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Vernostonos

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Verostonos (or Vernostonus) was a god in ancient Celtic polytheism, worshipped in Roman Britain. His name links him to alder-trees. Altar-stones raised to him have been recovered in the United Kingdom, such as that at Ebchester in County Durham (RIB 1102, DEO VERNOSTONO COCIDIO VIRILIS GER V S L).[1] His association with Cocidius in that inscription suggests that he may have been linked with, or an epithet of, that more widely attested war god.

Etymology

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Vernostonos may be derived from the Proto-Celtic *Werno-stonos meaning 'the Groaning of Alder-trunks ' (cf. [2] [3] [4]).

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