Editing Ambisagrus

{{Short description|Gaulish god identified with Jupiter}}
In [[Gallo-Roman religion]], '''Ambisagrus''' was a [[Gaulish]] god worshipped at [[Aquileia]] in [[Cisalpine Gaul]], where he was identified with [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter Optimus Maximus]].<ref>''L'Arbre Celtique'' entry for [http://www.arbre-celtique.com/approfondissements/divinites/inventaire-div/div_liste.php?nomdiv=Ambisagrus Ambisagrus].</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sykes |first=Egerton |title=Who's who in Non-classical Mythology |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2002 |editor-last=Kendall |editor-first=Allen |edition=3rd |pages=8 |language=en}}</ref>

The name may be composed of the [[Proto-Celtic]] prefix *''ambi-'' ('around') and root *''sagro-''.<ref name="CAWCS">[http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/PCl-MoE.pdf Proto-Celtic—English lexicon]. [[University of Wales]] Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. (See also [http://www.wales.ac.uk/newpages/EXTERNAL/E4504.asp this page] for background and disclaimers.)</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[Peter Berresford Ellis]], ''Dictionary of Celtic Mythology''(Oxford Paperback Reference), Oxford University Press, (1994): {{ISBN|0-19-508961-8}}
*[[Juliette Wood]], ''The Celts: Life, Myth, and Art'', Thorsons Publishers (2002): {{ISBN|0-00-764059-5}}

{{Celtic mythology (ancient)}}

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