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TomBo Apr 26, 2004 16:52:18

Replying to BrigantesNation

"I am of the opinion that these are two different god images for two different gods."

There's a difference between goat's horns and ram's horns, yes. But there's surely more similarities between them than qualities separating them.

What are the ram's horns images to which you refer?

BrigantesNation Apr 26, 2004 17:52:18

Replying to TomBo

oh the usual, "Celtic" heads dating from the Roman Period or later, the rams horns are usually pretty poor carvings.

From the north we have Roman period goats horns, ram's horrns and stags horns that I know of. I am definately of the opinion that we should treat these as different god images for different gods unless we have something to suggest otherwise.