Sucellos

The Good StrikerThe Good Striker, mallet-bearing Gaulish god of abundance, wine, and the gentle protection of the dead. more..., mallet-bearing Gaulish god of abundance, wine, and the gentle protection of the dead.

Sucellos, “the Good Striker”, appears across Gaul as a calm, bearded god carrying a long-handled mallet and a pot or barrel. Scholars connect him to prosperity, brewing, and gentle psychopomp functions. The mallet can bless as well as strike; the vessel sustains travelers and the dead alike. Where Roman influence is present, Sucellos stands in dignified partnership with RosmertaGreat Provider of Gaul, bringer of prosperity, healing, and the quiet dignity of a well-tended home. more..., the Great Provider, suggesting a household and civic abundance.

For devotional life, Sucellos is the grace of enough: heat in the hearth, food on the table, time to mend what is broken. Offer simple toasts, repair a tool, share a loaf. He keeps company with dogs and workers, hospitable keepers of thresholds. In his afterlife aspect, he reassures that nourishment continues beyond the gate, a generosity that does not end at death.