Nemetona

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | 586 words | Copyright

Nemetona, Nemontana [goddess of the sacred grove; see NEMETON]. Gaulish and British goddess whose name appears in many ancient inscriptions. She was venerated by the Celto-Germanic people called the Nemetes, whose name shares her root name. At Bath she was the consort of Mars Loucetius. She is again paired with Mars at Grosskrotzenburg near Hanau and at Altripp near Speyer. The Roman imperial aristocracy invoked her name on a bronze tablet at what is now Klein-Winternheim near Mainz. Nemetona's link to Mars, a god of war, may be echoed in the name of an Irish war-goddess, Nemain.

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