David M. Robinson and Elizabeth Pierce Belgen, "Archaeological Notes and Discussions," American Journal of Archaeology 41 (1937), p. 132. Historians have offered different possibilities for gods Cernunnos may have been compared with based on what is known about him. These include: It is unusual for a god as wide-spread as Cernunnos appears to have been to have no such syncretization. There are no sources that clearly give a Roman equivalent for the horned god or describe him in Latinized terms. Other examples of Cernunnos imagery include a petroglyph in Val Camonica in Cisalpine Gaul. [9] [25] The antlered human figure has been dated as early as the 7th century BCE or as late as the 4th. [25] Two goddesses with antlers appear at Besançon and Clermont-Ferrand, France. An antlered god appears on a relief in Cirencester, Britain dated to Roman times and appears depicted on a coin from Petersfield, Hampshire. [9] An antlered child appears on a relief from Vendeuvres, flanked by serpents and holding a purse and a torc. [26] The best known image appears on the Gundestrup cauldron found on Jutland, dating to the 1st century BCE, thought to depict Celtic subject matter though usually regarded as of Thracian workmanship. Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental[ Dictionary of the Gaulish Language: A Linguistic Approach to Continental Old Celtic] (in French). Paris, France: Éditions Errance. p.106. ISBN 978-2-877-72237-7.

In contemporary scholarship, Cernunnos has become a name used for other Celtic horned gods whose names have been lost to history. There is little evidence to suggest that the name Cernunnos was used outside of Gaul. Nevertheless, academic and religious scholars alike have used the name as a kind of catch-all for Celtic horned gods, as well as horned deities as far afield as India. Cernunnos is a popular figure in early Celtic religion, but the truth is that very little is known about him.To that end, this column, dedicated to Emperor Tiberius, has inscriptions in Latin but with features of Gaulish language that go on to depict a ‘mix’ of Celtic deities and Roman mythical figures as bas-reliefs (Cernunnos pictured above).

One of the most likely places for Cernunnos to have been remembered was in Ireland, where Celtic culture lasted long beyond the Roman Age.While other influences created a distinct Gaelic culture, the myths of Ireland and the British Isles often have ties to older Celtic archetypes. Irish mythology, however, does not include a character that can be immediately identified as a horned god. Instead, some historians have looked to more subtle similarities to find a possible Irish version of Cernunnos. This is how historians have been able to analyze the Celtic deity known as Cernunnos. Named in just three sources at most, he was nevertheless depicted in dozens of images over the course of hundreds of years.Acteon: Some think the Romans may have seen images of Cernunnos as the Greek character Acteon. After offending Artemis, this skilled hunter was turned into a stag and hunted down by his own dogs. Despite this, however, some interpretations can be put forth based on his iconography. While the Pillar of the Boatmen is the only record of the god’s name, his image was much more widespread. The Horned God This part of the story, some believe, may have originated with a god more closely associated with hunting and, thus, the forest. While Cu Chulainn’s link to Cernunnos is tenuous, he is a popular candidate for and Irish varient of the horned god. Cernunnos has appeared in several video games: as a playable god in SMITE, a demon in the Megami Tensei series; and as a monster in Folklore;