Genius Cucullatus Exhibition
Carlie Sigel, curator
Introduction
I. Identification
Hoods, eggs, and parchment scrolls
Gender
Proximity and association
Telesphorus
Origins of Telesphorus and the Celtic genius cucullatus
Galatian Hypothesis
Greco-Roman Hypothesis
The obstacle of inconsistency
II. Regional variation
Britain and Triplism
Rhine-Moselle region
III. Major sites
Britain
Region of Hadrian's Wall
Gloucestershire
Miscellaneous sites
Rhine-Moselle region
Gaul
Conclusion
NotesCatalogue
Coin of the Segusiavi
Netherhall genii cucullati
Netherby genii cucullati
Three genii cucullati of Cirencester Lower Slaughter
Three genii cucullati of Cirencester with swords and mother goddess
Hooded Statuette of Moulezan
Fragment of genius cucullatus of Reculver
This exhibition was completed for Professor Dorothy Verkerk's Celtic Art Class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the fall of 1998.Comments may be addresssed to: css@email.unc.edu.