Facts about The Horned God Cernunnos
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Modern neopagan and Wiccan traditions adopted Cernunnos as an archetype of the Horned God, a divine masculine figure paired with a goddess.
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Depicted across Gallo-Roman art, Cernunnos is consistently associated with animals such as stags, serpents, and bulls, marking him as a deity of wild nature and fertility.
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Antlers rather than horns characterize Cernunnos in ancient imagery, associating him with deer and the wild rather than with goats or bulls.
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Only one ancient inscription bearing the name Cernunnos survives, found on the Pillar of the Boatmen, a Gallo-Roman monument discovered in Paris.
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Cernunnos is depicted on the Gundestrup Cauldron, a richly decorated silver vessel discovered in Denmark, shown seated cross-legged and holding a torc and a serpent.