Lindow Man

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Lindow Man. Name given to the body of a 4th-century BC well-born (with manicured nails) male, human sacrificial victim found in the peat bog at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, 1 August 1984. His well-preserved flesh has been subject to close scrutiny; his stomach reveals mistletoe pollen and recently eaten burnt oatcakes. His throat was cut, and he was bludgeoned, strangled, and drowned. Learned examination dismisses the suggestion that his death was a mere execution, favouring instead his sacrifice to different gods, perhaps Esus, Taranis, and Teutates.

Bibliography

See Don R. Brothwell , The Bog Man and the Archaeology of People (London, 1986; Cambridge, Mass., 1987);
I. M. Stead et al. , Lindow Man: The Body in the Bog (London and Ithaca, NY, 1986);
Anne Ross , The Life and Death of a Druid Prince: The Story of Lindow Man, an Archaeological Sensation (London and New York, 1989).

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