Nehalennia
deity water Celtic single tradition · 5
Nehalennia was worshipped in Germania Inferior. Jona Lendering notes the similarity between her iconography and that of Erecura.
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When
- First attested
- 200 BCE
- Attested period
- -200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worship attested from the 2nd century BC, flourishing in northwestern Europe in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, with a modern revival.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Arecurius, Matrikas, Modron, Suleviae, Hurstrga, Viradecdis, Freyja, Aveta, Iðunn, Dea Matrona, Dís, Idis, Vagdavercustis, Burorina, Hurstrga, Sandraudiga, Seneucaega, Viradectis, Cerberus, Sucellus, Nantosuelta, Dis Pater, Erecura, Ogmios, Freyr, Nerthus, Hludana
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (5)
Source passages
“Jona Lendering notes the similarity between her iconography and that of Nehalennia, who was worshipped in Germania Inferior, while Beck sees no significant difference between her attributes and those of the Matres and Matronae.”
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“Nehalennia”
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“Other indigenous (southern) Dutch deities who are locally known at that time are: Vagdavercustis, Burorina, Hludana, Viradectis, Hurstrga/Hurst(ae)rga, Nehalennia and Seneucaega.”
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