Maponos
/maˈpoː.nos/noun
Maponos was a Celtic deity associated with youth, sons, fertility, and possibly music and healing.
Did you know?The Roman-British god Maponos was identified with Apollo in inscriptions, linking a Celtic youthful deity with the Roman god of music, prophecy, healing, and the sun.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Celtic, before 1st century BCE
Proto-Celtic
*maponos
“Great son or divine youth; reconstructed from later Celtic forms”
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Gaulish
Maponos
“A Celtic god whose name appears in inscriptions and place-names”
1st–4th centuries CE
Gallo-Roman
Deus Maponus
“God Maponos; inscriptions associate him with Apollo”
Medieval period
Old Welsh
Mabon
“A divine or otherworldly youthful figure, especially Mabon son of Modron”
Medieval period
Old Irish / Welsh
mac / mab
“Son; related Celtic forms descending from the same ancient word-family”
Modern English
English
Maponos
“The reconstructed or attested name of the Celtic deity”