However, when considering that the name and its variants mean Horned One, and looking at the diversity in images, is it perhaps more likely that Cernunnos was a title, and that as such it might have been used to refer to any horned god? Using a title for a deity name was a common practice as can be seen by looking at the names of other well known Celtic deities. For example: Morrigán (‘Great Queen’), Daghda (‘Good God’), Epona (‘Divine Horse’) and Ialonus (‘God of the Glade’). It might also be that it was a term used for a class of spiritual beings, for example the Matres (‘Mothers’) and
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