Cernunnos

. . . in Autumn Light

Writes Miranda Aldhouse-Green in her 1993 book, The Celtic Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends:

There is no hint at a dark side in the Celtic presentation of Cernunnos [KER-noo-nos] himself, but his human/beast ambiguity fed into early Christian notions of beastiality, pagan chaos, and contradictions of the notion that humans had been fashioned in the image of God.

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Beloved and Antlered
• Integrating Cernunnos, “Archetype of Sensuality and the Instinctual World”
• The Devil We (Think) We Know
• A Day to Celebrate the Survival of the Old Ways
• The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
• Pagan Thoughs at Hallowtide
• The Pagan Roots of All Saints Day
• Celebrating the Coming of the Sun and the Son
• Advent: A “ChristoPagan” Perspective
• I Caught a Glimpse of a God
• The Prayer Tree

Related Off-site Links:
Cernunnos: Wild God of the Forest – Patti Wigington (Learn Religions, June 25, 2019).
Cernunnos: The Horned Pan of the Celts – Moe Bedard (Gnostic Warrior).
Cernunnos: History and Mythology of the Enigmatic Celtic Horned God – Dattatreya Mandal (Realm of History, July 27, 2019).
I Call to Cernunnos – The Leveret (November 16, 2016).
Concerning Cernunnos (Part 1) – Musings from Gelli Fach (July 23, 2011).
Concerning Cernunnos (Part 2): Accessing the Fruits of the Wild – Musings from Gelli Fach (July 27, 2011).
Sex and Death: The Lessons of Cernunnos – Rick Derks (Feral Druidry: The Crossroads Companion (September 16, 2011).

Images: Michael J. Bayly.