Artahe

deity earth single tradition · 1

Artahe is an ancient goddess that was worshiped in Southern Gaul, in the region of Aquitania. She is a tutelary goddess that is thought to be associated with bears. The theonym is recorded in several inscriptions from Saint-Pé-d'Ardet, where there seems to have been a Gallo-Roman-era cult center for the god.

When

First attested
200 BCE
Attested period
-200 – 200
Historical notes
Attested in Gallo-Roman-era inscriptions.

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“According to Spanish linguist and Vascologist Joaquín Gorrochategui, her name has been variously interpreted as either Celtic, related to Artaios, or Aquitanian. Following the second line of reading, the name appears to be of ancient Aquitanian origin and may be cognate with modern Basque arte "oak".”

#10797 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001