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Abellio: One more in my
occasional series illustrating that the world has and has had any number of
gods for people to worship.
Abellio was worshipped in
the Garonne Valley in Gallia Aquitania, which is now southwest France, and is primarily
known by inscriptions discovered at Comminges. Little is known about this god,
but it seems he may have been a god of apple trees. How very specific some of
these ancient deities seem to have been.
Some scholars suggest that
Abellio is a rendering of Apollo, who was called Abelios in Crete and Apello by
the Italians. They believe that the deity is the same as the Gallic Apollo
mentioned by Caesar. In common with so
many early deities, the actual origin of this god seems obscure. Such is the
fate of gods who fail to come up with the goods for those who worship in the
hope of reward, I guess.
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