History: Lord of the Trees

Herne the Hunter is the mirror of Cernunnous [meaning, 'horned'] the Celtic Horned God of the hunt, fertility, and protector of the animal kingdom. He is married to the Goddess of the Moon, alternating with her all responsibilities of sovereignty over life, death, and the underworld. [Here may reside a parallel with Metatron and Sandalphon "of The Face."] The life of Cernunnous is traditionally mapped as cyclic, however the lights [Sun and Moon] are sometimes linked with the spiral staircase [especially during the Winter Solstice--his birth, and the Summer Solstice--his death as a sacrifice to life.]

Occasionally Cernunnous was portrayed with serpent legs, torso of a man, a head of a bull or ram; or he was shown as the Robin of Sherwood series presents him, as the man with stags covering, head, and antlers. Herne the Hunter is sometimes considered to be the Deva of Britain; he is also Pan, the Greek god of the woodlands [or Dionysus of the mysteries], Janus, the Roman god of past and future - the door that opens as another door is closed. Still, he may represent the Western Power Place where all opposites meet. He is seated in a lotus position on the Gundestrup Cauldron, surrounded by those of the animal kingdom known to be protected by him in the wild.