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In [[Celtic mythology]], '''Taranis''' ([[Proto-Celtic]]: *''Toranos'', earlier ''*Tonaros''; [[Latin]]: '''Taranus''', earlier '''Tanarus''') is the god of [[thunder]], who was worshipped primarily in [[Gaul]], [[Hispania]], [[Great Britain|Britain]], and [[Ireland]], but also in the [[Rhineland]] and [[Danube]] regions, amongst others. Taranis, along with [[Esus]] and [[Toutatis]], was mentioned by the Roman poet [[Lucan (poet)|Lucan]] in his epic poem ''[[Pharsalia]]'' as a [[Celts|Celtic]] deity to whom human sacrificial offerings were made.<ref>[[Marcus Annaeus Lucanus|M. Annaeus Lucanus]]. ''[[Pharsalia]],'' [http://worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/poetry/Pharsalia/chap1.html Book I] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502115056/http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/poetry/Pharsalia/chap1.html |date=2006-05-02 }}</ref> Taranis was associated, as was the [[Cyclopes|Cyclops]] Brontes ("thunder") in [[Greek mythology]], with the wheel.

Many representations of a bearded god with a thunderbolt in one hand and a wheel in the other have been recovered from Gaul, where this deity apparently came to be [[religious syncretism|syncretised]] with [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]].<ref>Paul-Marie Duval. 2002. ''Les Dieux de la Gaule.'' Paris, Éditions Payot.</ref>