The ancient Celts and Druids in the West had worshiped a horned God who went by the names of Cernunnos (KER-noo-nos) by the Gauls, and in Old Irish literature as Uindos, Herne (Hermes), Hu Gadarn, and Hesus (Jesus). He was known as the most ancient and powerful Celtic deity who was called the “lord of wild and all things.” His sons were said to be Teutates, Esus, Taranis or Taranus who are sometimes referred to as his doubles.
The meaning of Cernunnos in Gaelic and Old English and Irish is the “horned one or he who has horns.” This God was usually depicted in artwork wearing stag antlers and was normally accompanied by his symbols of the stag, ram, bull and holding a horned and spotted serpent or worm.
Horned Gods, Goddesses, kings and emperors is a common theme you will find all through the history of the world. The horns signify what is known as our ammon's horn and or hippocampus which is our brain's memory processing unit. These horns are ancient symbols of their religion of Gnosis and memory.
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The Horned God is one of the two primary deities found in Wicca and some related forms of Neopaganism. The term Horned God itself predates Wicca, and is an early 20th-century syncretic term for a horned or antlered anthropomorphic god with partly pseudohistorical origins, partly based on historical horned deities.
The Horned God represents the male part of the religion's duotheistic theological system, the consort of the female Triple Goddess of the Moon or other Mother Goddess. In common Wiccan belief, he is associated with nature, wilderness, sexuality, hunting, and the life cycle. Whilst depictions of the deity vary, he is always shown with either horns or antlers upon his head, often depicted as being theriocephalic (having a beast's head), in this way emphasizing "the union of the divine and the animal", the latter of which includes humanity.
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also named:
Cernunnos
Janicot
Karnayna
Dhul-Qarnayn
Atho
Tubal-cain
Brân
Dianus
Faunus
Cern
Actaeon
Pashupati
Naigamesha
Baphomet
Pan
Freyr
All and all antlers represent the power of the earth, birth, rebirth, and earth magic
Now, the goat and ram horns are seen as interchangeable in most mythologies and the
animals are closely related. The big differences between them are that the goat is more curious
and intelligent than the sheep (a ram being an adult male sheep). Goats don't flock like sheep;
they climb trees and have incredible balance. If an intruder comes into their space they will turn
and face it head on, where as rams would rather avoid conflict. Both animals are considered
"clean" to the Jews and they used the horns to make their ancient ritual horn, the shofar. The
actual word RAM in Hebrew means, "Exalted" and there are many other examples that show us
that the word and sound itself was very important. For instance, in Eastern tradition there is the
Mantra Ram (Rahh-mm). Mantra in itself meaning "sacred sound"
This symbol of horns, and Baphomet is being thrown around a lot these days mostly
to create an unconscious fear\stress response so that our own Hippocampus\Ammon's horn
become damaged and we won't be able to use them to remember the truth about who and what we are and how powerful we are..