Artio
Artio is an earlier goddess with strong morphological similarities to Holda, Diana, Herodias, Signora Oriente, Richella, Arada, and Perchta.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 1832
- Historical notes
- Earlier goddess with morphological similarities to Holda and others.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Wollunqua, the Matres of Engyon, the Matronae, Epona, Frau Hulda, Werra, Dame Hulde, Britomartis, bear, Hecate, Bertha, Abundia
- syncretized with
- Diana, Perchta, Richella, Herodias, Signora Oriente, Arada, Holda, Callisto, Artemis (Diana), Hulda
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“He also identifies strong morphological similarities with the earlier goddesses Hecate / Artemis, Artio, the Matres of Engyon, the Matronae, and Epona, as well as figures from fairy-tales, such as Cinderella.”
#6384 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Artio, a Celtic bear goddess, associated by the Romans with Artemis and Callisto”
#9022 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“this cult was a survival of very old totemic and shamanistic rituals and formed part of a larger bear cult found further afield in other Indo-European cultures (e.g., Gaulish Artio).”
#18595 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The sculpture has a large rectangular bronze base, which bears the inscription "Deae Artioni / Licinia Sabinilla" ("To the Goddess Artio" or "Artionis", "from Licinia Sabinilla").”
#26911 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“part of a larger bear cult found further afield in other Indo-European cultures (e.g., Gaulish Artio).”
#43312 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001