Several inscriptions link this Celtic and Gaulish god to MARS, though it's clear etymologically he is a 'protector/god of the people' – perhaps by war. As Teutates he appears in the poet Lucan (AD39-65)'s work in the same passage as ESUS and TARANIS. In Ireland he appears first as Teuto-valos, then as the legendary conqueror Tuathal Techtmar. His characteristics link him with the Greeks’ HERMES and ARES, the Romans’ MERCURY and MARS. Toutatis demanded human sacrifice: victims were drowned by plunging into a vat, probably of ale
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