Celtic Gods: The Brythonic god, Corotiacus (Lord of the Throwers)

Corotiacus
A Brythonic God: Lord of the Throwers

Corotiacus is a Brythonic god known from a single inscribed statue found at Martlesham, England. In the inscription, Corotiacus is equated with Roman Mars and he is shown wielding a war axe. There can be little doubt that this is a god of war.



Synonyms:
Bryth: Lord of the Throwers

A native Brythonic deity known only from an inscription on a fragmentary bronze sculpture from Martlesham, Suffolk. The statue portrays an axe-wielding warrior riding a horse over a prostrate enemy. The inscription reads: DEO MARTI COROTIACO SIMPLICIA PRO SE V P (To the god Martius Corotiacus, Simplicia has placed this offering for her family). Associated with Mars by interpretiato Romana, the depiction is unusual as he is represented on horseback, a very Celtic form of iconography.

The deity's name is probably derived from the proto-Celtic root *koro- (putting, throwing) and the Old Cymric tiarn (lord, ruler) which would make his name 'Lord of the Trowers'. An apposite name for a battle-axe weilding god.



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