Галло-римдік құдай Суцелл және оның мәдениеті

In Gallo Roman religion, Sucellus or Sucellos (/s//uː/'/k//ɛ//l//ə//s///) was a god shown carrying a large mallet (or hammer) and an olla (or barrel). Originally a Celtic god, his cult flourished not only among Gallo Romans, but also to some extent among the neighbouring peoples of Raetia and Britain. He has been associated with agriculture and wine, particularly in the territory of the Aedui.

He is usually portrayed as a middle aged bearded man wearing a wolf skin, with a long handled hammer, or perhaps a beer barrel suspended from a pole. His companion Nantosuelta is sometimes depicted alongside him. When together, they are accompanied by symbols associated with prosperity and domesticity. In a well known relief from Sarrebourg, near Metz, Nantosuelta, wearing a long gown, is standing to the left. In her left hand she holds a small house shaped object with two circular holes and a peaked roof – perhaps a dovecote – on a long pole. Her right hand holds a patera which she is tipping onto a cylindrical altar. To the right Sucellus stands, bearded, in a tunic with a cloak over his right shoulder. He holds his mallet in his right hand and an olla in his left. Above the figures is a dedicatory inscription and below them in very low relief is a raven. This sculpture was dated by Reinach, from the form of the letters, to the end of the first century or start of the second century.

In Italy, Silvanus was said to protect forests and fields. He presided over the boundaries of properties, together with a host of local silvani, three for each property. These were the silvanus of the home, the silvanus of the fields, and the silvanus of the boundaries. Silvanus also takes care of flocks, guaranteeing their fertility and protecting them from wolves, which is why he often wears the skin of a wolf. When moving north into Gaul, Silvanus was syncretically merged with Sucellus to form the conflated Sucellus Silvanus. It was Sucellus who carried the mallet and bowl. It has been suggested that the mallet was for construction and the erection of fence posts (establishing boundaries), but this is far from certain. Green claims that Sucellus may also relate to a chthonic deity, especially in maintain boundaries between the living and dead.

In Gaulish, the root cellos can be interpreted as 'striker', derived from Proto Indo European * kel do s whence also come Latin per cellere ('striker'), Greek klao ('to break') and Lithuanian kálti ('to hammer, to forge'). The prefix su means 'good' or 'well' and is found in many Gaulish personal names. Sucellus is therefore commonly translated as 'the good striker.' An alternate etymology is offered by Celticist Blanca María Prósper, who posits a derivative of the Proto Indo European root *kel ‘to protect’, i. e. *su kel mó(n) "having a good protection" or *su kel mṇ , an agentive formation meaning "protecting well, providing good protection", with a thematic derivative built on the oblique stem, *su kel mn o (and subsequent simplification and assimilation of the sonorant cluster and a secondary full grade of the root). Prósper suggests the name would then be comparable to the Indic personal name Suśarman , found in Hindu mythology.