A bedtime prayer to #Cissonios was conceptualized by @dianmanios working from Delamarre's interpretation of Cissonios as *cit-souno- 'qui apporte des rêves' (He Who brings dreams). Cissonios had a Mercurial cult throughout the Keltiké that De Bernardo Stempel views as economic. She proposes a different analysis of His name, relating it to the root *kistā 'woven basket'—in reference to vessels for goods, perhaps like the cornucopia that adorns one of His altars.

In Old Irish, ces (< *kistā) could also refer to a coracle (boat). This could certainly be fitting for a God of travels and commerce. Dianmanios also reminded me how #Nodens, God of the Sea, had an incubatory cult (beds in His temple for worshippers to rest, for the purpose of dreaming and healing).

Finally, we found prayers in #CarminaGadelica that feature maritime symbolism and imagery for sleep and dreams—this is the source of the terminology I used for this prayer.

All of this together led me to an "inter alia" interpretation of Cissonios that weaves these threads into one: A God of journeying, Who leads our barque to the peaceful Sea of Dreams.

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