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Artio (Dea Artio in the Gallo-Roman religion) is a Celtic bear goddess. Evidence of her worship has notably been found at Bern in Switzerland. Her name is derived from the Gaulish word for 'bear', artos .
This, and also the lack of any accoutrements associated with a bear goddess, suggests that this figure was originally conceived as a solitary representation of a goddess of vegetation or agriculture, which was later repurposed – together with the bear – as a representation of Artio. [9] The pedestal bears the inscription, Deae Artioni
The Gaulish theonym Andarta is traditionally interpreted as meaning 'Great Bear', perhaps 'powerful bear' or Ursa Major, formed with an intensifying suffix and- attached to a feminine form of artos ('bear'). [1] [2] Andarta might thus have been a counterpart or an alternative name of the Celtic bear goddess, Artio. [2]
Artio (Dea Artio in the Gallo-Roman religion) was a Celtic bear-goddess. Evidence of her worship has notably been found at Bern, itself named for the bear. Her name is derived from the Celtic word for "bear", artos. [12]
The names of Artio, the ursine goddess, and Epona, the equine goddess, are based on Celtic words for bear and horse, respectively. [3]: 24 In Ireland, the Morrígan is associated with crows, wolves, and horses, among other creatures, and in Scotland Brighid's animals include snakes and cattle.
Artio - Gallic goddess of the bear; Axona - Gallic goddess of the river Aisne [5] Beira - see Cailleach; Belisama - Gallic and Brittonic goddess; Bergusia - Gallic goddess of Alesia, companion of Ucuetis; Bormana - Gallic goddess of mineral springs, companion of Bormanos; Bricta (Brixta) - Gallic goddess of Luxeuil mineral springs, companion of ...
Abnoba, Gaulish goddess associated with forests and rivers; Artio, Gaulish bear goddess of the wilderness; Arduinna, goddess of the Ardennes forest region; Cernunnos, god associated with horned male animals, produce, and fertility; Druantia, hypothetical Gallic tree goddess proposed by Robert Graves in his 1948 study The White Goddess; popular ...
In Gaulish, the word artos means ‘bear’, and artaios would have been a derivative [1] (meaning something like ‘ursine’). Miranda Green considers Mercury Artaius to have been a bear-god. [3] It is also possible that Artaius is derived from a place name (so that, as an "Artaian Mercury", he would only indirectly have any association with ...