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Tarvos Trigaranus or Taruos Trigaranos〔The Latin alphabet did not distinguish between U and V.〕 is a divine figure who appears on a relief panel of the Pillar of the Boatmen as a bull with three cranes perched on his back. He stands under a tree, and on an adjacent panel, the god Esus is chopping down a tree, possibly a willow, with an axe.〔Green 1992 pp. 93-94.〕 In the Gaulish language, ''taruos'' means "bull,"〔Delmarre 2003 pp.291-292.〕 found in Old Irish as ''tarb'' (/tarβ/), in Modern Irish/Gaelic as ''tarbh'' and in Welsh as ''tarw'' (compare "bull" in other Indo-European languages such as Latin ''taurus'' or Lithuanian ''taŭras''). ''Garanus'' is the crane (''garan'' in Welsh, Old Cornish and Breton; see also ''geranos'', the ritual "crane dance" of ancient Greece).〔The English word "crane" derives from the Germanic '' *krana(n)''; Delmarre 2003 p. 175).〕 ''Treis'', or ''tri-'' in compound words, is the number three (cf. Irish ''trí'', Welsh ''tri'').〔Compare Tricorii ("the three troops"), and ''Trinox'' ("three nights") in the Gaulish calendar of Coligny; Delmarre 2003 pp.301-302.〕 A pillar from Trier shows a man with an axe cutting down a tree in which sit three birds and a bull's head. The juxtaposition of images has been compared to the Tarvos Trigaranus and Esus panels on the Boatmen monument.〔MacCulloch 1996 pp.157-158.〕 It is possible that statues of a bull with three horns, such as the one from Autun (Burgundy, France, anciently ''Augustodunum'') are related to this deity.〔Green 1992 pp. 93-94.〕 ==See also== * Celtic mythology * Triple deities * Twrch Trwyth 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「Tarvos Trigaranus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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