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Belenus
Belenus (also Belenos, Belinus, Bel, Beli Mawr) is a sun god from Celtic mythology and, in the 3rd century, the patron deity of the Italian city of Aquileia. Called the "Fair Shining One" (or "The Shining God"), he was one of the most ancient and most-widely worshiped Celtic deities and is associated with the ancient fire festival and modern Sabbat Beltane. He was associated with the horse (as shown by the clay horse figurine offerings at
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Belenus dentatus
speciesBelenus dentatus
Belenus adocetus
speciesBelenus adocetus
Belenus davidii
speciesBelenus davidii
Belenus laplumei
speciesBelenus laplumei
Belenus thomasi
speciesBelenus thomasi
Belenus parvicollis
speciesBelenus parvicollis
Belenus angulatus
speciesBelenus angulatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 921994.