Damatura
deity single tradition · 1
Damatura is a Messapic goddess. M. L. West has proposed that the word Demeter, initially Damater, could be a borrowing from an Illyrian deity attested in the Messapic goddess Damatura, with a form dā- ("earth", from PIE *dʰǵʰ(e)m-) attached to -matura ("mother").
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Dei-paturos, Demeter, Potnia of the Grain
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“M. L. West has proposed that the word Demeter, initially Damater, could be a borrowing from an Illyrian deity attested in the Messapic goddess Damatura, with a form dā- ("earth", from PIE *dʰǵʰ(e)m-) attached to -matura ("mother"), akin to the Illyrian god Dei-paturos (dei-, "sky", attached to -paturos, "father"”
#27962 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001