Alcis
Gli Alcis erano una coppia di divinità gemelle maschili adorate dai Naharvali, un'antica popolazione germanica. Vengono citati nel capitolo 43 del De origine actibusque Getarum di Tacito. Secondo quest'opera, il loro culto aveva luogo in un bosco sacro, e non avevano una rappresentazione in immagini. Si dice che i loro sacerdoti indossassero abiti femminili. Secondo alcuni studiosi, "Alcis" era il genitivo di "Alx" (bosco sacro), ed era legato all'equivalente termine greco alsos (ἄλσος).
Gli Alcis comandavano i fratelli ed i giovani uomini. Tacito, nei suoi scritti, li associa ai romani Castore e Polluce.
Alcis were a pair of young male brothers worshipped by the Naharvali, a tribe of ancient Germanic peoples.
Name
According to philologist Ludwig Rübekeil, the name Alcis should be interpreted as a Latinized form of Proto-Germanic *algiz or *alhiz ('elk').
Overview
According to Tacitus, the Alcis were a deity worshiped by the Naharvali.
Among these last is shown a grove of immemorial sanctity. A priest in female attire has the charge of it. But the deities are described in Roman language as Castor and Pollux. Such, indeed, are the attributes of the divinity, the name being Alcis. They have no images, or, indeed, any vestige of foreign superstition, but it is as brothers and as youths that the deities are worshipped.
— Tacitus. Ch.43.
Tacitus states that their worship took place in a sacred grove, with a priest dressed in woman's clothing presiding. The god(s) were given the name Alcis, and venerated as young men and brothers, but no images of the gods were used. A similarity with Castor and Pollux is noted by Tacitus, though he states the cult was indigenous, not derived from an outside influence.
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