Artaius
Artaius is a Celtic epithet applied to the Roman god Mercury during the Romano-Celtic period. It is known from a single inscription from Beaucroissant in the Isère:
In Gaulish, the word artos means ‘bear’, and artaios would have been a derivative. Miranda [Green (academic)|Miranda Green] considers Mercury Artaius to have been a bear-god. It is also possible that Artaius is derived from a place name. Based on the inscription found at Beaucroissant, Auguste Longnon surmised that the location was once called Artay; there is a similarly named town, Artaix, in Saône-et-Loire.