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Nodens (Nudens, Nodons) is a Celtic deity associated with healing, the sea, hunting and dogs. He was worshipped in ancient Britain, most notably in a temple complex at Lydney Park in Gloucestershire, and possibly also in Gaul. He is equated with the Roman gods Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Silvanus, and his name is cognate with that of the Irish mythological figure Nuada and the Welsh Nudd.〔James MacKillop, ''Dictionary of Celtic Mythology'', Oxford: OUP, 1998, p. 306〕〔Dyfed Lloyd Evans, ''(Nudd/Lludd/Nodons )'', (Nemeton ), 2005, retrieved 3 March 2007〕 ==Etymology== The name Nodens probably derives from a Celtic stem *''noudont-'' or '' *noudent-'', which J. R. R. Tolkien suggested was related to a Germanic root meaning "acquire, have the use of", earlier "to catch, entrap (as a hunter)". Making the connection with Nuada and Lludd's hand, he detected "an echo of the ancient fame of the magic hand of Nodens the Catcher".〔J. R. R. Tolkien, "The Name Nodens", Appendix to "Report on the excavation of the prehistoric, Roman and post-Roman site in Lydney Park, Gloucestershire", ''Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London'', 1932; also in ''Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review'', Vol. 4, 2007〕 Similarly, Julius Pokorny derives the name from a Proto-Indo-European root '' *neu-d-'' meaning "acquire, utilise, go fishing".〔Julius Pokorny, ''Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch'' 768〕 Ranko Matasović has proposed that the name of this deity may come from proto-Celtic '' *snowdo-'', meaning "mist, clouds". The transition from *''snoudo-'' to Nodons happened because the particle ''sN'' was changed to ''N'' in P-Celtic languages, such as Gaulish and Brittonic. Furthermore, Nodons' name - which is in the nominative case - appears in inscriptions as "Nodontī" due to a change to the dative case. However, ''sN-'' was not reduced in Old Irish in which the cognate is attested as ''Núada'' ~ ''Núadat'' not *''Snúada'', which evidence reinforces Tolkien's derivation. 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「Nodens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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