It is by no means certain that even the Galli of northern Italy held a common religion with those of Gaul; and still less is it certain that the numerous tribes like the Scordisci, and others of the Tyrol, Styria, and Carniola, were Gallic; although both Roman writers call them _Galli_, and Greek, _Galatæ_. Neither are inscriptions conclusive. I doubt, indeed, whether they be even _primâ facie_ evidence. We find them generally, as may be expected, in the neighbourhood of the towns. Of these many were military posts. Now the cohorts that occupied them were Dacians, Moors, Germans, Spaniards, Pannonians,--anything, in short, but Romans. What then are we to say, when an inscription to such a goddess as Isis is dug up,--as has actually been the case in Britain? Not that Isis was a British divinity, but that the garrison consisted of her worshippers. In the way of detail, however,-- _Hesus_ and _Teutates_, as Gallic gods, rest on the authority of Lucan. _Taranis_, whom he also mentions, has a further claim to notice. By supposing him to be the God of _Thunder_, we find his name in the present Welsh _taran_. “Et quibus immitis placatur sanguine diro Teutates, horrensque feris altaribus Hesus, Et Taranis Scythicæ non mitior ara Dianæ.” _Belenus_ rests on the authority of Ausonius; and as he was worshipped in the Italian town of Aquileia, he may fairly be considered as common property to the Galli of Gaul, and the Galli of Italy. At the same time, Tertullian assigns him to the _Norici_, who were, probably, other than Gauls; whilst his name has a look suspiciously Slavonic, since _bel_ may be the first syllable in _bjelibog_, the _white god_. _Ogmius_ seems to be a true Gallic name, and we learn from Lucian that his attributes were intermediate to those of Hercules and Mercury. _Peninus_ was, perhaps, the name of a locality rather than a deity; although Livy writes _Deus Penninus_. The name evidently contains the Keltic word _pen_, and signifies probably some sacred mountain-top amongst the Pennine Alps. _Andorta_ was a goddess of victory, and _Epona_ one of horses; the latter belonging to the Gauls of Italy. All these may fairly be considered Keltic; though the evidence for none of them is conclusive. The names that are supplied by inscriptions--names which, like the previous ones, I take from Zeuss without having examined the details--exhibit a remarkable preponderance of the termination -_enn_-, or _neh_-. Thus we have Nehal-_ennia_, Ruma-_nehæ_, Vacalli-_nehæ_, Maviat-_inehæ_, Gesat-_enæ_, Etrai-_enæ_, Aserici-_nehæ_, and Leher-_ennius_. I can throw no light on the termination. Two other names ending in -_ast_, Arbog-_ast_ and Morit-_ast_, seem Slavonic; and, as such, are probably referable to some garrison. _Dusius_ has a better claim than any word hitherto mentioned, since it exists in the present word _deuce_.