Pagans: Which name seems more Celtic: Cernunnos or Cornely?

I tend to think the more correct name for the Celtic Horned God was Cornely, as this was the name taken on by the 3rd Century catholic 'Saint.' Cernunnos seems like a blatantly Romanized title.


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Pagans: Which name seems more Celtic: Cernunnos or Cornely?
i like cernunnos, but i won't argue about its etymology. corn- is a latin root, but -ely seems more celtic. i've been calling on him as cernunnos for nearly a year now, and he's responded.





also, i'm afraid to tell people my god is cornely.





'you're god is corny?' i grew up with a pack of siblings that would pounce on this like hogs on a slop trough.
Reply:well Cornwall is a celtic name, so I guess that one. Cernunnos is not a roman stem 'os' isn't a roman ending.
Reply:Dunno, I'm just waiting to see if Lion of Judah has a cut and paste for this one...
Reply:Cernunnos is my preferred form; But whatever makes it right for you is what I suggest you use. Thanks for the link; And your, as always, thought provoking questions.
Reply:I like the name Hern, which may have been derived from Cernunnos. It is also the sound made by a stag in the woods looking for a doe.





As an amusing side note, in the Alexandrian tradition the name was Kernenya, because Alex Sanders copied it down wrong from the Gardnerian Book of Shadows.
Reply:To us, Cernunnos is more appropriate.





Your own question says why.





3rd Century saint? That is very blatently Roman. Rome had troops in Brittania for a long time and didn't fall until well after the 3rd century. When Rome began to fall, that is when the troops were pulled out.





So any name given by a Christian saint would have been a completely "Romanized" name.