Matribus Gallaicis
deity earth Galician single tradition · 3
Female deities venerated in Spain and Portugal, whose name means "the Galician Mothers" in Latin. They represent a local manifestation of the Matres cult with a specific regional epithet.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 500
- Historical notes
- Known from inscriptions in Spain and Portugal during the Roman occupation period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nutrices Augustae, Matronae
- aspect of
- Matres
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“in Spain and Portugal, where some twenty inscriptions are known, among them several ones that include local epithets such as a dedication to the Matribus Gallaicis "to the Galician Mothers"”
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