Belisama
deity Celtic single tradition · 1
Belisama is a Celtic goddess linked to the stem *belis- attested in Gallo-Roman belisa ('henbane'), and compared to the Gaulish divine name Belisa-maros, interpreted as 'great in henbane'. She is formed from the stem bel(o)- with the intensive suffix -isama, and could thus be interpreted as 'the Very Powerful'.
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 200
- Historical notes
- Linked to the Gaulish divine name Belisa-maros and associated with henbane.
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Images of Belenus sometimes depict him alongside a female figure, which some scholars speculate to be the Gaulish deity Belisama.”
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