La religión de los Vascones. Una mirada comparativa. Concomitancias y diferencias con la de sus vecinos

Abstract

1443

Comparing the religious beliefs of the Vascons with those of the peoples bordering (vardulos, autrigones, berones, celtiberos and aquitanos) we can state that: a) The Vascons owned quite distinctive and particular beliefs, rather peculiar because their etymology cannot be explained under Indo-European basis and they seem to refer to nature forces or to certain totemic animals, b) According to linguistics the Vascons are closely connected with their northern neighbours; despite unavoidable caution upon etymological interpretations, just both of them agree on having gods regarding to nature forces with an “euskaro” name. This is not the same for the rest of the surrounding peoples whose deities can be explained into the Indo-European sphere according to function and etymology. And, c) The native inhabitants of the land are, under sociological terms, those who have preserved these beliefs even in an already romanized background. On the whole, the Hispanic peoples adopted Latin structures and onomastics, though in most cases their autochthonous origin can be traced. These indigenous features are more clearly marked in the peoples from Aquitaine; only one third of them followed the Roman pattern for structures and onomastics.

Keywords

Religious beliefs, vascons, vardulli, caristi, autrigones, berones, celtibers, sedetani, aquitani