, see Tasgetius: Name and badger lore.〕 ==Selected bibliography == * ''Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend.'' Miranda Green. Thames and Hudson Ltd. London. 1997. 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「Moritasgus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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