Римге дейінгі әлем, болжам және Жер құдайы Эндовеликус

Pre Roman god of the underworld, prophecy and Earth
Endovelicus (Portuguese: Endouellicus, Endovélico; Spanish: Endovélico, Enobólico) is one of the pre Roman Lusitanian and Celtiberian gods of the Iron Age. He was originally a chthonic god. He was the God/Lord of the Underworld and of health, prophecy and the earth, associated with vegetation and the afterlife. Later accepted by the Romans themselves, who assimilated it to Pluto or to Serapis and made him a relatively popular god. Endovelicus had a temple in São Miguel da Mota in Alentejo, Portugal, and there are numerous inscriptions and ex votos dedicated to him in the Ethnological Museum of Lisbon; possible toponyms include Andévalo in Spain. The cult of Endovelicus prevailed until the 5th century, just when Christianity was spreading in the region.

In the last two centuries of scholarship, several etymologies have been proposed to Endovelicus's name. In the 19th century, António da Visitação Freire classified it as a mixed Celtic and Phoenician name, adapted to the Roman language. The End radical would be from Celtic languages; Bel (or Vel ) would be Phoenician for 'Lord' and Cus is a usual word termination in Latin. José Leite de Vasconcelos believed the word Endovellicus was an originally Celtic title Andevellicos, meaning 'very good'. An alternate reading derives the word velicus from the Celtic vailos ("wolf"). Wolves were symbolic animals to the god. Another, more recently proposed possibility suggests a loanword from proto Basque, from the *bels root. In this case the original name would have been *Endo belles, "most black", fitting his chthonic characteristics.