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A clan of Gargoyles named after their respective Celtic pantheons prepare for the spring festival of rebirth in the forests of what is now northern France. The female is named Arduinna and stands on top of “Boar”. The male is named Cernunnous (Kurn-un-os) which means “horned one”. The statue is a single Genius Cucullatus.

This is an entry for this months MGC [link] Gargoyle Contest) which holds the theme of Celtic Gargoyles.

There's a lot of symbolism in this. Both are nature deities. The statue is connected with sleep and dreams, some thing that the creation of the butterflies seems to go with. It also represents fertility.
The boargoyle represents the boar that accompanies the goddess Arduinna.
Cernunnos is green because the god of the same name is commonly known as "Green Man". Though you can't make it out to well when it's this small the belt buckle has a serpent on it, some thing else connected with the god.

Three is a common number among the ancient beliefs hence the number of crystal heads. While the Genius Cucullatus should be be joined by two more there is a debate between it and a similer diety of Greek origen "Telesphorus. The two cross paths in time and location so it could be technically either of them.

Description
A clan of Gargoyles named after their respective Celtic pantheons prepare for the spring festival of rebirth in the forests of what is now northern France. The female is named Arduinna and stands on top of “Boar”. The male is named Cernunnous (Kurn-un-os) which means “horned one”. The statue is a single Genius Cucullatus.

This is an entry for this months MGC [link] Gargoyle Contest) which holds the theme of Celtic Gargoyles.

There's a lot of symbolism in this. Both are nature deities. The statue is connected with sleep and dreams, some thing that the creation of the butterflies seems to go with. It also represents fertility.
The boargoyle represents the boar that accompanies the goddess Arduinna.
Cernunnos is green because the god of the same name is commonly known as "Green Man". Though you can't make it out to well when it's this small the belt buckle has a serpent on it, some thing else connected with the god.

Three is a common number among the ancient beliefs hence the number of crystal heads. While the Genius Cucullatus should be be joined by two more there is a debate between it and a similer diety of Greek origen "Telesphorus. The two cross paths in time and location so it could be technically either of them.