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</p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_Temple_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318760.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Roman_Temple_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318760.jpg/330px-Roman_Temple_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318760.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Roman_Temple_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318760.jpg/495px-Roman_Temple_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318760.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Roman_Temple_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318760.jpg/660px-Roman_Temple_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318760.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1936" data-file-height="1296" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">Tolkien</a> visited the temple of Nodens, a place called "Dwarf's Hill" and translated an inscription with a <a href="/wiki/Curse" title="Curse">curse</a> upon a ring. It may have inspired his <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_(Middle-earth)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwarf (Middle-earth)">dwarves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moria_(Middle-earth)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moria (Middle-earth)">Mines of Moria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rings_of_Power" title="Rings of Power">rings</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Celebrimbor" title="Celebrimbor">Celebrimbor</a> "Silver-Hand".<sup id="cite_ref-Anger_2013_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anger_2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><b>*<i>Nodens</i></b> or <b>*<i>Nodons</i></b> (<a href="/wiki/Linguistic_reconstruction" title="Linguistic reconstruction">reconstructed</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Dative_case" title="Dative case">dative</a> <i>Nodenti</i> or <i>Nodonti</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Celtic_mythology" title="Celtic mythology">Celtic</a> <a href="/wiki/Healing_god" class="mw-redirect" title="Healing god">healing god</a> worshipped in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Britain">Ancient Britain</a>. Although no physical depiction of him has survived, votive plaques found in a shrine at <a href="/wiki/Lydney_Park" title="Lydney Park">Lydney Park</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a>) indicate his connection with dogs, a beast associated with healing symbolism in antiquity. The deity is known in only one other location, in Cockersand Moss (<a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>). He was equated on most inscriptions with the <a href="/wiki/Roman_mythology" title="Roman mythology">Roman god</a> <a href="/wiki/Mars_(mythology)" title="Mars (mythology)">Mars</a> (as a healer rather than as a warrior) and associated in a curse with <a href="/wiki/Silvanus_(mythology)" title="Silvanus (mythology)">Silvanus</a> (a hunting-god).<sup id="cite_ref-MacKillop_Nodons_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacKillop_Nodons-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAldhouse-Green2008208–210_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAldhouse-Green2008208–210-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His name is <a href="/wiki/Cognate" title="Cognate">cognate</a> with that of later Celtic mythological figures, such as the <a href="/wiki/Irish_mythology" title="Irish mythology">Irish</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Nuada" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuada">Nuada</a></i> and the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_mythology" title="Welsh mythology">Welsh</a> <a href="/wiki/Lludd_Llaw_Eraint" title="Lludd Llaw Eraint"><i>Nudd</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MacKillop_Nodons_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacKillop_Nodons-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><i><b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMatasović2009350_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatasović2009350-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></i> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Philologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Philologist">philologist</a> and author <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a> was invited to investigate the Latin inscription, and scholars have noted several likely influences on his <a href="/wiki/Middle-earth" title="Middle-earth">Middle-earth</a> fantasy writings, including the Elvish smith, maker of <a href="/wiki/Rings_of_Power" title="Rings of Power">Rings of Power</a>, <a href="/wiki/Celebrimbor" title="Celebrimbor">Celebrimbor</a>, whose name, like that of Nuada's epithet <i>Airgetlám</i>, means 'Silver-hand'. Nodens appears, too, in the works of <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Machen" title="Arthur Machen">Arthur Machen</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" title="H. P. Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos" title="Cthulhu Mythos">Cthulhu Mythos</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_and_origin">Name and origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name and origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The theonym *<i>Nodens</i> or *<i>Nodons</i> is <a href="/wiki/Linguistic_reconstruction" title="Linguistic reconstruction">reconstructed</a> from the attested dative singular <i>Nodenti</i> or <i>Nodonti</i>, which is derived from a <a href="/wiki/Proto-Celtic" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Celtic">Proto-Celtic</a> stem <i>*Nowdont-.</i> It is a <a href="/wiki/Cognates" class="mw-redirect" title="Cognates">cognate</a> (linguistic sibling from the same origin) of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Irish" title="Middle Irish">Middle Irish</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Nuada_Airgetl%C3%A1m" title="Nuada Airgetlám">Nuadu</a></i> and the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Welsh" title="Middle Welsh">Middle Welsh</a> <i>Nudd</i> (which turned into <a href="/wiki/Lludd_Llaw_Eraint" title="Lludd Llaw Eraint"><i>Lludd</i></a>, apparently from an alliterative assimilation).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MacKillop_Nodons_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacKillop_Nodons-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMatasović2009350_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatasović2009350-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Irish genitives <i>nodot</i> and <i>núada(i)t</i> (perhaps 'hand, wrist or arm')<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also appear to be related.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWagner1986180–181_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWagner1986180–181-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It suggests that <i>Nōdonti</i> was the original form, by showing the back vocalism of the Celtic suffix <i>-ont</i>-. The development from <i>-ō-</i> to <i>-ū-</i> in <a href="/wiki/Brittonic_languages" title="Brittonic languages">Brittonic languages</a> dates back to the end of the 3rd century AD.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <a href="/wiki/Old_Breton" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Breton">Old Breton</a> name <i>Nodent</i> (modern <i>Nuz</i>) may also be added to the cognates, although the vocalism raises phonological difficulties.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey198413–14_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey198413–14-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESterckx199440_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESterckx199440-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The origin of the name remains obscure, scholar <a href="/wiki/John_Carey_(Celticist)" title="John Carey (Celticist)">John Carey</a> noting that "it seems at any rate safe to say that no etymology so far proposed can be accepted with full confidence".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Welsh noun <i>nudd</i> means 'mist, haze, fog', and both <i>Lludd</i> and <i>Nuadu</i> are attached to the epithet '[of the] silver hand/arm', which could lead to a conjectural Proto-Celtic stem *<i>snowdo-</i> ('mist, haze'), from <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Indo-European">Proto-Indo-European</a> *<i>snewd<sup>h</sup></i>- ('mist, cloud'; cf. Latin <i>nūbēs</i> 'clouds'),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMatasović2009350_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatasović2009350-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> perhaps also attested in the Irish <i>snuad</i> ('appearance, colour').<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the sound shift <i>sn</i>- > <i>n</i>- does not seem to be attested elsewhere in <a href="/wiki/Gaulish" title="Gaulish">Gaulish</a> (although -<i>sn</i>- > -<i>n</i>- is known) and remains difficult to justify in <a href="/wiki/Proto-Brittonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Brittonic">Proto-Brittonic</a> (the sound change should have occurred later than the inscriptions).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scholars have also linked the Celtic names with the stem *<i>néud-</i> (cf. Gothic <i>niutan</i> 'to catch, attain, acquire' and <i>nuta</i> 'catcher, fisherman', Lithuanian <i>naudà</i> 'property'), associating <i>*Nowdont-</i> with the fishing (and possibly hunting) motifs of the Lydney remains and with the silver arms of Nuadu and Lludd.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWagner1986180–181_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWagner1986180–181-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this stem remains unattested elsewhere in Celtic, and possibly takes its origins from a <a href="/wiki/Pre-Indo-European_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-Indo-European language">pre-Indo-European language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWagner1986186_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWagner1986186-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A third alternative is the Proto-Indo-European stem *<i>neh<sub>2</sub>u</i>-<i>t-</i> (cf. Goth. <i>nauþs</i> 'need, compulsion, distress', Old Prussian <i>nautin</i> 'need'), which could be found in Proto-Celtic *<i>nāwito</i>- ('need'; cf. Old Irish <i>neóit</i>, Middle Welsh <i>neued</i>), although linguist <a href="/wiki/Ranko_Matasovi%C4%87" title="Ranko Matasović">Ranko Matasović</a> finds the relation "formally quite difficult" to explain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMatasović2009350_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatasović2009350-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nudd's son <a href="/wiki/Gwyn_ap_Nudd" title="Gwyn ap Nudd"><i>Gwyn</i></a> (ruler of the Welsh <a href="/wiki/Otherworld" title="Otherworld">Otherworld</a>), his name meaning 'white', is an exact cognate of the Irish name <i>Finn</i>, who is described as the great-grandson of Nuadu mac Achi (<a href="/wiki/Finn_mac_Umaill" class="mw-redirect" title="Finn mac Umaill">Finn mac Umaill</a>) or <a href="/wiki/Nuadu_Necht" title="Nuadu Necht">Nuadu Necht</a> (Finn File).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey19846–7_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey19846–7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the origin of the association remains difficult to explain, Carey writes that Nodons may be seen "a god of multi-faceted but consistent character: a shining royal warrior presiding over the chaotic in nature, society and the Otherworld (water, war, the devils of <a href="/wiki/Annwn" title="Annwn">Annwn</a>)."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey198421–22_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey198421–22-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this view, the Middle Irish <i>núada</i>, <i>núadu</i> ('hero, champion, king [poetic]?')<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> may be interpreted as the <a href="/wiki/Euhemerism" title="Euhemerism">euhemerized</a> name of the Celtic deity,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMatasović2009350_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatasović2009350-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a <a href="/wiki/Semantic_shift" class="mw-redirect" title="Semantic shift">semantic shift</a> comparable to that conjectured for <a href="/wiki/Proto-Germanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Germanic">Proto-Germanic</a> <i>*balþaz</i> > <i>*Balðraz</i> ('white, shining' > 'strong, brave, bold' > 'hero, prince'; cf. Old Norse <i><a href="/wiki/Baldr" title="Baldr">Baldr</a></i> 'brave, defiant, lord, prince' and Old English <i>Bældæg</i> 'shining day').<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESimek199626_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESimek199626-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOrel200333–34_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOrel200333–34-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Bernard_Cook" title="Arthur Bernard Cook">Arthur Bernard Cook</a> (1906) the <a href="/wiki/Toponym" class="mw-redirect" title="Toponym">toponym</a> "<a href="/wiki/Lydney" title="Lydney">Lydney</a>" derives from the Old English *<i>Lydan-eġ</i>, "<a href="/wiki/Lludd" class="mw-redirect" title="Lludd">Lludd</a>'s Island", which could connect it with Nodens.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, alternative etymologies of Lydney are offered in other sources. A. D. Mills suggests "island or river-meadow of the sailor, or of a man named *Lida", citing the forms "Lideneg" from c. 853 and "Ledenei" from the 1086 <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inscriptions">Inscriptions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Inscriptions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lydney_Park_complex">Lydney Park complex</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Lydney Park complex"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_Bath_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318767.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Roman_Bath_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318767.jpg/220px-Roman_Bath_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318767.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Roman_Bath_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318767.jpg/330px-Roman_Bath_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318767.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Roman_Bath_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318767.jpg/440px-Roman_Bath_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1318767.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="428" /></a><figcaption>Bath house at the <a href="/wiki/Lydney_Park" title="Lydney Park">Lydney Park</a> temple complex</figcaption></figure> <p>The temple complex at <a href="/wiki/Lydney_Park" title="Lydney Park">Lydney Park</a>, situated on a steep bluff overlooking the <a href="/wiki/Severn_Estuary" title="Severn Estuary">Severn Estuary</a>, is rectangular, measuring <span class="nowrap">72 by 54 m (236 by 177 ft),</span> with a central <a href="/wiki/Cella" title="Cella">cella</a> measuring <span class="nowrap">29 by 49.5 m (31.7 by 54.1 yd),</span> and its north-western end is divided into three chambers 6.3 m deep. This imposing, <a href="/wiki/Romano-Celtic_temple" title="Romano-Celtic temple">Romano-Celtic temple</a> building has been interpreted as an <i>incubatio</i> or dormitory for sick <a href="/wiki/Pilgrim" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilgrim">pilgrims</a> to sleep and experience a vision of divine presence in their dreams. The site may have been chosen because it offered a clear view of the <a href="/wiki/River_Severn" title="River Severn">River Severn</a> near the point at which the <a href="/wiki/Severn_Bore" class="mw-redirect" title="Severn Bore">Severn Bore</a> begins. Its position within an earlier <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> <a href="/wiki/Hill_fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Hill fort">hill fort</a> may also be relevant.<sup id="cite_ref-green_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-green-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The temple complex was first excavated by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bathurst" title="Charles Bathurst">Charles Bathurst</a> in 1805, then reexcavated in 1928–1929 by <a href="/wiki/Mortimer_Wheeler" title="Mortimer Wheeler">Sir Mortimer Wheeler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tessa_Wheeler" title="Tessa Wheeler">Tessa Wheeler</a>, who produced an extensive report of the findings at the site.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarey19842–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although no anthropomorphic depiction of the deity has been discovered, a dozen figures of dogs were found at the site, presumably deposited at the shrine as offerings by pilgrims due to the healing symbolism associated with dogs. As one of these figurines has a human face, it is possible that the deity himself could have been perceived as taking the form of an animal. A bronze arm whose hand displays the spoon-shaped fingernails characteristic of someone suffering from iron deficiency gives further evidence of the healing attributes of Nodens. Findings at the site include bronze <a href="/wiki/Relief" title="Relief">reliefs</a> depicting a sea deity, fishermen and tritons, a bronze plaque of a woman, about 320 pins, nearly 300 bracelets,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and over 8,000 coins. Also present were oculists' stamps used to mark sticks of eye ointment, like those at Gallo-Roman healing sanctuaries in antiquity. The deity was further associated with aquatic and solar imagery, similar to other curative shrines of Roman Gaul.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAldhouse-Green2008208–210_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAldhouse-Green2008208–210-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several inscriptions to Nodens have been found, one on a lead <a href="/wiki/Curse_tablet" title="Curse tablet">curse tablet</a> reading: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><div title="Latin-language text"><div lang="la"><p><i>Devo Nodenti Silvianus anilum perdedit demediam partem donavit Nodenti inter quibus nomen Seniciani nollis petmittas sanitatem donec perfera(t) usque templum [No]dentis</i></p> <p><i>Rediviva</i></p></div></div> </td> <td>To the god Nodens: Silvianus has lost his ring and given half (its value) to Nodens. Among those who are called Senicianus do not allow health until he brings it to the temple of Nodens. <p>(This curse) comes into force again.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Other inscriptions identify Nodens, in various spellings, with the Roman god <a href="/wiki/Mars_(mythology)" title="Mars (mythology)">Mars</a>: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">D(eo) M(arti) Nodonti Flavius Blandinus armatura v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)</i></span> </td> <td>To the god Mars Nodons, Flavius Blandinus, weapon-instructor, gladly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Pectillus votum quod promissit deo Nudente M(arti) dedit</i></span> </td> <td>Pectillus gave to the god Nudens Mars the votive offering which he had promised.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">D(eo) M(arti) N(odenti) T(itus) Flavius Senilis pr(aepositus) rel(igionis?) ex stipibus pos{s}uit o(pitu)lante Victorino interp(re)tiante</i></span> </td> <td>To the god Mars Nodens, Titus Flavius Senilis, superintendent of the cult, had (this mosaic) laid from the offerings with assistance from Victorinus the interpreter<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cockersand_Moss">Cockersand Moss</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cockersand Moss"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A silver statuette found at Cockersand Moss, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, in 1718 but now lost, had an inscription on the base that reads: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td>D(eo) M(arti) N(odonti) Lucianus colleg(ae) Aprili Viatoris v(otum) s(olvit) </td> <td>To the god Mars Nodons, Lucianus fulfilled the vow of his colleague, Aprilius Viator.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Another reads: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td>Deo Marti Nodonti Aurelius ...cinus sig(illum) </td> <td>To the god Mars Nodons, Aurelius ...cinus (set up) this statuette.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mythological_parallels">Mythological parallels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mythological parallels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nuada Airgetlám was the first king of the <a href="/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann" title="Tuatha Dé Danann">Tuatha Dé Danann</a>, who was disqualified from kingship after losing his hand (or arm) in battle, but restored after he was given a working silver one by the physician <a href="/wiki/Dian_Cecht" title="Dian Cecht">Dian Cecht</a> and the wright <a href="/wiki/Creidhne" title="Creidhne">Creidhne</a> (gaining the epithet <i>Airgetlám</i>, 'silver hand'), and later a flesh and blood one by Dian Cecht's son <a href="/wiki/Miach" title="Miach">Miach</a>. </p><p>The legendary Welsh hero <a href="/wiki/Lludd_Llaw_Eraint" title="Lludd Llaw Eraint">Nudd</a> appears in the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Triads" title="Welsh Triads">Triads</a> as one of the three most generous men in Wales, along with his two cousins, <a href="/wiki/Rhydderch_Hael" title="Rhydderch Hael">Rhydderch Hael</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mordaf_Hael" class="mw-redirect" title="Mordaf Hael">Mordaf Hael</a>. His two sons are known as <a href="/wiki/Edern_ap_Nudd" title="Edern ap Nudd">Edern ap Nudd</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gwyn_ap_Nudd" title="Gwyn ap Nudd">Gwyn ap Nudd</a>. Nudd may also be called <i>Lludd</i>, and seems to be linked to other figures of the same name, such as the son of <a href="/wiki/Beli_Mawr" title="Beli Mawr">Beli Mawr</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Cyfranc_Lludd_a_Llefelys" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys">Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-MacKillop_Nodons_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacKillop_Nodons-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tolkien">Tolkien</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tolkien"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Tolkien_and_the_Celtic" class="mw-redirect" title="Tolkien and the Celtic">Tolkien and the Celtic</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Nodens_Temple_influence_on_Tolkien.svg/370px-Nodens_Temple_influence_on_Tolkien.svg.png" decoding="async" width="370" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Nodens_Temple_influence_on_Tolkien.svg/555px-Nodens_Temple_influence_on_Tolkien.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Nodens_Temple_influence_on_Tolkien.svg/740px-Nodens_Temple_influence_on_Tolkien.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" usemap="#ImageMap_688883fb7a21fb26" resource="/wiki/File:Nodens_Temple_influence_on_Tolkien.svg" /></span><map name="ImageMap_688883fb7a21fb26"><area href="/wiki/Celebrimbor" shape="rect" coords="4,4,116,69" alt="Celebrimbor" title="Celebrimbor" /><area href="/wiki/Rings_of_Power" shape="rect" coords="120,4,231,69" alt="Rings of Power" title="Rings of Power" /><area href="/wiki/Dwarf_(Middle-earth)" shape="rect" coords="235,4,343,69" alt="Dwarf (Middle-earth)" title="Dwarf (Middle-earth)" /><area href="/wiki/Nuada_Airgetl%C3%A1m" shape="rect" coords="69,85,181,154" alt="Nuada Airgetlám" title="Nuada Airgetlám" /><area href="/wiki/Nodens" shape="rect" coords="77,174,154,251" alt="Nodens" title="Nodens" /><area href="/wiki/Lydney_Park" shape="rect" coords="158,174,309,251" alt="Lydney Park" title="Lydney Park" /><area href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nodens_Temple_influence_on_Tolkien.svg" shape="rect" coords="4,4,347,260" alt="commons:File:Nodens Temple influence on Tolkien.svg" title="commons:File:Nodens Temple influence on Tolkien.svg" /></map><figcaption>Imagemap with clickable links. Apparent influence of archaeological and philological work at Nodens' Temple on <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">Tolkien</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Middle-earth" title="Middle-earth">Middle-earth</a> legendarium<sup id="cite_ref-Anger_2013_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anger_2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>, invited to investigate the Latin inscription at Lydney Park, traced Nodens to the Irish hero <i><a href="/wiki/Nuada_Airgetl%C3%A1m" title="Nuada Airgetlám">Nuada Airgetlám</a></i>, "Nuada of the Silver-Hand".<sup id="cite_ref-Tolkien_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tolkien-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tolkien scholar <a href="/wiki/Tom_Shippey" title="Tom Shippey">Tom Shippey</a> thought this a "pivotal" <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien%27s_influences#Philology" class="mw-redirect" title="J. R. R. Tolkien's influences">influence on Tolkien's invention of Middle-earth</a>, combining as it did a god-hero, a ring, dwarves, and a silver hand.<sup id="cite_ref-Anger_2013_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anger_2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mathew Lyons notes the "Hobbit-like appearance of [Dwarf's Hill]'s mine-shaft holes", and that Tolkien was, according to the Lydney curator Sylvia Jones, extremely interested in the hill's folklore on his stay there.<sup id="cite_ref-Anger_2013_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anger_2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lyons_2004_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lyons_2004-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Helen Armstrong commented that the place may have inspired Tolkien's "Celebrimbor and the fallen realms of <a href="/wiki/Moria_(Middle-earth)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moria (Middle-earth)">Moria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eregion" class="mw-redirect" title="Eregion">Eregion</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Anger_2013_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anger_2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name of the Elven-smith <a href="/wiki/Celebrimbor" title="Celebrimbor">Celebrimbor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Eregion" class="mw-redirect" title="Eregion">Eregion</a>, who forged the Rings of Power in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Silmarillion" title="The Silmarillion">The Silmarillion</a></i>, means "Silver Hand" in Tolkien's <a href="/wiki/Elvish_languages_(Middle-earth)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elvish languages (Middle-earth)">invented Elvish language</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sindarin" title="Sindarin">Sindarin</a>. Dwarf's Hill with its many mineshafts has been suggested as an influence on the <a href="/wiki/Lonely_Mountain" title="Lonely Mountain">Lonely Mountain</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hobbit" title="The Hobbit">The Hobbit</a></i> and the <a href="/wiki/Mines_of_Moria" class="mw-redirect" title="Mines of Moria">Mines of Moria</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" title="The Lord of the Rings">The Lord of the Rings</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bowers_2019_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowers_2019-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lovecraft">Lovecraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Lovecraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nodens appears as a deity in <a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" title="H. P. Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos" title="Cthulhu Mythos">Cthulhu Mythos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeiber200110Wood2022128,_131Burleson199095_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeiber200110Wood2022128,_131Burleson199095-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His appearance and action were based on a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Celtic_mythology" title="Celtic mythology">Celtic mythology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_mythology" title="Roman mythology">Roman mythology</a>, and the deity's appearance in <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Machen" title="Arthur Machen">Arthur Machen</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_God_Pan" title="The Great God Pan">The Great God Pan</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWood2022128,_132–136_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWood2022128,_132–136-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nodens first appeared in Lovecraft's 1926 novella <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dream-Quest_of_Unknown_Kadath" title="The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath">The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath</a></i>, where he is an "archaic" god served by the <a href="/wiki/Night-gaunt" class="mw-redirect" title="Night-gaunt">night-gaunts</a>. He is depicted as somewhat benevolent and as opposing the frightening <a href="/wiki/Nyarlathotep" title="Nyarlathotep">Nyarlathotep</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeiber200110Wood2022128,_131_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeiber200110Wood2022128,_131-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nodens appears again in Lovecraft's short story "<a href="/wiki/The_Strange_High_House_in_the_Mist" title="The Strange High House in the Mist">The Strange High House in the Mist</a>", also written in 1926. When the protagonist, Thomas Olney, enters the eponymous house, he sees "primal Nodens, Lord of the Great Abyss" riding in a large shell that is carried by dolphins.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurleson199095Wood2022129,_132_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurleson199095Wood2022129,_132-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paolini">Paolini</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Paolini"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Paolini" title="Christopher Paolini">Christopher Paolini</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Eragon" title="Eragon">Eragon</a></i>, 'Argetlam' (lit: silver hand) is another name for the <i>gedwëy ignasia</i> (lit: "shining palm" in the fictional 'Ancient Language' made by Paolini for the series. It is adapted from the Irish word <i>Airgetlam</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-lower-alpha"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In fact, over 270 bracelets with many more suggested to be in private ownership. As the findings attested metalworking at Lydney so it could be assumed that the bracelets were produced on-site.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Anger_2013-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Anger_2013_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anger_2013_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anger_2013_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anger_2013_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anger_2013_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAnger2013" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Anger, Don N. 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Curse upon Senicianus</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum" title="Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum">CIL</a> 07, 00140 = <a href="/wiki/Roman_Inscriptions_of_Britain" title="Roman Inscriptions of Britain">RIB</a>-01, 00306 (301–410 AD)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/305">RIB 305. 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Cardiff University (PhD Thesis). p. 201. <q>Though many of Paolini's names of persons and places are Tolkienian, he does make reference to other traditions relating to elves. Eragon is sometimes addressed by the name Argetlam, said to be 'an elven word that was used to refer to the Riders. It means "silver hand".' The word is an adaptation of the Irish Airgetlam with the same meaning, used as an attribute of Nuadha, king of the Tuatha De Danann.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Significant+Other%3A+a+Literary+History+of+Elves&rft.pages=201&rft.pub=Cardiff+University+%28PhD+Thesis%29&rft.date=2011&rft.aulast=Bergman&rft.aufirst=Jenni&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Forca.cardiff.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F55478%2F1%2FU516593.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANodens" class="Z3988"></span> citing <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMacKillop1998" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">MacKillop, James (1998). "Nuada Airgetlam". <i>Dictionary of Celtic Mythology</i>. 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Nudd/Lludd". <i>Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie</i>. <b>41</b> (1). <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1515%2Fzcph.1986.41.1.180">10.1515/zcph.1986.41.1.180</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0084-5302">0084-5302</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:164811405">164811405</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Zeitschrift+f%C3%BCr+celtische+Philologie&rft.atitle=Zur+Etymologie+von+keltisch+Nodons%2C+Ir.+Nuadu%2C+Kymr.+Nudd%2FLludd&rft.volume=41&rft.issue=1&rft.date=1986&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A164811405%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.issn=0084-5302&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1515%2Fzcph.1986.41.1.180&rft.aulast=Wagner&rft.aufirst=Heinrich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANodens" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWood2022" class="citation journal cs1">Wood, Andrew Paul (August 2022). "A Note on Nodens in Lovecraft's Mythos". <i>Lovecraft Annual</i> (16): 128–144. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1935-6102">1935-6102</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/27204678">27204678</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Lovecraft+Annual&rft.atitle=A+Note+on+Nodens+in+Lovecraft%27s+Mythos&rft.issue=16&rft.pages=128-144&rft.date=2022-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F27204678%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.issn=1935-6102&rft.aulast=Wood&rft.aufirst=Andrew+Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANodens" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">Le Roux, Françoise (1963). "Le Dieu-roi Nodons/Nuada". <i>Celticum</i>. <b>6</b>: 425–446.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Celticum&rft.atitle=Le+Dieu-roi+Nodons%2FNuada&rft.volume=6&rft.pages=425-446&rft.date=1963&rft.aulast=Le+Roux&rft.aufirst=Fran%C3%A7oise&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANodens" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nodens&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" 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