Intarabus

Intarabus was a Gaulish god in the pantheon of the Treveri and some neighbouring peoples. His name is known from nine inscriptions from a relatively compact area in what are now Belgium, Luxembourg, western Germany and eastern France.Nicole Jufer & Thierry Luginbühl (2001). "Les dieux gaulois : répertoire des noms de divinités celtiques connus par l'épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie." Paris: Editions Errance. ISBN 2-87772-200-7. fr icon] He may have been the tutelary deity of one of the three "pagi" (subdivisions) of the Treveri. [Ton Derks. 1998. "Gods, Temples and Ritual Practices: The Transformation of Religious Ideas and Values in Roman Gaul." Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-5356-254-3. p.199.] In most cases, Intarabus is invoked alone – without any synthesis to a Roman deity, and without accompanying female deities. However, one inscription (CIL XIII 3653) invokes him as "Mars Intarabus," noting that a "fanum" and "" of this god had been restored at Trier. [Joan Carbonell Manils and H. Gimeno Pascual. " [http://ddd.uab.es/pub/faventia/02107570v27n2p7.pdf Un "fanum" in "Turgalium"] ". p.15. In "Faventia" 27/2, 2005. es icon] Meanwhile, another inscription from Mackwiller in Alsace gives Intarabus the epithet "Narius". An inscription at Ernzen in Germany has his name as "Interabus", while another from Foy-Noville (now within the town of Bastogne in Belgium), invokes "Enarabus" in conjunction with the "Genius Ollodagus".Patrice Lajoye. "Inventaire des divinités celtiques de l’Antiquité". Entries for [http://www.arbre-celtique.com/approfondissements/divinites/inventaire-div/div_liste.php?nomdiv=Narius Intarabus] , [http://www.arbre-celtique.com/approfondissements/divinites/inventaire-div/div_liste.php?nomdiv=Interabus Interabus] and [http://www.arbre-celtique.com/approfondissements/divinites/inventaire-div/div_liste.php?nomdiv=Enarabus Enarabus] , on [http://www.arbre-celtique.com www.arbre-celtique.com] . fr icon]

A bronze statuette from the Foy-Noville site, identified on the base as "Deo Intarabo" (in the dative case), depicts the god as a beardless, long-haired man in a tunic, draped with a wolf skin. His raised right hand would presumably have held a spear or some other implement, while his left hand, extended at waist length, is now missing. [Jean-Luc Bodeux. « [http://www.lesoir.be/regions/namur_luxembourg/2006/08/24/article_hermes_464365.shtml Fabuleux bestiaire d'Ardenne] ». "Le Soir," 23 August 2006. fr icon]

The theatre at Echternach appears to have been dedicated to Intarabus, [Frank Sear. 2006. "Roman Theatres: An Architectural Survey." Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-198-14469-4. p.210.] as was an "aedicula" at Ernzen. [ [http://www.irrel.de/tourismus/sehenswert/s_weihe.htm Weihedenkmal des Gottes Intarabus in Ernzen] and [http://bwpc08.fh-trier.de:8080/kuDb/servlet/kategorieObj?aktSchluessel=573 Kulturgüter in der Region Trier] , both concerning reconstructed monuments to Intarabus at Ernzen (with photographs). de icon] A silver ring engraved simply with the name "Intarabo" (again, in the dative case) was found at Dalheim.Drawing of the ring and descriptions as given on a wall plaque at the Musée national d'histoire et d'art, Luxembourg.]

The name ‘Intarabus’ has been characterized as “etymologically obscure”. [Bernhard Maier. 1998. "Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture." Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-0-8511-5660-6. p.158.]

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