Nehalennia

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Nehalennia, Nehalannia [leader (?); steerswoman (?)]. Latin name for a Celtic goddess of seafarers worshipped at two sites along the North Sea which have since been inundated by rising waters. Depicted as a young woman in distinctive (perhaps local) dress, a small round cap and short shouldercape, she is often seen seated in a chair with fruit baskets in her lap and besides, and most individualizing, nearly always accompanied by a dog. Surviving evidence indicates she was patronized by wealthy patrons, Roman citizens who were Celts but perhaps also Germans.

Bibliography

See A. Hondius-Crone , The Temple of Nehalennia at Domburg (Amsterdam, 1955);
J. van Aartsen , Deae Nehalenniae (Middelburg, Netherlands, 1971);
Miranda J. Green , Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art (London and New York, 1989), 10–16.

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