Taranis

 

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Men's, silver-plated case, Face diameter 1¼" (32mm.) quartz movement, dustproof construction, stainless steel back with plated stainless steel expanding band. Silver etched interlacing single line pattern dial on a black background.

 

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Taranis

"Thunderer". Gallic thunder god. He was equated to Jupiter, symbolized by a spoked wheel and by a stylized spiral representing lightning. The wheel could represent either the sun or thunder, the latter because the rumbling of wheeled vehicles over log or stone roads resembled the sound of thunder. According to some, the sacrificial victims of Taranis were burned alive in cages of wood or in the trunks of trees. The worship of Taranis seems to have been widespread among the continental Celts.