Cernunnos is a Celtic horned god, and that's about all I knew about him before today. I figured it was time to learn more.
Cernunnos (pronounced KER noo nohs) is associated with animals, nature and the forest. He is also often associated with fertility, vegetation, and death/rebirth. He was worshipped by the iron age Celts all across Europe around the first century AD, and his worship must have begun centuries before that. We have nothing in writing about him , so everything we know about him can only be guessed at from images. He is usually portrayed seated and cross-legged, in the meditative or shamanic position. He is also known as The Lord of the Hunt, The Lord of the Animals, The Stag Lord and The Lord of the Forest.
Today, many Pagan religions revere a horned god; this divinity syncretises a number of horned or antlered gods from various cultures, including Cernunnos.
Sources: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_pronounce_Cernunnos, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernunnos, http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/godsandgoddesses/p/Cernunnos.htm, http://www.lugodoc.demon.co.uk/CERNUNOS.HTM
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