DescriptionGaulgodSucellus.jpg English: Gaul_god_Sucellus Date 2009 Source Own work by uploader, photographed at the Musee National d'Archeology Author
part of Mercury’s paraphernalia, the tun belongs to Dionysos or, in Gaul,
to Sucellus. Meanwhile, Dionysos’ thyrsus – his staff topped with a pine cone
open in the back. More popular in French Gaul than in Britain, Sucellus was considered the progenitor of the Gauls, was honored at some of their household
equivalent, but scholars now consider it to represent the Gallo-Roman godSucellus based on its beard, clothing, and pose. The typical attributes are an