Celtic Gods: The Gaulish God, Fagus (God of Birch Trees)

Fagus
The Gaulish God, Fagus: God of Beech Trees

Fagus is a Gaulish god known from four inscriptions found in the Hautes-Pyrénées, France. He represents the god of beech trees and may have had a acred grove in the region.



Synonyms:
Gaul: God of Birch Trees

Fagus is known from four inscriptions found at Générest (CIL XIII 00225), Ladivert (CIL XIII 000333) and Tibiran-Jaunac (CIL XIII 00223 and 00224); all in the Hautes-Pyrénées, France.

As Fagus shares his name with the Latin for beech trees it has been proposed that he represents the god of the beech.

In this respect Fagus belongs to the same class of deities as Abelio (the god of apple trees), Buxenus (the god of box trees) and Robur (the god of oak trees).



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