Also called Sucellos, the Good Striker.
Their story
Sucellus, whose name probably means good striker, is shown on many carvings in eastern Gaul as a bearded man holding a long-handled mallet and a small pot. He often appears with a dog and with the goddess Nantosuelta. His mallet may be a cooper's tool for barrels, a sign of power over the land, or a tool for striking the earth to wake it.
Best times to give to them
- the grape or apple harvest
- Lughnasadh
- Samhain
What they like being given
- wine or grape juice
- bread and cheese
- fruit from the harvest
How to honour them
- Share good food and drink in his honour at harvest time.
- Give thanks for plenty by giving some to a food bank.
How they can help you
- abundance
- harvest and winemaking
- hospitality
Symbols
- the long-handled mallet
- the olla pot
- the dog
- the barrel
He is known only from inscriptions and images, and the meaning of the mallet is unknown.
Sources
- CIL XIII 4542 (Sarrebourg)
- Green, Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend
More Celtic gods
- The Dagda The good god, father of all
- Lugh Master of all the arts
- Cernunnos The antlered one of the wild
- Manannán mac Lir Lord of the sea and the Otherworld
- Aengus The young god of love
- Nuada The king with the silver hand
- Dian Cécht Physician of the Tuatha Dé Danann
- Goibniu Smith of the gods and brewer of the feast