Mogons

Mogon, also Mogons, is a Celtic god who is identified by the interpretatio romana with Apollo. Mogon is interpreted as a healing and sun god.

Sites and etymology

After Mogon the Roman fort Mogontiacum (Mainz, Roman province of Germania superior) to have his name. In an inscription from Metz ( Divodurum, Roman Gallia Belgica ) a dea Mogontina is called. Some localities are located on Hadrian's Wall. On an altar in Risingham ( Habitancum, Northumberland, England) is an inscription was found, another in Chester Holm ( Vindolanda, ibid.) Two inscriptions in Penrith ( Cumbria, England) and Rochester ( Bremenium, Northumberland, England) are unsafe to read.

Mogons, also Mogounos, Celtiberian Maganus, means " the mighty one " or "the Great".

On Mogon also a theory of the origin of the Mainz wheel goes back.