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least nine representations known in the Hadrian's Wall corridor, and a further 25 or so inscriptions dedicated to him. Most of these are along the western portion of the Wall, the most spectacular being found at Yardhope, where a figure in bas-relief brandishes spear and shield on a vertical rock-face at the entrance to a small shrine.
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and shows a figure with its arms flung wide and legs braced firmly against the ground. Although the gender is not depicted, the shape and accessories are seemingly male, with a shield in the left hand, a sword in the right, and a scabbard hanging from the belt around his tunic. This is one of at
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BBC NEWS Online, Published Saturday, 11 March 2006. Accessed Online May 14, 2015
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William A. Young suggests that the characters of the 'Dark Man' in the
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as well as by the Britons for whom he was probably a tribal god - a
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tree. A 2000-year-old carving of Cocidius was found in 2006 near
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The Ghosts of the Forest: The Lost Mythology of the North
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The Ghosts of the Forest: The Lost Mythology of the North
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Rivet and Smith note that the name may be related to
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Index

Romano-British
deity
Britain
Mars
Silvanus
Belatucadros
soldiers
genius loci
British Celtic
Otterburn Training Area
Roman
Ravenna Cosmography
Solway Firth
Bewcastle
Hadrian's Wall
Cumbria
Birdoswald
Bewcastle
Ebchester
alder
Chesters Fort
Brythonic
Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain
Guillaume le Clerc
John Leyden
Vernostonos
ISBN
9781399920223
"Fanum Cocidi"
Carving of 'northern god' found

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