Dea Matrona
In Celtic mythology, Dea Matrona ('Divine Mother') was the goddess who gives her name to the river Marne (ancient Matrŏna[1]) in Gaul.
The Gaulish theonym Mātr-on-ā signifies 'Great Mother'[2] and the goddess of the Marne has been interpreted to be a mother goddess.[2][3]
See also
[edit]- Dea Nutrix, a Gallo-British mother goddess
- Aveta, another Gallic mother goddess
Sources
[edit]- ↑ Ancient authors referring to the river Marne as Matrona include Julius Caesar, Ammianus Marcellinus, Ausonius and Sidonius Apollinaris. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879). "A Latin Dictionary, 'Matrona'". Perseus, Tufts University. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- 1 2 Xavier Delamarre (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise. Errance. p. 219. ISBN 2-87772-237-6.
- ↑ Cf. Jacques Lacroix (2007). Les noms d'origine gauloise - La Gaule des dieux. Errance. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-2-87772-349-7.
- Beck, Jane (1970) "The White Lady of Great Britain and Ireland", in: Folklore 81:4.
- Loomis, Roger (1945) "Morgain La Fee and the Celtic goddesses", in: Speculum. 20:2.
- Meier, Bernhard (1998) Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture; Cyril Edwards, trans. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer.
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